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Why I’m kissing Tumblr a sad, sad good-bye » 16th letter » Blog Archive - http://www.16thletter.com/2008...
Courtney Engle, robert reed daly, Jerry Brito and 17 other people liked this
Apparently, Tumblr doesn't get a lot of love from Google.
- Steve Rubel
Good to know for commercial blogs -- I only use it personally for videos and images mostly
- Shey
whenever I check statistics of tumblr the number of visits to tumblr.com is equal to the number of visits to funkyboy.tumblr.com. Not much useful...
- funkyboy
Tumblr is a mortification story for blogging world! : )
- Erhan Erdoğan
I have a tumblr account for personal use. after I heard about tumblr has problems with seo, I like it more
- ahmet bulent
Not trying to be contrary, but is it Tumblr that's creating the problem? Maybe partially, but very few free blogging platforms get much engine love right out of the box, and it doesn't look like a lot of effort was made to optimize it. It ranks #3 & 4 for [cara austin], right behind her main site. Google has indexed over 100 pages, many of which are just photos. No unique titles, no descriptions, very little content. Exactly what queries is this site NOT doing well for that it SHOULD do well for?
- Erik Dafforn
Interesting idea that it's not Tumblr but the content. I am planning on porting the content over to wordpress, so I'll have a one-to-one experiment to test against. I think that the big issue with Tumblr is that without a lot of customization, it isn't easy to create that SEO-friendly content - like titles, descriptions, tags, categories, etc....all that stuff that gets posts indexed....
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- Melissa Chang
I knew there was a reason why I stayed on Blogger. :)
- Ontario Emperor
@Josh @Melissa @Erik See here and let me know what you think: http://x98.us/d0b
- David Ambrose
I did some quick testing and it appears that {PostTitle} does not do anything useful and {Caption} is not permitted between title tags. So basic SEO techniques do not appear to be usable.
- jho
The URLs are worthless and the lack of post titles makes tumblr a terrible choice if you care about search engine traffic. More here - http://tinyurl.com/5j5g56
- Bjorn Stromberg
@Bjorn @Jauder @Josh Hopefully we can cause a stir and awaken the sleeping Tumblr giant in Manhattan: http://datainsightsideas.com/post...
- David Ambrose
@David You may make a good point about Tumblr being able to be customized to make it seo friendly - but the reason that I used Tumblr in the first place (and why most people use it) is b/c it's simple and you don't have to be a developer or get a developer involved to use it. Having to mess around with the code defeats that purpose.
- Melissa Chang
@Melissa That's a very big reason why I decided to launch my first blog on Tumblr. It was easy, no-fills posting. "Great," I thought. But I started to notice that Tumblr was living in its own universe: folks went lived in the Dashboard and never really escaped. Post titles and dates were never really correct. It gets frustrating when you spend time to write (and not merely bookmarklet sites) and then it vanishes into thin air.
- David Ambrose
David - I would say the same for LiveJournal and, to an extent, Facebook. Nice gardens, but walled nonetheless.
- Phil Glockner
@Phil. For sure! Great way to put it.
- David Ambrose
You are aware that you can add post titles using {block:PostTitle} {PostTitle} {/block:PostTitle} ?
- pratham
I think it's fair to say that T could be more seo-friendly by default with title tags, pulling X chars from the body as a meta desc., etc. But I also think comparing it to WP is unfair, because in many cases (not all), people post far less original content and use it differently. It doesn't seem to have crawling issues. Plenty of WP blogs do fine with URLs like /?p=50 if other things are in place. Those things now exist in WP because the community made them possible via plugins and smart templates.
- Erik Dafforn
@ptm see @Erik's response below. It's the idea of having SEO-friendly post titles as default that makes sense to the community.
- David Ambrose
Maybe a site like FF, as a third-party site giving some linkage to Tumblr posts, will be what some people need to get some search engine attention. External linkage is a big part of the puzzle that we haven't discussed. If you have a Tumblr blog and 25 active FF friends, that should start to make a difference sooner or later, providing you're writing about things that people are searching for.
- Erik Dafforn
@Erik FF is a big push to my site, but a lot comes from Twitter as well as Facebook...which is interesting.
- David Ambrose
@David that is very interesting. I'm fascinated to see how the traffic funnel develops. One benefit of FF and Twitter's "open" state is that unlike with Facebook (whose public profile shows "some" of your friends), bots see all your friends and you benefit from activity and making friends. Oddly, I would not have known about Tumblr if not for seeing people's FF feeds... So I think the two (FF and Tumblr) will benefit each other.
- Erik Dafforn
@Eric That's right on. I'll post some screenshots from Google Analytics around FF, Twitter and Facebook modules.
- David Ambrose
This discussion is disappointing, guys. Tumblelogs (and Tumblr specifically) can index EXTREMELY well, which actually forced us to turn away droves of affiliate spammers after we became their platform of choice last summer. My silly tumblelog at davidslog.com is 1st on Google for "david karp" and 17th for "david" (above David Pogue). There have been some seriously uninformed comparisons...
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- David Karp
@David @Phil The Dashboard (and tumblr.com) accounts for less than 10% of Tumblr traffic.
- David Karp
@David I'm not saying that this conversation is "FUD"; rather, quite the opposite. Thanks for stopping by and implementing the features.
- David Ambrose
Wow, that's a fast response. I'll be happy about the {PostTitle} summary!
- rodmitch
@ptm Yes I am aware of it but as of yesterday it was not producing anything really useful. @David Karp, good to see that you are listening to the conversation. I would suggest 2 things. 1) Make both {PostTitle} and {Caption} available in the title as well as meta description (or make Caption = PostTitle) and 2) enable Title as url so that something like http://foo.com/posts... works. Looking forward to the improvements.
- jho
Tumblr does index well. Particularly if you use text posts with titles.
- Chris M
SEO has nothing to do with Tumblr and everything to do with how your theme is written. This is the same thing with Wordpress. The idea that Tumblr somehow is inherently poor for SEO is based on misinformation.
- Anthony De Rosa
For sale: a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton -- latimes.com - http://www.latimes.com/news...
Abbas Haider Ali, James Myatt, Penguin and 2 other people liked this
"Reporting from Las Vegas - The auctioneer gazed out at the audience, knowing this was the moment they'd waited for. Next up, he said, was lot No. 23 -- a "wonderful, exceptional, 66-million-year-old Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Samson." He gestured to the ferocious-looking skull sitting on a stand to his left. "There she is," he said. The people who had gathered in the elegant gallery at the Venetian hotel gasped. Samson is one of the three most complete T. rex specimens ever discovered, possessing the most intact skull in existence. But auctions are unpredictable, and dinosaurs are expensive. So an ugly prospect hung in the air Saturday: Might Samson not sell? On Friday, Thomas Lindgren, the curator in charge, and auctioneer Patrick Meade had talked about just that between meetings with prospective buyers. People from across the world had expressed interest in Samson, but nobody was committed to bidding."
- Thomas Hawk
from Bookmarklet
This thing would look great in the living room no?
