De manier waarop ik navigeer door al het nieuws is vergelijkbaar met hoe Chris Anderson het hier beschrijft. Maar wat gebeurt er met de MSM (Mainstream Media) wanneer iedereen maar aanneemt dat iemand anders het wel laat weten wanneer er 'in de krant' iets interessants staat?
"Aside from a few purely information feeds, such as new Netflix releases, most of what I read online is blogs. (You can see my current subscriptions here.) I don't visit any mainstream media sites directly (and in print, I only read the Sunday New York Times and a load of magazines). If there's something relevant to my interests in the Wall Street Journal, the daily NYT or some other news site, I assume one of the blogs I read will point me to it."
woensdag 30 november 2005
Content distributie strategieën
Goed advies voor diegenen die actief zijn in de content business, en wie is dat niet tegenwoordig...
"Assuming you buy into this vision, which you probably should, there are some tangible ways that publishers could shift their business to aim into the center of that world. There are some strategic decisions that will help publishers become more competitive in a world of "feed ubiquity", and there are some specific operational changes that will make your content accessible for different tools and technologies."
"Assuming you buy into this vision, which you probably should, there are some tangible ways that publishers could shift their business to aim into the center of that world. There are some strategic decisions that will help publishers become more competitive in a world of "feed ubiquity", and there are some specific operational changes that will make your content accessible for different tools and technologies."
zondag 27 november 2005
Content distribution strategies
Some sound advice if you are in the content business, and who isn't these days....
"Assuming you buy into this vision, which you probably should, there are some tangible ways that publishers could shift their business to aim into the center of that world. There are some strategic decisions that will help publishers become more competitive in a world of "feed ubiquity", and there are some specific operational changes that will make your content accessible for different tools and technologies."
"Assuming you buy into this vision, which you probably should, there are some tangible ways that publishers could shift their business to aim into the center of that world. There are some strategic decisions that will help publishers become more competitive in a world of "feed ubiquity", and there are some specific operational changes that will make your content accessible for different tools and technologies."
Reading the paper through blogs
The way I navigate the news is comparable to how Chris Anderson does it. But what happens when everyone will just assume that someone else will write about it when there's something interesting to be read in the the MSM (MainStream Media)?
"Aside from a few purely information feeds, such as new Netflix releases, most of what I read online is blogs. (You can see my current subscriptions here.) I don't visit any mainstream media sites directly (and in print, I only read the Sunday New York Times and a load of magazines). If there's something relevant to my interests in the Wall Street Journal, the daily NYT or some other news site, I assume one of the blogs I read will point me to it."
"Aside from a few purely information feeds, such as new Netflix releases, most of what I read online is blogs. (You can see my current subscriptions here.) I don't visit any mainstream media sites directly (and in print, I only read the Sunday New York Times and a load of magazines). If there's something relevant to my interests in the Wall Street Journal, the daily NYT or some other news site, I assume one of the blogs I read will point me to it."
zaterdag 26 november 2005
Comments to the editor
Joi Ito on CNN. The remark on the International Herald Tribune is one that should make you think.
"Rebecca talked about global voices and I talked about blogs being conversations. Nothing new to readers here, but felt good having a chance to say it on CNN. I also quoted Thomas Crampton's post about how the IHT only gets 30 letters to the editor while we often get more comments on blog posts."
"Rebecca talked about global voices and I talked about blogs being conversations. Nothing new to readers here, but felt good having a chance to say it on CNN. I also quoted Thomas Crampton's post about how the IHT only gets 30 letters to the editor while we often get more comments on blog posts."
Bloggers vrij laten?
Een lijstje marketingtrends voor 2006 op fris_licht.
"2. Weblogs worden een standaardinstrument
De merken die correct met blogs omgaan, krijgen respect van consumenten en hiermee een stukje 'street-credibility'. Zeker als merken de bloggers vrij laten te schrijven wat ze willen."
Hebben ze een keus dan....?
"2. Weblogs worden een standaardinstrument
De merken die correct met blogs omgaan, krijgen respect van consumenten en hiermee een stukje 'street-credibility'. Zeker als merken de bloggers vrij laten te schrijven wat ze willen."
Hebben ze een keus dan....?
Reacties voor de hoofdredacteur
Joi Ito op CNN. De opmerking over de International Herald Tribune is er eentje die velen aan het denken zou moeten zetten.
