Weekend Watcher: Hornucopia - a Celebration of all Things Horny . . . and the Importance of Culture
By Tom Foremski - September 4, 2008
It is difficult to escape our day-to-day lives but it is important that we do. I love spending time in environments where people just know me as Tom rather than in my professional roles.
The geek-life is fun but it's not enough. Understanding the culture of our times is important to every business, to every startup--but you won't get it unless you go out and get it. No TechCrunch, no Giga, no Twitter, know tech-nothing--just getting out into a wider culture is important.
Here is one way to do that...
Here is an event, the 11 day Hornucopia music festival in San Francisco, a celebration of any music with horns-- that deserves support--especially the upcoming Saturday show with the Jazz Mafia Summit at the Rickshaw Stop in Hayes Valley.
Allison Lovejoy from Lovejoy Lowdown has the details . . . She interviews Sol Crawford, one of the more interesting of San Francisco's young music promoters. He is a co-partner at Amnesia, which has earned a stellar reputation as one of the best live performance rooms in the Mission district.
The Hornucopia Festival is also a non-profit effort to benefit community organizations through a free music workshop, an educational presentation on the provocative history of brass and horn music, and as a fundraiser for two worthy causes: delivering new instruments into the hands of beleaguered youth second line bands in New Orleans and raising money for a humanitarian circus that presents free shows and workshops to refugee children in Kosovo.http://www.hornucopiafestival.org/
By Tom Foremski - September 4, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Who is Making the Most Money from Web 2.0?
By Tom Foremski - September 3, 2008
The Web 2.0 sector is a vibrant sector that is supported by hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital. But how many "Web 2.0" companies are profitable? What's the value of the Web 2.0 market as a whole?
It depends how Web 2.0 is defined but probably there aren't any profitable Web 2.0 companies yet, and the total value of the market is too small to measure.
So who is making money out of Web 2.0? That's easy, it is the conferences such as TechCrunch50 with tickets at $2,995 each. And of course Tim O'Reilly's trademarked Web 2.0 conferences such as the upcoming Web 2.0 Summit at $3,795 for each ticket.
BTW, I thought TechCrunch50 was supposed to kill DEMO? Last I looked DEMO is very much alive and kicking. It is just $2,999 but you can save $4 with this promo code: F8STANDARD1, which makes it exactly the same price as TechCrunch50.
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Please see: Web 2.0 Is On The Ropes. . . Kleiner Perkins Halts Investments
By Tom Foremski - September 3, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Foremski's Take: GOOG Browser Designed to Please Wall Street
By Tom Foremski - September 2, 2008
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today launched Google Chrome, a new open source browser intended to create a better web experience for users around the world. Available in beta in more than 40 languages, Google Chrome is a new approach to the browser that’s based on the simplicity and power that users have come to expect from Google products.
Foremski's Take:
Google's new browser will reclaim millions of dollars that it pays to third parties such as Mozilla, the open source organization that develops and maintains the popular Firefox browser, for traffic directed to its sites.
Mozilla received revenues of $66.8m in 2006 and $52.9m in 2005, about 85 percent came from Google payments for each search query conducted by a Firefox user through Google.
Apple also receives substantial payments from directing Safari users to Google. These payments are all part of Google's Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC), a closely watched number by Wall Street analysts. A small reduction in TAC is always welcomed by a large boost in Google's share price.
Google's payments to third parties such as Mozilla and Apple, have jumped by more than 77 percent over the past year.
In GOOG's most recent second quarter financial report, TAC, not related to its AdSense ad network, was $154m. One year ago it was just $87m.
With its own browser, Google can capture more traffic directly and reduce those payments significantly, which drops straight to its bottom line, boosting its overall profitability. It's an excellent ROI that is bound to please its investors.
By Tom Foremski - September 2, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Finland Funnels $1.3m into Innovation Journalism Research
By Tom Foremski - September 2, 2008
Innovation journalism is a concept that has been popularized by David Nordfors, who leads the Innovation Journalism program at Stanford university. The subject just received a big boost from the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation with the award of a 900,000 euro ($1.31 million) research grant to a Finnish research consortium that will work with the innovation journalism program at Stanford.
If you have about a minute, here is David Nordfors explaining, "What is innovation journalism?"
http://www.blip.tv/file/1226742
More details from David Nordfors: The Innovation Journalism Blog: Finnish Innovation Journalism Research Gets 900.000 Euro
The main aim of the new research project (acronym as Ginjo) is to enlarge and deeper the knowledge of global innovation journalism, and also develop new working methods and tools for news media. Case studies will concentrate on topics such as “green tech” and eldercare innovations.