- Thomas Hawk
Modi Sofa: Fun and Flexible | design(dot)fr The ways in which you can arrange thesecushions to form a couch are practically unlimited. It is all up to your creativity. In case you have guests and need some extra chairs, the Modi Sofa is a great alternative. - http://design.fr/furnitu...
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Amphibious Attack Tigers: Yeah, You're Pretty Much ****ed. - http://benparr.posterous.com/amphibi...
Roy Scribner, Abbas Haider Ali, John (bird whisperer) and 3 other people liked this
WiFi Prostitutes: Girls are like wireless Internet. Some are easier to access than others. - http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1...
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Abbas Haider Ali and Steven J. Ram liked this
If ain't got no WEP for me, you best be moving on!
- Andrew Trinh
from Bookmarklet
and some will drop you like a brick with no second thought.
- Josh Haley
from iPhone
Damn those drop-outs.
- Andrew Trinh
Head to Head Comparison of the 5 Most Popular iPhone Turn by Turn Navigation Apps - http://www.ismashphone.com/2009...
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How I Tweet: Just the FAQs - http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2009...
Charlie Anzman, frank barry, Angus Burton and 10 other people liked this
Venkat: that's a Guy Kawasaki trick. If you want your brand to be better you must tie your brand to someone with an even better brand. Who has a better brand than Tiger?
- Robert Scoble
The Tiger Woods of Twitter? Uh...is there some sort of award for number or quality of tweets? Who should I be bribing?
- Tyler Hurst
Tyler: bring cupcakes to @biz and @ev :-)
- Robert Scoble
I wonder if @foiledcupcakes delivers that far...they are fantastic.
- Tyler Hurst
I love being reminded just how much an ass Kawasaki is.
- Allan Jenkins
It will be a happy day when people stop typing LOL unnecessarily in so, so many online conversations.
- Tyler Hurst
WTF? how true.but IMHO that isn't gonna happen. LOL
- RAD Moose
Know what? I NEVER thought about that. Robert's point about bringing the brand up higher. Holy crap. BTW, my version of a "How I Tweet" faq will post in a few days.
- Chris Brogan
That's a site in the making howitweet.com. I think most people would find the feedback from users without massive followings surprisingly refreshing.
- Benjamin Taylor
Sears Tower unveils glass balconies on Skydeck - http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos...
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Steven Perez, Tanath, Mohamed J and 105 other people liked this
"Participants to the sneak preview of 'The Ledge,' stand on the new glass balconies suspended 1,353 feet (412 meters) in the air and jut out 4 feet (1.22 meters) from the Sears Tower's 103rd floor Skydeck Wednesday, July 1, 2009 in Chicago. The Ledge will open to public on Thursday."
- AJ Batac \(o_o)/
from Bookmarklet
I think I'd throw up.
- Tim Hoeck
I'm getting dizzy just looking at it
- Bwana ☠
couldn't do it.
- holly #ravingfangirl
I'd do it!
- AJ Batac \(o_o)/
Not - a - chance
- comix aka martha
I'd do a poopoo in my pants but I would do it...
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Good stuff. Also: try being on the engineering team at shipping port and having to climb all over 100m cranes (did in 2006). You'll grow an extra pair
- LANjackal
i sweat just thinking about it
- Felicia Yue
I'll just stand over here...not on the ledge thanks though! hahaha
- *Tiffany Diamond*
Hehe I don;'t have a problem with heights, but a glass floor really takes things over the limit.
- Roberto Bonini
Man that looks amazing!
- Parvez Halim
me neither. Sky Tower in Auckland has glass floors and i about peed myself up there.
- The Silence
Awesome!!
- Gypsy
I think I'd go out on it. Maybe. Looks pretty awesome. Love seeing the little girl with no fear. Little kids would zip around fearlessly in jet packs if we had em.
- iTad
I think I would die if I stepped out on that, but I would try anyway.
- Rahsheen the Dream
This is so awesome. I would kill to have something like that in Montreal
- Robert D'Alesio
If I want to fly or levitate I'll expose myself to cosmic radiation like anyone else
- Sean Reiser
Yikes. Very cool.
- Craig Bailey
I get goosebumps just looking at the pictures. This looks like fun.
- mike fabio
Bad idea...
- Outsanity
foolish
- Melanie Reed
You probably couldn't get me to go further than the 5th floor, let alone, the 103rd floor, plus out on a glass floor hanging over the city. Sorry Mr Wonka, but I'll take the stairs.
- Tim Young
I hope they keep a cleaning crew or a mop handy.
- George Brickner
*Gulp* I doubt I'd last even 2 minutes standing on that...
- Tyson Key
I hope it will hold. Time will tell
- Brandon
very brave kids. I crapped my pants just looking at it.
- Cass
Oww… I would never go to that kind of place.
- Daniel Schildt
The Most Incredible Collaborative Music Video You Will Have Ever Seen. http://thenextweb.com/2009...
Richard Walker, Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど, Jacques Frechet and 64 other people liked this
must watch. genuinely.
- Zee.
Yeah, this is incredible.
- Robert Scoble
see that guys? you got Scoble's seal of approval...now go watch! :)
- Zee.
Clever stuff
- Simon Wicks
Now that's collaboration! Very cool, creative use of simple technology to create a complex end product.
- Larry Hawes
That is a very cool video. And cool they used their fans for it.
- Rasmus Lauridsen
Amazing creativity! and what a wonderful message of UNITY! Love it :)
- Aline Ohannessian
that's amore;)
- Patrizia Filippetti
That is really awesome. I don't care for the song, but the concept and execution is wonderful.
- Ken Stewart | ChangeForge
Absolutely wonderful.
- Jim Carter
Wow. Just shows what is possible in this age
- Jamie Craig
from Alert Thingy
Retweeted and Posterized it. Thanks Zee!! Great. (before anyone commented, finally get back here to thank you!!)
- Mary Anne Davis
amazing
- mikepk
Is there a making of for this video? It's incredibly amazing...
- Rodrigo Leme
Very cool Zee, thanks for sharing : )
- Mark Harai
That is one awesome music video. It definitely shows its creative genius. I bet they didn't have to spend millions of dollars to make that unlike your typical corporate commercials.
- imabonehead
Amazing. Thanks for sharing.
- Louis Simoneau
Behind the scenes with @garyvee at one of the best wine stores in the world - http://scobleizer.com/2009...
Justin Levy, Abbas Haider Ali, Myrna and Nir Ben Yona liked this
This is a great inspiring video. I too always thought he's a bit obnoxious, but I can see where he's coming from now.
- TobiasVerhoog.com
Was watching it the other day. Great interview.
- Nir Ben Yona
Great video, Gary is a great story teller and ethusiastic
- Kim Landwehr
Physics WIN - http://twitpic.com/508qo
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Ibrahim Ozturkcan, Vezquex, Michael Markman and 301 other people liked this
awesome
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
I want to do that on my exercise balls.
- Anika
How many tries (and broken bones) did that take?
