When confronted with an abuse of power, an injustice or a scam I’ve developed a really effective technique: I blog, tweet and whine about it passionately for as long as possible.
About six years and $20,000 ago, I made the switch to Apple products after a 20-year love affair with Microsoft.
The once proud warrior of the internet space laid down its sword, knelt at the feet of Microsoft and gutted itself today.
There has been a lot of speculation on the future of MySpace since today’s news that Chris DeWolfe may step down as CEO.
Wikia Search, Jimmy Wales’s project that was supposed to put the social into search, is getting closed down today, CNET reports.
Jason Calacanis just put Twitter in business. How? He offered $250,000 to be one of 20 users in Twitter’s “Suggested Follows” for two years.
Twitter is growing so fast that being on the “suggested” list for new users can generate more than 10,000 followers a day.
The social Web has given users great power: the ability to create and share content with people around the world–easily and quickly. The problem, of course, is that power is often not compatible with effective and clear thinking. The thought that germinated in an instant can be immortalized in perpetuity on the Web.
Google will have 90% search market share in the U.S. one year from now. That’s an insane prediction, I was told, after I made it in front of a half dozen of the most important public market investors in the tech world at a conference recently. It was midnight and folks were on their second or third Macallan 25, but folks immediately sobered up. How on earth would Google raise its U.S. market share 20 points in one year–that’s impossible, one person replied. The perfect storm recently arrived and, after all, Google jumped 10% over the last year. Frankly, I don’t see why the Google market-share train wouldn’t accelerate, given the following factors …
I’ve never been a fan of New Year’s resolutions. Instead, I try to constantly evolve, finding that the “big changes” occur over time, and typically it takes multiple tries.
However, I have an idea for a fun New Year’s resolution for ALL of us.
In 2008, I’d like to meet all of my friends/connections on Twitter, Facebook, Mahalo and LinkedIn.
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