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Re: The Top 10 Most Watched Web Series, September 2009

Bertil — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:52:52 -0000

Why are those only comedy shows? There are many good, serious shows on YouTube (Google TechTalks, Ted, Edu): I wasn't expecting them to lead, but at least one could be quite high for some time—or at least a cooking show, or Gary V., the wine guy. There isn't even a comically inclined, sexy hot geekette that talks about tech: it's just unadultered humour. There must be something to explore in there.

Re: A Gorgeous Chart: Facebook, Twitter, MySpace [Stats]

Bertil — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 12:26:48 -0000

Fantastic graphs — but most viewers can handle three curbs on the same plan. What would be precious (hard to estimate, but mostly needing you obvious talent for graphic design) is cost and revenu estimates for each, and maybe include website that are not that comparable, but similarly drive trafic based on daily use (I'm thinking Google, Hotmail, )

Re: Twitter’s New Rumored Business: Improving Google and Microsoft’s Search Engines

adamostrow — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:52:27 -0000

it also seems as if it would hamper Twitter's own ability to innovate in search and compete with them. perhaps just another exercise in exploration ...

Re: Twitter’s New Rumored Business: Improving Google and Microsoft’s Search Engines

Bertil — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:45:39 -0000

I can't see how they can have data to argue the check they'll get. Microsoft might pay just to get their hands on data, but Google will demand a form of analysis to come up with a number for that kindof service. Maybe an ad deal, not unlike what happened with AP.

Re: EU and Microsoft Near Browser Agreement

Bertil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 09:30:47 -0000

It's great, but what about the dozens of niche browers? Who will decide what to accept on the first page (and for instance, crowd out Firefow with random, buggy browsers, or Microsoft Resaerch experimental stuff)?

Re: Kindle Gets Price Cut, Goes International

Bertil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:31:59 -0000

There are far more people abroad interested in the Kindle then they are US residents in need of an international connection, and I am one of them, so no: I'd rather have a 200€ device that only work in the EU. If you want a tour-guide, iPhone is a much more appropriate device.

Re: Do You Go to Google.com?

Bertil — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 05:24:52 -0000

I've been using the adress bar for almost ten years (typing my search words directly in the URL, separating them with pluses) and I realize how odd this was every time Google had a doodle frenzy. I love the idea that they are becoming more a service then a website, and I guess that the recent acceleration is mostly coming from some smothering from Marissa Mayer, how can't let go her amazing, ultra-lean-bare design. I love how she recently tweeted that the link led to news about the logo (and not to a relevant Google search anymore), but as you point out, that is most likely to become the last warning before those celebrations become a niche interest — unless the logo on the *result* page changes too.

Re: Photoshopping Illegal? France Set to Regulate Airbrushed Pics

Bertil — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:05:00 -0000

You shouldn't ask your geek readers who's only contact with Photoshopped cover models is http://xkcd.com/331/ but rather to psycologists at eating disorder services in hospitals. It's a significant problem in France, but I know for a fact it is far worst in some parts of the US. Artistic licence (having people flying, over-extended arms) isn't the point: she says so explicitly.

Re: The SUL as a tool to control news (Scripting News)

dave — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:23:15 -0000

It's possible that TC's followers on Twitter would have been steadily increasing over time had they never been on the SUL. For a lot of newbies TC is completely irrelevant, as a Detroit insiders newsletter would be uninteresting to most of us. So as time goes by the "free" unorganic users drop off at a high rate, and that rate overwhelms the relatively lower rate taht they're adding organic users. So while the net number of followers is going down, the overall influence of TC on Twitter may be going up.

Re: The SUL as a tool to control news (Scripting News)

Bertil — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 11:01:54 -0000

I'm surprised that TechCrunch can't increase their viewership without being in the SUL — or maybe the graph is mistaking accounts (active or not) following @techcrunch for readers or influence. Including total trafic, # followers of RTs, excluding inactive accounts might help measure more accurately of this turns into actual influence.

The case is interesting, but it's not about a blog post that Twitter “dislike”, it was a concerning case of divulging stolen information. I'm not blaming either: it does reveal the concerningly influence impact of the SUL, but should be considered as a natural experiment.

As soon as we've reached Web Net Neutrality, we have to fight for service neutrality. . .

Re: Web Browser Faceoff: Mozilla Firefox vs. Google Chrome

Bertil — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:17:46 -0000

Mac. Sorry.

Re: VICTORY: FCC to Mandate Net Neutrality for the Web

Bertil — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 13:09:53 -0000

I'm sorry, but is that net neutrality for the web or internet? Because, for instance, P2P, e-mails & data-Muds are usually considered as not web protocols.