- Johnny
Homygorsh
- Martha
I just don't know how you figure out you can do that.
- caj
I'm sure if I tried it I would be in traction right now.
- Kevin (barely visible)
Really Awsome!
- Pierotaglia
süper :)
- Göksel Şirin
O_o
- Bluesun 2600
THAT IS CRAZY AWESOME!
- Chieze Okoye
wow. gotta reshare that!
- Nicķ
very cool...perfect landing too
- Jeffrey Marsh
Are you serious? No way!
- Andrew Trinh
I seriously just bought one of these today. but I'm with pea♥ fierce as a woozle. no attempts for me.
- Nathalie
wow that is sweet
- (jeff)isageek
Dude!
- BEX
Usually stomping on balls makes me uncomfortable, but this is pretty awesome.
- Phronk
I expect this move to be all the rage in Rhythmic Gymnastics in the next Olympics.
- Jeanine W.
Very impressive :0
- Adval
boy, if you messed that up it could really put a damper on your day. Some doof needs to try it and put up their fail-flip on youtube. Absolutely amazing, though.
- Rick Cogley
totally awesome!!! wow! how fun!
- Susan Beebe
Was waiting for the neck snapping moment....was pleasantly surprised
- Toby Graham
If I taught Physics, I'd show this to my students for open discussion
- Bwana ☠
wow
- Gökmen Karasu
wtf :))
- Batu
Thought he was going to munch it, clearly, he's not human.
- Will Higgins™
How many times did he try that until he got it right?
- Louis Gray
Not sure how many - but my guess would be that this guy is a competitive gymnast (based on the body and the setting) - things like this often come easy (when you have trained for a dozen years to develop muscle, balance and body awareness),
- Brian Sullivan
holy wow
- Mattb4rd
easy? If you're Jesus maybe.
- Mattb4rd
I would love to see the out takes on this
- Josh Haley
I really would like to try it
- delbo
Otherwise known as the orthopedist's full employment act.
- Tom Landini
win
- Jeremiah Owyang
ZZZOMG! That is such a PHYSICS WIN. A new way to use an exercise ball!
- Sean
It was amazing when he did it once, but how does he do it non-stop over and over? I lost count already.
- Josh Haley
yeah and how does he teleport back to where he started?
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
bah to science, +many for physical fitness, :O
- chaz2b
hogeeee! fugeee! fugaaa!
- Ken Okabe
WOW! Even I am impressed.
- Shawn Whitmire
I can't get enough of this. Of course it should carry the "don't try this at home disclaimer". I'm sure they could run a whole episode of Amerca's Funniest Home Videos of people trying to do this.
- Mark Krynsky
Awesome !
- DAL
wow
- orionstarr
Is it possible that there are some hidden cables here? His form seems too perfect as his feet swing around at the end.
- Brian Sloane
nope. no cables
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
Youtube version: http://www.youtube.com/watch...
- Andrew C (✓)
nice.
- Alfredo 亜瑠布れっど
I'd like to see the blooper reel
- Abbas Haider Ali
i wanna try, it's awesome!
- tibetsong
I am going to try this next time I go to the gym wish me luck heha.
- Jason
Next time I 'm at the gym, I'm gonna give this a try! :)
- burdr
burdr, did you try it out?? 8^)
- Chieze Okoye
The sequel: http://friendfeed.com/nathanc...
- Nathan Chase
This thread was discussed on the FFundercats (http://www.ffundercats.com/2009...)
- Josh Haley
BTW no longer on YouTube. Bummer.
- Jill Hurst-Wahl
Bump.
- Kol Tregaskes
The last time people reacted this way to a famous music star dying was the day Elvis died. I was in elementary school and still remember my neighbors playing his music. Michael meant more to my life than Elvis.
Lon Cohen, Parth Awasthi, metalerik and 103 other people liked this
Hits close to home. Really close.
- Mona Nomura
It's a very weird night for news like this. But I agree, Michael was an icon, still is..
- Mark Aitken
Especially during the Thriller days. If you weren't there, you don't understand how crazy everyone was over MJ.
- Eric - 100% Choice Cuts
I'm wondering when the riots will start in LA..
- Mark Aitken
Somehow I'm completely without emotion regarding MJ's death. No idea why.
- Gunnybear ™
Same here Mona - I don't remember feeling this way about any celebrity's death before.
- Jesse Stay
Robert, what about John Lennon's death? That was also a huge jolt at the time.
- John E. Bredehoft
from fftogo
I'm sure there are watershed moments for every generation. Elvis passing was more a Baby Boomers thing (IMO) while MJ is probably more a GenX thing. No doubt these things will impact everyone differently. Still, it's odd waking up to such news this morning.
- Threepwood
Is it really that big of a deal? The guy was a freak and a child molester. Sure he was huge in the Thriller days, but his star is not only not as bright, but a little tarnished as well.
- MarkCarras
For me and my crew, the day Jerry Garcia died was met with a similar reaction. For me it was much more profound.
- nicholas einstein
John: yes. I think Elvis was bigger though.
- Robert Scoble
I liked his Thriller album and videos, but after that he seemed to go downhill. And the child molestation thing tainted how I felt about it.
- RobinDotNet
I feel sad, I love Michael's music：（（（（
- K.D.
50 is young. But Michael started his professional career at an extremely young age, so he's a true flash.
- Louis Gray
I like his music too, but I don't like his actions.
- Andy
I agree completely with Mona and Jesse, this is the first time that I feel like someone really close died, even though I never got a chance to meet him.
- Diego Espinoza V.
@MarkCarras ...and Elvis died on his toilet or something. So close to his passing most people are choosing to remember the GOOD things he did in his life.
- Bryan Zirkel
I wonder if people will try to whitewash over his history as a child molester and just focus on his fame?
- MarkCarras
The thing here is we've all seen his life through a glass window. He's been a very public figure, but with a private part to his life. I think we all recognise how much was lost tonight.
- Mark Aitken
I've never understood the way people worshipped him even now, years after he has done anything successful.
- RobinDotNet
Very strange day, sad. MJ was incredibly talented... a true star.
- Susan Beebe
it has been discussed 4 a few hrs already. RIP King of Pop
- polou/indigo_bow
Same age here, and that was a strange weekend. There's nowhere near the social influence in this case. No movies to pay over and over all weekend.
- Jason Nunnelley
What about his kids?
- Andy
What about when John Lennon died? Was that bigger than MJ's death?
- Sam Houston
I remember all too well when Elvis died, I was 9 years old, standing on Paige street in Lindsay, California, playing with my friends. Weird, how you remember things like that?
- Rob Fahrni
No disrespect to MJ but I think the same reaction would be happing right now if it was Madonna.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
I wonder if Madonna would get more coverage, actually... I preferred her as an artist.
- Tamar Weinberg
I'm too young to really have been a part of the big days of MJ, but I still LOVED his music. I hope he's remembered fondly. lots of stuff in the media about him that's not good. I choose to ignore a lot of it
- Chris Brakebill
Can't believe it really happened. Bigger for me than elvis, lennon, cobain or even diana. I hope people remember him for the brilliant musician that he was and not his other antics.
