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Re: Truth

patricia — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 12:03:50 -0000

I think in order to comment about old and new media, truth, policies, etc. you would have to be firmly in both businesses. Not as a journalist or talking head, but as a business person. Old media had huge advertisers and things to protect, so the "truth" wasn't always told. It's particularly true now that media is such a competitive business. It's a lot different for a blog that still nurses it's revenue off an ad network, which is pretty much all of them - you can be a little more outspoken when somebody else isn't handing over your paycheck. I don't think either form is better or worse. We all know very well that tons of blogs promote their friends and interests, are incestous, etc. It's spoken as "truth" and "transparency" but I wouldn't necessarily say that makes it honest.

Re: You stay classy, Engadget

patricia — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 08:51:17 -0000

It's kind of an odd coincidence that just the other day you were blasting Associated Press/old media for not getting facts straight and implying blogs do moreso. :)

Re: Will the real Dave Winer please stand up?

patricia — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:59:33 -0000

I like Techmeme. I don't think it's the only place people are manipulating traffic. There are all kinds of tactics. Other online media is more than likely also guilty.

I think this is going to become more transparent in the future. A recent report said advertisers are reluctant to spend money online because of the lack of metrics. If it holds true, metrics will probably quickly improve and narrow the gap where you can finesse page views, visitors, etc.

Re: It’s a good thing you can’t burn blogs

patricia — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 01:40:24 -0000

I think if anything she was referencing social networks, not blogs, internet media or anything resourceful. That is how the mass market is using the web, they're not educating themselves by way of a great blog. They're sharing photos of partying and chatting online with their friends. I think society overall has gotten smarter and dumber at the same time, in different places, both because of the web and other reasons.

No less, I took what she was saying about internet users from 10,000 feet. It's easy to forget the rest of the web doesn't use it the way we in tech do, but that is the reality.

Re: LinkedIn’s squeeze, poor VCs, rich founders & much more

patricia — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 21:38:19 -0000

I'm not surprised on LinkedIn. I like that site, it was a cool idea, but it hasn't seemed to really jump much since it was started. No wonder it's getting a little beaten up.

Re: Topix raises $15 million more to build out local news

patricia — Mon, 06 Nov 2006 11:25:49 -0000

Cool. I notice a lot of moves being made in publishing right now. Nice to see that industry finding its way.

Re: The race to win women’s fashion on the web

patricia — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:21:58 -0000

Mine's the first, oldest and largest in this niche :)

www.stylediary.net

Re: The race to win women’s fashion on the web

patricia — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:23:22 -0000

Also, it's my understanding that glam is positioned as an ad network....

Re: Like.com shows visual search works after all

patricia — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:04:13 -0000

Analytics are a watery thing. No one specific analytics solution on the market is really 100% accurate, traffic can and is bought and engineered, and there's a broad misconception of what constitutes good/valuable traffic. Not all sites are going to have Myspace level traffic but the market isn't really at a place where people realize it. And, you rarely hear people talk about session times and repeat visitors - there's a long way to go before the masses of the market understand all of it. I can say for fact the right people know about Like.com and for it being owned by a guy, it's surprisingly designed well for appealing to women. A lot of male-owned/women-targeted sites fail with that.

Re: The wolves are circling Joost -- how should it respond?

patricia — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:09:46 -0000

I think it's too early for video, and in the near future, scripted, direct to web professional productions (shorts) are going to be king. It won't be easily monetized, but at least it'll be sticky - which few video sites have done well yet but will.

Re: Facebook and Twitter: There’s blood everywhere, but no one is dying

patricia — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:15:51 -0000

There will always be room for more than one message board.

Re: Perez Hilton Hits 14,000,000 Pageviews Yesterday. Wow.

patricia — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:38:48 -0000

Except everybody knows that the page view is dead in the market. He probably has nice meaningful traffic, but pageviews really mean very little in the market. It's not the amount of traffic but what it does. What were the session times, repeat visitors and unique visitors?

Pageviews can be gamed by seo, affected by technologies like AJAX, video, etc. (to the negative, but that's not the point), etc. - it's really a weak benchmark for traffic in today's market.

Re: By 2015, every new television will be internet enabled

patricia — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:14:38 -0000

This has been a known fact about IP for a very long time. Great post, Duncan!

