Welcome to TNL.net. If you like this content, you may consider subscribing to the RSS feed.It's been 5 years and I still have nightmares. Does the pain ever go away? I have trouble sleeping. While I thought I was coping well with the loss of friends on 9/11, it stills seems not to be the case. [...]
It appears that Bloglines has stopped updating a number of feeds from well known blogs. For example, my subscriptions do not seem to reflect changes to blogs like Boing Boing, Dave Winer’s Scripting News, Doc Searls, and a lot more have not been updating on Google in days, if not weeks. I initially thought it [...]
Continuing in the series of exploratory articles about the virtual world phenomenon, I will now explore the opportunities in that market. I would contend that this space is just a natural evolution of the Internet model and that this phenomenon may represent, in the long run, the next step evolution in the web. So, without [...]
Having looked, in the previous entry, at the economic conditions surrounding virtual worlds, I am now turning my attention to the demographic profile of those users. Overall Numbers The overall population, according to MMOG Charts, is currently about 12 million people strong. What is interesting, however, is the growth rate: looking at the linked chart, one can [...]
Over the last few months, I’ve been trying to get a better understanding of what is happening with the concept of virtual worlds. Let me go into more details as to why I think this phenomenon has some real potentials. In this first entry in a series, I will explore the economic activity surrounding this [...]
As readers of this site know, I strongly believe that we are now in the middle of a major overall shift in economic trend that hasn’t been seen since the introduction of the paper bill in late 1700s england. Seen under this lens, I’m starting to think that there may be some truths to the [...]
In previous entries, I looked at the benefits and issues with social networks. As they move forward, here’s a list of opportunities relating to social networks. 5. Data Mining/Research A main attribute of social networks is how much data people provide to them. On top of it, this data and the interaction of users on those networks. [...]
After exploring why social networks fail, I also have to consider why people are still joining them, in spite of their failures. So, going along the same approach, here I am with 5 reasons why social networks can succeed: 5. Viral Nature They key to social networks quickly moving up in size is their viral nature. Because [...]
I was recently invited by Jason Calacanis to A Small World, the uber-exclusive social network (don’t ask for invitations, it’s a privilege I haven’t been granted since I’m a newcomer there). This has prompted me to think about a number of issues relating to social networks in general. In this entry, I will try to [...]
A few weeks ago, the major TV networks held several events catering to advertising, expecting to sell some advertising for the fall TV season. This period, called the upfronts, is generally a good time for TV stations to attempt to scare advertisers into paying a lot of money for advertising, riding on the fear that [...]
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