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Re: Betaworks unveils Alphaworks, a new equity crowdfunding platform

Aerocles — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 13:14:02 -0000

Thank you Nick!

Re: Betaworks unveils Alphaworks, a new equity crowdfunding platform

Aerocles — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:11:16 -0000

So how do you feel about these "Equity Gifts" as a viable workaround to the accredited limitation? Could this be a long term solution in the event that the necessarily regulation to truly open this up doesn't manifest?

Re: Betaworks unveils Alphaworks, a new equity crowdfunding platform

Aerocles — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 12:10:23 -0000

Why do you say it's not looking good so far?

Re: Betaworks unveils Alphaworks, a new equity crowdfunding platform

Aerocles — Wed, 12 Feb 2014 11:29:25 -0000

I love this idea but see it's true potential really when the regulations open up equity crowd-funding to the masses, not limited to accredited investors.

Specifically, I think the power here is to provide a legitimate alternative to a premium/paid product business model for early stage ventures.

Startups and entrepreneurs often find passionate and loyal audiences among early adopters who are quick to see the value in a given product or service. Rather than asking them to pay $1.99 or what have you, one might open up a small percentage of equity to users-turned-micro-investors.

Said users then become OWNERS, who are quite literally invested in the future of the service as a reward for their initial loyalty.

The entrepreneur receives additional investment and marketing in the form of users/owners who are motivated evangelize on the company's behalf.

The users get equity for the same amount of money they'd otherwise shell out just to use the product

Everyone wins?

It's a similar idea to the premise behind Loyal3, the startup that is trying to democratize investment in publicly traded companies by dividing normally expensive stock into micro-shares and having the company itself offset the actual brokerage costs. The goal being that an owner, say in coca-cola, even of an insignificant amount, would be that much less inclined to ever purchase Pepsi or a competing product.

That's how I see it anyway, maybe I'm completely off base.

Re: A Brief History of Mind-Bending Ideas About Black Holes

Aerocles — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:14:36 -0000

Would this change impact the Holographic Universe theory, which was founded in Black Hole theory and then extrapolated to include the whole of the universe? If I recall, the theory is rooted in the idea that information about matter/energy being pulled into the black hole would remain "frozen" along the 2-dimensional surface of the event horizon, through which 3 dimensions of information could be extracted...

Re: The Walking Dead

Aerocles — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 11:52:35 -0000

Tara's Mom = Infected

Re: Digg Blog, We're Building A Reader

Aerocles — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 15:26:57 -0000

Natural Language Processing that automatically organizes saved stories into themed buckets or groups, based on the topic and content of the posts you want to save for later.

Re: Hurricane Sandy’s Instagram Moment, Minus the ’Shopped Shots

Aerocles — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 16:14:11 -0000

OK, but what about InstaCRANE.com that aggregates all the shots of the 57th st. crane about to fall. And where's the @57stcrane parody twitter account for that matter?

People are slacking...

Re: I’m Going to Spend the Next Month Using My Smartphone as a Wallet

Aerocles — Fri, 14 Sep 2012 16:38:50 -0000

I assume then your Galaxy Nexus is not of the Verizon Variety?

Re: Why You Don’t Need Mac Anti-Virus Software - Plus What You Do Need

Aerocles — Fri, 07 Sep 2012 15:13:22 -0000

What about ClamXav?

Re: Computers Scan A Crowd, Gauging Its Mood

Aerocles — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:49:15 -0000

Trend here.

Microsoft recently filed for a patent to serve ads to consumers based on mood - presumably employing the XBOX/Kinect Camera to asses facial expressions and body language. The idea being you're more receptive to certain types of messaging and adverts if you're happy (going out to eat) than if you're sad (weight loss products). See:
http://adage.com/article/di...

Re: Flipora Launches a Smarter StumbleUpon Based on Your Web History

Aerocles — Mon, 25 Jun 2012 17:17:06 -0000

Doesn't VoyURL already do this?

Re: What makes something go viral? The Internet according to Gawker’s Neetzan Zimmerman

Aerocles — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:34:25 -0000

Andrew - loved this story and the way it frames the value of aggregation/curation in the context of traditional journalism.

