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8 ヶ月 ago
in 2008/10/08/leadership-fear-technology-economy/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
Mark, kudos for the positive tone, it's going to be something we need more of. But this isn't 2002.
I know unemployment isn't as bad today, and certain other factors. But its worse in a gigantic portion in many other ways, and we are yet to see the full effect of it all.
Smarter people than you and I are calling this at least the beginning of a serious recession, at worst, a repeat of the great depression. 2002 and the first tech crash may well seem like a kids birthday party with bad cake in comparison. That others in the comments would suggest this is a media beat up is beyond me, because you only have to look at some numbers to know that it's actually probably a measure worse again. Even Sequioa is saying it's time to panic.
People need to be creative, and tech can help that, so you're right in that respect. But context needs to consider real numbers.
I know unemployment isn't as bad today, and certain other factors. But its worse in a gigantic portion in many other ways, and we are yet to see the full effect of it all.
Smarter people than you and I are calling this at least the beginning of a serious recession, at worst, a repeat of the great depression. 2002 and the first tech crash may well seem like a kids birthday party with bad cake in comparison. That others in the comments would suggest this is a media beat up is beyond me, because you only have to look at some numbers to know that it's actually probably a measure worse again. Even Sequioa is saying it's time to panic.
People need to be creative, and tech can help that, so you're right in that respect. But context needs to consider real numbers.
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12 ヶ月 ago
in 2008/07/07/free-celebrity-pictures/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
My problem with Picapp remains the god-awful ad they place underneath the pic. What's wrong with an overlay exactly?
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Adam Ostrow
yea, the ad is quite ugly ... short of an overlay, they should just work something out with publishers to place a picapp powered-ad somewhere else on the page, like a sidebar
1 年 ago
in 2008/06/19/rssmeme-legal/ on Mashable - The Social Media Guide
Sorry for the end there, Mashable went odd in FF3.
What I was trying to finish with was that this isn't anything like you suggest, and it certainly isn't new. The concept of splogging and fair use has been around for a very long time. That some people are tryying to cloak their splogging efforts in 2.0 is sad, but nothing more than a variation on the theme
What I was trying to finish with was that this isn't anything like you suggest, and it certainly isn't new. The concept of splogging and fair use has been around for a very long time. That some people are tryying to cloak their splogging efforts in 2.0 is sad, but nothing more than a variation on the theme
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Mark "Rizzn" Hopkins
Duncan,
Don't get me wrong - I completely agree with you that from our perspective (those in the know) - they are completely different things.
How many bloggers are "in the know?"
I'm talking about the hordes of bloggers on MySpace, my mom, who just started her own personal blog - that friend of my uncle down in florida who's a doctor and an active politician, but barely knows how to operate anything other than the word processor on his MacBook...
Look at it from an objective eye, and you'll see the confusion I'm talking about. I know that there's fair use, using a feed fairly, and malicious intent.
Looking at it from the perspective of Google's algorithm, let's say, or a complete newb... quite a different matter. You and I have a well defined moral compass on what's proper and what ain't.
As is evidenced by this AP fiasco, a lot of folks don't.
My main point, though, is that our first instinct shouldn't be the whackamole game of takedown and sue. Our first instinct should be learning to deal with it in our business models (when applicable).
Don't get me wrong - I completely agree with you that from our perspective (those in the know) - they are completely different things.
How many bloggers are "in the know?"
I'm talking about the hordes of bloggers on MySpace, my mom, who just started her own personal blog - that friend of my uncle down in florida who's a doctor and an active politician, but barely knows how to operate anything other than the word processor on his MacBook...
Look at it from an objective eye, and you'll see the confusion I'm talking about. I know that there's fair use, using a feed fairly, and malicious intent.
Looking at it from the perspective of Google's algorithm, let's say, or a complete newb... quite a different matter. You and I have a well defined moral compass on what's proper and what ain't.
As is evidenced by this AP fiasco, a lot of folks don't.
My main point, though, is that our first instinct shouldn't be the whackamole game of takedown and sue. Our first instinct should be learning to deal with it in our business models (when applicable).
I only know what I've experienced before.
Another anecdote that I couldn't quite shoe-horn into this piece has to do with when I was left pretty much penniless after Wilma. In that case, I was able to fashion a sustainable tech/info based business with absolutely no venture capital, running water or electricity (it's actually a cool story, I should write it up some time).
There's *always* options. You just hafta take them.