Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2010

. + web storage, elastic computing) from how you consume the Internet as a user (the front end – HTML). The problem with AOL is that they bundled content with access and that content wasn’t really the web. Brands took out advertisements espousing their “AOL Keyword.&#. It was AOL. It was closed.

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Web HTML SMTP Google 300

SoCal Delicious

JANUARY 15, 2010

For example Twitter , where gazillions of bots [type A] follow other equally superfluous but nevertheless very busy bots [type B] that automatically generate 27% valuable content (links to penis enlargement tools) and 73% not exactly exciting girly chatter (breeding demand for cheap viagra). Tweet its URI (not shortened - message incl.

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Social Media Develop Development Media 41

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We were looking for what I call the “6 C’s of Social Networking&# – Communications, connectedness, common experiences, content, commerce & cool experiences (fun!). They had a proprietary browser, their own search engine, their own content, chat rooms, email system, etc. Don’t Stop Believing.

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Social Network Networking Web 2.0 Startup 318

Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 12, 2017

I began asking around who the smartest people in the online media industry were and two names came up again and again — Jonah Peretti (social & viral content) and Ze Frank (social video). Video is the new HTML.” An obvious vector for me would be software for the media industry. But I digress.

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Buzzfeed Media Content News 210