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I'm giving away $4,500 today, enter: http://friendfeed.com/e...
Thomas Hawk, carl morris, Roberto Bonini and 7 other people liked this
I'd use the money to begin funding a film project I'm working on with Mechan Media.
- Brandon
I want I want! I will restore my VW 1974 Bug with it :-D
- Pierre Lapointe
This has brought so many new people over to FriendFeed. Lets hope a few of them stick around for the ride.
- Simon Wicks
Can you enter from the UK. If so I would use some to pay bills and the rest to take th family away for a week
- Andrew
one way to make money using friendfeed -right?
- Visit Finger Lakes
Hi Robert, I am in
- Erik Stripparo
from twhirl
I would use the money to buy a new camera, wireless mic and light, cheers
- Erik Stripparo
from twhirl
Depressed I'm not on the piss on Paddy's day - I'm in.
- DublinDoc
Andrew: contest is open to everyone. Meg: it's a way to give away money, for me.
- Robert Scoble
would love to win it could make a real difference for my family
- Diane Brixey
That $1,000 I'm going to randomly win today is going straight into the Ben & Jerry's fund.
- Kevin Leroux
and with the rest I'll hire a VA for my beloved's website HealingKeys
- Julian Edward
Count me in.
- nicmcc
Gratitude
- Lisa Saul
I will sponsor new web-service development at http://jumpidea.com
- romanzolotarev
This is such a great idea Scoble. Left a comment over there. Really hope I get a nice camera!
- Sweyn Venderbush
I will give the money to charity in Bombay to help kids like the ones in Slumdog.
- Bill Claxton
Amazon vs. EBay: Who's the Online Retail King? - Advertising Age - Digital (EBay really screwed up its reputation with sellers, HUGE mistake). - http://adage.com/digital...
Gökmen Karasu, Jim Bergman, Daniel Rowley and 9 other people liked this
I rarely use eBay, but I use Amazon all the time. However, I buy a lot of books, and a fair number of CDs and DVDs, so I'm somewhat biased.
- Seth Greenblatt
I won't use eBay anymore, it's not enjoyable or profitable to sell things casually there.
- Brandon
I use Ebay, when I need to find something unique, or cheap. I buy from Amazon for contemporary items, and a no hassle experience.
- john
eBay is completely collapsing. They continue to destroy their reputation with sellers, and more so, with buyers. I am surprised no-one comes up and unseats them still? Anyone up for getting Open Source "eBay killer" project going?
- Adi Rabinovich
eBay are alienating sellers by moving away from second-hand auctions which were always their distinctive. BUT is the auction model out of fashion now? Has the action gone to category-specific sites now? For example if you sell vinyl records (which is my area of interest) you can often get more money via gemm.com or discogs.com - but both of those are fixed price, not auction. I wonder if that's mirrored in other product categories?
- carl morris
The fixed-end-time auction has always been a compromise. As a seller, you want the auction to keep running until there's nobody out there who is willing to pay more... the old "going going gone" at the end of traditional auction makes sure the seller gets the best price. On the other hand, the buyer just wants the item *now* for as little as possible. That inherent conflict has always been there, and IMHO is what will eventually lead to eBay's downfall..
- Ken Sheppardson
...that is, as a buyer, why am I going to wait two days, make mutliple site visits/bids on some consumer electronics item I can just go buy on Amazon for essentially the same price. The fixed end time pushes the specialty, high ticket price items off eBay on one end, and the delayed gratification/marginal savings drives buyers off on the other.
- Ken Sheppardson
Gracious Hospitality - http://www.gracioushospitality.blogspot.com/
Really wonderful tea cooking and photo blog.
- Brandon
Gracious Hospitality - http://www.gracioushospitality.blogspot.com/
Really wonderful tea cooking and photo blog.
- Brandon
Who really killed MacWorld? Bloggers! Discuss here:
fbrunel, Anne Bouey, Gail Gardner and 6 other people liked this
The economy, mostly. But trade shows have been on the decline since 2001. The economy was the final straw. The internet is honestly cheaper - with social networking and high-tech sites, what is the ROI of a trade show nowadays? Hard to decide.
- David Bisset (sn)
I don't know! :( But this will be my first and last MacWorld experience!
- Daynah
Odd that they announced it so early ....
- Michele Neylon
Bloggers killed MacWorld becausethey will print anything Apple tells them to and Apple can talk to all the bloggers it wants back on campus for a lot less money than at MacWorld.
- Robert Scoble
I have been covering the economy and conventions and trade shows on ConventionInsider.com I also just came from IAEE which is the trade show for trade shows. The economy is hitting the industry hard.
- Jim Turner
Al Gore,he wants to save a lot of energy.
- Steve Chou
I've heard some speculation that the effect pre-event rumors had on Apple's stock prices might have been a factor.
- Brandon
Trade shows are expensive, they have a massive following, especially among bloggers so they don't need to go to MacWorld anymore.