By Tom Foremski - September 2, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Judy Estrin on the Gender Gap in Silicon Valley
By Tom Foremski - September 2, 2008
I recently interviewed Judy Estrin, one of Silicon Valley's top entrepreneurs, and asked her about the gender gap in the valley and why there aren't more women in senior executive ranks.
Here is her reply:
http://www.blip.tv/file/1224262
Also, here is my recent interview with Ms Estrin about her new book:
Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy
We spoke for about 90 minutes, here is a highly edited version of that conversation.
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http://www.theinnovationgap.com/
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And coming to a Friday near you . . . Fridays with Foremski!
New promo reel, shorter, with faster name dropping :-)
By Tom Foremski - September 2, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Weekend Watcher: Sol Crawford's Pioneering Hornucopia Music Festival
By Tom Foremski - August 31, 2008
Allison Lovejoy brings us the Lovejoy Lowdown on Sol Crawford organizer of the upcoming SF Hornucopia music festival.
Sol Crawford is one of the most interesting of San Francisco's music promoters. He is a co-partner at Amnesia, which has earned a reputation for one of the best live performance rooms in the Mission district.
Hornucopia is a celebration of any music with horns, and that's a very broad definition. Starting September 4th 35 bands will play across 9 venues in 11 days.
The Hornucopia Festival is also a non-profit effort to benefit community organizations through a free music workshop, an educational presentation on the provocative history of brass and horn music, and as a fundraiser for two worthy causes: delivering new instruments into the hands of beleaguered youth second line bands in New Orleans and raising money for a humanitarian circus that presents free shows and workshops to refugee children in Kosovo.http://www.hornucopiafestival.org/
By Tom Foremski - August 31, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Fishwrap: PR bloggers urge vote early and vote often . . . The Mad Professor plus SeeqPod . . . TubeMogul for Micro Media Moguls
By Tom Foremski - August 29, 2008
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[Wrapping up the week in three dots . . .]
The slow days of August haven't been that slow. And September will blow in like a hurricane with a slew of events, with Office 2.0 the first week in September.
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Vote early, vote often . . .
The PR Week awards for best PR blogs has been interesting to watch. PR bloggers have been asking their supporters to vote, and to vote often, which brings up some interesting ethical issues.
How good is a PR blogger if that PR blogger can't pull together the PR to get out the vote? Is it OK to do that or should votes happen in an organic way, without cheerleading the way?
What about all the other type of "vote for best Web 2.0 company" type awards? Is it OK to hire a PR company to help get out the vote or should it be a natural process?
This is why I think the best awards are those judged by a panel of peers, imho.
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Sites I like . . .
Seeqpod: Interesting music service. What it does is it finds music you search for and then plays it via a streaming front end. You can save your playlists and share them. The music it finds is on other people's sites, so it isn't licensed. It finds the music files and plays the files without downloading the files and so it tries to avoid the licensing issue because the files are out there in the cloud and not on its servers.
Here is an example: Last night I went to see the legendary Lee Scratch Perry. I'm not a fan of reggae but this was an extraordinary experience (he is playing the Independent tonight (Friday). Here is a Seeqpod playlist of Lee Scratch Perry I put together: http://tinyurl.com/6n7tfu.
TubeMogul: I just signed up for this service and if it delivers on its promise I will be forever grateful. I'm launching "Fridays with Foremski" in September, a weekly video show featuring interviews with top CEOs, thought leaders, profiling startups, covering major events and conferences - plus a gang of pundits/pals discussing recent events. It'll be a round up of video work I'll be doing during the week. Video takes a lot of work and one part that is a pain, is uploading it to many sites and then tracking the views and other analytics.
With TubeMogul you upload it once and it does all the rest: uploading to multiple sites and doing any neccesary transcoding etc. This service will potentially save me a lot of time, which can be used to do more interviews, etc.
Fridays with Foremski is coming!
By Tom Foremski - August 29, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Thought Leader Interview: Judy Estrin on the Innovation Gap in Silicon Valley and Beyond . . .
By Tom Foremski - August 28, 2008
Here is my recent interview with Judy Estrin, former CTO at Cisco and one of Silicon Valley's most successful serial entrepreneurs. She has been concerned about the topic of innovation for many years because we aren't making the investments needed--in Silicon Valley and as a nation.