- Raj Narayan
Wow, has anyone realised we can measure the coverage of these celebs now with the tools we are all using? I'll bet we see lots on the news tomorrow about the social web coverage of tonight's story.
- Mark Aitken
I was a toddler when Lennon RIPped
- polou/indigo_bow
Folks, the real reason we react with such a deep personal response when a celeb like this dies is that it smacks us in the face with our own mortality. We identify ourselves a little with these celebs, whether we like, approve or even appreciate them as artists. I've been listening to Michael Jackson music since he was a teenager. I don't like seeing artists that were popular when I was a teen dying because it reminds me my time/era is fading just like that of my parents.
- Jason Nunnelley
Jason - same feeling here. Very close to home for some reason.
- Mark Aitken
@MarkCarras what happened to the presumption of innocence? He was never tried on the first case due to lack of evidence, and acquitted on all counts on the second one
- Juan Tarrío
@Helen - I remember the Diana situation too, and all the hype around it.
- Tyson Key
Wow, what a bold statement. Jason, do you know me? Do you know the reason why this hits so close to home for me? What if I told you the very first cassette tape given to me by my dead mom was Michael Jackson's Thriller? Think twice before yapping like a know it all.
- Mona Nomura
i think of john lennon & frank sinatra in comparison to how big a legend michael was. the difference is, i grew up listening to michael jackson. sad day.
- Jim Halligan @jim
Mona, I'm not sure how your statement is incongruous with my own. Sounds like you agree.
- Jason Nunnelley
Juan Tarrio -- I would have felt that way too, if according to papers on the smokinggun from the first child molestation trial (the one he settled out of court) didn't reveal that the kid knew personal specific details about MJ's personal parts. Ick. I can't believe I just typed that.
- RobinDotNet
For me it was the loss of Peter Sellers and John Lennon. I think because they had so much more to give us.
- m9m, Crone of FriendFeed
My personal idol of the early 90s who never had a real private life now gets what he deserves - liberty for the rest of his...being
- Naii
RIP MJ
- Kashif Khan
Elvis? Not John Lennon?
- Carol Levesque
His music was the soundtrack to a large part of my life. What a difficult life. RIP.
- Marlin Forbes
John Lennons death was under different circumstances, he was murdered and also coming back with a record from what I heard reported on Sky. I was too young for John Lennon so for me the closest comparison is with Princess Diana. RIP
- Joe Dawson
Never an Elvis fan, but I was a huge Beatle fan, so John Lennon's death was a shock to me. I do enjoy Michael Jackson's music.....unfortunately I found the man questionable at best, but also feel sad for him dying at such an early age. At least he no longer has to suffer whatever personal demons drove him.
- Bonnie Foster
People were pretty hung up when Lennon passed. Same with when Aaliyah and Lisa Lefteye Lopez passed away. I sincerely disagree with the sentiment that the last time there was a unified mourning of a musician was Elvis.
- Mattie Kenny
from fftogo
Aaliyah dying seemed to have a pretty big impact, even though it was soon overshadowed by 9/11. I remember seeing a lot of baby girls born after 2001 named Aaliyah.
- Victor Ganata
Mona, Jessie... Hits close to home with me too. And it also hits me like when Princess Diana died.
- Jannifer @wordsforliving
Michael Jackson? I can understand the Beatles, Stones, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Dylan, the Grateful Dead and dozens of others. But the King of Pap?
- George F. Snell III
@George - CNN pointed out that Thriller is the best selling album in history at 50 million. Love him or hate him that's a big impact.
- Daniel J. Pritchett
No denying he was bigger than life - what a strange world he lived in - seems like he got lost somewhere along the way...
- Mark Harai
I see several people on this thread wondering why "GenX" is so impacted by MJ's passing, here is a reason why (http://www.youtube.com/watch...). He was hands down the best performer, crowd-puller, the 80s has known. When it comes to celebrities, I like to view the artist separate from the person, and as an artist, he was up there with the very best.
- Shivanand Velmurugan
i was having an early dinner at a restaurant when i saw this on the local news....couldnt believe it.....truly sad and socking
- goutham
thought the same thing Robert. I was at the roller-rink when Elvis died. I will probably always remember where I was when MJ died - the gym.
- BEX
My favorite reaction from this news: "Don't worry, he's still alive on YouTube" - my four-year old nephew from Perth, Australia about Michael Jackson RIP.
- Iggy Pintado
I remember that reaction too and some don't seem to understand that Michael was an international superstar, who brings back incredible memories of our childhood. At 45 I literally grew up with his music and am shaken by his death.
- Karen Swim
Like Cristo I remember the day Lennon died. Walked into the student coffee shop on campus and it was like a morgue. Yet, I grew up with Michael. I remember sock hops at lunch time. My first slow dance was with a boy to the Jackson 5 song, I'll Be There. Michael's death makes me face my own mortality. Michael's death is the end of an era.
- Arleen Boyd
I was stuck on the Test Track ride at Epcot when I heard the Michael Jackson news.
- Mike Reynolds
There's no doubt about Jackson's talent and if it hadn't been for his (for lack of a better word) eccentricities in the last several decades in my opinion there would be an entirely different bent to the epitaphs today. I kept thinking over the years, if he could just remain.. well.....normal...... but, would normal have produced Thriller? Billie Jean? The glove? Moonwalking? The...
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- Molly
As a musician, Elvis meant more to my life. But Michael was.. simply Great. RIP.
- Thierry R. Andriamirado
RIP MJ and RIP Elvis anyway. :))
- Oguz Serdar
Today is the day music video died.
- Tyler Hurst
Tyler: MTV did that a long time ago.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
@Daniel Oh, I don't doubt his impact on pop music - although I think his impact is more on packaging, marketing and style rather than in the music. I just don't understand the blind devotion of his fans.
- George F. Snell III
Of course there are 1000s of people who meant more to our lives. The reason we feel a sense of loss when celebrities like MJ pass is because his songs bring back certain memories from our lives. Brings back memories of my childhood. Less about MJ and more about his music and the memories.
- Curt Mercadante
Andy: Are you okay? You don't like his actions...did you ever see the man dance?
- Garin Kilpatrick
There are some people you're just glad that they are gone, not because you dislike them, but exactly because you _do_ like them. The guy was pushed into the showbiz by his dad, had no childhood, had no privacy, and the only people he cared about (i.e. children that lived crappy lives) were used against him to the demise of his career. MJ is far better away from this place we call Earth.
- Rodrigo Jaroszewski
I was a 13 year old on the family trip driving trip that summer that started in connecticut, went through florida, across to arizona and then back across the center of the country. We woke up in Oklahoma city flipped on the TV and got the announcement that Elvis had died. Our next stop was supposed to be Memphis...