- Gavin
is it related to health issue withstevejobs? I doubt the economy, they have 25 billions in cash...
- scales
That kinda makes sence, Robert. But the economy calls for more advertising and PR dollars to be spend, not less.
- Roberto Bonini
The internet. The internet killed User Groups nearly a decade ago. Now it's so easy to broadly disseminate information to the general population that MacWorld is just a fan convention.
- Kevin Fox
It's a combination of the economy (David Bissets point) and the fact that bloggers are blogging anything Apple tells them to (Robert Scoble's point).
- Paul Vereijken
MacWorld killed Christmas sales cos everyone not buying until after MacWorld
- Shazron Abdullah
scales: everyone is cutting back, no matter how much money one has in the (stable?) bank. Apple has already announced they are continuing R&D spending and not so far haven't cut much jobs. Some would consider this a logical step.
- David Bisset (sn)
Who really killed MacWorld? iPod sock makers...
- Johnny
i dont know... perhaps their big announcements just don't cut it this year? with all the iphone hype etc they don't have much to announce? just more upgrades??
- Terry O'Fee
John: it is all about control. Oh and ROI. Now do you see why bloggers are worth more than $500?
- Robert Scoble
in their press release they said that it is part of their ongoing strategy, and due to increasing popularity of the internet and their store gets 3.5 million visit a week, with a web audience reaching over a 100 million people around the world..
- scales
This is obviously the work of the Jewish Illuminati group lead by none other than Michael Dell. /sarcasm
- Dean Clark
trade show biz is in trouble... MacWorld was such a huge event, I'm little surprised...but trade show economics don't add up anymore..Turn out the lights when you leave...
- mark ivey
I don't think money has been an issue,it is very tiny compared to Apple's giant ad fee.\
- Steve Chou
really, the fanbois make enough hype for them now as it is. they don't need big events. they have their own street team now. :P
- Terry O'Fee
I don't believe it's the last. Apple will find an excuse in the coming year(s) to bring it back. Steve Jobs won't turn away from the hero worship service.
- Rudy Amid
I'd add the Internet, video streaming, etc. There's nothing like face-to-face events; those are still needed, but there are more efficient and cost effective ways to spread the word about, promote, or teach something. Schools are encountering this shift in reality too.
- Loren Heiny
Still can't figure out why Steve Jobs won't attend all of sudden,is he sick again?
- Steve Chou
@rudy - hahah. actually you're right. i see it now. give it two years or so and boom! our savour! he's back! with something brand new! *cue wallets*
- Terry O'Fee
The return on trade events has always been nebulous even in good times, in tighter times its even more of a highly visible expenditure. When people the industry over, are losing jobs visions of your management "networking" with martinis loses some of its appeal.
- Robert
And it's not only Apple that is saving money... Seriously, who can afford to go to these events? If it's only the very top of the pile, then better for Apple to host it locally, and better for the attendees cause they are getting better value for their time and money.
- Johnny
Macworld is Apple's biggest AD every year,if they want to save money,why start it now,I think 25 billion cash is a huge amount.
- Steve Chou
I agree with many of the above posts. Apple is able to muster its own hype and no longer needs a major launching event to release products (which seems to have been a major point of Macworld in the past years). Also, it seems that the environment is changing and little real news comes out of Macworld other than new Apple products which is forcing them to ready products for this specific annual date.
- Brandon Titus
I might buy if someone said that MacWorld is expensive for Axiotron, but I have to turn my nose up at any idea that it's too costly for Apple, my piddly shares be darned. That's like saying a pack of gum is too expensive for me. I can maybe accept that the accountants were saying there was nothing in it for them; they'd say things like that.
- a runcible MiniMage
I prefer to think this is the start of something new, not a death alone. Nerds will need to find another way to "tech vacation". :)
- David Bisset (sn)
Steve Jobs has always hated MacWorld.
- Oldengrey (Jay)
I guess Violet Blue really frightened him. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13...
- a runcible MiniMage
Excuse me? Who said Macworld was dead? It might sound bonkers but Apple are (were?) a miniscule part of the event that is Macworld! Yes, we'll all miss getting stoked up because there is no SteveNote but come on, the Apple booth didn't really give you anything you couldn't find at an Apple store - more thoughts here - http://myownreality.eu/?p=589
- Don McAllister
Don: without Apple MacWorld is dead. Period.
- Robert Scoble
I detect some Freudian language here. It's not MacWorld whose death we fear.
- Tim Ostler
Apple has a great strategy. Announce special events, broadcast/stream them from their campus to Apple Stores around the world. And after the new product is announce, say... and you can buy it and take it home today at this special Keynote price. Tell me that they won't be able to pack their stores with this type of presentation.
- JosephLew1s
Who killed Macworld? Easy. The economy and the overall decline and horrible cost-effectiveness of old-school marketing and prospect/customer acquistion.
