Technology
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Blogosphere Question: Time-Based Search?
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If I wanted to see what people were writing about on Internet industry blogs during a certain time frame, say the first two weeks of November, 2005, how might I do that?
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coitusvision
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If you could filter twittervision by activity, you could re-create the scene in Amelie where you see everyone in Paris having sex at that exact moment.
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Happy Birthday NBS
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This blog turned 8-years old on Saturday, which in person years is about 61.
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The skinny here is that I’d like to work on correcting the uneven access to Internet jobs (great jobs, btw) by providing education to the disadvantaged. By disadvantaged I mean — here in New York City — mainly blacks and Hispanics, but generally those with lower income. I’m not sure how organizations who provide such…
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Welcome Fast Company Readers!
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Noise Between Stations is an official FC Read. A big welcome to first timers. Feel free to leave a comment and let me know what kind of design-innovation-internet topics interest you.
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Netflix’s Competitive Advantage
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I’m developing a new course, Introduction to Internet Business Strategy, that I’m pretty excited about. Ironically, though everyone in the Internet industry discusses strategy, it’s difficult to find any standard references on the topic. This presents a great opportunity for me to plunge in and synthesize the basics as well as to examine what role…
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CenterNetworks — Business on the New Internet
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Just discovered this, and it looks like a good resource: CenterNetworks was relaunched in September 2006 to focus on the “new” Internet. This includes social networking, Web 2.0, and social lending. One of my main goals with CenterNetworks is to help you create better web apps. Not so much on the coding side but on…
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The Social Media Bandwagon
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So big companies are adopting social media. As they take a shortcut by buying software from BigCo-friendly vendors like Pluck, one has to wonder how long it’ll take before customers experience social media fatigue. And, in the rush to install the software, I wonder if they even think about being in competition with Blogger, Flickr,…
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12 Tenets of Social Media Marketing
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The 12 Tenets of Social Media Marketing… I. The public is the Lord thy God II. Thou shalt covet all media III. Ignore not peer-to-peer media IV. Thou shalt think globally and speak in tongues V. Thy communications must pass the “who cares?” test VI. Thou shalt learn to create artful blog and forum comments…
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A New Internet Strategy Course
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Though there is much punditry on the topic, I’ve found a paucity of books, classes, and other educational materials about Internet strategy. Guessing Internet practitioners would appreciate a formal review, I’ve created a course called Introduction to Internet Business Strategy and will be teaching it first at the Information Architecture Summit in Las Vegas this…
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Americans Online
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The NY Times covers the new census figures… Among adults, 97 million Internet users sought news online last year, 92 million bought a product, 91 million made a travel reservation, 16 million used a social or professional networking site and 13 million created a blog.
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Do Customer Communities Pay Off?
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In HBR this month is a rare, methodical (and free) look at the financial effect of online communities via a study of eBay Germany… Over the course of a year, we compared the behavior of community enthusiasts and lurkers with that of the control group. The differences were astonishing. Lurkers and community enthusiasts bid twice…
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BarCampNYC2
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BarCampNYC2 happened last weekend and was a great time. Holding it in the Microsoft offices was a little spooky, but at least that turned up some booty. More than anything I was surprised at how little code talk there was compared to start up and design talk. Sessions like Entrepreneurial Improv Theater were a great…
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Coming Soon: BarCampNYC2
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Word is they’re capping the madness at 200 attendees, sign up now.
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Chaulk One Up for Blogs: The Satorialist
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The Satorialist has suddenly made a big splash in both the blogging and fashion worlds with a very simple idea: take photos of wonderfully-dressed everyday people on the street and post them on a blog. The author’s eye and insightful commentary create little moments of education and beauty. We knew about the threats to classifieds…