Web startups are anything but rare nowadays. Technological advances continue to drive down startup costs to the point where nearly anyone can participate in the internet ecosystem. As a result, online businesses are in a constant battle with one another, competing not necessarily for customers, but simply for eyeballs. We are witnessing the battle for [...]
An article in TechCrunchIT has raised a pretty spirited debate amongst the technology consumerist community. TCIT author, Steve Gillmor explains how his Twitter stream has become his de-facto information outlet, replacing his need for an RSS feed. With a title as dramatic as, “Rest in Peace, RSS,” it’s no suprise at the attention this [...]
Facebook has recently rolled out an update to its popular IM system, FbChat. It allows users to incorporate their customized “Friend Lists” on the chatting platform. With this update, Facebook now allows users the ability to appear either online or offline to a select group of their friends. A small, but useful update for those [...]
How simple is too simple? Does simplicity facilitate usability? Do we sacrifice effectiveness for usability? I start to ask myself these questions as I log on to twitter.com with far less frequency as once before. Will this 140-character revolution continue on its meteoric rise, or will it become a nostalgic web property of the past?
I [...]
It almost pains me to use MySpace in the title, seeing how much I dislike the service. In any event, there is something to be said about Facebook’s new “direction”, and how they may be moving towards a product offering similar to that of the mighty content clusterf–k, otherwise known as MySpace. I’m talking more [...]
During Michael Arrington’s interview with Kevin Rose, the Digg-founder states, “I believe that it’s time for Digg to get a little bit more real-time in nature. And we need to be a living and breathing site.” He goes on to say that he expects Digg to see these changes somewhere in the next six months.
There’s [...]
There is somewhat of a war waging between both the Twitter and FriendFeed services as of late. More specifically, a “battle” between the services’ users. For the most part, FriendFeed users LOVE FriendFeed and CAN’T STAND Twitter, whereas Twitter users LOVE Twitter and CAN”T STAND FriendFeed. So, the natural follow-up to this debate is to [...]
So you have your business idea. How do you know if it’s a viable one? According to most venture capitalists (VCs), there is an initial set of guidelines or preliminary questions in which your idea must fulfill or answer. You can bet that on the top of that list, the following question will appear:
“Do you [...]
Filmmaker Spike Jonze directed this 5-minute intro to Team Lakai’s DVD, “Fully Flared.” I recently came across a video depicting the ‘behind the scenes’ view, during the filming process. I immediately made a connection with what most every startups goes through. You can see the crew expressing a sense of uncertainty and a great deal [...]
“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery”
-Charles Caleb Colton (1780 – 1832)
There is an obvious trend that exists within today’s internet-based businesses. Companies are “stealing” other companies’ ideas, concepts, and functionality. Well, stealing may not be the most accurate description. I believe the term borrowing may better sum up what is actually happening. In any [...]
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