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Re: Hey look - it’s 1996 all over again

Jope — Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:22:04 -0000

Me, I think it may have it's niche... For one thing, I wish the GeoCities of this world were so easy to use back then... 8-)

But I am thinking of the very small, no-tech-whatsoever-except-for-billing-maybe companies, you know, your neighborhood plumber and the likes. This is a great way to have a quick presence, and indexed by Google. Also, I wouldn't rule out a tie-in with Google Base, so that you don't need to leave the Googlesphere to list your stuff...

Just a thought...

Re: Doesn’t Amazon want to get naked?

Jope — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 05:27:40 -0000

There is no excuse for being rude, especially if you a re the one inviting the speakers. Want to show of and double or triple your blogs traffic and/or name recognition? Fine, but I'm not convinced this is the way...

the Amazon guy's point is valid, though. But I think you can say the same with a great big smile and being nice...

Re: Twitter — like SMS but for the Web

Jope — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 04:56:01 -0000

Me, I've been fascinated by the whole Twitter thing. I tried it a couple of months ago, wrote about it and promptly forgot it as well...

And I think you're right, US bloggers find twitter fascinating because of the SMS part mostly, and since in Europe we've been using SMS for some years now, the novelty just isn't there.

The worst part, for Twitter, will be when the fad dies away, as it seems to be doing (check twitter.com's traffic in Alexa, it seems to have reached a peak).

Now, destroying our lives? No, you just need to be aware of the usage conventions for any instant messaging, SMS not being very different that any messenger-like app: don't use it if you need immediate reply, don't even expect a reply, don't expect to engage into a conversation through it, etc, etc...

Re: Digg, the echo chamber and Matthew

Jope — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 09:50:41 -0000

No, seriously: the NYT realized this only now?

This what the movie, music and even A-listers have based their marketing model on for a long time.

This is the reason music labels don't promote small bands, or the reason why the movie business is now creating more sequels or trilogies than ever...

The experiment may have been interesting, but hardly new insights here, I think. Mind you, they could just have talked to the guys at amiestreet.com and asked for their data... ;)

Re: Mobile Web sucks — or maybe it doesn’t

Jope — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 10:42:50 -0000

While Scott's points are a bit 2002-ish, Russell's answer was pertty much not called for.

The other hand, I love seeing a blogger fight that doesn't involve Dave Winer for a change... ;)

Re: TechCrunch gets it right on Hartwell

Jope — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 04:21:38 -0000

In the end, it's all about the compensation, as some of us suspected long ago, and not about attribution or "not replying nicely to an email request".

It's so easy to close up your photos in Flickr, or simply to use a real photo sales site, that it's really hard to understand why LH didn't do that in the first place...

It's all about the money, Zappa said it best a long time ago... :)

Re: Mike Arrington stars in The Ugly American

Jope — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:34:03 -0000

Just a couple of experts at PR (and not much else, it seems) trying to get some attention for themselves and their dying properties. I would bet it's all 100% staged.

Nothing to see here, let's all move on...

Re: Facebook search expands — will it take on Google?

Jope — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 03:12:40 -0000

I think everyone should take 2 steps back with all this Facebook idiocy: 99% of people using the web and Google haven't even heard of Facebook, for crying out loud!

Sheesh...

Re: OhGizmo! » Archive » Geeky Cufflinks

Jope — Wed, 04 Jan 2006 14:38:58 -0000

Couldn't resist posting my own cufflinks after seeing this... 8-)

Re: The Million Dollar a Month Facebook Application

Jope — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 07:42:54 -0000

Of course, all we can assume as readers is that your are making it up, which will automatically make us question any other post in the blog. Congratulations, your credibility went down to 'near 0' in just 6 lines... 8-)

Re: Set Facebook Status As Windows Live Messenger Personal Status

Jope — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 07:01:08 -0000

This doesn't work anymore on the latest version of Live Messenger, as the add-ons support has been discontinued... :(

Now, if someone was kind enough to program this using the new Live Messenger API... ;)

Re: 2006/12/22/photo-sharing-sites/

Jope — Thu, 28 Dec 2006 02:15:03 -0000

Vote Zooomr

Re: 2007/05/01/digg-lawsuit/

Jope — Wed, 02 May 2007 17:47:13 -0000

Donate to the 60 million kid? The same kid that has been gaming his 'democratic' site all along...? There are tons of other Digg-like sites, let him pay, and if he closes shop, others will fill the void...

Re: 2008/11/18/digg-recommendation-engine-2/

Jope — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:09:27 -0000

People still use DIgg...?

Re: O2 to get UK iPhone gig

Jope — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 06:51:49 -0000

Heh... I don't know who these Apple people think they are, either, but they're doing exactly that, getting away with it and all the operators are bending backwards to get the exclusive...

That's branding for you (what Nokia had at one point, by the way, and blew it by releasing 23.654 different models every 2 weeks...).

Re: Eating our way across Europe

Jope — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 18:37:23 -0000

What? No Madrid??? Anyway, have a fun trip! 8-)

Re: Five Reasons Why The Mobile Web Sucks

Jope — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 02:56:58 -0000

Heh... isn't that a US-specific problem? You're still so behind on mobile it's amazing... ;)