May 18, 2006 at 6:54 am · Filed under Web 2.0
Well now, the inspiration has finally hit me. It is time for me to start my own company and I found just the tool to help me out. I’ve been playing around with a new application that helps come up with “potential million dollar ideas”
So far the three companies that I’m planning are:
Squieehub:
geotag-based instant messaging via XML
Yahdoo:
ad-supported auctions via Ruby on Rails
and
Squitiblog:
cellphone-based collaborative document editing via bittorrent
I’m currently accepting VC funding. Drop me a line and I’ll let you know how much money I’ll take from you.
May 8, 2006 at 7:17 am · Filed under Web 2.0
Great article by Scott Karp on Publishing 2.0 this morning that discusses the issue with who is going to pay for content in the Media 2.0 world (much better term than web 2.0, as it actually addresses the fact that its not just the internet that is being affected by changes in the consumer model, but that it is media as a group that is actually affected.
Particularly good quote from Esther Dyson:
…attention has its own intrinsic value, independent of money. People go on the Web in search of attention; they don’t want to give it as much as get it.
And I agree with Scott’s assessment of this quote:
This is a blazing, head-spinning insight.
In media 1.0, brands paid for the attention that media companies gathered by offering people news and entertainment (e.g. TV) in exchange for their attention. In media 2.0, people are more likely to give their attention in exchange for OTHER PEOPLE’S ATTENTION
Essentially what needs to start now is media companies figuring out where the money it going to come from for content in the future. Its not just a case of media conglomerates buying up companies like MySpace, but its protecting their original assets (the expensive to produce tv and film content) and figuring out what the future holds for that type of content
May 1, 2006 at 7:15 am · Filed under Web Analytics
So this article says that web users distaste for cookies is easing according to some new survey that someone has done. In fact, if you believe the survey, it says that more than 50% less people are deleting cookies today (8% vs 18%) as when the last survey was taken. I have to say it very hard to believe that in the space of 2 years people have changed their behaviour this much, particularly so as in this time people have only gotten more concious of “invasion of privacy” caused by all the cookies in their computer reporting back information about them.
There is more information and in the original article on clickz
