Category Archives: personalization

The useful convergence of data

Posted on January 3, 2008 by

I have only one prediction for 2008. I think we’re finally about to see the useful combination of the 4 W’s – Who, What, Where, and When. Marc Davis has done some interesting research in this area at Yahoo!, and … Continue reading →

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The problem with being popular (part 2)

Posted on November 19, 2007 by

One of the more interesting sciences, in my mind, is how information relevance is both determined, surfaced and then evolved. In Fred Wilson’s recent Cautionary Techmeme Tale he argues that making news popular takes away its social context and therefore … Continue reading →

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The business of network effects

Posted on August 15, 2007 by

The Internet platform business has some unique challenges. It’s very tempting to adopt known models to make sense of it, like the PC business, for example, and think of the Internet platform like an operating system. The similarities are hard … Continue reading →

Posted in advertising, behavior, dareobasanjo, data, development, future, ideas, identity, innovation, jasonkottke, marketing, media, models, network, network effects, nick carr, participation, peer production, personalization, platform, recommendations, semanticweb, social media, strategy, trends | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 5 Comments

A start page on my own domain

Posted on February 23, 2007 by

With a quick copy and paste job using Kent Brewster’s Pipes Badger and a few widgets from services I use, I now have what is a mostly sufficient start page on my own domain that displays my various forms of … Continue reading →

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For my wishlist: a start page that learns

Posted on January 11, 2007 by

I had the pleasure of joining Rex Hammock for drinks last night in Potrero Hill while he was here for Macworld Expo. Rex is tuned in to some interesting aspects of the online world, particularly through his site SmallBusiness.com which … Continue reading →

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I know where and when my favorite bands are playing

Posted on November 16, 2006 by

Last.fm is my favoriate web app. There’s nothing else on the Internet that comes close. This thought occurred to me a few weeks back, but it wasn’t until I explained last.fm to a group of publishers at the Stanford Publishing … Continue reading →

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Switching my default browser home page, again

Posted on September 13, 2006 by

I’ve probably changed my browser’s default home page about 10 times in the last year. Something about working here at Yahoo! has made me very picky about start pages. I most recently was using Netvibes which had a couple of … Continue reading →

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