Re: A Day in the Life...

patricia — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:59:21 -0000

I have tried that, but actually, it's the life stuff that seems more effective for an assistant to handle, like going to trader joe's for those berries! :)

Re: FEAR

patricia — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 23:15:33 -0000

This is a GREAT post!

Re: 2006/12/08/videocodezone-yours-for-800000/

patricia — Sat, 09 Dec 2006 15:33:33 -0000

I wonder if any big tech companies scout ebay for startups that are for sale? Do people sell their companies this way? Interesting!

Re: 2006/12/17/myspace-mobile/

patricia — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:31:13 -0000

Interesting. I can see how being able to check your messages via mobile device would be big for MySpace users, and probaby photos too since people take pictures on the go, have to email them to themselves, then upload. Does it work on any device within Cingular's network?

Re: OurChart.com - The L-Word Launching Lesbian Social Network

patricia — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 14:34:33 -0000

I agree that this is smart, especially since some people are not in major cities, where there are offline communities they can be a part of. I especially like that the show's characters were wise enough to think to do this. I've always felt celebrities/actors short themselves in milking their value for their own ventures - instead, they all go on myspace and let Murdoch cash in on them :)

Re: 2007/05/18/joosts-deal-plans-hidden-in-pdf-presentation/

patricia — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:27:36 -0000

Interesting.

Re: 2007/06/30/rise-of-the-rose-bashers/

patricia — Sat, 30 Jun 2007 16:57:09 -0000

I wouldn't sweat it if I were him.

And, I'd hardly call him a "celebrity" - it doesn't count if it's in Silicon Valley and nowhere else. Nobody knows - or cares - who he is.

Re: 2007/11/16/online-video-strike-while-the-iron-is-hot/

patricia — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:07:23 -0000

I disagree. I think there's a very narrow window of opportunity here. I work within entertainment all the time and they're a LONG way from this. They've only now just started to believe in the viability of internet shows - most producers and executives can't figure out where/how to make money, and there are only a few spending at the moment. The industry is a little desperate, but it's still very inexperienced and doesn't know. There's a slim, slim chance you'll be picked up - sure, now is a time for possibly an opportunity, but you better have more than just an idea. You need an audience. They can generate ideas themselves.

Just my .2

Re: 2007/11/16/online-video-strike-while-the-iron-is-hot/

patricia — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:15:29 -0000

@mark, come on - that's been going on for two years. users have migrated from using the web as an information source to it being a form of entertainment since 2005 if not earlier. what's going on to drive this is convergence in the infrastructure, and speed. the web was born to do what it's doing right now, and it's going to do more. pay attention to what telecom is doing - it'll say it all. in the future, IP is going to be the single channel that broadcasts everything. it isn't an "if" but a "when".

what pangs me is that this has been a reality for years - yet everybody ignores it, talks about the immediate they see and then has this sort of excited wonder as if it's a brand new concept. it isn't.

:)

Re: 2007/11/16/online-video-strike-while-the-iron-is-hot/

patricia — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:45:56 -0000

@ Mark, no, I really don't. I mean, to a degree, but you can be on the web and watch tv at the same time, but that's small picture, short term stuff in my opinion. I worked in telecom 8 years - the plan for telcos (at least as of a year ago, i've since left the industry) is that all things - video/tv, voice, data - will go over a single channel, IP. The IP channel is very stable and more importantly, cheap in comparision to existing channels (mobile, PSTN, broadcast), so putting everything on it makes sense, and, I believe that what we are witnessing is that migration of these networks, as well as the users. It isn't that people will seek greater numbers online. It's that online will be the sole channel. I personally think everything's going to look and be very similar to what we see now. Same movie, different distribution channel. Everybody gets all excited when they see things like Joost, or a good internet show. To me, I see it and it's like "Yep, happening right on schedule."

