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Re: Twitter’s Most Influential Users [INFOGRAPHIC]

benjaminjtaylor — Mon, 24 May 2010 15:26:38 -0000

What we need is a graphic that compares influence to ego. All those dudes have gargantuan egos.

Re: Baratunde Thurston – There’s a Hashtag for That

benjaminjtaylor — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:40:23 -0000

Hey Baratunde, thanks for visiting, a work in process. BTW, one of my top interviews this year came from that piece you did with RRW back in May '09 - "assigning a proxy vote (of sort) to a source, tag, and community you value..." a rough quote, it stuck with me. http://www.readwriteweb.com... - 8 years in Brooklyn, 10 on a bike!

Re: Brian Solis: On PR, Social Media and the Evolution of the Web

benjaminjtaylor — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:12:32 -0000

Thanks for stopping by Brian. The book was fantastic.

Re: Lijit Search

benjaminjtaylor — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:47:47 -0000

Thanks Tara...I'm a huge Brooklyn bike geek!

Re: Passo Gavia 1988

benjaminjtaylor — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:58:58 -0000

I agree. Really intense. Their expressions say it all.

Re: r,d,w-side.B, Misty Woods (via basqueMTB - mountain biking...

benjaminjtaylor — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:43:45 -0000

Awesome.

Re: Walk Between the Lines - Mclusky - Dethink to Survive Secret führers got...

benjaminjtaylor — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 08:29:19 -0000

Nice! I actually found this through Hype Machine.

Re: louisgray.com: The World Wide Web Isn't World Wide Neutral

benjaminjtaylor — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:10:55 -0000

In terms of Hulu contracts/licensing rights are set up long before video hits the web. In fact long before a show is even green lit for production. In most cases third party production companies negotiate distribution rights with companies like Viacom/Fox/NBCT etc... Same deal with virtually every music label. It's not a symptom of the the web not being world wide, or in most cases countries blocking content, it's a direct result of longstanding standard contractual agreements that dictate where and for how long content can be distributed. The platform on which the content gets played is irrelevant.

Re: The unknown story behind CitySourced

benjaminjtaylor — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:32:40 -0000

City Sourced is highly reminiscent of a few ideas Fred Wilson was kicking around in May of '09. "Use The Public Channel For Better Customer Service" http://www.avc.com/a_vc/200...

Re: Tease! Tease! Tease! (Scripting News)

benjaminjtaylor — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 17:48:44 -0000

Your nose to the grindstone approach in the face of critics and naysayers is impressive.

Re: How TWiT Is Bootstrapping A “CNN For Geeks” – With Leo Laporte

benjaminjtaylor — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:54:41 -0000

A very belated reply. Thanks for writing. I like the mixergy interviews, they're fantastic, so yes to embeds for videos for your audience/visitors to highlight. But I also understand not offering embeds, it's a business choice 100% your decision to make. Great Leo interview BTW.

Re: Shared Items: 4 September 2009

benjaminjtaylor — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 08:49:51 -0000

Thanks for stopping by. I enjoy reading your articles.

Re: Books For Entrepreneurs

benjaminjtaylor — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 13:07:24 -0000

A belated comment but my Amazon order just arrived! Thanks for the list! I'll add my suggestions to the wiki.

Re: Quitters

benjaminjtaylor — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 12:50:33 -0000

No debating Comscore numbers, but how do those numbers paint an accurate picture in terms of long term sustainable growth and retention? Rather than short term growth and brand equity we ought to ask ourselves how do most if not all SN services build long term customer loyalty. Something "old world” businesses do quite well. Beyond data retention, there is no brand loyalty. Leaving a social network today does not mean a user leaves his or her friends, thus the abandonment of SN-x is a practice widely accepted in our culture.

We talked about growth numbers, brand equity, and the sale of MySpace as a social network, now it’s a hybrid music/lifestyle/entertainment portal. Still a major player but I'd be surprised if it weren't anything more than a marketing arm for NewsCorp a few years form now. Geocities went dark and it barely registered a blip outside of niche tech news reporting sites. And briefly following GC, we had Friendster. Once the cool factor dies and the curiosity wanes, we use comscore numbers to illustrate the quarter to quarter decline in use as users leave in mass.