She says that the explosion of Web 2.0 type innovation is masking a large problem.
She has a new book on this topic: Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy
We spoke for about 90 minutes, here is a highly edited version of that conversation.
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http://www.theinnovationgap.com/
By Tom Foremski - August 28, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Fridays with Foremski Coming in September...
By Tom Foremski - August 26, 2008
I put together a fun promo reel for "Fridays with Foremski" a weekly video show launching in September that chronicles my travels around Silicon Valley. I'll be interviewing top CEOs, thought leaders, profiling startups, and covering major events and conferences. The focus will be the business and culture of Silicon Valley.
Plus, I'll have my own gang of pundits, similar to Steve Gillmor's excellent Gillmor Gang, with a discussion on the week's events. I'll be working with Alex Ross, my new VP of business development and the publisher of "Friday's with Foremski."
We are just beginning to pull together the sponsorships so if you'd like to find out more, please contact Alex Ross [alex(at)siliconvalleywatcher.com].
I'm out of town until the end of this week but when I return I'll tell you more about the series--and I'll be looking for suggestions from my readers about topics and people that they'd like to see on "Fridays with Foremski."
Here is a flavor of what you'll see, compiled from my work over the past year.
You can also download the video here: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-744734598136285785&hl=en
By Tom Foremski - August 26, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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We Have a Serious Innovation Deficit Says Silicon Valley Thought Leader Judy Estrin
By Tom Foremski - August 22, 2008
I just got back from a very inspiring conversation with Judy Estrin, a serial entrepreneur, former CTO at Cisco, and one of Silicon Valley's top thought leaders.
I first met Ms Estrin about 7 years ago when I profiled her achievements in the Financial Times. What makes Ms Estrin interesting is that she is a dyed-in-the-wool Silicon Valley entrepeneur spanning several decades and she is not afraid to speak her mind.
Over the past few years she has been sounding the alarm about the lack of innovation in Silicon Valley, and in the US. We are living off of investments in innovation made many years ago and we are not creating the conditions for a new crop of innovation. And we need to harvest a bumper crop of innovation if we are to solve four major crises: energy, climate change, healthcare, and security.
Her work has led to a new book - Closing the Innovation Gap: Reigniting the Spark of Creativity in a Global Economy
Her research includes many interviews with corporate leaders and many others around the US.
"It was wonderful to get out of Silicon Valley and talk to people about what is happening to innovation," Ms Estrin said. "Too often we get caught up in our own little world in the valley, and we don't see what is happening elsewhere." She discovered that we are running a national innovation deficit, and that we need to act now to avoid serious consequences. She describes the problems and offers solutions.
I will have a video and podcast audio of my interview with Ms. Estrin coming up on SVW.
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http://www.theinnovationgap.com/
By Tom Foremski - August 22, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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A Peek Into My Day at Intel Developer Forum
By Tom Foremski - August 21, 2008
I spent much of the day at the Intel Developer Forum Wednesday at the Moscone in San Francisco (Intel is an SVW sponsor). It was great to bump into old UK buddies such as Joe Fay, news editor at The Register, and Mike Magee, the UK's most entrepreneurial journalist, and many others, including a bunch of my favorite ex-Podtech people.
Here is a short peek into my day at IDF.
A short description:
Here is part of my day at Intel Developer Forum. You get to see some of the Intel Insiders in action; plus you meet the founder of XIHA Life, a multi-lingual social network site from Finland, and a lady from Intel, demos TV widgets, developed by Intel and Yahoo.
Included: cameo's from well known local bloggers and personalities, such as Cathy Brooks, JD Lasica, Eddie Codel, Jeremiah Owyang, Chris Heuer, Ken Kaplan, Christine Ngo and other familiar faces...
Please see: UK's Pioneering Publisher Mike Magee Launches Indian-based IT Publication
By Tom Foremski - August 21, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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SDForum: Corporate Innovation Fair
By Tom Foremski - August 19, 2008
Last week I popped into SDForum's first "Corporate Innovation and Research Fair." I recorded part of the lunchtime panel on video and there were some very good points made by a stellar panel.
Here is an edited highlights version:
From left to right:
Roger Meike, Sun Microsystems
Harold Yu, Orrick
David SMith, Tynax
Deborah Magid, IBM
Roy Levin, Microsoft
Dr. Ike Nassi, SAP
Towards the end I ask a question about the term innovation and if it has been over-used. Dr. Nassi agrees, and says it has lost all meaning.