I've been right on what's going to happen for two years now. But, we'll see. :)

Re: 2007/11/16/online-video-strike-while-the-iron-is-hot/

patricia — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 21:24:56 -0000

I should add that I'm a hobbyist, not an expert :)

Re: 2007/11/16/online-video-strike-while-the-iron-is-hot/

patricia — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 10:15:16 -0000

@ james, i'll ask around on some of my telco contacts. I hadn't worked at all in cable... Interesting question. I wish I had the answer, but will inquire! :)

Re: 2007/11/16/online-video-strike-while-the-iron-is-hot/

patricia — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:59:15 -0000

@ hmm... well it would have to also do voice, which cable can do but if memory serves, there are reasons why that's not attractive as IP... I can't recall. I want to say it's in the signaling or maybe in the quality... no less, this is where I think everybody should pay attention to the internet. What the infrastructure does ultimately directs where we all head thereafter :)

Re: 2007/11/22/megan-meier-myspace/

patricia — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:26:15 -0000

There seriously and very sincerely needs to be laws about internet harassment as well as public service/educational campaigns to show people you are never, ever anonymous online, but our government isn't there yet. Maybe as more cases like this unfold, they will take action.

Re: Oriango Puts the Web in Alphabetical Order (The Startup Review)

patricia — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 19:22:43 -0000

Name = difficult to say, spell and find.

Re: 2008/10/23/coolspotters/

patricia — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:49:07 -0000

I don't like to call anybody's baby ugly but this market is so oversaturated, underperforms and is very difficult to monetize. I just can't understand why people keep releasing the same kind of concepts over and over given it. Let's hope they can be one that carves it out.

Re: 2008/11/01/wireless-video-usage/

patricia — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 13:09:43 -0000

It's just SO early for mobile. It truly is. Not only is the internet itself not entirely there yet but neither are the users or the devices. Nobody 'needs' a concrete mobile strategy today, in my opinion, but should have one that is looking ahead in the future for development. This same stuff went on in web 1.0. I can distinctly recall Palm losing tons of money because it was too early.

Re: 2008/10/31/web-tv/

patricia — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 00:05:45 -0000

wow guys. thanks for all the comments and feedback! brilliant thoughts!!

Re: 2008/11/06/how-to-market-a-web-company-in-a-down-economy-video/

patricia — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:34:02 -0000

Come on people. This is basic business. Gary's amazing, but this is 101 stuff. If you don't inherently know it....

Re: Anyone Know How To Beam Furniture?

patricia — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:21:04 -0000

I think you should take this as a good sign! My mom always says, "Pruning Preceeds the Harvest" - it means the worst things go down just before the best.

Good things are coming your way, Ms. Natali. I know it! :)

Re: New Media- STAND UP

patricia — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 23:21:27 -0000

I think the conferences in the market right now are very, very reflective of the culture, mindset and in a lot of cases, inexperience, of the current start up culture. It's not in a good way.

Re: My Parental Heroes

patricia — Sat, 05 May 2007 09:36:52 -0000

Great post! I met and worked with a family who had an autistic son. Somehow, he really wanted to ice skate so we rallied to get companies to donate skates, got him out on the ice 1x a week, etc. The littlest things would set him off - too much light, too much sound, change in temperature and he would fall apart, yelling, screaming. It was really hard. You are absolutely right it's a huge challenge to raise an autistic child. The parents that do definitely deserve a shout out.

They, too, thought it was from the vaccinations. Hopefully, people will keep pushing science to find out.

Re: My Parental Heroes

patricia — Sun, 06 May 2007 10:23:33 -0000

Wait a minute, everybody. Maybe Robert didn't have or take the time to deeply research autisim but you know what? I haven't thought about Autisim in nearly seven years. Not once.

Thanks to this post, I've been thinking about how we in tech could help. He shouldn't have to ramp up to be an expert on the topic to get the most important message out: people need to notice this because something needs to be done.

Re: We need better statistics…

patricia — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:12:48 -0000

Ugh, thank you for posting something about it. The reference to stats and analytics from companies in web 2.0 drives me bananas because I know it's inaccurate. Ajax and video are only going to make it worse.

I think we should expect better analytics in the future - our CTO at StyleDiary has interesting perspective on this.

Re: We need better statistics…

patricia — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:14:13 -0000

and, I'd like to add that most really good analytics should probably be a cocktail of all the analytic sites until a better solution comes out. With the direction IP convergence is going to take the web, though, I think something more general will be the standard in the future.

Re: Happy Mother’s Day…

patricia — Sun, 13 May 2007 16:15:44 -0000

Oh, a mother is never far away, even after she passes. I swear. :) thank you for reminding me to appreciate mine.

