On TechCrunch Mark Suster compares Hulu to the oil cartel OPEC. I’m not sure what this point number 2 has to do with the cartel comparison, but I think it’s one of the more interesting points of the post: 2. Limited “Targeting” of Advertisements: The great promise of the Internet for advertisers was that they [...]
Tagged Hulu, TechCrunchThis guest post on TechCrunch is a not only a good read, but an awesome example of how to write a blog post. The only thing that’s really wrong is the number of typos. I realize that proofreading such a long post is difficult, but with the amount of effort that went into culling the [...]
Tagged Adam Rifkin, TechCrunchAs Chris Messina points out in this post, the new Facebook global Like button and the Open Graph Protocol benefit Facebook more than anyone. But if you get to Page 3 of ReadWriteWeb’s Definitive Guide for Publishers, Users, and Competitors, Alex Iskold talks about the Semantic Web becoming a reality. I believe that this enhancement [...]
Tagged Facebook, Open Graph Protocol, Semantic Web…but I may never know. Part 1: Shock and Awe I made a decision to try to just focus on positive things with this blog, but given my previous obsession with Lifestreaming, I can’t help but comment on this. I read about AOL’s Lifestream earlier today on TechCrunch who, rightfully, said that it might be [...]
Tagged AOL, Facebook, Facebook Connect, Fail, Lifestreaming, TwitterI tried making this into a Facebook Status Update but it kept trying to expand itself into something more. So, here we are. The beginning goes: Do I lose geek points because I don’t like real-time communication? Of course, my friends on Facebook would need some explanation because most of them aren’t anywhere close to [...]
Tagged Facebook, Real-Time Communication, TwitterNo, not an ad for Facebook (like they really need that?) This one is for EZTrader, who evidently makes options trading easy… As tempting as the %75 return per hour sounds, it’s really the strange punctuation and capitalization that made me question the quality of this company. Okay, no. It was the %75 return per [...]
Tagged Advertising, FacebookNot only can you now use the Lite Facebook Interface – i.e., the Twitter Facebook Interface – but Facebook is also said to be (slowly) rolling out @ tagging of people in Status Updates. I actually posted a Status Update a while back pondering if Facebook were to add that feature, thereby eliminating my need [...]
Tagged Copycheating, Facebook, TwitterFirst up: ReadWriteWeb calls out Facebook’s Twitter envy. I’m with them… Why does Facebook want to be Twitter? There is already Twitter. Twitter has a totally different core competency than Facebook. Why is Facebook trying to change their own core competency to compete with something that has such an unproven revenue model? On the other [...]
Tagged Facebook, openid, TwitterEven though the Update to this post on TechCrunch about Last.fm and the RIAA says that Last.fm hasn’t handed over any user data to the RIAA, um, guess what? There’s at least 3 different websites (and those are just the ones I know of) (that are pretty easy to find with a simple Google search) [...]
Tagged Facebook, Last.fm, Recording Industry Association of America, TechCrunch