Category Archives: platform

Positioning real-time web platforms

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Matt McAlister

Like many people, I’ve been thinking a lot about the live nature of the web more and more recently. The startup world has gone mad for it. And though I think Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie played down the … Continue reading →

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GPS device + data feeds + social = awesome service

Posted on February 19, 2008 by Matt McAlister

One of the most interesting market directions in recent months in my mind is the way the concept of a location service is evolving. People are using location as a vector to bring information that matters directly to them. A … Continue reading →

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How to launch an online platform (part II)

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Matt McAlister

The MySpace guys won the latest launch party battle. About 200 people met at the new MySpace house last night in San Francisco to see what the company was going to do to compete with Facebook on the developer front.

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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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How to launch an online platform

Posted on December 12, 2007 by

I attended the Bebo developer platform announcement this morning in San Francisco. The announcement seemed to go down very well based on immediate response, though only time will tell if the expected impact is achieved. It’s clear that a formula … 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 →

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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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Thinking about media as a platform

Posted on July 3, 2007 by

Back in my InfoWorld days (2004-ish?) I somehow woke up to the idea that media could be a platform.1 Whereas my professional media experience prior to that was all about creating user experiences that resulted in better page views and … Continue reading →

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