Thoughts from the heights of an abyss
From the monthly archives:
Andy Oram discusses how only a miniscule subset within the hordes of users participating in Web 2.0 type collaboration actually add value. Interesting viewpoint, helps see any Web 2.0 user numbers in better perspective.
But I have a couple of points to add:
Notion of elites is not always necessary to add value to content. We [...]
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It starts with the uncanny visual realism, yet something is not quite right - skin that looks like skin but is too perfect to be real, a face too taut and a posture straight out of the Renaissance period. The voice actors are first class - what strikes you is how self-sure the voice [...]
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Such a nasty blow! That was the competitive equivalent of thrust, twist and pullback. And for all the blood shedding one barely hears a squeak, from the offended party or the press.
Of course I refer to the forking of Java by Google Open Social. The ostensible reason being better performance on constrained devices, which [...]
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Today I discovered the weblog of Rob Weir called “An Antic Disposition“. Rob is a member of the OASIS ODF TC amongst others. The blog has been a delight so far - be it the technical content, the perspectives that are revealed or even just the list of books from his library, all indicate an [...]
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It is not often that a book grabs you by the scruff in the very first line and this one does! In the author’s own words the goal is to use “myths about innovation to understand how innovation happens“. And it starts with…
By idolizing those whom we honor we do a disservice both to [...]
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The industry goes gaga over the OpenSocial API from Google. And methinks this is another instance of fanboys missing the forest for the trees. In my honest opinion this is nothing more than a wrapper over each social site’s API, legitimized by Google’s overarching status in the industry. I wonder how the conversation would have [...]
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