Category Archives: edge

Targeting ads at the edge, literally

Posted on February 12, 2008 by Matt McAlister

Esther Dyson wrote about a really interesting area of the advertising market in an article for The Wall Street Journal. She’s talking about user behavior data arbiters, companies that capture what users are doing on the Internet through ISPs and … Continue reading →

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A handy music playlist tool

Posted on January 10, 2008 by

I’ve been looking for a way to share playlists on my blog and elsewhere online for a long time. It’s been surprisingly hard to find a really convenient way to do it. DRM and industry lockdown have been a big … Continue reading →

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Building markets out of data

Posted on January 4, 2008 by

I’m intrigued by the various ways people view ‘value’. There seem to be 2 camps: 1) people who view the world in terms of competition for finite resources and 2) people who see ways to create new forms of value … Continue reading →

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The Internet’s secret sauce: surfacing coincidence

Posted on December 14, 2007 by

What is it that makes my favorite online services so compelling? I’m talking about the whole family of services that includes Dopplr, Wesabe, Twitter, Flickr, and del.icio.us among others. I find it interesting that people don’t generally refer to any … Continue reading →

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Why Outside.in may have the local solution

Posted on July 24, 2007 by

The recent blog frenzy over hyperlocal media inspired me to have a look at Outside.in again. It’s not just the high profile backers and the intense competitive set that make Outside.in worth a second look. There’s something very compelling in … Continue reading →

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Decentralizing journalism and everything

Posted on March 30, 2007 by

Dave Winer said something the other day during the latest “Newspapers are dead” meme that I can’t get out of my head: “In the future, every educated person will be a journalist, as today we are all travel agents and … Continue reading →

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Is attention finite?

Posted on December 7, 2006 by

John Hagel explores the economics of attention and describes the issues for today’s business leaders: “Attention economics starts with the observation that, as products and information proliferate, attention becomes the scarce resource … we each have only 24 hours in … Continue reading →

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