Posted in Business Strategy, Social Networking on Apr 28th, 2008
With much fanfare and dancing bears, we’re announcing a new virtual team at matchmine that’s focused on issues related to being open. Yup, that’s right, we’ve talked a lot about our view that data should be free to roam the digital plains and now we’re letting folks know we’re walking the walk.
We’ve pulled together […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Apr 22nd, 2008
This morning I read an article by Andrew Keen entitled “The Napster bloodbath damaged music more than Lennon’s murder.” Keen is known for his anti-amateur book “The Cult of the Amateur: How the Democratization of the Digital World is Assaulting Our Economy, Our Culture, and Our Values”, and his frequent appearances on shows like the […]
Posted in Business Strategy, Content Discovery, Social Networking on Apr 18th, 2008
It’s always been part of the matchmine mantra that encoding your personal interests and tastes in a portable MatchKey would benefit everyone involved. It’s obvious that users appreciate easily dancing among their favorite sites, knowing their preferences are following along. Content producers are similarly pleased with their ability to find their specific audience.
Beyond […]
Posted in Content Discovery, Human Factors on Apr 15th, 2008
“You gotta listen to this!” So Nathan, one of my co-workers, shares his iPod and, yeah, he’s right. Cool song!
“But, hey, Nathan, check this out.” (More iPod sharing.) So, OK, he wasn’t as wild about the band I thought he might like. But he understood why I thought he’d like them. No problem.
But, really, can […]
Posted in Media Coverage on Apr 9th, 2008
Nice piece by Don Dodge on the matchmine enhancements announced today:
Today MatchMine announced new media partners, and improvements in the service. More on that later. First let me summarize what I think are the major leaps forward for MatchMine;
1. No more client download required. You can start using MatchMine with just one click on a […]
Posted in Business Strategy, Random Thoughts on Apr 9th, 2008
In the beginning, starting a business feels like pushing a rock uphill.
The first few months is all about infecting individual people with your vision, and each time you have to start from zero. Nobody knows who you are or what you do, and all you have to get them on board are the track record […]
