Comments on: Google’s Mayer questions value of Social Media http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/googles-mayer-questions-value-of-social-media.html Tech' views that are 667% more interesting than the tech' news itself... Wed, 23 May 2012 07:43:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Kyle James http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/googles-mayer-questions-value-of-social-media.html#comment-2518 Kyle James Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:04:14 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=550#comment-2518 Another piece I completely forgot in my ramblin' is to mention OpenSocial which is Google's baby to gain control of social identities by creating an API to share data across networks. So to say that "Google is clearly missing a fundamental step" probably isn't accurate as OpenSocial is that next step. I'd love to hear your thoughts on OpenSocial and how it ties into solving this issue. Another piece I completely forgot in my ramblin’ is to mention OpenSocial which is Google’s baby to gain control of social identities by creating an API to share data across networks.

So to say that “Google is clearly missing a fundamental step” probably isn’t accurate as OpenSocial is that next step.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on OpenSocial and how it ties into solving this issue.

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/googles-mayer-questions-value-of-social-media.html#comment-2517 Wayne Smallman Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:33:39 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=550#comment-2517 Hi Dan (again!) Do you mean duplicate content, or scraped content? I see people scraping my content for MFA (Made For AdSense) 'blogs, but they don't bother changing the links, so they end up giving away back-links. Glad you like the 'blog. It's just as well people like all of the nonsense I think up, or I'd just be wasting my time, wouldn't I?! ;-) Hi Dan (again!) Do you mean duplicate content, or scraped content?

I see people scraping my content for MFA (Made For AdSense) ‘blogs, but they don’t bother changing the links, so they end up giving away back-links.

Glad you like the ‘blog.

It’s just as well people like all of the nonsense I think up, or I’d just be wasting my time, wouldn’t I?! ;-)

]]> By: Dan B (gecko68) http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/googles-mayer-questions-value-of-social-media.html#comment-2514 Dan B (gecko68) Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:01:28 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=550#comment-2514 The problem with pulling all this into one definitive source is that once there, people will tend to separate it again. I user Netvibes, and I have tabbed categories with feeds in it pertaining to those categories. To me its an easier way to find new information. I have tabs called "CSS", "API's", "Tech News", "UI", and I even create specific ones like "Adobe AIR", and "JQuery". The other issue is duplicate entries on duplicate logs. I think somewhere along the line "truth" in posting needs to be established. Often I click a feed and it's just a tag line "Wayne at Blah! Blah! Technology discusses creating swiss cheese with lasers" So again I don't jump to the article at hand. I love BBT because its original content. It may have links to, or relate to, but there is always insight or commentary, not just a link. So how do we filter through the redundancy trash? The problem with pulling all this into one definitive source is that once there, people will tend to separate it again. I user Netvibes, and I have tabbed categories with feeds in it pertaining to those categories. To me its an easier way to find new information.

I have tabs called “CSS”, “API’s”, “Tech News”, “UI”, and I even create specific ones like “Adobe AIR”, and “JQuery”.

The other issue is duplicate entries on duplicate logs. I think somewhere along the line “truth” in posting needs to be established.

Often I click a feed and it’s just a tag line “Wayne at Blah! Blah! Technology discusses creating swiss cheese with lasers” So again I don’t jump to the article at hand.

I love BBT because its original content. It may have links to, or relate to, but there is always insight or commentary, not just a link.

So how do we filter through the redundancy trash?

]]> By: Wayne Smallman http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/googles-mayer-questions-value-of-social-media.html#comment-2512 Wayne Smallman Wed, 02 Apr 2008 07:35:03 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=550#comment-2512 Whatever people's thoughts are on the data relating to them being held somewhere, the next big thing is going to be data portability and how all of this disparate and unconnected data — spread across the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, Mixx, Netvibes, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr and Google — is going to be pulled together into one definitive source by someone somewhere. The question is, will the advantages / benefits to us of someone doing that out-weigh the perceived disadvantages? Whatever people’s thoughts are on the data relating to them being held somewhere, the next big thing is going to be data portability and how all of this disparate and unconnected data — spread across the likes of Twitter, Facebook, Digg, StumbleUpon, Mixx, Netvibes, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr and Google — is going to be pulled together into one definitive source by someone somewhere.

The question is, will the advantages / benefits to us of someone doing that out-weigh the perceived disadvantages?

]]> By: Kyle James http://www.blahblahtech.com/2008/04/googles-mayer-questions-value-of-social-media.html#comment-2509 Kyle James Wed, 02 Apr 2008 03:20:22 +0000 http://www.blahblahtech.com/?p=550#comment-2509 Some thought provoking stuff Wayne. So what do you think about something like OpenID being used to help tie all this together? Or FriendFeed, isn't that one created by a bunch of ex-Googlers? People are so worried about Google knowing everything and what they can do with all that data. I'll admit it is a little scary the data that they do have on us and what that data could be used for in the wrong hands. Social media is so segmented right now and anyone else that is like myself has an account on more sites than I can remember. Even sticking with some of the bigger ones you still have a Twitter account, Facebook Page, Digg, StumbleUpon, Mixx, Google account, Netvibes, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr ... See where I'm going here. I don't know if anyone gets it right now and that is where the confusing is. They say the collective knowledge of the world is doubled ever six years now... SIX YEARS! We need some sort of order and organization... I have absolutely no idea where I'm going with this comment so I'll stop now. :) You definitely got me thinking here and I thank you for that. Some thought provoking stuff Wayne. So what do you think about something like OpenID being used to help tie all this together? Or FriendFeed, isn’t that one created by a bunch of ex-Googlers?

People are so worried about Google knowing everything and what they can do with all that data. I’ll admit it is a little scary the data that they do have on us and what that data could be used for in the wrong hands. Social media is so segmented right now and anyone else that is like myself has an account on more sites than I can remember. Even sticking with some of the bigger ones you still have a Twitter account, Facebook Page, Digg, StumbleUpon, Mixx, Google account, Netvibes, MySpace, YouTube, Flickr … See where I’m going here. I don’t know if anyone gets it right now and that is where the confusing is.

They say the collective knowledge of the world is doubled ever six years now… SIX YEARS! We need some sort of order and organization…

I have absolutely no idea where I’m going with this comment so I’ll stop now. :) You definitely got me thinking here and I thank you for that.

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