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Beware of X Economics (Or, a Primer)

February 29th, 2008 · No Comments · Information Markets, Product Markets

The Attention Economy From Wikipedia ‘Across consumer markets, attention is becoming the scarcest – and so most strategically vital – resource in the value chain. Attention scarcity is fundamentally reshaping the economics of most industries it touches; beginning with the media industry.’ ‘Attention economics” today is primarily concerned with the problem of getting consumers to [...]

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Google Not Usable! … Pshaw … Seriously?

January 2nd, 2008 · 7 Comments · Information Design, Usability

Well, yes … for the South Koreans, anyway. From an article in the FT: “I love Naver because everything I need is conveniently shown on the first page,” says Hwang Ji-sun, a 22-year-old college student in Seoul. “I get everything from news, shopping advice, the latest entertainment gossip, interesting pictures and hot search words. On [...]

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