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Brief notes on web articles with links to del.icio.us and technorati
35 Million Consumers Used Web Search For Travel Planning in April 2005
In April, 35 million U.S. consumers used a search engine to initiate travel planning, and those who bought travel online ultimately spent an estimated $6.6 billion in the category during the eight week analysis period.
Bud posted this on November 16, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Ning | Home: Front Page
Ning is a social software development platform. Basically, you build an application and others sign up to be part of it. But, they are also signing up to be part of the whole platform. Your application becomes part of a whole ecology to attract users.
Bud posted this on October 4, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Web 2.0 - Price Discrimination Very interesting a...
I mean psuedo price discrimination based on imposing an artificial supply constraint, letting the equilibrium price move up the demand curve
Bud posted this on July 26, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Microsoft press releases via RSS
Microsoft is offering their press releases via RSS. This increases their web visibility.
Bud posted this on February 21, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Small Town, Big Ideas : How we use RSS and Blogs at Webmail.us
A great corporate example of using blogs and RSS. Note the very home grown nature of all of this. Could you package it for less?
Bud posted this on February 21, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
fac.etio.us
This sort of works. It allows you to view things by tag such as all the people using it etc. It's a step in the right direction. I would like a webservices interface.
Bud posted this on February 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Signs of Increasing Blog Relevance to Corporate Communication
Another good example of weblogs use by two companies to speed critical communication. The first for product development, the second for marketing.
Bud posted this on February 12, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
NewsGator Product Roadmap
Communication is really the whole point. It's part of the matching process of going from great idea to market.
Bud posted this on February 12, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
GM is Podcasting
So, GM has started a podcast. They have some real innovators there. Who are they?
Bud posted this on February 11, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tagsurf: Tagged Hyperforum
This is a cross between a blog, a bulletin board, and a social bookmarking system with tags. A key innovation is that tags can be URIs. This somewhat obviates the need to agree on tags or search by tags. Identifying by URLs is more natural.
Bud posted this on February 10, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
TechWeb | News | Everything You Always Wanted To Know About RSS | January 10, 2005
A recommended RSS tutorial on techweb.
Bud posted this on February 8, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Levengers Launches and Online Community
This should be interesting to see how it works. It looks like something you have to join and contribute your content to. Is this passe post-blog?
Bud posted this on February 8, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
A heads-up about an upcoming server change....
Dave Winer is one of the people at the heart of podcasting. Things are moving along.
Bud posted this on February 7, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Salesforce.com via RSS
A continuation of his salesforce.com exercise.
Bud posted this on February 7, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
TechPodcasts.com looking better!
GeekNews Central is moving forward with its podcasting empire. Again the idea seems to be to creae a media center.
Bud posted this on February 5, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
A Peek at Disney's Blog and RSS Plans
Walt Disney is moving into blogs and RSS. Makes sense for media companies above all. Any information business should be doing this, be it free or restricted access. It really can lower the cost of communications.
Bud posted this on February 3, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Communicating More with Less
The title is misleading. A great post on how Sun is reaching 600K readers with its executive blog. The want to build community.
Bud posted this on February 3, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
An intranet wiki case study
This corporate wiki seems to have been successful as a forum for knowledge sharing. You need to be able to measure that benefit which is not mentioned in this brief note. Also, the adopters seem to be techies.
Bud posted this on February 2, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Validating a Custom DTD
How to put custom attributes in your xhtml and get it to validate. A how-to.
Bud posted this on February 2, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Shifting time and folding space
Udell is an incredibly creative guy. I think he has the podcasting thing right. It's a way to re-invent your environment.
Bud posted this on February 1, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The Rise of Business Blogging
A nice article filled with examples of business blogging. A real focus on the openness theme of blogging. How does this work in with some of the more influence peddling suggestions coming from corporate PR?
Bud posted this on February 1, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (1)
The Commissioner Blog Now A "Real" Blog
An EU Commissioner has a blog. So, things are moving ahead in the EU.
