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Re: AP and News Corp: Facebook, YouTube, Google Are Exploiting Us

CaesarRomanus — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:33:36 -0000

All they have to do is change their robots.txt file all their Google problems go away. Until they do that, this is all meaningless.

Re: I was wrong

CaesarRomanus — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:35:13 -0000

Politics is defensive. The goal is to gain and hold political power. If you admit you are wrong, you are also implicitly admitting that your opponents were right. As you never want to cede an advantage to your opponent, you never want to admit you are wrong.

As a consequence, it doesn't matter what a policy actually does or if it is successful. In the health care debate, it doesn't matter what is passed or what the actual language of the legislation is. The side which promoted it will support it no matter what. They will declare it a success no matter what actually happens. That is why legislatures do not read bills. They don't have to. It doesn't matter what bill actually contains, they will support it and declare it a success because to do otherwise would be ceding political advantage to their opponents. Likewise, opponents of the bill don't have to read it because they will oppose it because it is in their political interest to do so.

While all humans have a hard time admitting they are wrong, it is far less likely to happen in politics where there are no clear metrics to success. In business it is pretty clear if something was a success.

Re: Guest Login - Galavanting Online Women's Travel Magazine and Community ::..

CaesarRomanus — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 22:27:40 -0000

The Bachelor Traveler. A reality show.

Re: Guest Login - Galavanting Online Women's Travel Magazine and Community ::..

galavanting — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:54:26 -0000

Ha, hey Gary maybe you can hold the next contest on Galavanting -- they get to marry the one-man-National-Geographic!

Re: Guest Login - Galavanting Online Women's Travel Magazine and Community ::..

CaesarRomanus — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:17:45 -0000

Now all I need is a wife! Any takers?

Re: Europe no longer matters to lead position in mobile

manni — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:23:03 -0000

Remember when Motorola supposedly killed Nokia with the Razr.... Apple makes one phone Nokia has hundreds of different handsets for different types of people

Re: The Trouble With Twitter Trends

twitter-20214300 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:46:57 -0000

I don't think the hype would die off. People have short attention spans & loads of choices. If that spam continues, the "good" Twitter fans WILL go elsewhere... and bad word of mouth will kill Twitter faster than anything. On the other hand, if Twitter takes a commanding lead AGAINST these relentless spammers, I think there would be a true swell of positive word of mouth from quality users, and the numbers would just go up!

Re: The Trouble With Twitter Trends

CaesarRomanus — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:17:42 -0000

Most of the hype is because of numbers. Ashton Kutcher wouldn't have had 1m followers if tons of zombie Twitter accounts hadn't added him from the suggested friends list.

Re: The Trouble With Twitter Trends

Ben Goulding — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:13:42 -0000

That's a good point Gary, but do you think the hype would really die off? I personally don't believe it would.

Re: Europe no longer matters to lead position in mobile

nowave7 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:49:37 -0000

The thing is there is a new version being developed, and it should be big. You could check it out, it's called Freemantle or Maemo 5, and it should run on Nokia N900 or Rover. The device itself is still quite obscure(it should be a sort of NIT/phone combo), but the OS is practically out, and if you're willing, you can get involved. I can not think of a good reason for Nokia not to advertise, but hey, even Google did not advertise Android, or the Chrome OS, just came one day and revealed it to the world and made a boom, right?

Re: Europe no longer matters to lead position in mobile

CaesarRomanus — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:44:09 -0000

I was not aware of Maemo, which sort of is more of an incitement of Nokia than myself to be honest.

The fact is, mindshare isn't with Nokia right now. Period. Having something and not doing anything with it is as good as not having it. Even if it has more apps than Android, I'm sure that situation will change soon. Also, if the OS is old, the question has to be raised about the quality of the apps which are available.

Re: Europe no longer matters to lead position in mobile

nowave7 — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:38:04 -0000

You are aware that Nokia has a mobile Linux version called Maemo? It has it for about 5 years now. It's much more developed than Android, and has more apps. The real question here is why is not Nokia pushing this platform? And the answer is that they are now the sole and proud owners of Symbian, and to undermine that much effort and money spent developing Symbian would be quite insane. So Nokia is keeping this platform only on the NITs (Nokia Internet Tablets). In my opinion Symbian as an OS is not bat at all. Quite a few nice features it has, especially compared to the iPhone OS. But for the US tech geeks, it's all a matter of UI... Shame really...

Re: Europe no longer matters to lead position in mobile

martim — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 09:40:58 -0000

Spot on! Mobile will be the only way to mass spread the internet on developing or so called 3rd world countries. Mobile is the future, and mobile internet devices at the leading edge.

