Archive for November, 2005
Wal-Mart vs. Google
Interesting comparison…
It turns out that Wal-Mart, the world’s most profitable retailer, and Google, the virtual world’s most profitable search seller, have a lot more in common than you might think.
Friday Finds
I’m going to do my best to get into a new habit of doing a link dump of the cool things I stumbled over or got stuck in that particular week.Here’s the finds from this week:
Teen Podcaster’s Network - a site dedicated to teens podcasting. Don’t tell me the power structure of media isn’t shifting [...]
Stay Awake!
With the new Web 2.0 boom, there’s simply too many cool sites and concepts to keep up with! Here’s a list of a few.
Yellowwikis
Our aim is to be the biggest, friendliest, most up to date, most predictable, least-discriminatory collection of basic business information in the world. Compiled, edited and checked by people like YOU!
We [...]
Blogging Rights
Another boon for blogging rights:
OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey school district will pay $117,500 to a student who was punished for creating a website that included critical statements about his middle school.
The settlement of the lawsuit brought nearly two years ago follows a decision by a federal judge ruling that Oceanport school [...]
Hobbyist Auctions
While sites like eBay empower users to come together, and while the the Internet allows for hobbyists to connect in a large scale, the large scale connections don’t last long in many cases. People tend to sub-divide once they’ve discovered the group overall, based on interests, personality, location, and a range of other factors.
So [...]
Typepad downtime update mail
There’s doing it right, then there’s doing it spot on perfect. I just got this mail from Six Apart yesterday morning. If you wonder how to write messages to your customers/consumers when you screw up, here’s the template. Great work Six Apart!
Dear Jake,
Two weeks ago I wrote you to [...]
How to speak at conferences
Just a quick linksharing - How to speak at a tech conference. After having done so several times, I can agree with this article fully.
Amazon adds tagging
Amazon adds tagging to their products… very very cool.
Amazon describes it:
What are tags ?
Tags provide an easy way for you to "remember" and classify any item on the Amazon site for later recall. For example, you might be shopping for holiday gifts and tag items with the names of the people on your shopping list. [...]
Interview with Flickr founder
I stumbled across this interview with Flickr founder, Eric Costello. My favorite bit is this:
JJG: How did you know what features were connecting with your audience?
EC: We have not historically been a very metric-driven company. We do look at numbers, but really we just keep our ears open. We listen to what people [...]
Collaborative story telling
Glypho - "A fun new way to read and write novels". Very cool concept… as soon as I get time, I’m going to see about pitching in on a few stories. Sounds like terrific fun.
