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Best Friday Reads: Social Media Rules Us All, and Mints Billionaires

Xconomy

While the evolution from hunched primates to homo sapiens took tens of millions of years, we needed only about a decade to develop an arched neck that is perennially looking down at a smartphone—presumably one with a social media app open.

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Social Innovation

SoCal CTO

I just ran into Chris Gammil's post New Era of Social Innovation where he describes it as: The model takes the best of the OPEN model and pushes right out into the open, further distributing idea sourcing, team forming, development, commercialization and economic distribution. What are some of the drivers?

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Startup Metrics

SoCal CTO

I'm not quite sure I believe the way he exactly models the value from each of these points as is shown in the following graphic, but a similar kind of model can certainly be developed. channels (search, social, viral, new media), cost-efficient distribution He also points a fair bit to Eric Ries – The lean startup. Great stuff.

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The Most Interesting Online Video Trend

Both Sides of the Table

It means the “ torso TV ” consumption patterns will be more important than the head or the long tail for the next era of media companies. You should only worry about this if you’re a large, traditional media company with fat margins. But when you think about the movement we once called “Web 2.0

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Aaron Fyke, Thin Line Capital: The Second Wave Of Cleantech Investing

socalTECH

You then caught things like Web 2.0, social media, and everything else. Then, the only billion dollar businesses were new solar technology and greentech media. I want to know that you can serve real customers, immediately, without too much development into the future. Now, there are over 500 gigawatts.

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Where LinkedIn Works for Me

SoCal CTO

When I was looking for speakers for an event last fall on Web 2.0 , LinkedIn was a great way to reach out. Tony Karrer is CEO/CTO of TechEmpower , a Los Angeles Web Development firm, and is considered one of the top technologists in e-Learning. Los Angeles Social Media Starters What is Visible Networking?

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Why The Growth Of The Internet Is Driving EdgeCast's Revenues

socalTECH

You need a CDN to improve the performance of your content, especially as the web is getting heavier, more complicated, and there's more rich media. I think that's what is the main foundational element of a Web 2.0 There's a frustration in the market, because the Internet doesn't work as well as it could.

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