Re: Europe no longer matters to lead position in mobile

CaesarRomanus — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:28:18 -0000

I've been traveling around the world for the last 2 years. There is an enormous market for cheap internet devices which will developed over the next decade. Currently, Nokia owns the market in lesser developed countries. In 5 years, phones with some sort of internet capability will be unleashed in places like India, Indonesia, Egypt, Vietnam, etc. with huge populations all of which have mobile phones. The smart phone will be the primary internet device for most people in these countries. All it requires is an upgrade to a device most of them already own.

The smart thing for Nokia would be to adopt Android and own this market. They can keep selling the half a billion phones a year they currently are and have the largest market share in the world.

Historically, Apple has never cared about the lower end of the market. If they could sell a device similar to the current 3G for about $50, unsubsidized, in 3-5 years in lesser developed countries, they could possibly take the market from Nokia.

Re: The Trouble With Twitter Trends

Gary Arndt — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 06:00:32 -0000

The problem is the #1 priority for Twitter right now is growth, or rather, the perception of growth. Spammers and other empty sites are one of the primary vehicles of that growth. If they got rid of the spammers, then their growth numbers would decrease and people wouldn't think that Twitter is a big deal anymore.

Right now, I think Twitter would rather suffer the spam than lose any perception of slowing growth.

Re: 10 ways journalism schools are teaching social media

itbay — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:37:27 -0000

I think all Institutions are terrible at teaching anything cutting edge in tech period with a disconnect between the generations in terms of technical knowledge when it comes to social media & internet tools in general. For instance, a tool that is utilized everyday, whether in school or business or whatever, people have trouble relating the tools they use everyday to its meaning - the Browser, a general internet tool ( http://mashable.com/2009/06/19/google-chrome-br... ). People use these tools everyday but are unable to quantify their meaning - I guess thats Y they should be reading more of Mashable eh. Throw them this book here: http://www.amazon.com/Twitter-Tips-Tricks-Tweet... it was forwarded by Pete Cashmore, CEO of Mashable. This is the new first step to learning Journalism - Twitter: an example - @anncurry . She is currently reporting the developments in Iran on June 20, 2009, hashtag #iranelection through Twitter, a social media tool, through the eyes of the Iranians using Youtube, another social media tool (posting Youtube links on Twitter). These are historical developments which are occurring in social media which the Professors may not be able to teach if they keep on asking the question of: Isn't Twitter like Facebook? Bottom line - the tools that our kids are using are the tools that businesses & institutions will have to learn to stay competitive in today's environment. Read the book "What Would Google Do?", a book by a Journalist @jeffjarvis

Re: 10 ways journalism schools are teaching social media

spencerspellman — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:33:06 -0000

I agree Gary. I think you shouldn't have to just learn it in j-school. I think the big thing is that professors and students need to be more up to date and aware of technology and social since so many of them aren't.

Re: 10 ways journalism schools are teaching social media

vanyshh — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:10:21 -0000

Very true. I don't want to put any institutions on blast but I know of a fairly well-known undergrad program for arts mgmt. (music business) that is literally 5-7 years behind the trends with their curriculum. Hell, they still have a "Radio Promotions" course. Does that not say it all?

Re: 10 ways journalism schools are teaching social media

Gary Arndt — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:34:23 -0000

Do you really need to go to j-school to learn this? I've found colleges to be horrible at teaching anything cutting edge involving technology.

Re: HOW TO: Plan a Vacation Using Social Media

Gary Arndt — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:10:52 -0000

I've been on the road traveling for two years straight and have visited over 60 countries. I've found Twitter to be an amazing tool getting information. Someone who follows me has been wherever I'm going before I have, and has information about the location. There are also locals I've met up with through Twitter who have shown me their city.

Re: Out of Africa

CaesarRomanus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:02:44 -0000

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Re: Out of Africa

CaesarRomanus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 08:01:25 -0000

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Re: Out of Africa

CaesarRomanus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:58:29 -0000

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Re: Out of Africa

CaesarRomanus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:32:55 -0000

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Re: Out of Africa

CaesarRomanus — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 07:28:19 -0000

Not diving is one thing I do regret. I have have done a lot of diving on my trip so it wasn't that great of a loss. I could in theory still dive in Aqaba.

I had 1 day left on my visa so it was extend the visa or just move on to Jordan. I opted for Jordan which is turning out to be a good move. I like Jordan and I'm able to get some work done I wasn't able to do in Egypt.