From The Economist, a lovely story about the value of social networking. First, some choice quotes. Both deals [Microsoft buying Hotmail and AOL buying Bebo], in their respective decades, illustrate a great paradox of the internet in that the premise underlying them is precisely half right and half wrong. The correct half is that a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'social networking'
Lazy Blogger Blog Post: Sunday Edition
March 23rd, 2008 · Comments Off · Information Markets, Lazy Blogger Blog Post
Tags:AOL·avid internet users·favourite web portal·fun new software·Microsoft·outside web·social networking·social networking now—can·social networking sites·social networks
Lazy Blogger Blog Post: Friday
February 8th, 2008 · Comments Off · Lazy Blogger Blog Post
Have I mentioned that great little search engine known as Amazon yet? From the Thank-God-Science-Has-Proved-What-We-Knew-All-Along department: Trading is addicting (hat tip to gong) Social networking. Tired of it yet? ~alex
New Definition: Network Effect-scalation
January 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Market Definitions
Network Effect-scalation: Rapidly creating (or attempting to create) network effects by asking users to import their networks from other sites, social networking and otherwise A prime offender … … but not as bad as others! And I’m sure there are many other examples. As always, thanks for listening. ~alex
Tags:social networking
HubDub Arrives
January 29th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Other Markets, Prediction Markets
There’s been a bit of a news storm about the launch of HubDub at the DEMO conference. And deservedly so. Much of the feedback from the prediction market industry watchers has been positive. And I agree with their assessment. There is much to be said for HubDub. But perhaps the most important thing is that [...]
Tags:AOL·CNN·Google·local news site·media sites·online news space·Reuters·social networking·Yahoo
Web 2.0 is Dead … Long Live Web 2.0
October 4th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Healthcare Markets, Other Markets, Prediction Markets, Usability
The blogosphere is (somewhat) abuzz with a new meme: the decline of social networking sites and Web 2.0. The first post that perked up my ears was from The Workplace Blog. Shiv Singh bemoaned: Firstly, we all have social network fatigue. If I am asked to join another social network, I’ll probably scream. Then there [...]
Tags:eBay·Henry Blodget·human powered search·James Surowiecki·prediction market site·social network·social networking·social networking sites·Steve Ballmer·USD·web community
Interview with Mona Lori, Principle, OutOfPocket.com
August 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Healthcare Markets, Interviews
In the healthcare services market change comes slowly. An incredible amount of innovative thinking, and technical blood, sweat and tears, have been put into improving our healthcare experience over the past two decades, yet in many ways very little has changed. Still, after all these years, getting accurate prices for basic procedures is like climbing [...]
Tags:Forrester Research·health care services·health care social networking·Health insurance·healthcare·healthcare experience·healthcare market·healthcare marketplace·healthcare plan·healthcare purchasing decisions·healthcare services·healthcare website·high-deductible insurance plan·high-value targeted advertising space·insurance·insurance plans·Less desirable search results·market driven solution·Mona Lori·Mount Everest·MRI·online communities·overall solution·routine health care services·search results·social networking·social-networking site·United States·universal healthcare
It’s The Little Things: socialPicks
October 31st, 2006 · 1 Comment · Prediction Markets
User experience professionals are often driven mad by little things. For example, some web sites can appear perfectly reasonable and usable to its users, but can drive us batty because of the few, minor things which were so easy to get right, but for some unfathomable reason were completely screwed up. Take socialPicks, for example. [...]
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