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“As Backfence’s co-founder, I thought it would be helpful to discuss some of what we learned from Backfence…. As a pioneer in the user-generated, hyper-local field, Backfence hopefully will pave the way for many other efforts to create locally focused online communities that ultimately will become profitable businesses.” Co-Founder Potts Shares Lessons Learned from Backfence [...]
David Weinberger, the author of the seminal Cluetrain Manifesto, talks to Technometria about a new way of looking at information: “The companies that are succeeding in the new digital skies are the ones that allow their customers to add their own information and the aggregators to mix it up, because whether or not information wants [...]
“…Many of the most popular [start] out with a niche idea—an inside joke, a particular obsession—and watching it explode. Of course, most blogs linger in obscurity and are read by only a handful of people, and few ever reach the level [LOLCATS site] I Can Has Cheezburger has. What about a blog like Cheezburger lets [...]
7/09/07
“‘What the Web 2.0 revolution is really delivering is superficial observations of the world around us rather than deep analysis, shrill opinion rather than considered judgment.’… This is what happens, Andrew Keen suggests, ‘when ignorance meets egoism meets bad taste meets mob rule.’” The Cult of the Amateur. Bullshit, says Clay Shirky, while admitting [...]
“A whole new world of media is springing up around us, people informing themselves and their tribes as a part of the personal media revolution. If I’m interested in the iPhone, I will trust the group that’s covering it for themselves. If I’m interested in Paris Hilton, I will trust the group that’s covering [...]
“Learning how to make new technologies is one thing; learning how, as a society, to use them is another…. No instruction manual can explain how a technology will evolve, in use, together with the rhythm of our lives.” Uses, not innovations, drive human technology. What Else Is New?
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