Nice little video of Socialthing
Yup. These social network aggregation services are popping up all over. Check out this video Socialthing made of what they are offering (link below, too). Prett...
Category: Strategy
Yahoo! Design closed down?
I just can’t believe that Yahoo! Design closed down (link to rumour below). I think the department might have closed and that there are designers elsewher...
Yahoo does social-network aggregation with OneConnect
Hm. Social networking aggregation fused with mobiles is THE thing of 2008. I saw this coming from a long way off, but am surprised that Yahoo was able to come o...
Something to keep an eye on: Distributed Social Networking Apps
I met Chris Messina once back a few years ago when he was pushing Flock. Now I see him doing this (link below), while mixing in the social media relationship sp...
A brief history of social networks, from the 80s to the 00s on GigaOM
A thought stirring article on the history of social networks by a friend of mine as guest author on GigaOm. By reviewing the past, Brian is able to focus on the...
Who _are_ the device competitors?
I’m getting some sort of ‘end of Cold War’ feeling. Y’know, the one where the USA outlasted the spending-spree battle versus the Soviet ...
Linearity is killing the Living Web: Blogs don’t work anymore, Google search is useless.
In this age of the Fragmented Web, action streams, multiple personas, and a huge increase in the amount of data out there, how will we Find, Navigate, Recombine...
Stowe Boyd on: Action Streams And The Next Cycle In The Social Revolution
Alex tipped me off to Stowe’s post on Action Streams (link below). I’ve heard these streams be called many things, but the concept is that as we go ...
IDC is forecasting single-digit handset market growth in ’08
Wow, that’s harsh. The last few years’ growth has been over 10%, mostly above 20%, per year. But, we’ve known that it couldn’t last. I m...
Venter’s team takes the next step toward custom-built organisms
The biology maverick, Craig Venter, has rapidly taken the next step in creating custom organisms (link below to news article). Recently, his team managed to tes...