Posted in Random Thoughts, Social Networking on Aug 31st, 2007
In his Data Mining blog, Mathew Hurst posted a simple and elegant Gedanken exercise of traffic drivers to specific content from various sites. Based on the readership and interests of their audiences, he points out some clear ideas related to the differences between “popularity” and “authority”.
What I’m describing … is the difference between some […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 29th, 2007
I just finished reading Mark Cuban’s blog post about how the “Internet is still Dead and Boring,” and rather than taking issue with his central predictions, the post made me start thinking about people’s perception of online ads. Here’s the passage of the article that got the wheels turning:
I have invested in and gotten […]
Posted in Content Discovery, Uncategorized on Aug 29th, 2007
As a technical writer, my motto has always been, “It’s not what you say, it’s what you don’t say…”. Meaning, that what you leave out can be even more important than what you include.
How many times have you clicked F1, only to discover that the information you really want is nowhere to be found? Me […]
Posted in Business Strategy on Aug 24th, 2007
Great news in the ‘mine this week… We’ve officially been selected by Chris Shipley and the team at DEMO to participate in the Fall event!!! This is a great honor for us, and more powerful validation that we’re on to something worthwhile.
For those of you who don’t know about DEMO and didn’t click the links […]
Posted in Human Factors, Random Thoughts on Aug 22nd, 2007
A few weeks ago, I was reading a blog about avoiding the term “user.” ((I’m sick of users)) I’ve disliked the word subliminally for a while, but hadn’t crystallized my thinking about why. Until now.
Josh Bernoff’s last point really hit home. It made me think, “A user is just one letter away from someone who […]
Posted in Random Thoughts on Aug 15th, 2007
Contrary to popular belief, we weren’t in Seattle to just play Guitar Hero, watch guys throw fish, and see the Experience Music Project (though we did do all those things). We were also there to meet with a group of the best Flex developers to get their thoughts on how they would want to play […]
Posted in Random Thoughts, Social Networking, Uncategorized on Aug 14th, 2007
Take one part Guitar Hero 2 Tournament. Add free beer. Sprinkle in a little SDK preview. Add more beer. Then add a few hundred of the best Flex developers on the planet.
Throw this all together and you get the 360Flex conference in Seattle this week.
I just got back from an incredibly fun and educational […]
Posted in Content Discovery, Media Delivery, Random Thoughts, Social Networking on Aug 8th, 2007
I think it’s an almost universally accepted fact that people are sick of the term Web 2.0. It’s one of those buzzwords that has been co-opted to fit just about anything new online in the last couple of years. It reminds me of the feeling you get when you say a word 100 times out […]
Posted in Content Discovery, Human Factors, Social Networking on Aug 7th, 2007
“Hey, I know you!”
Isn’t that what we all want? To be known and appreciated for what makes us us.
In this age of online communities, where we float in cyberspace, detached from our physical selves, we get to know each other from the inside out. I have friends in England, New Zealand, Spain, Argentina - all […]
Posted in Business Strategy, Human Factors on Aug 6th, 2007
Been a while since my last post, much afoot here in the ‘Mine.
Looking like we’ll be moving to general availability (GA) of the platform sometime this Fall, hopefully at a major technology showcase that will enable us to demo our wares :). We’ve spent the last couple of weeks trying to make sure our ducks […]
