I saw a tweet aimed at Tweettronics.com, a startup that aims to report on conversations in online media. The tweet warned that all your conversations are being recorded. And indeed they are. And for the most part, I think it’s a good thing. Whether up front, like in Twitter, or via more […]
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Going Open: Citizen Openness and Twitter’s Moment in Social Media
August 18th, 2009 · No Comments
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Competing with Craigslist
November 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment
A number of startups have contacted me with plays to compete with Craigslist. Craigslist is dominant in providing localized exchange of goods and services. They are free, they have a huge brand and audience, and (from the outside) they appear to be a relatively efficient organization. The competing startups […]
Tags: Business Zeitgeist / Web 2.0 · General
Inspiration rather than Annoyance
May 24th, 2007 · No Comments
I heard Tim Brown of IDEO on an MIT Entrepreneur podcast who caught my ear about how innovations in products are often accomplished. He pointed out that products tend to be developed in reaction to things annoy us. But he also noted that the world can be inspiring, not just a source of annoyance, and […]
Tags: General · Product Design
Kicking in Rotting Doors
April 10th, 2007 · No Comments
Invention is sometimes characterized as creating something from nothing, but another view is that we find the doors to knowledge that we can break into
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