- Armen Chakmakjian
Don't forget Kurt Cobain. I actually cried when he died. I won't cry for Michael Jackson. :-/
- Dane Deasy
another instrumental in my list of favorites - Armen Chakmakjian from Blip.fm
- urdumania1
Conventional Logic vs. Religious Logic --just sayin'
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hahahhahahah Reminds me of FF the past few weeks. Oops, did I say that out loud? :P
- Mona Nomura
HAHAHAAH!!!!
- Rahsheen the Dream
Brilliant, Mona! Thanks for sharing!
- Matt Frog
Oooh, great! :) Can I try??
- Jemm
Matt: Anytime. :) @Joni: TRY WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?! HUH HUH HUH?!? ;)
- Mona Nomura
Ahhhahah. Mona you always make my day better
- Kyle Lacy
@Mona: Sharing something.. related ;)
- Jemm
Kyle: Stop trying to butter me up. What do you want? ;) @Joni: ;)
- Mona Nomura
oh you will know Mona, you will know
- Kyle Lacy
i can has bacon!
- imabonehead
@Mark, I think his wife is running for VP...
- Jeff P. Henderson
perfect
- Arash
"Amen."
- Ⓒⓗⓡⓘⓢ Ⓟⓘⓡⓘⓛⓛⓞ
Conventional logic holds that people don't carry baseballs around with them. Conventionally, would you think a person with pockets full of baseballs as "normal"? Do you carry everything you own in case you have to logically prove to someone that you own it in the event that some conventional debate arises?
- Darian Rawson
Omg I found it. Derrick, one more! :)
- Mona Nomura
Ha! Yeah, a little bit.
- Derrick
Hahahahaha
- The Fat Oracle
I've never known a christian to react like that when someone asks to prove Gods existence. If someone is sincerly asking the question we'll usually talk about why we believe. If someone is being hostile I'll walk away.
- ChiliMac
ChiliMac, on a serious note, it's really dependent on the parties conversing. I've openly had many discussions on religion. It's also helpful to comprehend the other party's(ies') views and backgrounds, to have amicable discussions. :)
- Mona Nomura
Mona: You are absolutely right, it does depend on the parties. I believe most people still know how to and are polite and respectful of one another. I was having this conversation with a friend from my church the other night. His roommate had criticized him for reading books by Dawkins. We disagreed with him. We should understand those who have different opinions then ours and be respectful to one another.
- ChiliMac
Oh, no way. lol!
- Mona Nomura
"There's no such thing as a baseball. There's NO SUCH THING AS A BASEBALL." ;)
- Tyson Key
like again
- Arash
could also be titled "conventional logic vs evolutionist logic" or "conventional logic vs global warming logic". i see more unfounded dogma from these two groups than any other.
- Brooks Bayne
Definitely something Richard Dawkins would approve of! :) And @ChristopherCarr - the Celestial Teapot was the first thing I thought of when I saw this.
- jack
hahahah that is hilarious
- Nicholas Kreidberg
Gizmodo - This iPhone is Freakin’ Hilarious - Funniest iphone - http://crazylinks.tumblr.com/post...
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RT @whitneyhess: Didn't really wanna post my DIY UX preso .... here it is: http://www.slideshare.net/whitney... SR: #prodmgmt likes UX topics.
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Chandelier Fail - http://failblog.org/2009...
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"Chandelier Fail"
- TheHenry
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5 likes in 22 seconds! WOW! lol :)
- TheHenry
this may be a WIN - depends on who's house it is in.
- BEX
O_O interesting chandelier LOL
- comix aka martha
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The cutest/ugliest/weirdest animal I have seen recently - Pygmy Jerboa - http://www.youtube.com/watch...
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wtf?
- Rafael
its like a toy! so cute.
- D. Eda Goze
My wife wants two
- Jim Goldstein
Uh...Beavis?
- Rahsheen the Dream
That's awesome!
- Michael McKean
At first I thought it was fake, graphic model...but no...it's real. awesome!
- Rafael
That is sooo cute! I want one.
- Nico Nicomedes
amazing and kinda weird :D
- comix aka martha
Straight out of a Disney movie!
- Allan Besselink
First version of a mouse...
- Stephan Osmont
weird but cutee
- deerstep
unbelieveably cute, looks a bit like an alien, thanks to posts like that, my wife understands the value of friendfeed ))
- Kirill Bolgarov
ok wait, WHAT? what is this?!
- Bahriye
I'm a little disturbed..its cute, then again I really don't know... what IS that thing.
- JoePerez
such a weirdo, I <3 it
- Dobromir Hadzhiev
that's messed up
- Muneer Mirza
Wikpedia entry for Pygmy Jerboa - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki...
- Mike Reynolds
"Jerboas have the ability to hop considerable distances relative to its size, an ability that evolved as an adaptation to help them escape from predators, and to assist with long journeys and foraging in its desert environment. Although jerboas are not closely related to the hopping mice of Australia or the kangaroo rats of North America, all three groups have evolved a similar set of...
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- Ken Morley
I've uploaded six videos from the flight deck of the USS #Nimitz -- make sure you watch them in HD. Details here: - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
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Click on each video, then make sure that you click on the "HD" button to see them in HD goodness. I was using a Canon 5D MKII with a 16-35 mm F2.8 L series lens for these because we were so close (literally feet away). I also had a Rode microphone on my camera to try to get better audio (although the audio doesn't do the actual experience justice and at home you can't smell the jet fuel fumes).
- Robert Scoble
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Seems that sound is an issue with the Canon 5D MKII, anything else that you noticed that one should know about?
- courtney benson
Reason the sound is total bonkers is that it's so loud (jet engines, right...) that you get the equivalent of +140dB or smth, where +-0dB is the absolute maximum without distorsion. A compressor would do the trick, but that's not something I see Canon installing by default. Let's just say the Canon 5D MkII sound recording works fine in most "normal" circumstances...
- Oskar Lissheim-Boethius
that cable about hit you. Neat.
- wowfreeze.blogspot.com
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Would this be burning a witch, or carmelizing one?
- Stephanie Segel
Very relevant to startups: "The Decline of Differentiation: Branding Strategy Insider" - http://www.brandingstrategyinsider.com/2009...
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Ignore this stuff at your own peril. Any entrepreneur who proceeds without having read Ries & Trout on Branding and Positioning is making a massive, possibly lethal mistake...
- Alex Schleber
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Downloading Stanford's free iPhone Application Programming courseware from iTunes. http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObje...
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New Daft Punk iPhone app. Looks like daft punk is playing at my house... http://ax.itunes.apple.com/WebObje...
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Creative Advertisements Around The World - Fantastic concepts! - http://www.hemmy.net/2006...
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WWDDT? [What would Don Draper think.]
- ianf ⌘
My mind map for today's talk to CIOs. What else should I add? Keep in mind got 30 minutes. Dicuss here please:
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In the room are CIOs from Home Depot, Pepsi, Johnson and Johnson, Prudential, Bechtel, etc.
- Robert Scoble
Also see here: http://friendfeed.com/scoblei... for a discussion that we did earlier about what I should tell CIOs.
- Robert Scoble
Theme of my talk is "the 2010 Web."
