The Daily’s iPad debut: It’s Groundhog Day
Today I watched the movie Groundhog Day and downloaded The Daily on my iPad. Both reminded me how we live the same day over and over until...
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Failure is an option
Sometimes Internet startups have a business model. Sometimes they don’t – and the story typically boils down to...
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Social networking’s bubble grows. How to capitalize.
Social networking is the fastest-growing activity on the user-centric Internet. The idea is that most anyone can join a large, loosely...
Read MoreChutzpah: Why Craig can’t save classifieds
In an open letter to craigslist, Steve Outing asks its founders and operators to help save the newspaper industry from itself. My...
Read MoreThe mensch that roared
Is Craigslist insignificant? I’ve weighed in to a small debate: Publishers underestimated Craigslist once with devastating results....
Read MoreA satellite falling out of orbit
It is a big deal, or at least it used to be, when the nation’s publishers and editors gather at an annual conference to talk about...
Read MoreConference Bay auctions from Singapore
From Singapore: Conference Bay, an eBay-style auction marketplace for buying seats at conferences worldwide. Nothing new here, right? We...
Read MoreWanted: Free labor
The social web depends on content, tagging and utility created or improved by the good will of the people formerly known as the...
Read MoreWe Media analysis and links
I’ve been reflecting on our experiences at We Media Miami and digesting a great deal of reporting and analysis about what happened....
Read MoreShould You Pay Your Community’s Contributors?
From The World Economic Forum comes the news that YouTube will start paying those who upload videos. First of all… at the World...
Read MoreYahoo Faces Competiton from Social Media
Yahoo was downgraded today by S&P to “sell” from “hold.” Why? Well, it just jumped 8%, but S&P believes...
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