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March 17, 2006

FIND OF THE WEEK: HumanPages - "LinkedIn With A Heart?"

As it turns out, there is now more than one way to run a SPAM-Proof Online People Directory and Referral Service. Move over LinkedIn — Introducing HumanPages. HumanPages is the brainchild of Chris Bartlett. I first met Chris in December 2005... [continued]

March 10, 2006

All Things Web 2.0 - "THE LIST"

NOTE: The most current listings are now available as a continuously updated Open Directory at “All Things Web 2.0 – The Directory” — cgm (08/16/06) Last night I was talking with Bob Stumpel who runs the Web 2.0 Group on... [continued]

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: "Bad Code is Good Business"

I’ve been busy over the past few months sorting through and testing a lot of “Me2Web2” applications. I do this periodically as my own feeble attempt to catch a glimpse of the future — as well as garner some new approaches to resolve some very tiresome bottlenecks I find... [continued]

November 04, 2005

A Functional View of Social Networking - Highlighting the Challenges Moving Forward

I have to admit, I’ve always been “soft on” diagrams. Diagrams are always a great way to tease out, sort, organise, and “reality test” discrete elements out of total ambiguity and confusion. Which is why they are such great tools for both... [continued]

October 18, 2005

Measuring The ACTUAL Blogosphere Part 1 - Technorati View

Technorati 100 or Feedster 500? 10 million or 70 million blogs? Confused? … So was I. … Time For A Blogosphere Meta-Analysis. Introducing "The Sacred Cow Dung 500 Index" (or the "Dung 500 Meta-Analysis") This is the first of a... [continued]

September 29, 2005

The Start of Internet Tsunami 2.0 Averted? eBay Shareholders Get the Final Word: "Skype Who?"

[“Uncle! Uncle! I give Up” — I really thought I could make it as the last hold-out in the VC Blogosphere NOT to comment on the Skype-eBay (or is it eBay-Skype?) Deal — Wrong again — cgm] What the Skype/eBay Deal Says... [continued]

September 25, 2005

FIND OF THE WEEK - Confused About Web 2.0? Web 2.0 - The Diagram

I’ve been extremely resistant to adopting the term “Web 2.0”. My excuse has been, and continues to be, a very simple one: I firmly believe the term “Web 2.0” has caught on for all the wrong reasons. The term “Web 2.0”... [continued]