- Robert Scoble
I don't see XMIND :)
- Tim McDougall
Because of time constraints I'm trying to NOT be comprehensive, but just give a taste of the best of the tech industry innovation lately and what it could mean to their businesses.
- Robert Scoble
ask them how they are measuring all this stuff.
- Brian Watkins
Brian: will do, but in many ways we are too early for measuring. I bet they haven't even heard of a lot of this stuff.
- Robert Scoble
Nice, you popped in Atlassian and Socialtext, good call. Mint though? Bit early isn't it? >> http://www.bloomberg.com/apps...
- Nick Wade
I mean, how many CIOs do you see here on friendfeed.
- Robert Scoble
Are ou going to mention backtype or ubervu in the community section?
- dthree
fun stats on why collaboration: http://tinyurl.com/ch83jy
- Carrie Krinock
Nick: that's probably true, but they signed up a million people so are an example of a consumer service that's done well.
- Robert Scoble
David: I might mention them, but I'm not trying to be comprehensive.
- Robert Scoble
I think open standards need a mention since Microformats is now even supported by Google. Automating to extract information from structured data brings great opportunities.
- Burcu Dogan
Analytics
- George Dearing
Scoble: I think you have to have Twitter, they all know it but it has to be there, it is a platform that engages and ties with a lot of what is in your talk
- Lou Paglia
Mobile is way under-emphasized... I think that's gonna start getting bigger and bigger and bigger...
- Joel Haasnoot
Joel: I agree, I could spend 16 hours just on mobile. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Robert: fair comment re Mint.
- Nick Wade
++Joel completely agree. mobile is bigger than ever now and 2010
- Lou Paglia
Have you added calibration tools for product demos and training ?
- William Lopez
William: no, what kind of tools are you thinking of?
- Robert Scoble
Have fun, remember most people hate sitting in their seats more than 20 minutes, make they get up and down a little. Ask one of them to come up and do pushups.
- Halley Suitt
Halley: um, I'm not THAT brave! :-)
- Robert Scoble
ome emphasis on Web Services - and agree on the Mobile detail required!
- Manoj Menon
Just don't let them challenge YOU to a push-up battle ... no fun, even for me.
- Halley Suitt
could have major topic not about tools but "paradigm shifts", the breakdown of the walls between the enterprise and the rest of the web, 2010 CIOs will contend more than ever with not being able to put four walls around their corporate constituents
- Lou Paglia
I underplay mobile because I could spend hours on just that. Heheh. I have 30 minutes.
- Robert Scoble
Lou: absolutely! That will be a subtext to everything.
- Robert Scoble
Hmm, but mobile is moving more and more to tailor-made-mobile, not just a bare bones version of the website: maybe that's a paradigm shift you could mention.
- Joel Haasnoot
If CIO's aren't careful, paradigm shifts become paradigm shafts, as they take a sudden beating in a marketplace.
- Halley Suitt
there is the issue of "mixed discovery" I am missing; a ping pong of subjects and peoples when you use twitter e.g.; you go from @person to #issue to @ person etc ... - that is a new kind of serendipity; could be used to have new ideas about marketing
- Willi Schroll
You forgot to show the Oprah-fication of any modern technology.
- Pete Barry
I am missing the integration bit ... not sure it really exists yet. The problem is that this is way too many tools for any one company. so possibly just a missing item.
- Oliver Thylmann
@halley they can either be part of the movement and coach their organizations through the changes as a thought leader or many can continue to try to put up "sand bags" and there is where the your term, shaft, will come.
- Lou Paglia
What about Hulu under video? For me it's an important piece. :)
- James Furlo
James: good catch.
- Robert Scoble
I just gave a similar talk here in LA yesterday. My take on it as a former CIO is how the consumer/general internet systems are tackling the problems that have plagued enterprise. From single sign on to data portability, transparency, collaboration and real time communication. They need to start looking at these systems as the model for the new enterprise in 2010 and beyond.
- Jerry Schuman
In cloud, what about development availability, S3, EC2, gist, gnip, the glue movement, shared data center and server resources (there's your Rackspace plug)
- Lou Paglia
Boxee might be a good topic as they are trying to make it a media player with a social web component.
- dthree
Lou: that's another area I underplayed on purpose because I could spend an hour there. Personally it'll lead us down a rathole and keep us from talking about the bigger trends. If they start deploying anything new they'll need hosting and we'll be involved in the conversation then.
- Robert Scoble
David: Boxee is a good one to discuss.
- Robert Scoble
an overall theme is the shift in technology moving consumer to enterprise rather than the other way around. For companies its more important than ever to look at what startups/small biz are doing vs thinking "they'll be using my big system in 5 years".
- William Kapes
Should Boxee really be on a CIO's radar at this point, is convergence of web with the digital home even part of the CIO conversation, should it be?
- Lou Paglia
Sometimes I wonder if CIO's really grok the way the folks they support WORK day to day. Sometimes we're at home w/a crying baby, sometimes on the road w/customers, sometimes in the office. As a sales marketing geek for years, I always wanted to scream, "Hey guys, I'm in a rental car on a frigging windy road north of Portland in a thunderstorm trying to connect to the system to get the new pricing sheet, do you GET my life? Help me out here!"
- Halley Suitt
Are you using MindManager for your mindmaps, Robert?
- Rohit
Lou: good point, gotta stay focused a BIT on business, but the changes in TV do have implications. I just was at Adobe and they are enabling 1080p high def to both browsers and TV.
- Robert Scoble
Rohit: yes, this is done with MindManager.
- Robert Scoble
The ideas behind technologies like Wolfram|Alpha and Hunch
- Mike Smith
Robert - Here's a Mindmeister Mind Map that I've been working on here and there for some time now - I don't have geolocation-centric sites listed, but otherwise, this is a handy look at the social-sphere: http://www.mindmeister.com/maps...
- Enrique Gutierrez
Mogulus in the live video section? And why not other sites, like BlipTV or others, for those who edit and upload higher quality videos that are shareable?
- Ken Kaplan
Since these are CIO's you can talk about how sometimes even "outlaw" technologies can find a place in the modern workplace. There are companies using BitTorrent to push out updates among sites, saves on bandwidth since it goes distributed. But I think the biggest focus of your talk, since its you :), should be the influence of the social and real-time web and its impact. Again, your strength and you've only got 30 mins
- William Kapes
@Lou Paglia, got that right.
- Halley Suitt
Ken: good point. I love Blip. But again I wasn't trying to be comprehensive.
- Robert Scoble
topline think this may be too granular for most CIOs - this group is broad predictions for the path + a few examples. Functionally expand microblogging add Twitter then let niche apps flow from there.
- Carol Lynn Martens
Doesn't LinkedIn apply. There is a lot of professional interaction and the Answers section for mentoring.
- Alan Eggleston
CIOs are going to be most interested in security, and not necessarily hampering the discussion (some will), but rather how they can track what people are saying within the company, and how they can better train those that use social media in the company. At least that was my experience speaking to a similar group of CIOs in Dallas last year.