Re: Twitter’s Trending Topics Promotes Group Think

pruett — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:53:27 -0000

I agree that Twitter is an absolutely amazing academic tool. Regarding its Trending Topics however, I believe Twitter can do more in terms of uncovering interesting developments. They have so much raw data to play around with, it still feels that they are complacent with the current 10 keyphrase model.

Third party tools have made Twitter what it is today...no one will deny that. However, as I mentioned in the post, I would like to see a bit more done in the case of unearthing interesting developments. It's the aggregation in this particular case, that in my opinion, leads to stale, group think.

Re: Twitter’s Trending Topics Promotes Group Think

Bertil — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 07:48:41 -0000

I think you are missing the decentralised innovation model that has made Twitter's success so far. I use Twitter as an academic tool, and I would value group a lot; because I have an inter-disciplinary approach, very sophisticated suggestion engine would be great to understand apparently distant discovery that might interest me. Someone using it locally would love to have distance-based filters, etc. — and the “etc.” is the important part: by encouraging any filter (other then an abvious one) Twitter would choose a use, instead of letting third parties innovate.

Re: How Will Twitter Be Governed?

Bertil — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 14:20:13 -0000

I'm definitely a right-hand path, but I'd love to follow more people if I could filter the irrelevant twits. The noise-to-signal ratio is already very low to me; no client would let me filter among those whom I follow by keywords, nobody uses the starring system consistently; the poster's tagging principles aren't generally the same as mine, etc. Any algorithm to filter the feed would be better then a basic list of contacts.

Re: Twitter Still Available in Chine with Seesmic Desktop

loiclemeur — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:19:12 -0000

hahaha!

Re: Twitter Still Available in Chine with Seesmic Desktop

Bertil — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 13:18:39 -0000

In related news: Loic's Visa to visit China has been denied. ;^)

Re: twdsc.us: @arrington

Bertil — Thu, 28 May 2009 11:19:29 -0000

If it wasn't Arrington, I'd say something Apple-related—an early release of their tablet, to let people play with it, and bing! have a massive feature gallore in two weeks.

Re: I Don’t Like Wolfram Alpha Because It Makes Me Feel Stupid

webomatica — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:12:09 -0000

I guess I'm too stupid to understand the point of that video...

Re: I Don’t Like Wolfram Alpha Because It Makes Me Feel Stupid

Bertil — Thu, 21 May 2009 08:53:48 -0000

http://www.zefrank.com/theshow/archives/2006/05...

Re: I Don’t Like Wolfram Alpha Because It Makes Me Feel Stupid

webomatica — Thu, 21 May 2009 00:08:44 -0000

Except in addition to Tatooine social structure, Wikipedia has a lot of
other stuff I am interested in, plus a lot of stuff others would be as well.

Re: I Don’t Like Wolfram Alpha Because It Makes Me Feel Stupid

Bertil — Wed, 20 May 2009 12:08:22 -0000

Wolfram has been trying to extend Mathematica's market (calculus) into other structured data. Ask him about want you really need, ie. Stock tickers and color theories, awards for TV series. . . and you'll have far more interesting results. What you describe is akin to saying: Wikipedia has pages on Tatooine Social structure, therefore there is nothing of interest to me.

Re: Larry Page about Twitter

Bertil — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:58:35 -0000

'I always wanted real-time search; Googlers wouldn't agree until they saw Twitter.'
59 characters: you can even include two http:// links, to both his (non-existing) early blog post saying that, and to a post by one of his employees saying how technology wouldn't allow it.

Re: Twitter sur France 2, histoire d'un naufrage

Bertil Hatt — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:37:36 -0000

Je vous propose qu'à chaque fois qu'un journaliste utilise le mot “internet” on déclenche un double chronomètre :

- un premier pour mesurer combien de temps il faut pour qu'une analyse intelligente, détaillée, polie, qui reprenne la majorité des plus grosses approximations apparaisse; (prévoir de deux à vingt-quatre heures pour les cas les plus graves)

- second qu'on arrête dès que le journaliste est venu s'excuser dans les commentaires (!) on sur son propre canal d'avoir enfile les inepsies comme ma grand'mère enfilait les perles; (ne rien prévoir du tout : j'attends encore).

Et à chaque fois qu'un journaliste se plaint de ne plus avoir de métier, lui montrer les chiffres.

Re: Status Plug: Should Facebook Page Admins Sell Their Status Updates?

Bertil — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:39:30 -0000

What's the point in filtering relevant content if you get ads back in?