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Re: Leopard Goes on Sale

Sid Yadav — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 23:11:40 -0000

Test

Re: Leopard Goes on Sale

Sid Yadav — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 00:40:56 -0000

You hurt my feelings. I am going to kill you.

Re: Ether: Monetize Your Words of Wisdom

Sid Yadav — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:51:00 -0000

@John D: I've seen a few, you're right, but none of them to my knowledge give you your own phone number. None of them are as cool and automated either. ;-) The Skype solutions are great for Internet-based folks (web consultants, etc.) who have clients who use it, but for the masses, Ether seems a much better option to me.

Re: Facebook Revealed: IPO Coming 2009 End?

Sid Yadav — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:14:33 -0000

Great point -- surely though Zuckerberg must have been aware of that when he made the statement on 60 minutes? That said, giving 500 out of 1000 employees stock options sounds very realistic, and additionally they have their executive stock holders -- I have no clue how they're going to manage through that.

Re: Breaking: Microsoft Makes $45 Billion Bid to Buy Yahoo!

Sid Yadav — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:01:03 -0000

Whoops :-)

Re: Yahoo! Launches Video Broadcasting Service LIVE

Sid Yadav — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:31:00 -0000

Chris -- I don't think any one knows that better other than yourself. The kind of an involved, close, deeply-engaged community feeling I get watching your show is like no other -- if anyone needs convincing that we're truly going through a shift in media and broadcasting, I think they've yet to see live.pirillo.com. :-)

Re: Songerize: Play Any Song NOW

Sid Yadav — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:42:40 -0000

Wow, I didn't expect this to work at first... but it totally did! Great find. Love the name too.

Re: AOL Acquires Bebo for $850 Million

Sid Yadav — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:15:34 -0000

Thanks Jeffrey -- I fixed it.

Re: iPaper on Hacker News

Sid Yadav — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 02:21:52 -0000

Hey there -- thanks for the link to the post from Rev2. Just wanted to drop a quick line to indicate the typo in my name (”Sid Yadav” and not “Siv Yadav”.)

Re: Songkick: Your Concert Savvy Friend

Sid Yadav — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:41:20 -0000

Chris -- thanks for the pointer, I wasn't aware of the service. Works really well, too -- though the Songkick desktop app just kicks ass.

Re: Booklamp.org: Pandora for Books

Sid Yadav — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 00:14:38 -0000

Jason,
I realized that, but why not an alphabetical or categoric system (i.e. Amazon, Audible, etc.) -- seems like they spent so much time on the analysis bit that they forgot they weren't limited to just a dropdown box.

Anyhow, yeah, as I said, it's a great demonstration of an idea but not so much a product or a service. I'm hoping they chase it further and really delve into it.

Re: Why Twitter Will Never Reach the Mainstream

Sid Yadav — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:47:05 -0000

But you have to realize, Twitter from the ground up relies on a system with heavy user-input. And the only people that can possibly keep up with the flow of discussions are us "cool, hip, and tech-savvy folks" -- because we're around a computer or phone half the time! Your grandma isn't going to spend her day "following" her followers and adding to the conversations. And because of that, isn't much use to her. Of course, to us, it's useful, cool, and adds value to our brands and lives.

I think the problem with Twitter is that it's a wholly different, brilliant concept -- ahead of the curve. So people's expectations are far beyond what it can satisfy at this time. Of course, you're right in that I should never say never, so I guess meanwhile is what you're looking for. :-)

Re: Why Twitter Will Never Reach the Mainstream

Sid Yadav — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 05:21:49 -0000

That's a great point -- and something I really regret not covering in the piece. Today's young generation is as cool, hip, and tech-savvy as can be. And I guess I do lightly imply them with those words -- but perhaps not as much as I should.

