Disqus - Latest Comments for John Furrier

Re: Google launches Gmail Labs tonight

John Furrier — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:54:49 -0000

You should have been invited. What were they thinking. Keep up the great blogging.

Oh I wasn't invited either. :-)

Re: Startup2Startup: Are You A First Time Entrepreneur Looking For A Dinner And Good Conversation?

John Furrier — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:47:28 -0000

Young entrepreneurial talent? What is the cut off :-)

Re: Startup2Startup: Dinners for new entrepreneurs, like what they did back in the old days

John Furrier — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:58:36 -0000

Great idea to pull this off.

Re: The Great Blog Weeding of 2008

John Furrier — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:16:16 -0000

Interesting just as I'm starting to add advertising sponsorshp to my blog.. I think that it won't be weeding out but repositioning of the value is for blogging. If advertsiing is the sunlight then yes CPM based ads are nuclear winter... the sun is a new add model not CPM based..

My ads coming on my blog are not cpm based..

Re: Early notes on GoogleApps (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 19:36:30 -0000

Dave: great assessment but to move forward your analogy is to think about interoperability among apps once they scale past the limit of AppEngine. The open question in my mind is how they will port the scale question once someone writes a great app that supercedes the limit on Google.

Basic and Pascal worked great for primative apps so i'm not to sure how python will work in today's not so primative web services world. Sure in Google's part of the stack it's primative but underneath Google it's far from primative - that's the assembly code metaphor - Enter the network layer - hello Cisco.

Re: My Chumby is here (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:12:27 -0000

Steve,
I really like you're chumby product

Re: Creating a maintainable and thriving web (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:26:30 -0000

This is what I posted on Fred's comments: "great post Fred. sites like Techcrunch don't qualify as a blog any more ..it's a webzine with trackbacks and comments. Techmeme is great but like it's early days it isn't a conversation anymore... it's writers working hard to bump their way to the top of the noice mountain... i would like to see the 'real' conversations. The NYTimes and CNet don't have conversations - they may start them but they don't participate. What I have always like about bloggers is their unique voice and the participation... the best of the bloggers talk with their audience ..."

Dave: a key point in Fred's post is the fact that TC et al hire a "team" of bloggers. I agree with you this isn't blogging. It's a media business.

I will start blogging again but I will never hire a team like TC and GigaOm - why? the writers to work with are already out there - they are bloggers themselves - the "team" consists of all bloggers... Mark Evans is right we need to celebrate the individual blogger...

Techmeme is turning into a "noice mountain"... the content developers are turning out "noice" because "noice" is rewarded. Yell the loudest and you'll climb on the techmeme leaderboard.

We need more signal less noice..

Re: Techmeme: A Cautionary Tale

John Furrier — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:54:26 -0000

great post Fred. sites like Techcrunch don't qualify as a blog any more ..it's a webzine with trackbacks and comments. Techmeme is great but like it's early days it isn't a conversation anymore... it's writers working hard to bump their way to the top of the noice mountain...

i would like to see the 'real' conversations. The NYTimes and CNet don't have conversations - they may start them but they don't participate. What I have always like about bloggers is their unique voice and the participation... the best of the bloggers talk with their audience -

Re: Creating a maintainable and thriving web (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 06:40:22 -0000

you are always protyping the future Robert.. you are an individual blogger who works like a media company yet you don't pay for the content ...it's just there..you're link blog is a media company :-) keep on blogging

Re: The debate about the worth of podcasting (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 02:01:48 -0000

don't see your point on the podcast debate - jury is out: it is already successful; the monetization isn't there yet. your porches business model is meeting people and maybe eating lunch or a snack - so is August Capital but Mike Arrington can have a party on their porch and make money- success.

Gizmodo stunt: pranks are funny but representing a publication makes them jerks-offs. No one is talking about your point about branded publications and blogs..there is difference... the key point is the unedited voice - nice gems buried in there dave..get back to coding...

Re: Hey, Steve — you broke the Internet

John Furrier — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:21:23 -0000

Web 2.0 is breaking...is this the beginning of the bubble pop..is cnn, nytime, cnbc laughing at us??

the tail can wag the dog! soon...

Re: Hey, Steve — you broke the Internet

John Furrier — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:22:07 -0000

forgot my link

http://furrier.org/2008/01/15/steve-jobs-silenc...