Now it's Posterous evangelized by Rubel and Scoble and Tumblr which seems to skew to that lucrative 12-24 demographic. And even if you follow Geoff Cook's recent TC article about higher concentrations of teens on Twitter compared to Facebook it still doesn’t change the fact that most users would leave Twitter in an instant if presented with a viable alternative micro-messaging service. And we're not far away from that.

Re: Today is my 1 year anniversary of going solo

benjaminjtaylor — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:30:58 -0000

Congratulations, an inspiring real-life story. To continued success.

Re: Where’s the gang of 2,000 who controls tech hype hanging out today?

benjaminjtaylor — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 21:30:39 -0000

In his Big Think interview not too long ago Anil Dash made a valid point about "control". You ought to listen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW2TonRvt94 "New media is at crossroads where we are no longer about technology we're about culture, and that means we have to listen to those that create and lead culture, that can be artists, academics, that can be those in gov. and politics and the civic sector, but it's no longer the realm of those that know computer programming and those that know how to use the hardware the best, that moment is over, and technologists are going to be reluctant to let go of that." - Anil Dash.

Re: Bad Hair Day #1

benjaminjtaylor — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 15:41:26 -0000

Great podcast Dave (Marshall too). In terms of URL shortening, good to see people championing the cause of change.

Quick question. With sharing, threaded comments, likes, subscription services etc.. what do you think about Google reader as an alternative to FF? It's a bit of a kluge but I'm using it more and more as an alternative to FF.

FYI - I'm getting a 404 on the clonefeed URL. Anyone else having issues?

Re: Some Birthday Wishes

benjaminjtaylor — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 08:25:02 -0000

Happy birthday! Great posts, comments are always engaging.

Re: How TWiT Is Bootstrapping A “CNN For Geeks” – With Leo Laporte

benjaminjtaylor — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 07:43:52 -0000

Great interview, it's fantastic to see Twit/Leo talk about the network. Videos not offered as embeds?

Re: Twitter vs. Facebook: Who Will Win in Real-time Search?

benjaminjtaylor — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:52:39 -0000

Google.

Re: Gatekeeping is a losing strategy (Scripting News)

benjaminjtaylor — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 11:55:15 -0000

Well said! Anil Dash alluded to "gatekeepers"in a recent video interview with Big Think. It's good to see this sentiment echoed elsewhere. Great post.

Re: Some Serious Freeconomics

benjaminjtaylor — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:19:46 -0000

One of the more compelling articles from a long list that I've been following online and from a Squidoo debate Seth Godin put together a while ago http://www.squidoo.com/the-free-debate, (mentioned in the Burnham piece) a number of good position pieces on the list. In terms of "attention, relevance and insight, and how we are necessary participants in the creation of services like Facebook, Last FM" etc.... mentioned by Burnham, those are the "commodities" that often seem most overlooked.

Kidmercury made and important point about attention and paying rent. Coincidentally Anil Dash made a similar comment recently about his blog, in terms of the exposure it gives him i.e. business & making money. Dash also provided a great quote regarding Anderson's Book "these are books designed to create culture, presented in the guise of reporting on culture. I like that!" A great piece too on Fee if you have time to go back and read.

Re: HowTo: Welcome to loose.ly

benjaminjtaylor — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 21:50:50 -0000

Any chance of a merger with Tiny Thread?

Re: Techstars

benjaminjtaylor — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:38:25 -0000

You're making an assumption there is only one type of "consumer"...that being you. A Britney fan I am not. You ought to spend time on the Hype Machine and/or We are Hunted. It's about discovery and exploration, and for me those sites are useful.

Re: Let's Get On With It

benjaminjtaylor — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 16:02:17 -0000

As an aside, Neiman Journalism Labs published an article on Thursday, "Before Rupert Murdoch learned to love paid content, he said this" http://www.niemanlab.org/20... it's an interesting look back on a speech from the 2005 ASNE convention and Murdoch's position on the the industry, the revenue model, and having a "conversation" with users which speaks directly to posts on AVC about comments and user engagement. *Link to Murdoch's full speech in the Neiman post.