Archive for April, 2007

The Two Webs

« 30 April 2007 | 23:03 | Uncategorized | 33 Comments »

Today the Web woke up to a real story about itself. Microsoft has put forward a powerful challenge to the notion that Google will steamroller Windows once it’s done with Office. Scott Guthrie made a strong case for developer extension of the rich browser, and Ray Ozzie cracked open the tiniest ray of hope that […]



Social Monetization

« 26 April 2007 | 10:09 | Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

In the opening panel at Rafat Ali and Staci Kramer’s EconSM, some flavor:

Tariq Krim of NetVibes–advertising to an audience is being or about to be replaced by attention mining.
Some guy named Jason who apparently failed to buy MySpace–The future of media is not about telling but creating a platform for users to tell.
Richard Rosenblatt, who […]



Ozzie and Harriet

« 25 April 2007 | 17:36 | Uncategorized | 6 Comments »

Harriet is Mark Cuban. Mark (stood next to him but never talked to him) is out with his latest swipe at Web 2.0, that HDTV is where the action is. Harriet thinks Apple TV is a day late and a dollar short.
I am one of the people Mark says is eyeing HDTV. I’m looking because […]



The Law of small numbers

« 19 April 2007 | 13:20 | Uncategorized | 10 Comments »

I just wrote the most fantastic post in the press room at Web 2.0 Expo, and then lost it when Wordpress declined to auto-save. Yes, I know, Web 2.0 sucks, Office is not dead, blah blah blah. No matter, being brilliant is not part of my new business model. Instead, I’m all about the Law […]



The last picture show

« 2 April 2007 | 15:10 | Uncategorized | 2 Comments »

InfoWorld timeline from the last print edition.