Re: Out on the UGC limb (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 18:08:15 -0000

what do you mean by this comment? "we could and should be cutting more fair deals with the people who create the value on the net, and we're not doing it. "

I think Mahalo is being challenged everyday and they work on their product value proposition to meet those challenges...if not then Jason will be just a promoter not an entrepreneur. If the product sucks it won't get traction. Jason seems to be working hard on the product. Being compared to wikipedia isn't a bad thing and I don't think Jason is running away from that. However being venture backed comparing yourselft to Google helps increase your valuation...

btw: i'm working on the next google too. :-)

Re: Silicon Valley Arrogance

John Furrier — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 16:47:55 -0000

Fred,
I know that you visit alot but I was wondering if you lived here in Silcon Valley? I've lived in palo alto since 1999 before that east coast massachusetts and new jersey (ny metro). I've started companies on both coasts. There is a big difference agreed. Just because there is a culture here that is much different than the east but that comment doensn't justify you to globalize Silicon Valley.

I've found that the SV attitude is similar to that of New Yorkers on Wall Street. New Yorkers are much more direct 'in your face' and SV is more 'cloak and dagger'.

I think that it's a style difference. That being said geography really isn't becoming a factor in terms of who is in the know or has a clue.

Look at it this way you have one more person (that guy) who know you have a clue. :-)

Re: Tennessee Rex (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 01:57:33 -0000

Dave,
Techcrunch isn't a blog anymore. I read your comment on techcrunch. IMHO Mike chose to be a branded publisher not an real entrepreneur. Well I guess that you can call him a media entrepreneur. He is making good money and should be recognized for that. He is doing a good job in the trade publication business. However Ben Rosen helped build an industry. Apples to oranges comparision. For example Mike doesn't partner or have the same view as same a Ben Rosen. Branded publishers are cut throat competitors. Mike has proven that he is that. That's his path. He is like IDG or CMP not Ben Rosen.

You have to give credit to Mike that he is making money.

You're so right. The real opportunity is to arbitrage the market paradigm shift. Tons of opportunities.

Re: The Times Are Indeed Changin' (continued)

John Furrier — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:21:11 -0000

Fred: I was thinking the same thing last night and posted on this as well.. I agree with you

Entrepreneurs beware Microsoft buying Yahoo could shut down the tech startup scene. It could send the startup climate back to 2001 levels - nuclear winter shut down. I lived through 2001-2004. It was ugly.

Efficiency for Microsoft means leverage with suppliers. Translation: Startups are suppliers and Microsoft just became Walmart. This could have a chilling effect on the VC and tech investment community. This new industry structure puts even more of an emphasis on 'hits' or category specific deals. This could get ugly.

Advice for Technology Startups and VCs: Understand where your company is in the pecking order in this war. If you're not an arms dealer then you might want to rethink your strategy.

http://furrier.org/2008/02/02/entrepreneurs-bew...

Re: When the cat’s away, the mice…

John Furrier — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:26:23 -0000

Matthew,
The issue about startups is that they have to be careful not to be colateral damage. I think that if done right a startup can be a service provider during this tech war. I've seen it in 96-99. On the other side of the coin startups have to be careful about not having the titan take their idea and quickly emulate it. Now more then ever the ability to have weapons is the key for the titans. As Marc says they are "armored up". Memo to startups..build those weapons - it's a war time venture.

John
http://furrier.org

Re: Valleywag got a legit story, Mike (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 18:46:59 -0000

Great point Dave about the only thing to do is let the market figure it out by launching competing sites. If Valleywag has that many uniques as they claim then that should attract entrants.

I am certainly not a big fan of Valleywag because not only was the stories false but when they attacked me personally they never called or investigated. Did it matter to me no because at least they spelled my name properly :-)

It's three 'R"s in Furrier

Re: Who should I interview next? (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:57:34 -0000

Great to see you podcasting again. This is better than the old morning coffee notes in terms of quality and topics. Excellent.