InnovationSDForum.mov
By Tom Foremski - August 19, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Intel Announces $100K Prizes for Innovation
By Tom Foremski - August 19, 2008
Intel (An SVW sponsor) today announced it would give out four awards of $100,000 each for innovative ideas in education, healthcare, economic development and the environment in 2009.
The announcement was made by Craig Barrett, chairman of Intel, speaking at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco.
Dean Takahashi from Venturebeat reports:
I can remember years when Barrett, as CEO, came out on stage to pound home the message that Intel’s processors were better than those from Advanced Micro Devices and we would all one day be using computers with Itanium chips. Now that there are a billion Internet users in the world, Barrett is taking his foot off the pedal on that hard sell on Intel. It tells you, perhaps, how unconcerned Intel is about competition now that it has reasserted its dominance over AMD and what Barrett really cares about.
Intel Developer Forum: Chairman Craig Barrett takes us on a world tech tour » VentureBeat
I'll be at IDF on Wednesday and Thursday.
Here is some additional info on todays IDF from Annie Rodkins:
The conference unofficially started today with a press briefing put together by Intel’s Corporate Technology Group – the guys and gals who run R&D here at Intel. Here, researchers spoke about their vision of the future as Connected Visual Computing; you can catch up with Intel Fellow Jim Held at http://tinyurl.com/58hnlc or see some pretty amazing slides and highlights athttp://tinyurl.com/5e9cc2.
Rehearsals took place for two talks that will be livecast on Tuesday: “Using Information Technology to Meet 21st Century Challenges & Opportunities” and “Nehalem: Screaming Performance, Efficient Power.” For links to livecasts see http://tinyurl.com/5mtsek.
Lastly, the Upload Lounge is all set and ready to host bloggers and podcasters the world over:http://tinyurl.com/5j6mcm. Tomorrow at the Lounge you will be able to meet some guests from Craig Barrett’s opening keynote (we can’t say who), astronaut Story Musgrave and Intel Sr. Fellow Gene Meieran, and others.
By Tom Foremski - August 19, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Public Relations is Such a Sensitive Profession . . .
By Tom Foremski - August 18, 2008
PR is such sensitive profession. Anytime anyone criticizes any aspect of the practice of public relations the industry pays lots of attention along with a lot of mea culpa. If journalists did the same we'd never get any work done.
Jennifer Leggio over at ZDNet has a good account of the latest PR bashing incident: Bloggers vs. PR - the broken record continues to skip | Feeds | ZDNet.com
It seems to me that the PR industry takes on criticism in two ways:
1 - it agrees with the criticism and pledges to do better accompanied by donning of hair shirts and self-flailing blog posts that go on and on for pages.
2 - It dismisses the criticism as massively ill informed and the ravings of an idiot..
It is usually 90 per cent number 1.
Whenever I come across such behavior in a friend I know that something is up, that there is a self-esteem issue at work, maybe, and that there must be something deeper going on. . .
The deeper stuff is that things have changed in the PR industry, and they've changed forever. Yet sometimes things look the same as before. And that can be a confusing time.
Some of my friends in the PR industry get upset with me for saying that things have changed. But my saying that things have changed didn't cause it, I'm just saying what I see.
It is similar to when I became a journalist "blogger" 4 years ago. My friends at the Wall Street Journal, San Jose Mercury News, SF Chronicle, Forbes, Fortune, Reuters, AP, etc would sometimes shoot me cold looks as if, as a "blogger," I was responsible for making their lives a misery, because they now have work longer hours, and live under the threat of job cuts, and they can't go home at 5pm every day, anymore.
The trends in media have nothing to do with me, I'm swept up in the dynamics of this industry the same way as everyone else--I'm trying to deal with the disruption.
What I understood four years ago was: the business model for media had changed forever and it wouldn't return to the old ways, and that is the future for PR too.
The same forces that are dramatically changing, and remaking the media industry, will do the same for the PR industry. Yet that change isn't very visible yet, it is masked. This is because PR is making money with traditional services plus making money selling "new media/social media" services, these are boom times for PR. Change only happens when it hurts to do things the old way, that's why the media industry is changing.
It sometimes seems as if the PR industry is Wiley Coyote chasing the Roadrunner--all is well as long as no one looks down and notices the road has gone, and there is nothing there but gravity and a distant canyon floor.
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Please see:
Chris Anderson's PR Blacklist Backlash - The Long Tail of Bad PR
Raining on the PR industry's parade...
