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The internet is drowning

April 21, 2013Politics, TechnologyAOL, app store, Blog hosting services, Facebook, few online services, Google, Internet users, Jeff Bezos, Marc Andreessen, Mark Zuckerberg, Microsoft, non-open solution, Open, open internet, open internet proponents, Open Web, over web apps, Photo sharing, search engines, search market, Sergey Brin, social media, social web, Twitter, Web 2.0, World Wide Web

Twitter beat RSS; Facebook did blogs in; native apps won out over web apps… and with every turn, the web became less relevant.

I killed the Internet

March 3, 2012Politics, Technologya lot of private networks, Access, amazon, Android, AOL, app maker, Apple, AT&T, Bluetooth, Computer law, Culture, democracy, device maker, digital media, Exxon, Facebook, flat-rate online service, General Electrics, Google, GPS, HTML, Human–computer interaction, IBM, Internet Access, internet community, internet resources, Internet Service Providers, Internet technology, Internet There, internet traffic, Internet users, Internet When, internet world, ipad, iPhone, ISP, kindle, law relating, LinkedIn, Microsoft, mobile device, mobile devices, net neutrality, Network neutrality, Open, open internet, open web version, particular online service, path, Photo sharing, Prodigy, Product Release, public internet site, search engine, search engines, silo, silo of Facebook, similar capabilities to what devices, smart phone, Smartphone, social media, social network, society, substantial infrastructure, Tim Berners-Lee, Twitter, web, Web 2.0, web browser, web interface, web server, World Wide Web, Worldnet, Yahoo

Our actions have impact

Governance in the age of Wikileaks — Part 3

December 12, 2010Politicsamazon, censorship, Civil rights and liberties, Espionage, first amendment, First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Freedom of expression, Freedom of speech, Freedom of speech in the United States, fundamental law, internet age, Internet censorship, internet service, Internet users, law, mastercard, National security, Paypal, Pentagon, Reception of WikiLeaks, Reno v. American Civil Liberties Union, representative, rights, search engines, Security, Supreme Court, the New York Times, the Times, United States, United States Constitution, Whistleblowing, Wikileaks

3 rights to online publishing could increase freedom of expression on the internet.

Ten ways in which startups are like movies

November 1, 2010Mediaa lot of bad technology, Action film, also a lot of bad technology, amazon, Avatar, Box office bomb, Cable TV, car chase, director, Evan Williams, Facebook, Film, Film genres, final product, founder, George Lucas, Google, Groupon, Harvard, Howard the Duck, Independent film, James Cameron, lessons learned, Mark Pinkus, mayor, Movies, Orson Welles, Private equity, search engines, Social Networks, startups, Steven Spielberg, success, Tribe, Twitter, venture capital, Wizard of Oz, Zynga

There’s a surprising amount of overlap between startups and movie making

Economic Activity in Virtual Worlds

July 31, 2006BusinessABC News, Amazon.com, Amazon.com and Wells Fargo, amazon.com CEO, American Apparel, American Cancer Society, Anshe Chung, ATM, BBC, CEO, China, CTO, e - commerce, eBay, Edward Castranova, Electric Sheep company, Entropia Universe, Fortune Magazine, Gamers' Loot, GBP, Internet Game Exchange, Jeff Bezos, leading economist, Linden Lab, Linden Labs, LindenLab, Magic Circle, Major, Major League Baseball, manufacturing capabilities, Marketplace, Massive Online Gaming Sales, Microsoft, Mitch Kapor, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, online avatars, online gamers, Philip Rosedale, Pierre Omidyar, Ray Ozzie, real estate, real estate market, Real Money Trading, Romania, Search, search engine, search engines, Second Life, Sony, Swag Vault, Tek Gaming Supplies, the ABC News, There, United States, Virtual economy, Virtual good, virtual reality, Virtual world, Wells Fargo

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 phenomenon. Size of the market When talking about virtual worlds, I am focusing on the new space created by the gaming industry that allows to create online avatars and interact with other players in a fully immersive environment. From an economic standpoint, estimates range from around 100 millions to a high of US$1.5 billion a year. These are not insignificant numbers and they point to an emerging phenomenon and potentially the rise a new industry, with its own set of marketplaces, gathers, owners, creators, and marketers. Marketplaces To understand virtual worlds marketplace, one must first understand what si going on in those virtual worlds. When a player sets up an account, he’s given a basic set of skills. As he or she progresses and interacts with the virtual world and its denizens, the player gains more and more skills and goods. However, this type of…

2006 Predictions

December 28, 2005Business, Media, Technology3G, Advertising, advertising revenue, advertising revenues eroding, advertising world, AdWords, AOL, bank accounts, basic services, blog networks, blog search, Blogging, Broadband, cheerleader, client software team, Criticism of Google, Europe, FeedBurner, finance service, Google, high-speed internet access, incumbent communications services, Internet Access, Internet access development world, Internet Explorer, Internet infrastructure, iPod, large scale networks, larger hosting services, LinkedIn, mainstream media, mainstream media outlets, MeasureMap, Media, media establishment, Microsoft, MSNTV, netflix, online ads, online advertising, online streaming, online video ad insertion, os social networks, Panasonic, payments systems, PlayStation, Playstation 3, regular telephony, search engines, Social Networks, Sony, speed wireless networks, Technorati, telephone communication, Tivo, United States, venture capital, Video, video consumption tool, video services, video telephony, Voice over IP, VOIP, Web 2.0, web services, web-based service, wikipedia trustee, Windows Vista, Wireless, wireless devices, World Wide Web, Yahoo

What will happen in 2006.

Money in the archives

September 23, 2005Business, MediaAdsense, Advertising, Blog, blog writer, content management system, Halo, Internet culture, Internet marketing, online advertising programs, Search, search engines, technology publications, Web 2.0, web interface, writer

Following a recent article in Wired News about the viability of blogging as a revenue generating model, I started thinking about the value of archival material to a blogger. As readers of this site might have noticed when using the web interface, I am using the Google Ad service called AdSense. As I am not at freedom to reveal the terms of my contract with them or discuss specific, I’ll talk in general about online advertising programs. The first thing to take into account is that the model on using advertising in archives is one largely predicated on a long tail concept, whereas one can make more money from small increment over a long run than trying to score the big hit. In my case, this means trying to get a few good stories out on a regular basis, none of which is going to make lots of money on a single day but a few cents or a few dollars a day can add up to quite a nice payoff on a yearly basis. I believe that people who blog and develop a nice audience can see some of those results. Let’s take a hypothetical story of 1000 words….