I love the infotalk format of 15-20mins.. keep them coming

Re: The Declining Power Of The Firm

John Furrier — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:49:48 -0000

It's great to see the big thinkers are picking up on the main message to this post..

http://furrier.org/2008/04/03/influencers-have-...

influence isn't about people - it's about groups.. ding ding 1 point for fred wilson; welcome to the party Fred. You're doing the community a great service by point out Hamir's post and your view on it..

classic b-school stuff but very relevent as the modern web evolves as 'infrastructure transactional' engine or a 'vertical engine'.

Re: Where My Traffic Comes From

John Furrier — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:32:22 -0000

Fred,
What were your total unique visits? You mention page views but how about sharing the unqiue number? I'll share mine if you share yours.

Thanks
john

Re: Where My Traffic Comes From

John Furrier — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:50:00 -0000

Thanks Fred. I'm a man of my word :-)

furrier.org blog did 18k uniques for the qtr around 6.5k per month ... i have no idea how many subscribers are hitting the feed.

Re: Proof that the end is near (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:02:06 -0000

It sounds like the blogosphere is becoming a joke.

I blog for comments to other stories and for my original thoughts. I post only orginal thoughts and opinions. Blogging and now twittering is about sharing ideas and collaborating imho. Posting original ideas, comments, and opinions is the only way to get a connection...

One thing about being a visionary is that I can see these things coming a mile away - this kind of splintering or cival unrest in the blogosphere has been brewing for sometime. It's a symptom of the leadership in the blogosphere which Dave you are one of.

http://furrier.org/2007/12/18/why-i-like-dave-w...

Re: Proof that the end is near (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:01:54 -0000

I'm not disagreeing with you on this one dave but merely pointing out how you can be more active than one post. I find myself looking at both the political techmeme and ballbug for stories but more and more twitter is becoming a signaling system for my 'navigation or attention'.

I remember when you 'over linked' to techcrunch everyday when it formed and promoted their initial flow - so why don't you do the same for someone else. Some people are saying that sites like Techcrunch prefer to lead with a sword verses collaboration and that is leading to blogwars and ill will.

Re: PR industry: Still grasping for a clue

John Furrier — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 16:25:11 -0000

Social media needs to be social...putting links is is key but that ain't the end game...

I have a big opinion on this puppy - almost all social media fails because PR isn't funding in their companies to do it right. Links is the minimum starting point. To do is right is like building a rocket ;-) A marketing rocket

http://furrier.org/2008/04/11/social-media-rele...

Re: Facebook Bans Google Friend Connect

John Furrier — Fri, 16 May 2008 16:24:43 -0000

You have the right read on the 'press their competitive advantage" - but i'd submit to you that they don't have that yet. In fact Facebook came across like Netscape not Microsoft. Facebook thinks they have sustainability in their platform - not yet. It's a false sense of security on their part. They aren't at the Microsoft levels of leverage yet. In their mind they are but not in competitive strategy.

It's Google who has the leverage not Facebook.

Here's my post

http://furrier.org/2008/05/15/facebook-just-pul...

Re: Welcome to the Land of Irrationality

John Furrier — Mon, 19 May 2008 16:26:26 -0000

I'm with you on the valuation but if Msft was willing to poney up 41 billion to get yahoo they might be willing to grab the yahoo search and facebook for a price in that range.

Microsoft is crunching the spreadsheets and SIA had a post that Google's search revenue will soon surpass the revenues in the bellweather monopoly windows franchise..Microsoft has to kill Google or reduce their position in the market... Facebook is a pawn..an expensive pawn

Re: Powder keg or conjecture? Microsoft buying Facebook could start Internet War I

John Furrier — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:41:05 -0000

Hey MG,
I write alot of ideas on my blog and most of them become reality but when I post rumors they are more than ideas - all of them materialized into fact. We'll see on this one.

As you know it's knowing the players and what they say and don't say then watching their actions. This story wasn't made up it came from very credible sources and some detective work on my end. I don't report on speculation but when I see missiles being fired in my backyard of Palo Alto it's clear to me what is going on.

This is a war between Goog and Msft; Here is my observation on Zuck's comments to Reuters

http://furrier.org/2008/05/19/facebook-ceo-resp...

Re: Powder keg or conjecture? Microsoft buying Facebook could start Internet War I

John Furrier — Mon, 19 May 2008 19:17:06 -0000

MG commenting on your post imspired a quick analysis that I was mulling over..thanks for shaking it loose for me.

