Involving the web and online content
I love the internet. It is great. It allows for new things to happen, and gives anyone (like me) a platform to get their voice heard. Even if you don’t have your own blog, any web surfer is free to comment on blogs and be heard that way. This gives anyone the ability to give feedback, but this isn’t always a good thing.
Finish reading Customer feedback updated…
I found this article on digg and expecting something quite different. It talks about ads on webpages that incorporate the page into the ad. For example, and iTouch ad that bends the background as the device is rotated. While that is all and well, it gave me a much better idea for a self-destructing page.
Finish reading A real self-destructing web page…
I recently read a post from Scoble on idiocy and the internet. He says to some degree that “the masses are asses”. In this last week on TWiT, Calacanis said instead of blogging, he just sends out an email, and then self-moderates replies as comments. The reason for these two changes are mostly because the masses are stupid. A recent comic on XKCD suggests a virus that would read back comments to youtube posters before they were sent. This sounds a bit cynical and like I am generalizing, but I wholeheartedly agree with this line of thinking.
Finish reading Relying on the community…
On episode 106 of 30 Rock (Jack Meets Dennis), Liz’s bf Dennis is the Beeper King, the last beeper salesman in NYC. He tries to market his beepers to Liz’s co-workers and only Frank wants one (to use as an ironic accessory). Of the many jokes made about the beepers, Dennis tries to explain to Liz that beepers are making a comeback because “technology is cyclical”.
Finish reading Maybe technology is cyclical
What a great time for a Woot Off! I am off of work tomorrow, so I can stay up late and check out all the good deals. Maybe this will be my first time to grab a BOC. Hopefully there won’t be too much to buy. I get paid next week.
Finish reading Woot Off!
First there was AOL (at least in the eye of the general public.) They brought the web to the masses. That is, if the masses are a small percentage of the population that was online in 1997. Then came Web 1.0, although we didn’t call it that. Things busted, but a few guys hung around. Google became a household name, along with eBay, Amazon, and Yahoo. Now we’ve moved to online apps and blogs and this thing they call Web 2.0. Now Blogger, Digg, iTunes, and podcasts are in our vocabulary. But people only want to see the negative. The Web 2.0 bust has been talked about, forecasted, and is already “in the books” for many. To me, that’s not what matters. Throughout the life of the Internet, companies have come and gone almost as fast as the technology the use has. What’s here today will be gone soon, replaced by it’s newer/faster/better update. But I believe the Internet is about much more than business.
Finish reading This fabulous series of tubes
Amanda Congdon is out of a job, which means life will suck a little more for a few weeks.Good luck AC.
JMO