Re: Celebrity won’t save you

patricia — Tue, 15 May 2007 23:34:46 -0000

Yeah, but I don't know that I would necessarily take to heart from someone who doesn't at least get Twitter. You don't have to like it, but there's something to the application. The web aspect of it isn't cool, but the text element really is. I could see the interest in younger people to have that sort of SMS interactivity. I liked it and I'm in my 30s. Far greater, though, is what it points to with regards to user connectivity and interaction. I think it's one of many signs of what's next.

Re: Not yet on TechCrunch: killer video search engine (ClipBlast)

patricia — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 10:41:18 -0000

This makes me think about something I had seen at Spring VON and wrote about on CenterNetworks in my recap (I think). I believe it had video search and then you could create your own schedule of things that were out there to watch, like you see on your cable channel. It was really cool.

Re: Oh, danah!

patricia — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 17:50:33 -0000

I like Danah. I lost her email when I lost my laptop. She's a cool cat.

She's in L.A. now, I think. Thank you for the reminder to track her down :)

Re: The truth about traffic on the Internet

patricia — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:31:48 -0000

@ Chris Coulter - I believe that happens moreso because of the overall lack of understanding of what is traffic, what makes for good traffic, etc., within the broad market (advertisers, bloggers, media, etc.). Everyone expects every site to have huge numbers but that's never been consistent with media business, or television, for that matter. Niches are just going to be smaller and that's that.

The top vertical publications in print media, for example, has about 50-80k circulation and that's considered high for a vertical. I think the web is going to prove basically the same, but the industry overall is still a little closed minded and inexperienced to understand it yet. People haven't really even really discovered that Alexa has flaws as an analytics tool, or that traffic can be and is bought/engineered. I think it'll be a long while before anyone fully understands what traffic should look like in niches, like techmeme.

So, you hear a lot of that garbage but don't blame the messenger.

Re: Celebrating seven years of blogging

patricia — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:44:59 -0000

Yay! Happy birthday, scobelizer!! :)

Re: Davos Question: How to improve the world? My answer: Peas!

patricia — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 01:13:13 -0000

this is a sweet post! very cool.

Re: Off of the tech entertainment train

patricia — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 16:37:51 -0000

cool. let's hope it's a sign that the market is maturing in its understanding of the internet because it'll make it easier to do business. I agree that there's been a little of a narrow view among the blogs/media but i think that's just a natural progression of a society migrating into a new technology. more is realized and revealed as knowledge and experience expands. few people seem to be aware that there is a major evolution of our world's communications infrastructure going on because they are still thinking it's about facebook. it'll get around to changing as people grow. it's nice to hear that the viewpoint is expanding.

but, i think techmeme will more than likely stay relevant because it seems natural to assume the users (and marketers, etc.) will seek to make the web "smaller," or to streamline their access and experience. I believe rss, aggregation, etc. are positioned to do this. in my opinion, twitter is in another category - device agnostic access/communications - than techmeme. they've got potential for different reasons.

cool post, scoble :)

Re: Let’s cry for the poor fragmented, underreported startups

patricia — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:11:14 -0000

I think any start up that has to attend or pay for an event to get people's attention should be refused funding :)

Great post.

Re: Online Show Quarterlife Gets Picked Up By NBC For Network Debut; Strike Workaround With WGA Possible

patricia — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 20:25:28 -0000

It's funny but I've been talking with the entertainment industry for nearly two years, trying to tell them that internet shows could potentially do well. I've pitched two pretty solid concepts, and back then, alot of them didn't get it. I think I'm going to start pitching it again now. Muh hah!

Excellent post!

Re: Web Ad Nets Scrutinized As Brands Bail From Dodgy Sites

patricia — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 16:50:49 -0000

Great post. I think ad networks are very interesting and wish more people shared thoughts and perspective on them. They're fairly disruptive from an industry standpoint, in my opinion. Owning a site, I can see how they draw away advertisers from smaller publishers and it's very interesting because I thnk it makes it hard to make money for sites outside of networks.

Re: NBCU-NWS JV Hulu Launches With Private Beta Portal, Open Distribution; Sony, MGM Deals

patricia — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:51:42 -0000

I'm sorry. Nobody's going to agree with me but when I read this:

We don’t want to assume the users will come to the content.”