Facebooks IPO is MSFT - the lack of an IPO market makes this a save 'FACE' for Facebook

http://furrier.org/2008/05/19/facebook-ipo-micr...

Re: Techmeme listens: 32 months in the making, search arrives! - Techmeme News

John Furrier — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:31:10 -0000

great job gabe...

Re: New poll: Should Microsoft acquire Facebook?

John Furrier — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:40:40 -0000

FSJ: of course he should sell then my post will have come true.. if they plop $25b on the table - he has to sell - it's his only IPO - the IPO market is dark for at least 5 years

http://furrier.org/2008/05/19/facebook-ipo-micr...

Can MZ be extraordinary?? here's my memo

http://furrier.org/2008/05/19/facebook-ipo-micr...

Re: Where To Go For Inspiration?

John Furrier — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 03:39:40 -0000

what are you trying to say? wait that's a blog post :-)

Re: "Follow the law" computing

John Furrier — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:37:25 -0000

sweet post... the geo issue is going to be a nightmare but it will be solved and circumvented by technology around domicile issue of servers. To me any gov't intervention will be rerouted by innovation and entrepreneurial 'tech savvy'. I'm sure it will 'cloud' the issue.

Re: Silicon Valley as second grade (Scripting News)

John Furrier — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:27:12 -0000

but the people who say they're friends who don't offer support.... how telling is that line dave.

I agree that it's funny how no one will come to Shel's defense... what are they afraid of? It's the silicon valley way... avoid anything that is negative because half the valley is hype... people are competing for signal and don't want to be associated with the noise. I like Loren and I like Shel.

In silicon valley you're only as good as your last thing that you did.. for shel it's this mess. he needs to move on and put a new stake in the ground - be know for being what silicon valley admires- a fighter a survivor, a player...

Re: I am so friggin high it's not funny

John Furrier — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 23:39:07 -0000

FSJ will go down in history as a journalist milestone in this new era of whatever we call it these days... social media or ...... kudos for having the brass b**ls to pull it off.

Good Night and Good Luck

Re: Jason’s long goodbye: Give me a break

John Furrier — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:58:58 -0000

Dave Winer pulled the same stunt. Never retired. Publicity stunt. Jason is entertaining for sure.

Re: louisgray.com: To Blog, or Not to Blog - That is the Question

John Furrier — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:30:17 -0000

I agree with most of your points but would add that posting about someone elses post makes sense to share the comment and link to the audience. Disqus is a bit distracting but important to share on the site where a comment is relevant. For example I would leave this comment here but would post an expanded thought on my blog with a link (in that case a full on blog post would be ok).

nice job Louis

Re: What My Kids Tell Me About The Future of Media

John Furrier — Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:33:39 -0000

nice fresh post...you must have had a great vacation..i've been watching my kids since 2000..

http://furrier.org/2008/01/06/future-of-media-t...

my daughter thinks youtube is TV; and my son doesn't know what yahoo is..

Re: How Questionable is Social Media Monetization?

John Furrier — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:05:19 -0000

the answer is targeted high value audiences... get that and the ad stuff is easy.

Re: Some thoughts from the Social Media Breakfast Boston

John Furrier — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:31:48 -0000

boy I wish that I could have been there...Love Boston in the Summertime..

Go Sox

Re: Robert Scoble’s $45 Billion Website

John Furrier — Mon, 19 May 2008 14:49:03 -0000

Nick: source of the story is here. Robert and Kara both credited the original source. Over the past three months I've posted at least 4 exclusive scoops that all have developed into big stories. It's interesting to see who credits it.

http://furrier.org/2008/05/19/silicon-valley-ru...

Re: Are Facebook’s Design Intentions Misguided?

John Furrier — Wed, 21 May 2008 16:09:03 -0000

Nick: how can i get access to the press briefing today in palo alto. is there a sign up sheet?

Re: Facebook Leaves More Questions Than Answers

John Furrier — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:16:22 -0000

facebook has a clutter problems...i would focus the engineering and product group on developing a relevance algorithm to filter apps for users.. installing them is easy creating clutter is easy but both contribute to irrelevance.

facebook needs to be relevant to users.. they need to be think like a search vendor..user experience and discovery = utilty; utility = revenue

there it is facebook - get to work