- Jesse Stay
Alan: I was on purpose leaving out older social networks like Linked In, Twitter, and Facebook. I want to focus on what's disruptive.
- Robert Scoble
not sure if this was asked above...but will there be a video of this, Robert?
- Carlos Ayala
Carlos, nope, sorry. Usually with a small intimate group (only about 20) they want to have off the record conversations.
- Robert Scoble
Unless I missed something there may be a gap in terms of viral video (YouTube, etc), shared image hosting and slideshows, and even presentation sharing (SlideShare, AuthorSTREAM)--with literacy and attention spans down these become key communication components IMHO on two levels -- ease of use (post once link anywhere) and ability to comment and rate to build communities of passion.
- Tom Bunzel
Quick question robert: which programs do you use on your mac and iphone to access friendfeed?
- Rohit
Where is Vimeo?.. Hulu..?
- Oguz Serdar
What about Evernote in the "Cloud and Collaboration" topic? It's ubiquitous... web, desktop, iPhone, Blackberry, etc.
- Kurt Rosenkranz
Roger that Robert, understood. Thanks.
- Carlos Ayala
Azure, App Engine, Rack Space Cloud, Amazon EC3, etc... Something had to run all those things in your mind map.
- Jeff Weber
Google Apps under both Office and Collaboration
- Scott McMullan
You can tell them: because of the "cloud" most of them won't have a job in 2 years, because of social-realtime web, most of their businesses won't make it through the depression
- Tweet Feeds
I know you're trying to keep the map slim, but: Google Voice, drop.io, and the mention of Evernote on iphone - the snapnote feature (mobile image capture/upload + OCR + desktop, web/feed access).
- Micah
Say hi you are on screen
- Robert Scoble
Hi CIOs!
- Jesse Stay
Hi everbody.
- dthree
Jesse the CIO of your church says hi!
- Robert Scoble
hi everyone
- Brian Watkins
Robert tell Joel I said hi back - you two should do lunch some time and have him show you some of the stuff they're doing.
- Jesse Stay
Hope you guys blocked out a few hours of your time. Robert kind of talks a lot.
- Jerry Schuman
Hi CIOs, the smarts are moving to the edges of the organization so dust off your resumes, your roles are obsolete
- Tweet Feeds
I think there will be more mixture between real life and online life. Sharing identities & connections will be as common as exchanging business cards right now. And, I predict, you will be tagging real-life objects with your phone (or your My name is E connector) to put them as favorites online. Or to ask for a product sample with one simple motion (thanks to nfc and rfid). So, 'sharing identities / mixing real and virtual' deserves some attention... Good luck!
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
Hi from the Netherlands. Just to point out you need more focus in your MindMap on international collaboration tools :)
- Rene de Vries
Robert, perhaps touch on how they plan to serve the business / marketing side more effectively? Maximize available man hours, evolve prioritization criteria, etc.
- Jeff
Oh. And great to see Wakoopa on the list there. 'You are what you use' is a pretty powerful social indicator.
- Ruud van Wijngaarden
How about adding VMware under Cloud and Communities.
- Shobhana
@Home Depot: I'm no Luddite, but I did not at all like the automated checkouts at first. Now I'm coming around - last week had the quickest turn-around shopping experience at a hardward store that I can remember. Sorry, back on topic now :)
- Micah
i would add geezeo next to mint and perhaps txtblaster next to tatango
- Allen Stern
Live mesh,live office for collaboration.
- Ashish
Nice job, Robert. $1 to first CIO (other than me) from that room who responds to this message. :)
- Joel Dehlin
Joel you're one of the *only* CIOs I know that uses FriendFeed. You've been using it for over a year now I think, haven't you?
- Jesse Stay
from email
Jesse: I think there may be a few other ones onto friendfeed, but I think I might have shocked them with a look at my real time feed. :-)
- Robert Scoble
Joel, nice meeting you, I'll find out the answer to your question. Can you follow me here on friendfeed so I can DM you?
- Robert Scoble
Don't forget about Dropbox under "cloud and collaboration". One of my favorite tools by far.
- Brandon Titus
Under Consumer, I would add a major value and coupon site like RedPlum.com personally as companies like Home Depot and Pepsi can relate to this.
- manielse (Mark Nielsen)
@scobleizer Awesome mindmap. Why does youtube not make the map under video?
- Kevin Murray
perty, good job much better than a power p prezzo
- sofarsoShawn <right here>
Kevin: now that I've given a speech I need to go through and make it much more complete. For the speech I was going for disruptive stuff that was changing right now and that would jog my memory. As it was we didn't get through the complete list. 30 minutes flies by.
- Robert Scoble
like that I could read your mindmap on my iphone - funny though when I saw web 2010 I thought - ah robert is providing a glimpse of the future to disconnected cio's - then realized that's a little over 7 months away - wow time flies :-p
- mike "glemak" dunn
mike: and keep in mind that the car industry has changed the definition of a year anyway. I'm getting my 2010 Prius in a week or two.
- Robert Scoble
true
- mike "glemak" dunn
To adopt any of this nascent social media, there must be an almost immediate ROI. Otherwise, it's nothing more than an amusement.
- Don Bonaddio
D@mn Don! On the noesy!
- Arleen Boyd
Don: there is a lot of money in amusements. ;-)
- Robert Scoble
after reading this thread "better" - there have been many cto's on friendfeed for awhile now, different dna than cio's - justsayn :-p
- mike "glemak" dunn
you covered all that in 30mins? Or was this the handout.
- Ryan Stanley
Ryan: we got to one or two nodes. Heheh. I don't do handouts.
- Robert Scoble
You forgot Aviary.
- Mike Shields
Oh, and we should probably discuss it instead :)
- Mike Shields
Did you find most of your audience were already Web 2.0 savvy?
- Ryan Stanley
BBC iPlayer?
- Rupert Watson
ROI - Robert - is there a slide that tells them why? Jack Welch would tell you that if you are not measuring this you are not managing it. The only way to persuade grey beards like me is to show them why it is worthwhile otherwise in this climate more than any other time - experiments for the sake of just learning and playing will get short shrift.
- Simon Rogers
Scobes: thanks for the reply on the youtube q. your mindmap is my new "must understand" check list. thanks again for all your contribution.
- Kevin Murray
What about integrating home - all the appliance at home if we can control it from the net. .....security has too be very good.
- anamika
I'm curious as to how the CIO of Home Depot responded. Being a B&M hardware store, they aren't very big on Tech (ask me about using and deploying Office 97 in 2004 *shudder*). When I was there, there was lots of energy going in to SAP and other ERP related products/projects but not much energy going into making sure employees could use those tools. I digress...so how did it go?
- EricaJoy
EricaJoy: I don't remember a specific response from him. There was some of the usual pushback about why I would share so much of my life online. Other than that I was impressed that they were very literate on the topics and services I showed.
- Robert Scoble
Robert, I don't see sync and version control products on your mind map. I think they are getting important for information management.