I think: Oy

Why does business feel the Web is so different than regular world? i realize all this disruption and chaos has made the view a little cloudy, but nothing's chaned. Just the channel (IP) - people are the same, they are motivated by the same things and they can be collected and lead as they always have been. The only thing right now is that the industry's tools for doing so have been a little shaken up. I don't agree that content should go to the user, but, what do I know :)

Mark my words - in the end, we are the same world we were before.

Re: NBCU-NWS JV Hulu Launches With Private Beta Portal, Open Distribution; Sony, MGM Deals

patricia — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:56:15 -0000

and let me add, just as I had believe social networking would end up being nothing more than a feature during the social networking site boom, and that professionally created video content would trump user generated during the user generated video boom, I do believe that we will find later on that "letting the content go" to the users versus training them to come to us will be a mistake. I really do.

We'll see though!

Re: Our New Site, Coming Soon: paidContentUK

patricia — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:57:37 -0000

Congrats!!!

Re: Disney Formalizes Digital M&A Group; Sub $20 Million Deals; Looking Outside Main Areas

patricia — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 01:33:11 -0000

Brilliant. I think Disney is smart to make these moves. It'll be interesting to see how they this out.

Re: Marvel To Unveil Subscription-based Online Comics Outlet

patricia — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:54:47 -0000

I think it's brilliant to have a subscription based concept, but i bet the price is going to be too high - users want stuff CHEAP. we've done some studying into it - people will pay, but not a lot. But, if you can start at least getting them to pay....

Re: Mercury News Tries To Catch Up, After Being In the Perpetually Poised Position For Social Media

patricia — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 02:57:52 -0000

This is a great article. I don't think they're far from being able to adjust and move forward. Lots of traditional media/journalists are gaining ground and doing better with this - Dean Takahasi is with the Mercury News and is respected and recognized voice in the blog world. They'd already have a head start with that. Aggregation and personalization is a good idea for the obvious reasons, and some point to that it'll bring in better ad revenue. But, I think traditional if anything, traditional media has to learn that there are many different ways to engage the user and find the right model versus going directly to one type as many do now. You can have community and interactivity in a lot of different ways, and different age demographics gravitate toward different ways of doing so, but I'm not sure everybody sees this yet. I believe the best fit for media/information is to generate conversations around its content. People passionate about these topics get into it, the session times get longer, and they come back to see what others are saying, you develop regulars, etc. Then, on top of it, others blog about what you've written about, etc. so you are more viral. Lots of print media is doing this well now.

I don't personally believe user created content should have a place in media. I think it gives up too much of the control of your product/site and gives the user unnecessary power. User driven news tips could work, but i see it only as another feature, no need to be the central point. People dog Truemors.com (www.truemors.com) but I think it's a good model of user driven news, as well as leveraging other platforms (twitter, facebook apps, etc.) to engage users. But, if I was working with the Mercury News I'd be focusing on getting people engaged in whatever I'm talking about.

Just my .2

Re: Mercury News Tries To Catch Up, After Being In the Perpetually Poised Position For Social Media

patricia — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 07:44:12 -0000

@ CK, I disagree! I don't discredit taking tips from citizen journalists but that's not new and it's definitely not something you'll lose if you are hosting conversations around your articles. Tons of blogs get lots of tips without a formal structure for users to contribute beyond comments. But, I do think media (and everybody, really) has been horrifically overthinking interactivity, social networking, and doing the wrong things with it for some time now. I think there are lots and lots of examples of this in the current market :)

I don't discredit the value of user generated content - but I think it's popularity online in part stems from there not being much other content prior to "web 2.0", except what was created by users (as no companies were putting $$ into the web at the time). It's too hard to monetize, control, etc. in my opinion to make it valuable, and as more media moves into the web, we'll more than likely see people take a more passive - versus interactive - role. Given that IP convergence is on the agenda of most of telecom (which is the backbone of the web), it's the inevitable outcome.

Re: Mercury News Tries To Catch Up, After Being In the Perpetually Poised Position For Social Media

patricia — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:34:07 -0000

oy, I mean to say:

in my opinion, as more media moves into the web, we’ll more than likely see people take a more passive - versus interactive - role. Given that IP convergence is on the agenda of most of telecom (which is the backbone of the web), it’s the inevitable outcome.

it's hard to type into these little boxes and make sense :)

Re: StyleHive Acquires StyleDiary; Adds Content To Social Shopping

patricia — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:17:13 -0000

@ella, we're actually definitely both strong in these areas. I have 9 years of internet/tech business experience specializing in community and ecommerce, plus as much in fashion industry and media business, both consumer and business facing sides.

