To Journalists - You may have more power than you think! - Web 2.0 Summit 09: "Discussion: Whit
Video from: Web 2.0 Summit 09: "Discussion: Whither Journalism?" via SVWResponse:- I've watched the VIDEO ABOVE and with the advantage of humility and objectivity, I think the overall solution/ likely outcome of all this is clear and I can't believe it wasn't immediately obvious to the panel:Firstly, being a strong advocate that all great success comes from people not corporations, then surely it is logical to look at all journalists as individual monetizable channels. This model then defines the stru

RESPONSE TO:- "Why Demand Media is Worth More Than the New York Times!"
RESPONSE TO:- "Why Demand Media is Worth More Than the New York Times". Peter Kafka - All Things DMy response:Peter, Nice article. I understand Bruce’s response abo

Calling all my Facebook, Twitter, FF et al 'social network' friends and Blog followers! Please help
I was speaking to my business partner the other day and she was saying that one of the hurdles/ tasks we have ahead is that I am relatively unknown as a Founder/ CEO in California where we are going to be based or anywhere in the US for that matter and our business model is highly disruptive and challenges the way we will look at media especially, and technology in the future. This got me thinking about my 'social network' which extends to several thousand people and which includes not only people I have known all my life, but also people I only know through work, my blog and many also, who I simply admire and would very much like to know better. (Some I confess I've connected t

"My Quest For A Personal Dashboard" - Brad Feld - my response...
My Quest For A Personal Dashboard - Brad Feld - my response... (Original Article Here!)Brad, this is the digital nirvana question, but I would suggest that what you think you want, isn't actually going to be what you want...at least not yet. (Certainly in terms of investment areas!) I have exactly the same dilemmas, and suspect we could both use existing tools to facilitate most of the above. There is one key issue, though highlighted of late, which is 'trust'. I only have the privacy of one busine

To Traditional Publishers - Create tribes, amalgamate or die...
Previously, a few scoops, exclusives, timely features and a smattering of sexy imagery could lure an audience who would perhaps forgive what is typically a majority chunk of otherwise irrelevant content and advertising, which collectively provided a sense of mass and value in your hand. Online audiences no longer care about all the accompanying bulk and are only interested in the top slice of relevant content and can now skim that selectively in a relative instant. Without that 'captured' set of eyeballs, an online version of the same thing can't hope to deliver any advertising value, at least not in the same way. In my humble opinion there are only two