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Social Media as Conversation

Oct 10, 2007

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in blogging, Business, marketing, social media, socialmedia, web2.0

This morning, Jeff Pulver does a great job at summarizing what many of us in Social Media have been seeing for the last few years (Jeff included) – that the biggest attraction on the net is the Other People and the ability to Have A Conversation with them. The Jeff Pulver Blog – Notes, comments…

Doc is Mad as Hell, and He’s not going to take it anymore

Sep 28, 2007

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Howard

in blogging, Business, DocSearls, marketing, social media, socialmedia, VRM

Wow, Doc Searls is fired up about the potential Google phone, based on the Business Week story. Bweek talks about targeted ads popping up on your mobile as you go through the world, but based on your preferences and actual behaviors. Doc’s take: He wants to tell advertisers what he wants, not be made into…

When does introducing simplicity or constraint in design improve experience

Aug 1, 2007

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Howard

in Business, marketing, social capital exchange, social media, Uncategorized

From iPhone to sites like Fotolog (where you can only post one picture a day), constraint of design drives the user experience, and can also create popularity. Adam at Fotolog (and Scott) described how the constraint (or simplicity) of Just One Foto keeps the editorial imperative high, and it keeps the community different from Flickr…

Social Media and Social Capital Exchange

Aug 1, 2007

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Howard

in Business, marketing, social capital exchange, social media

John Borthwick has gathered a group of entrepreneurs, early investors, and some how, me, to talk about the above topics in NYC. Great group of people. We’re seeing some demos of the apps now. Tumblr is up. Interesting – I though they were just meta-aggregators – but it’s really an interesting way to ‘microblog’ in…

Why the iPhone is important

Jun 28, 2007

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Howard

in Business

I didn’t wait on line for 100 hours for an iPhone. I’m not getting one yet. I’ve been burned too many times by first generation hardware to want to plunk $600 down and take a plan from a carrier that has crappy reception in my house. But the iPhone is important in the same way…

Category: Business

Social Media as Conversation

Doc is Mad as Hell, and He’s not going to take it anymore

When does introducing simplicity or constraint in design improve experience

Social Media and Social Capital Exchange

Why the iPhone is important