FWIW, I think you may have captured more eyeballs if you'd gone with "Can Farting Babies Pay The Bills So Journalists Can Focus on Real Work?" as the headline - and it would have been in line with the spirit of the piece.

Gawker's style and typical content are more conducive to this sort of this pseudo-journalism so the reluctance from other, more traditional media, to embrace the "Buzzfeed" mentality - even as a supplement to its usual content - isn't just about "The Old Guard" but more about readers looking at it with a big "WTF is this doing here?"

Most news outlets may find it more apt to hybridize a selective aggregation effort with short-form analysis and commentary - which would least provide rationale behind what external stories are curated and context for why they are relevant enough to warrant that additional editorial shout out, whilst adding value on top of what's provided solely by the source content.

Headline + Source Blurb + Editorial Commentary. I could easily imagine a Posterous (or now RebelMouse) integration that would provide a standard format and UX for this sort of thing, while streamlining the process for the media

Just $.02 from someone who's been 'curating' on Twitter before it was such an it thing - even if I've only been curating for myself.

Re: Startup News: Let’s Launch the Summer with a New York Tech Meetup and Loads of New Features

Aerocles — Wed, 30 May 2012 10:20:53 -0000

June 5th is a Tuesday

Re: Twitter Acquires Social Summary Tool Summify

Aerocles — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:55:09 -0000

Summify is amazing. Agreed - very sad that Twitter will shutter that service.

Re: A Guy's Guide To Pinterest

Aerocles — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 11:00:14 -0000

Thanks for the shout out Robyn!

Re: A Guy's Guide To Pinterest

Aerocles — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:36:28 -0000

There's a much simpler "Guys guide to Pinterest." That is, use Snip.it (no bias or affiliation). See:
http://snip.it/users/2198.

Indeed I also wrote a pretty awesome post about how Pinterest drives more traffic for some than does Facebook, in which I also broke that news abou tthe Lands End campaign - http://adage.com/article/di...

Re: Samsung Galaxy Nexus Now Available through Bell and Virgin Mobile in Canada

Aerocles — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:35:41 -0000

FWIW -- My take on the delay: How Verizon Wireless Is Alienating The High-Income, Tech-Savvy Consumer It Worked So Hard to Attract http://adage.com/u/iOAMOb

Re: Cardcloud: Never Bring a Business Card Again

Aerocles — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:15:42 -0000

Lot of players in this space...Have you seen fetch.ly? It uses short codes and/or an app...very simple and great for the non-smartphone market that most others ignore. Also let's you know if someone else shares your contact info kind of like LinkedIn's "Who's viewed your profile" info...

Re: Lady Gaga’s New Single “Judas” Leaks to the Web

Aerocles — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:59:03 -0000

Seriously? We're using the term "leak" waaaay to liberally these. Her manager is a digital marketing genius, and she's pretty social media savvy herself. Her songs don't leak. Perhaps they're "strategically pre-released" online to build buzz/hype. But that's it.

Re: Measure your Text Messaging Klout

Aerocles — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:07:50 -0000

As scary as this would be if it were true, texts and instant chat are probably a much better indicator of peer to peer influence than facebook posts...

Re: Facebook Begins Moving Everyone Over To New Profile Design

Aerocles — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 15:23:20 -0000

Activating the new design also gives you access to your @facebook.com email...

Re: Facebook Now Has Klout

Aerocles — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:19:28 -0000

If you haven't seen it already - Klout's doing some pretty amazing things for brands...http://adage.com/digitalnext/post?...

Re: Details On The Google Social Layer Emerge

Aerocles — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 17:26:06 -0000

At least it's not a facebook clone or destination site. I actually have high hopes for this..

Re: Um, Where’s Twitter For Android On Twitter’s Top 10 Apps?

Aerocles — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 11:29:35 -0000

As an avid Fandroid and twitter addict - I'd have to disagree, the official "twitter for android" app is not the best client - I'd go with Hootsuite, Twidroid, & Touiteur as way better. Sorry