You should read up on Glam and also what's happening in the category - lots of good stuff! :)

Re: Future of Business Media: It is D-Day

patricia — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:39:17 -0000

You have the best mixers!!!

Re: @ FOBM: Deals: What's Next?; Credit Crunch Affecting the Big Deals, Still Plenty of Small Strategics

patricia — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 21:39:49 -0000

this is the kind of stuff i wish all the blogs blogged about. As a CEO of a start up, I don't need to know the next new social networking site :)

Re: Mrs. Murdoch To Take Over At Chief of Strategy At MySpace China

patricia — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:35:12 -0000

Interesting. Does she have any background in this? I think it'll be interesting to see how she does. Kimora Simmons did a pretty good job with Baby Phat and nobody thought she had any brains for business.

Re: TheWB.com Teams With MySpace On 'Sorority Forever' Launch

patricia — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 06:01:43 -0000

Wait, the show is blasted on all of these platforms?? I'm so against this. Learn how to marry the audience to YOUR site people. You should be able to do this at this point in the market.

Re: Updated: CNET Networks Bracing Up For a Proxy Fight; Could Face Investor Takeover

patricia — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 17:14:43 -0000

Interesting, because I think a lot of the 'web 2.0' executives believe CNET's so solid and strong.

I predict a rough year for all of the sites, and alot of the magazines (Fast Company, etc.)

Re: @ EconWomen: Starting A Community And Keeping Up The Conversation

patricia — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 07:26:45 -0000

Interesting. Have any of these sites really made remarkable communities?

Re: ManiaTV Cuts Half Its Staff To Entice Buyers, But Will It Be Enough?

patricia — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:27:37 -0000

This bums me out because Mania had the right idea, just a little too early. I think they messed up by adding too many shows and not focusing around building a good audience base around what they offered. I wonder if they have a full service editing suite, production equipment and all that.

I can't remember if they were funded. I'm surprised to see such a public effort to sell it and wonder what they have done thus far offline to try.

Re: Bring On The Techies: How Silicon Valley Can Help Save Newspapers

patricia — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 16:18:19 -0000

Well, at least if you can convince the SV that there is money in helping save print, they'll stop pushing for it's death.

Re: ContentNext 2.0: Life With The Guardian Media Group

patricia — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 14:06:57 -0000

You're such a pimp :) Congrats on the brilliant exit.

Smart move for Guardian. Very cool!

Re: Interview: Part II: Barry Diller: 'The Business Model For Content Is To Be Paid For It'

patricia — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:22:01 -0000

It is seriously stunning that this kind of stuff is a topic people haven't figured out from the get go. What environment has content EVER been free, really?

People are making the adaption to the internet a lot harder than it needs to be.

Re: YouTube Meets Hulu, Sort Of; Shows Premium Pay Potential

patricia — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:03:02 -0000

I don't think it's so much in response to Hulu or because of Hulu. It's more in response to what's ahead for the internet, and particularly, television.

Re: Trendspotting – Finding Opportunity in Career Uncertainty

patricia — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 18:33:57 -0000

I don't agree that the platform has to be created around the community, or that people are avoiding corporate social networks because they're not interested. I believe it has more to do with poorly designed sites and poor efforts to slowly, steadily marry the audience to the platform, and it isn't just limited to corporate social networks. Many, many silicon valley social networks are not creating truly viable, sticky traffic. They're getting 1 mil uniques, but it is session times and repeat visitors that shows those 1 mil uniques aren't truly valuable because they're on the site less than 1 min, and don't come back.

The problem is that the majority of people in all markets don't realize that we as businesses must marry the audience to OUR platforms. too many companies make the mistake of thinking this centers around tapping into the online communities when in reality it isn't enough. That'd be like trying to train the audience to use the television by only trying to do so via the television. It takes a different effort.

I believe the only reason why anybody is going to the sites that ARE working is because publishers/owners know how to marry an audience to their platforms, even if its a very limited audience like you are seeing with a lot of small social start ups at the moment.

I think people are thinking way, way too much about the wrong things in the market at the moment.