- Arvind
any chance you'd post final draft - maybe in original form (not pdf/jpg?) also - camtasia recording of presentation could be fun
- Courtney Engle
Don't see SlideShare it'd be handy under Collaboration and if not on this presentation perhaps on one with a focus on the next stage or under implementation strategies.
- James Stratford
open web identity: add Firefox (with 200+ downloads...); Jammer is spelled Yammer; add AWS at cloud services; I would definitely move Ning to 'community' (it is also realtime; but first of all it is the most important community building platform; very popular in the Netherlands); Google Apps for collaboration
- Jeroen De Miranda
Robert, if you have time to answer quickly, are you using the Mac or Windows version or both?
- Gregg Morris
Gregg Windows version
- Robert Scoble
i am late for this but, i wud also add twine and streamy..not sure where though. i thought i saw analytics up there...definitely a must. also really confused as to how evernote helps brands connect with consumers.
- Freddie Benjamin
Chet: nope, sorry.
- Robert Scoble
just saw you have the apps room in there, did you get a few words in about it?
- Zee.
Zee: we talked about friendfeed but I don't think we spoke specifically about that room.
- Robert Scoble
You left out Search, Commerce, Mobile - no? All of these are critical business drivers, platforms, customer channels. All are shifting, seismically under their enterprise feet.
- Thom Kennon
Wolfram|Alpha
- Andrew Eglinton
Is 20% of Something Better Than 88% of Nothing? Flickr, Getty Images, Clustershot and the Future of Stock Photography - http://thomashawk.com/2009...
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I thought I’d put out a post after I received my first earnings report (which I received today) from stock photography agency Getty Images. I signed up to have Getty represent 60 of my individual photographs as part of the recent deal between Getty Images and Flickr. The Flickr/Getty arrangement is by invite only and Getty initially selected about 90 of my images. I listed all of the images that they asked for that didn’t need model releases (which was 60). Most of the other images that they wanted where model releases were needed are of me or my family, so I’ll probably add those to the collection as well in the next few weeks. So in my first month of production with Getty I sold two of the 60 images. Those two images totaled $689.97 in fees to Getty and $138.00 (my 20% cut) to me. At the same time that I’d signed up with Getty I also listed 24,917 of my photos with the upstart stock photography agency Clustershot. Clustershot, started by Canadian web development company silverorange...
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- Thomas Hawk
Pretty dismal return for both sites. I wouldn't have expected much from Clustershot, but with 25K photos on their site, you would think if they had any traffic, there would have been some sales. My guess is Clustershot has little to no real traffic from people looking to buy photos.
- Jeff P. Henderson
thanks for sharing this Thomas. its seems like once again, Getty wins out. Clustershot looks interesting but unless they have some inside tracks to advertisers/buyers they will end up just like the others (ie Photoshelter and the like). I do wish them luck though. I'd like to see more companies like this spring up and be successful.
- Carlos Ayala
Personally, I think in the long run ClusterShot or a company like them will have a chance. Photrade is another one out there with high photographer payouts. If the internet is good at anything, it's good at squeezing out the middleman, which today is Getty. Then again, one could make a pretty strong case that the value provided to the photographer by Getty is worth something. Maybe not 80% of the profit, but something more than 12% for sure.
- Thomas Hawk
ClusterShot responded via email to this post and I added their email to this article as an update as well.
- Thomas Hawk
Thank you Thomas for sharing it. Very interesting read.
- Neya
Thanks for sharing Thomas! I was just looking at ClusterShot (literally a few hours before this post) and their site looks very interesting, however, I found it extremely slow to work with. For example, when I clicked on your name to load your pictures, it took roughly 1 - 2 minutes to load (maybe more). That is ridiculous. Perhaps using their service on a personal website (through an API) will be more beneficial right now. We'll see how their service builds out...
- Justin Korn
This is a common problem with the new photo selling sites. I call it the pizza delivery problem. Where I grew up there were dozens of pizza places within a few miles of my house. But, when I wanted to order a pizza, there were 1 or 2 that I would call 99% of the time. Where the others better or worse? No, I just hadn't eaten there before, and as a result, I never tried them. Same thing...
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- mike
I also received my last month earnings report from Getty today…..I have 65 images in the Flickr Getty collection and I sold 7 photos last month. 5 were to USA buyers including a couple of big ad agencies. Two were to foreign companies in Germany and Spain. Sale prices ranged from $49 to just shy of $400 per image - and my earnings (commissions) were almost $300 for the month. So, for...
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- Jeff Clow
Thanks for the info. Will you be in Chicago Saturday?
- Mark Williamson
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Jeff, Congrats on that! 7 photos is great. Were they all 7 different? Were some the same? Mark, I will be in Chicago on Sat. We'll meet at the Bean at 6pm for a photowalk. Looking forward to seeing you there!
- Thomas Hawk
that's the market right now jcunwired. At least at Getty. 20% is also what they pay at iStockphoto. Right now they are the market leader. It would be interesting to see Corbis come out with a similar program to throw a little competition in there. I'm sure a lot of this will be changing in the next few years. I've always thought 20% feels low, even though Getty brings an awful lot to the table and not just in terms of their existing buyers. Their service is quite strong and professional as well.
- Thomas Hawk
Yoda's words - http://www.funlol.com/11767...
(jeff)isageek, Andrea P, Joe Lassiter and 4 other people liked this
Obnoxious little green toad
- Mo Kargas
Vanity Metrics vs. Actionable Metrics - http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog...
Nishant, Abbas Haider Ali, Rick Turoczy and 5 other people liked this
"The only metrics that entrepreneurs should invest energy in collecting are those that help them make decisions. Unfortunately, the majority of data available in off-the-shelf analytics packages are what I call Vanity Metrics. They might make you feel good, but they don’t offer clear guidance for what to do."
- Lasse Johnsen
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Eiffel tower, Paris, France. - http://www.flickr.com/photos...
Kris, comix aka martha, Vedran Rudelj and 81 other people liked this
Awesome! :-)
- Kevin Bluer
eek!
- Seth
wow
- Bindu Reddy
*Sigh!* Someday I shall return. Someday...
- April Buchheit
I' am very close to be there, I hope it happens soon! :o)
- Luis Martín Vallejo
Neat!
- Neya
Beautiful perspective!
- Durukan Duru
Beautiful, but somehow vaguely malevolent looking...
- Joel Webber
That's beautiful - very nice
- Brett Kelly
That is one Phat Eiffel Tower. Looks like it'll start walking any sec!
- Rick Cogley
amazing! is it real, no photoshop help?
- jeanRem
It is now on my desktop
- Brent - Yes I am
Nice shot ! I've never seen it like that. You are all more than welcome to come back to Paris ;-)
- François Granger
I was in paris at the weekend. Never made it to the Eiffel Tower though. Got some lovely Louvre Photos in the pouring rain ready to be uploaded. Can i print your photo out to hang in my hall? Its effing Gorgeous!
- Alan (Giraffes)
This guy: This isn't my picture. :) Wish it is though, because it means that I would've just been there.
- April Buchheit
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