Infact, the more I think about it, the more that argument overwrites my argument in my head. The problem with Twitter right now is that the idea is much beyond today's generation of Internet users. But as time passes, it may well be a great utility for the up and coming generation. "What are you doing?" is a question teens I would imagine ask themselves regularly -- and why not have a centralized tool you can answer it to. And of course, the web, IM and SMS is going to be their life -- which fits exactly into Twitter's core idea, and I think even less so into today's other top sites.

So perhaps the title of this post should be, "Why Twitter Will Never Reach Today's Mainstream." Thanks for the comment!

Re: 7 Hottest Unacquired Web Startups

Sid Yadav — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:05:05 -0000

Wow -- as bad as it may be (which I don't think it is), I can think of a million worst sites. You have problems, dude... ;-)

Re: 7 Hottest Unacquired Web Startups

Sid Yadav — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:03:43 -0000

Sure. It's a spam blog with a difference: you can live chat with the people behind it from their headquarters in Santa Monica.

http://www.mahalo.com/Live

;-)

Seriously though, it really isn't bad as you think. They pay 30k per year to 60 writers to write content in-house for them. Now I'd like to see a spam blog do that.

Re: Why Twitter Will Never Reach the Mainstream

Sid Yadav — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:49:41 -0000

Point noted.

Re: ReadBurner: What’s Shared on Google Reader

Sid Yadav — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 02:07:04 -0000

Thanks Adam! You've undoubtedly done something great for the Google Reader community, and given how innovative the idea is, the attention is well-deserved. No pun intended. :-)

Re: Why Twitter Will Never Reach the Mainstream

Sid Yadav — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:33:10 -0000

And that's the basis of my argument. The difference is: Twitter relies on constant connectivity; it expects the community to be in tune to everything that is happening (at least in their worlds) and adhere to the constant feedback loop. If you're not in tune, the value you add to the Twitterverse is close to nothing, and the "community" aspect is non-existant.

Newsflash: the mainstream is never the kind to be "in tune" with any kind system -- and that's why models like Wikipedia, YouTube, or Google -- where the "connectivity" is really at the user's demise and not a variable -- work well and reach the mainstream.

Put simply, Twitter needs YOU, whereas YOU need Google, Wikipedia, YouTube, Gmail, or the tens of services that have seemed to acquainted 'the curve.'

Re: Tunesbag Puts Your Music In The Cloud

Sid Yadav — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:43:26 -0000

Blundstone,
Thanks for the comment! The legality issue is definitely interesting, and I'm sure your users are thankful that you're not in the U.S! But I definitely think there is something happening with music and the web, and if you guys are able to balance openness and usefulness and things that are good for the user vs. revenue models and your relationship with the record industry, there is definite opportunity.

Keep me posted with Tunesbag!

Sid

Re: DailyLit Creates a New Way to Read Books

Sid Yadav — Thu, 15 May 2008 01:56:36 -0000

That's a great point. Because most book reading is done at night/bed/free time and usually for a long period of time, this doesn't exactly looks sustainable on a mobile device or RSS reader. But content fitted specifically for this form may do well, as will things like daily bite-sized news.

Thanks for the comment!

Re: DailyLit Creates a New Way to Read Books

Sid Yadav — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:54:36 -0000

Yes. Thank you, English teacher.

Re: Orgoo: The All-in-One Gmail

Sid Yadav — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:14:33 -0000

Welcome all to Orgoo! Unfortunately, I'm out of invites at the moment, but if the Orgoo folks would be kind enough, we'd love some more for our readers.

Re: Notches: The Open Reviews Platform

Sid Yadav — Wed, 28 May 2008 06:57:19 -0000

Ouch, thanks guys! The post was put up in an hourly commute on draining EVDO, so I do have a fine excuse, thanks. :-)

Re: Mobaganda: For Simple and Minimal Events Organizing

Sid Yadav — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 04:01:34 -0000

You did not just rick roll me and my 2 readers ;-)

Re: Back at the dev ranch

Sid Yadav — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:20:17 -0000

OMG OMG OMG can hardly wait