Bud posted this on February 1, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
TechPodcasts.com Getting Ready To Launch
GeekNews Central is expanding podcasting. The idea seems to be bundling to increase value. Creating a destination on the web for podcasts. More needs to be done.
Bud posted this on January 31, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Alan Meckler: JupiterResearch Blogs Reap Business
Provides some statistics on remarkable traffic growth to Jupiter Media based on the blog. Jupiter is a media company, so they are set up for this sort of thing. Can this apply to Joe Schmoe blogger?
Bud posted this on January 28, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The President of the Ukraine has a...
Apparently, the president of the Ukraine has a blog. Remarkable. It's in Russian (Ukrainian?), so no way to evaluate. Off to the Ukraine in 3 weeks.
Bud posted this on January 26, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
seattlepi.com Buzzworthy: Smart blog design
So, when weblogs meet business, people start making dollars and cents decisions about which features to include and which social aspects to consider. How does this affect community?
Bud posted this on January 25, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Voicemail comment answered on seperate Podcast Feeds!
One issue with podcasting seems to be getting people tuned into where your podcast is. Interesting use of skype and messaging for comments.
Bud posted this on January 25, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
A new BBC Radio podcast ....
Not sure what this is about, but it seems professional. I wonder if those win in the end. So much easier to listen to.
Bud posted this on January 24, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
The Hobson & Holtz Report - Podcast #4: January 24, 2005
Shel Holtz's podcast. Wow! Pretty well put together.
Bud posted this on January 24, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Enterprise Blogging in Practice, Notes
Can blogs really exist without cultivation? I suspect it really depends on the company doing the implementation. Most non-techies really have to be introduced to blogging and learn a new practice.
Bud posted this on January 23, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Corporate Podcasting
So, corporations have started to podcast. It seems time is an important thing. Keep it short if you require people's attention.
Bud posted this on January 21, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
ZDNet is Podcasting
This should be interesting. Personally, I find somewhat more professional radio to be better. Consider On The Media by NPR.
Bud posted this on January 20, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
B.L. Ochman: How to Write Killer Blog Posts and More Compelling Comments
Some good tips on how to write blog posts that have impact. Perhaps the best antidote I have found for blogorhea (excessive blog writing) is having to confine myself to one paragraph posts. More of 'em and more pointed.
Bud posted this on January 19, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
A Self-Referential Demonstration of the Power of the Del.icio.us Folksonomy : Bokardo.com
Joshua Porter has shown some simple practical methods for using folksonomies (particularly del.icio.us) to add value to weblog entries. The essence of his approach is adding links to the blog entry based on the tag he determines is most relevant.
Bud posted this on January 19, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
KnowNow Integrates Enterprise Information into RSS
The key is that RSS connects people to information. The use of a standardized format for very different kinds of information makes all information more fungible.
Bud posted this on January 18, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Blog applications in Business
Are people just re-inventing the wheel with RSS? We are really in the first stages of RSS adoption where people are understanding it in terms of current practices. There is a second wave to come. What is it?
Bud posted this on January 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Earthlink Debuts Corporate Blog
Another corporate weblog, this one to fight SPAM. Seems broadcast oriented vs. interactive. No comments or trackbacks.
Bud posted this on January 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Audioblogging reaches new heights
I have to wonder if all of these homemade radio shows (podcasts) are really going to catch on. They don't really allow for easy summarization or skimming. They do seem easy for people just to produce. I suspect only a few of these will succeed at scale
Bud posted this on January 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Spend 70 Minutes with Robert Scoble
I listened to this podcast. I'm not sure it was earth shattering. The interesting point is that it was done over skype and gave me some sense of Scoble the person.
Bud posted this on January 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
NewsGator SVP Launches Blog on Corporate RSS Applications
A lot of companies are interested in RSS for internal information architectures. Since corporations control their computing environments and can mandate RSS readers, this may be a big market.
Bud posted this on January 17, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)