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5 reasons why I ‘blog
Sometimes, the hardest questions are the obvious ones. Like for example, I remember many years ago when I was working with a sales & marketing specialist, and I was asked who I thought my ideal client was. Well, imagine my embarrassment when I had to admit I didn’t have the first clue!
Times have changed, and [...]
Last.fm should buy Shazam, Musicovery
I’ve been using Last.fm for yonks, and it’s a place I don’t frequent as often as I used to. The music discovery process is intuitive, and encourages a love-thy-neighbour kind of attitude, as those with similar tastes are nudged into your profile page. So rather than have you go hunt down people of similar musical [...]
Is Digg dead?
Given that I’ve read of other people discussing the downside to the ‘Digg Effect’ [1] [2] and the lack of value in getting a hit on Digg, how long before the search engines devalue Digg, too?
After all, their purpose is to mimic our own, is it not?
And, given that people (notably, some search engine marketeers) [...]
Social web: Google Notebook, Clipmarks
Much to the dismay of those who know me well, I’m an incessant trier of new things. Especially new things web-enabled. So after seeing Google Notebook flash up once too many times, my curiosity was piqued such that a dabble was required.
First of all, Google Notebook requires an Add-On in Firefox.
To some, this is a [...]
Vote for Google!
Google is the lidless eye. Ever watchful of our very mortal acts & deeds. Under its gaze, no deed, fair or foul, goes unseen. But for all its industry and penetrating scrutiny, what this eye sees lacks feeling. Without feeling, there’s little or no social context.
And this lack of sensitivity to sociability is an open [...]