By Tom Foremski - August 18, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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"Social" Product Pitches Ring False . . .
By Tom Foremski - August 15, 2008
For a long time I've disliked the use of the word "social" when it comes to press releases or applied to any other business-related software or business activities. Yet I do recognize that there is a grey area when it comes to online communities such as Facebook, where my business contacts get co-mingled with my friends.
However, in other areas, especially when it comes to press releases and business software, "social" seems to be an inappropriate use of the word.
I've been one of the key evangelists for what I've called the "new media release" it is a news release that includes links, tags, photos, graphics and video. Lately, people have been calling it a "social media press release." I'm not a fan of that term and I'm not the only one.
Tamera Kremer over at her Wildfire Strategic Marketing blog says it well in a post titled: What's so 'social' about product pitches?
The title says it all, imho. But here is an extract:
Let's be realistic and clear-- Social Media Press Releases are micro-sites for a product or announcement. This isn't "game changing", it's just borrowing from what interactive advertising was doing 7 years ago and adding RSS and API feeds and using it as a landing page to direct bloggers and journalists to. That's hardly something that deserves the amount of air-time it's been getting if we are being honest (and doing more than patting each other on the back within the echo chamber).
Let's just call them commercial product pitches . . . a media release with links...(!)
By Tom Foremski - August 15, 2008 | Permalink | Comment
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Gunter Pfaff on Thought Leader Interview: Judy Estrin on the Innovation Gap in Silicon Valley and Beyond . . .
Hi - The article about innovation reminded me of the lack of it when we explored the production of tempeh (and we ended up with the only two patents since tempeh was made in the late 60's)
The problem we have faced since then with the media is with the control that big industry exerts and we have trouble getting exposure. When we contact soy related media and they discover we use "organic" beans, they find excuses not to publish since most of their support comes from the ag.chemical com
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Don Baker on More Love Not Hate ... Launch a SPAM Grenade!
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Tom Foremski on Foremski's Take: GOOG Browser Designed to Please Wall Street
Yes, merging the address bar and navigation are a point of concern. It is not just link farms based on mispellings that should be worried but all brand owners...
NoDomainsForSale on Foremski's Take: GOOG Browser Designed to Please Wall Street
The merging of the address bar and search bar gives Google too much control over navigation. It separates companies and website operators from their website addresses and brands.
Companies spend heavily to establish and maintain brands. Google has just imposed itself between consumers and businesses. Direct navigation has now become proprietary search, whereby Google uses its discretion to filter out web addresses and domains that it deems less relevant.
I object and I
David Ward on Who is Making the Most Money from Web 2.0?
The difference in TechCrunch50 and Demo is that Demo charges $18,500 for the company to present. TechCrunch50 does not charge the company, only the attendees.
Alan on Foremski's Take: GOOG Browser Designed to Please Wall Street
That's the most sensible blog post I have read so far on the subject.
Knut Holt on UPDATE:GOOG wants your website to do better
I might try it on one of my web-sites, even though I do not use Google adsense right now.
Busby on 7 Reasons Startups Should Not Take VC Funding - Advice from a Serial Entrepreneur
Good post if you get money early you will have to get most of the business to the VC's and will have to do what they say. Its better to build slowly and own more of your business after you are noticed the VC's may come to you this is when you'll get the best deal.
Dan on Searching for search on the iPhone - where is it?
I agree with the above limitations and may have another one...when I type a word and make a spelling mistake (big fingers) I can't seem to place the cursor in the middle of the word and correct the mistake. I have to place the cursor at the end of the word and delete back to the mistake and type again. This seems to be a huge waste of time and is functionality that should be included in a 'touch screen' iPhone Thoughts? Am I missing something?
Tom Foremski on Fridays with Foremski Coming in September...
Thanks Anna :-)
Anna Atwell on Fridays with Foremski Coming in September...
Tom-
Another reason to look forward to Fridays!
Sally Falkow on PRWatch: PR Firms That Don't Blog Yet Offer New/Social Media Practices
Hi Tom
I agree that a PR agency needs to know the tools before they can use them for clients.
I started blogging back in 2003 and I'm still going. I do well with teaching others to blog.
In frustration I developed a small newsroom with rss feeds in 2004 because I could not find one at that time that did exaclty what I wanted. Now PRESSfeed is used by companies and other agencies.
I have been interested in podcasting but had not done it much myself, so conse
Gerd Leonhard on Public Relations is Such a Sensitive Profession . . .
