there is something new going on here. somewhere in the past few months the way that i experience the internet and specifically live information changed there is a now web emerging out of an ecosystem of loosely coupled products. there has always been an immediate instant component to the web and web communications it goes back to mailing lists im email blog commenting. but its taking on a whole...
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think musings summize acquired by twitter john borthwick on twitters acquisition of summize. interesting case summize works better than any of the competing services but it also makes twitter itself much much better. hope that the......
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via betaworks twitter and summize join together. thoughts john b the deal started with a conversation with fred wilson about how conversational search can evolve into navigation about how important navigation becomes for ugc as you go mainstream it concluded with the deal that was announced this morning. betaworks is now a twitter shareholder and excited to be one.......
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gotta focus on the small group to get the big group shared by prash this is a great approach and forces you to focus on user needs. a few weeks ago a bunch of us were talking about web services and social communities. my friend john borthwick......
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since time immemorial late 1990s venture capitalists and entrepreneurs have sought the holy grail of startup value creation the perfect incubator model. this hypothetical wealth machine lies somewhere between venture capital firm and operating company combining the best attributes of each. why is this a holy grail because the period of greatest value creation for most digital startups on a retur...
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ive been noticing a lot of memes floating around the social media2.0 space over the last two weeks and i decided to pluck 10 of my favorites. if you havent been glued to google reader or twitter here is a rundown of memes worth paying attention to socialprise social tools enterprise socialprise. according to redwriteweb this meme represents one of the biggest shifts in business today. avc questi...
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think musings beta working john borthwick talking about his betaworks investment strategy. great read.......
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when i mustered up the courage to call and ask for a tour of the seattle times test kitchen i knew not to reach anyone on tuesday. thats because wednesday is the day the food and wine section is printed so i figured tuesday calls would be impacted by deadline stress that i didnt want to be a part of. seattles not the only city to print its food section on wednesdays. in fact ponding why many paper...
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over 400 new features fixes and improvements. introducing tumblr 3.0 its been six months since we launched tumblr 2.0. weve spent a lot of time looking at the ways youve been using tumblr want to be using it and could be using it. today were delighted to show you the culmination of all your feedback and support. the most powerful and simple application weve ever built. in terfacelif t two thing...
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when i read a great post....i have to share it. you see this post by john borthwick ceo of fotolog explains very clearly why social media websites are valued the way they are.i recommend you read john borthwicks recent piece titled the photobucket sale and fotolog.great job john. rock on.......
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