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Radiohead is actually selling the results of their social experiment for 3.4 million dollars.

Hey man,

Thanks for the link and the thoughts. My eyes popped when I saw "tree-based blogs" becuase that is what I'm working on - but the other direction.

Telling your ideas feels good right? I like the ad idea with the ads and the ranking system.

Cheers,
Mike

They need shorter boom mics for NYC apartments.

Looks like you guys got a paint job - it almost matches the background color of the blog.

Good post - two quick things to add.

1. With certain friends, I'm the "business guy" so every time they get an idea they tell me. What I've realized about help from others is - you have to take it as far as you possibly can, by yourself before you can really expect someone else to help you. sure I talk with friends about ideas, but my advice is almost always that I'm sure someone else is doing that. Google your idea and find out who else is doing it. This is something easy that anyone can do.

2. I'm working on the next great big idea, who isn't. I am usually not paranoid, but the closer I get to launch the less I want to tell the idea. Maybe there are less people that can actually help me, maybe I'm worried about not being the first to market. Either way I guess the "That's a great idea" from people just isn't as important until the marketing starts.

Whoa this seems like an optimistic write up. I'm not saying it's impossible, but a mainstream media company taking to the Internet and beating the small kids (relatively). Let alone two media giants doing it together.

NBC is saying, "hey cyber guys and girls, we're cool too!"I think a good comparison would be your dad hooking up with the hottest girl in the freshman dorm.

Can't wait to see the edgy logo they come up with.

The roommate finder definitely sounds like a facebook app.

I totally agree with this. Additionally it's important to check the New Submissions page on Digg or Reddit every once in a while and vote up the good stories.

Another thing that I do is click the most interesting adword on an article I like. I usually don't purchase from the ad, but it has happened.

I totally agree with this. Additionally it's important to check the New Submissions page on Digg or Reddit every once in a while and vote up the good stories.

Another thing that I do is click the most interesting adword on an article I like. I usually don't purchase from the ad, but it has happened.

Andrew,

Good thoughts. I think that the paradigm (sorry, nobody likes that word) involves the center of the web/technology.

MS- center of tech in the 90s

yahoo - first center of the web.


Google - now the brain and circulatory of the web


Myspace - center of the web for many gen y-ers.

The next kick ass company will be your COMPLETELY personalized home on the web and pull all of your fragments together. Maybe??

In a big company if you think you're going to lose your job it seems that the thing to do is get your guard up and protect.

In a startup when the pressure builds you have to fight harder.

What do you think gives the best chance for success?

Your timing is amazing. Did you write this article before the MS acquisition?

AC-

I totally agree with many of your points especially about transactions. I think that it is pretty dangerous to only sell ads.

While reading this post a thought popped in my head - A good amount of web 20 is features (that should be used to increase transactions). Shouldn't every commerce site have a reddit functionality? Shouldn't every product come with the youTube 'how to" video link?

Amit,

I found you and Photojojo through Noah Brier's site. I just wanted to drop you a line and tell you about scanR which I happen to be reviewing on my site.

ScanR isn't for artistic photo editing, it is more of a business tool. Check it out and see what you think. www.scanr.com/

Congrats on hitting 37.500.