Tom, good post. You may enjoy my slideshow on the Future of PR, here: http://www.mediafuturist.com/2008/03/presentation-on.html - would love to have your feedback, too.
Andrew Finlayson on Innovation Journalism At Stanford - And Japan's Interest in Silicon Valley As Media Valley
Hope you had a good trip to Japan. I wonder if you have seen the website www.livenewscameras.com
Do you know of any Japanese networks that are streaming live news coverage?
Tom Foremski on We Have a Serious Innovation Deficit Says Silicon Valley Thought Leader Judy Estrin
Don, are you talking about innovation across sectors are just in the telco/Ribbit niche?
Don Thorson on We Have a Serious Innovation Deficit Says Silicon Valley Thought Leader Judy Estrin
Ms Estrin is not seeing what I'm seeing. I'm seeing an innovation rebirth happening on a scale as big as any ever seen in Silicon Valley. It's true it may not look the same as the others - may not be as visible on the surface or share the same characteristics or metrics as the others - but in terms of rapid and significant global impact, this wave will out do them all. No question.
Innovation is still accelerating and I think we are again at an inflection point. Hold on, the brakes a
Ryan G on Craigslist is being blocked by Cox Interactive - is this a net neutrality issue?
Pardon the pun, but I don't think that Cox would have the balls.
Luca Penati on Public Relations is Such a Sensitive Profession . . .
PR is not synonymous with “publicist”
http://www.techprnibbles.com/pr-is-not-synonymous-with-publicist/
tom Foremski on "Social" Product Pitches Ring False . . .
JL: Yes, that is exactly why I didn't want to use "Social media release" because it was clear that "Social Media" like "Green" was part of a current fad/fashion and thus worth staying away from. That's why I wanted "New media release" or just "media release" because these are neutral terms - they don't snag on our social fabric.
Although I found no supporters for my position I was very calm and centered because I knew I would be vindicated ;-)
And it turns out sooner than late
JL on "Social" Product Pitches Ring False . . .
Blame the marketers. Since when did "social" and "business" mix? This sounds similar to all the things that are labeled "green" this and "green" that...
Tom on Warsaw University Team Are World Programming Champions, Again
I am disppointed with the British efforts, in this field, they can't compete with eastern european countries. Duirng the war years the UK was a poineer in technology and programming skills, now it is a poor problem solving contestant.
Tom Foremski on Google is a Media Company
Ron: The branding of Google is interesting because if it were recognized as a media company the media industry might get a clue about the mess it is in. Google is leading the commoditization of content trend. And it's interesting Google doesn't want to be seen as a media company because it wouldn't be good for business.
Ethan: Yes, you are right I can buy a search appliance box but that's less than 1 percent of its revenues. It doesn't make it a technology company...
Tom Foremski on 7 Reasons Startups Should Not Take VC Funding - Advice from a Serial Entrepreneur
Greg: Your advice is worth a lot of money to those that understand it.
Greg Gianforte on 7 Reasons Startups Should Not Take VC Funding - Advice from a Serial Entrepreneur
Tom: Thanks for re-posting my guest column. As you noted, this advice is just as relevant today as it ever was, especially in light of current economic conditions. Long live the Bootstrapper.
- Greg
Ethan Grago on Google is a Media Company
What can I buy from Google? An enterprise search appliance, if I was so minded.
Ron on Google is a Media Company
Unless you're into defining categories, the question of whether or not Google is a media or a technology company isn't really interesting. Companies grow into many different areas and therefore defy categorization (is MSFT an enterprise or consumer software company? For that matter, is GM a car company or a financing company and pension fund that also happens to sell some cars?)
But to answer your question directly, you can buy (license) Google search technology for your website or in
dan on 7 Reasons Startups Should Not Take VC Funding - Advice from a Serial Entrepreneur
but some of us need to make a living...
christine perkett on PRWatch: PR Firms That Don't Blog Yet Offer New/Social Media Practices
I'm a little late to the convo here but appreciate your post. Blogging is just the beginning, IMHO. I think behavior and participation on the other social networks is very telling regarding how much a PR firm "gets it." Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc. How are firms participating in these communities? Do they understand they are not news streams? Are they seen as spammers? Do they just assign junior execs to keep an eye out for self gain or do they *really* use and understand their value?
Matt on i9-11: US Government Ready with a "Patriot Act" for the Internet
If I recall correctly, I think someone promised to try to get a copy during that session...