- Jeff Ventura
I think you're right, these events are old school. The mac fanbois who won't get their yearly fix of steve are whats making these posts amusing, though.
- Terry O'Fee
As a former trade show director, Apple was nowhere to be seen, and our show was education based... a target market for them. We went from a great symbiotic relationship to nothing in one year. So this does not surprise me. Their excuse at the time: we don't need shows, we have our stores.
- Matson Breakey
another vote for the economy... when (and if) economic times get better, apple will be back. big shows offer things no blogger can offer: spectacle and scale... things that come from tens of thousands of people converging in one place at one time. everyone loves a good show.
- .LAG liked that
Honestly as a non apple fan boy I think they are a lame company in a lot of ways. I have no idea what their relationship is with MacWorld. It could be Apple wants a cut / a bigger cut of the profits from the event. But using this move by Apple as a sign of a trend in tradeshows in general in nonsense. It is a much longer and involved discussion than this thread.
- Rick Calvert
I blame MSG
- Bwana ☠
I do agree that MacWorld may not be the best place for the industry or commercial entities to conjugate to find out new products and network. Let's don't forget the other major target audiences for MacWorld, and that is the Macintosh users and other Apple product users. Without MacWorld, where will these users go to find out and touch the latest greatest accessories and software for their favorite product (the Mac, iPhone, iPod, etc.)? I see MacWorld as a celebration of Macintosh ownership.
- Vinko
"Perfect Evidence" ICE on Mars! - http://digg.com/space...
"I like to imagine Isaac Kleiner writing the Twitter updates. "We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars! w00t!!! Best day ever!!""
- Brandon
Al Gore officially endorses Obama & will be making formal announcement tonight in Detroit at 8:30pm EDT http://my.barackobama.com/page...
Travis Parsons, Scott Jarkoff, Fred Grott and 4 other people liked this
I have to say - I'm underwhelmed. What took him so long?
- Mike Doeff
Fence sitter
- Susan Beebe
I think he's planning on running in the future... I wouldn't doubt it.
- Bwana ☠
I think he kind of missed the boat. He'll have to deal with Hillary in the future.
- Brandon
Isn't he the guy that did that movie.....?
- Mike Lewis
from twhirl
I heard that Al is going ot announce his endorsement using a slide show.
- Scott Beale
dude he is super duper serial about this ..:-)
- Jaimini
from Alert Thingy
finally some intelligence out of Al..
- Fred Grott
At this time, I also would like to endorse Bill Clinton's candidacy for president of the United States in the 1992 election.
- Louis Gray
Al Gore's middle name is Armand, Obama's middle name is Hussein and my middle name is who are they kidding?
- NoahDavidSimon
Another sign of the times for "Digital Natives" is that average teen has 800 stolen songs on iPod http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol...
Brandon, Adam Cohen, Ilan Abehassera and 3 other people liked this
a beautiful thing.
- Thomas Hawk
Shows how effective the RIAA is at legal distribution.
- Brandon
Bush Begins Farewell Visit to Europe - http://digg.com/world_n...
"Maybe he'll like it there and stay..."
- Brandon
Ben Stein 1, Yoko Ono 0 in "Expelled" copyright spat - http://digg.com/movies...
"Yes, quite. Funny eh?"
- Brandon
'Indiana Jones' Tops Box Office, $126million Since Thursday - http://digg.com/movies...
"I didn't mind the aliens. I suspect that they knew that the aliens would place them on dangerous ground, and would potentially be a letdown if it was the secret twist. I think that's why you learn that it's all about aliens in the first act."
- Brandon
McCain Schools Obama on Iran - http://digg.com/2008_us...
"What exactly do you expect to happen, posting this on digg... Are you *trying* to get flamed?"
- Brandon
Chicago man dies after Taser hit by Ohio police - WITH VIDEO - http://digg.com/world_n...
"Wait, don't tell me you're trying to make me feel sorry for the officer. Humbug I say!"
- Brandon
Driver drops bid to sue family of boy he killed - http://digg.com/world_n...
"Except this was in Spain... Not America. RTFA and all that."
- Brandon
Zune 80 Better Than iPod Classic? Bye Bye Monopoly! - http://digg.com/gadgets...
"I'm a mac user and I have an iPod. It's an old 20gb model. I'm going to upgrade soon. There is a very good chance I would buy a Zune if there was even something as inconvenient as a hack that allowed me to at least load music into a Zune via OS X, let alone an official application."
- Brandon
Build a Decent Home Theatre Setup for under $800....[PICS] - http://digg.com/hardwar...
"I really dig that projector."
- Brandon
Intellectual Property Lawyer: "OiNK Users Should be Very, Very Scared" - http://digg.com/tech_ne...
"Next time I say lets go some place like Bolivia, lets go someplace like Bolivia!"
- Brandon
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