From the monthly archives:

March 2008

Sage Advice for API Providers

March 31, 2008

Gabe Wachob writes simply the best advice post I’ve seen from a developer to an API Service Provider. We’ve worked together on a few projects and Gabe’s passion shines through in this one. What struck me is it holds true for any product; the customer (developer) is always right. I also believe it is easy [...]

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Get Out and Learn

March 26, 2008

Yesterday I wrote a post over at the Supernova ConversationHub. Later after speaking with Dina (we plan learning journeys) I was left with a couple of stories about learning experiences I have had while growing up, and reflections. At school, many many years ago I remember being taken to a General Motors plant (to see [...]

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ConferenceHubbing

March 25, 2008

What’s with this collective blogging thing that now starts before conferences? I’m being rhetorical. Conferences that survive today become living events. They also have the opportunity to provide many more options for attendees to connect and explore before, during and after the conference. I’m writing for the Supernova2008 ConferenceHub. I’ve been an attendee in the [...]

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links for 2008-03-21

March 21, 2008

Cabdrivers Rally For Right To Use Cell Phones On Duty I hate getting into a cab when the driver puts a cellphone to his ear. I quickly give them hell. Still handsfree with some courtesy may be ok. (tags: taxi mobile safety) Indian Cell Population: 246 Million and Counting Mobile growth in India will just [...]

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links for 2008-03-20

March 20, 2008

Facebook Launching Privacy Controls and Instant Messaging No surprise really. It’s making a good directory better. Now what if every unique facebook account also became a call by name solution… anywhere to any number? What if they had VoIP on the iPhone? Could Facebook be call.domain.com? (tags: facebook privacy socialnetworking im voip) Facebook fires up [...]

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links for 2008-03-19

March 19, 2008

Tethering the iPhone Harder than I’d like; too time consuming to play with it right now. (tags: iphone tethering jailbreak mobile) iPhone Users Are Having More Fun – GigaOM This is an awesome data clip. What’s not said is the users that adopt an iPhone get this “fun” factor immediately. Then number on social networks [...]

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links for 2008-03-13

March 13, 2008

eComm reborn well | Brad Ideas Brad like Thomas Howe’s corn analogy too. His positive comments were stated by many who were glad to be back. (tags: ecomm thomashowe bradtempleton voip) Dean Bubley’s Disruptive Wireless: Notes from eComm I met Dean briefly for the first time today. I like his counterpoints in this post. He [...]

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What’s Mobivox Really Listening For?

March 12, 2008

Nitzan Shaer from Mobivox a company I’ve written about before does “calling by name”. So it’s nice to learn something new and glimpse into the model of how they tune their IVR – voice recognition. Turns out they listen to more than just me saying your name. He starts with a story that brings to [...]

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eComm Misc Morning Notes.

March 12, 2008

Blaine Cook Lead Architect at Twitter. This is a talk about “YOU”. 140 characters.. keeps things constrained. It’s usable and fun because it has a simple interface. Nice fun slides. API traffic is 3 to 4 times larger than page views. Irv Shapiro “IfByPhone” – Phone Mashups… How do we do it… Phone Mashups combine [...]

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eComm – Let’s Talk Presence

March 12, 2008

Presence with Peter Saint-Andre from Jabber provides a fast moving set of thought fragments. Fun, thoughtful and got people thinking about disruption, and behavior which is what will ultimately determine the success of Presence apps. half life of information is shifting. we need presence “the new dial tone” it is a catalyst for interaction What [...]

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eComm opens with Jonathan Christensen

March 12, 2008

I’m at eComm, I’ll be reporting some observations and comments. I’ve already met lots of familiar faces; its one of those conferences that is about relationships. There’s a good crowd a full room behind me. First up is Jonathan Christensen from Skype. Not sure if it is his task or preference. He’s started by reviewing [...]

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links for 2008-03-12

March 12, 2008

The future of social networks: Social networks will be like air Charlene Li has written a thoughtful update and one worthy of more discussion. I believe a few more out of the box examples are required. Its not going to be as straight line as this. (tags: charleneli socialmedia socialnetworks identity strategy networking Web2.0 future) [...]

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eComm Impact on The Future of Social Networks

March 11, 2008

Today I bookmarked a presentation by Charlene Li on “The Future of Social Networks“. I’d really like to spend more time commenting on it. However, I’m going to use it as a setup some eComm thoughts which starts tomorrow. I’ll be there and looking to put a new “lens” on advancements and where to find [...]

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links for 2008-03-11

March 11, 2008

Google Reader (1000+) “It will be most interesting to see what the state of human communications looks like in 2015, both inside the firewall of organizations, and outside …” Now this is a question I’d like to work on. KMI2020? Who would like to sponsor it? (tags: km2.0 jonhusband communications) The AppGap » Beyond Web [...]

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links for 2008-03-09

March 9, 2008

Does iPhone Need The iFund? – GigaOM I like Om’s realism in this post. He’s correct they will have to sell a lot more phone! Thus my tongue in cheek 100 million number the other day. I’m less certain about the carriers and apps. The Carriers need to do a better job of thinking through [...]

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