“The Long Tail metaphor helps old media people feel like they’re still in charge. So does the idea of Citizen Media, because old media people are cynics about citizens, they think we’re lazy couch potatoes who have never had a good idea or a noble thought…and our job is to consume, consume, consume — what …
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The Peacock Problem
Barrier to Entry
“Nobody’s going to “steal” your ideas, any more than they can steal your cerebrum. You’re the source. Authority over the idea begins with you.” – Doc Searls
The Real Benefit of Subscription-based Revenue Models
Success Equals Being Acquired and Losing Control?
Check out this one line in ZDNet’s coverage of TechCrunch’s Arrington web winners/losers list: Winners (got acquired) Now, I don’t know if that’s Arrington’s perspective (I suspect so) or ZDNet’s (also likely), either way the sentiment is disturbing. If this is the mentality of the Valley, then I celebrate every project on the “Very Good …
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Stay Hungry
When I drew this up earlier this today, all I had was a sentiment. Nothing in the way of an explanation – though, I suspect you know which side of the cartoon I fall on. Since then, this tasty bit rolled through the attention stream: “I don’t think totally free is good for anyone. It …
Where to Draw the Line on the Freemium Business Model
I’ve been thinking about “freemium” – Fred Wilson’s Favorite Business Model the last couple days, and sketched up where the boundaries feel right for me. How do these feel to you? Jason Fried on freemium-ish.
The Center of Podcasting
Advice to Web Developers: Forget the Password
This weekend while wandering down the aisles of our local Super Target, we found a dinner table and a side board we though would go great in our living/dining room. After checking out, a couple of teenage boys wheeled the still flat-packed pieces to our awaiting PT Cruiser. Now, after flattening the inside of the …
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Ad-proaching a Singularity
This weekend, stuck in the land of dial-up, I paged through a print motorcycle magazine and compared the articles against the advertisments. All the ads were for gear, motorcycle shops, or vehicles to haul your motorcycles. Essentially, indistinguishable from the articles themselves. You can do the same with any reasonably niche dead tree publication. The …