"Rebecca talked about global voices and I talked about blogs being conversations. Nothing new to readers here, but felt good having a chance to say it on CNN. I also quoted Thomas Crampton's post about how the IHT only gets 30 letters to the editor while we often get more comments on blog posts."
"Rebecca talked about global voices and I talked about blogs being conversations. Nothing new to readers here, but felt good having a chance to say it on CNN. I also quoted Thomas Crampton's post about how the IHT only gets 30 letters to the editor while we often get more comments on blog posts."
Making money in music
For now they are still exceptions, but the rise of substitute revenue sources for artists is getting stronger. Illegal filesharing will soon be a thing of the past since many are beginning to understand that freely distributed music is good for (almost...) all.
"A little-known band from Scotland has given up on selling its music to consumers after making 500,000 pounds from one of its songs being used in TV ads and movies. The band, Looper, says they've made enough from the song to support themselves for the past four years, and can now just give their music away to fans rather than worry about selling it. So while labels try to make money by distributing rootkits, some bands are pursuing alternate business models."
"A little-known band from Scotland has given up on selling its music to consumers after making 500,000 pounds from one of its songs being used in TV ads and movies. The band, Looper, says they've made enough from the song to support themselves for the past four years, and can now just give their music away to fans rather than worry about selling it. So while labels try to make money by distributing rootkits, some bands are pursuing alternate business models."
Geld verdienen met muziek
Het zijn nu nog uitzonderingen, maar de opkomst van vervangende inkomstenbronnen voor muzikanten zet sterk door. Het probleem van illegaal downloaden lost zich daarmee vanzelf op... Nog even en men begrijpt dat het in ieders voordeel is dat muziek vrijelijk uitgewisseld kan worden via internet.
"A little-known band from Scotland has given up on selling its music to consumers after making 500,000 pounds from one of its songs being used in TV ads and movies. The band, Looper, says they've made enough from the song to support themselves for the past four years, and can now just give their music away to fans rather than worry about selling it. So while labels try to make money by distributing rootkits, some bands are pursuing alternate business models."
"A little-known band from Scotland has given up on selling its music to consumers after making 500,000 pounds from one of its songs being used in TV ads and movies. The band, Looper, says they've made enough from the song to support themselves for the past four years, and can now just give their music away to fans rather than worry about selling it. So while labels try to make money by distributing rootkits, some bands are pursuing alternate business models."
donderdag 24 november 2005
Fusion 2005: nog veel te leren....
Ben vandaag even op bezoek geweest bij Fusion 2005. Het fascinerende van de meeste congressen en seminars die ik in Nederland bijwoon, die gaan over technologie, innovatie een nieuwe media, is dat ze zelf (de organisatoren) te weinig van deze onderwerpen begrijpen. Ik zit in een zaal zonder stopcontacten voor mijn laptop, zonder GSM/UMTS dekking, en de WiFi-toegang kost, speciaal voor dit congres, 15 euro per 30 minuten! Snappen deze mensen niet dat er mensen in de zaal zitten die (willen) multitasken, en zelfs willen schrijven over het (inhoudelijk leuke) congres? De weblog werd in elke sessie genoemd als een groeiend fenomeen, maar geen blogger die iets kon publiceren. Gemiste kans voor de organisatie (PR!) en veel gefrustreerde bezoekers. Twee keer slecht. Onbegrijpelijk.
Vergelijk dit met de Les Blogs conferenties in Parijs waar ik nu (5 en 6 December) voor de tweede keer heen ga. De eerste keer was echt fascinerend. Inhoudelijk, maar met name de dynamiek er omheen, gefaciliteerd door connectiviteit. 300 mensen met een laptop op hun schoot en camera in de hand die 2 dagen lang continue alles registeren, publiceren en becommentarieren. Een veelvoud van de participanten van het congres was daardoor niet eens fysiek aanwezig, maar ze interacteerden toch met zowel de sprekers als bezoekers. Hoe? Via reacties op de weblogs die real-time verlag deden, maar ook via live chat ruimte op het web die geprojecteerd werd op een groot scherm achter de sprekers! Publiek, binnen en buiten, bediscussieerden de presentatie, wisselden relevante links en kennis uit, allemaal terwijl de sprekers hun praatje hielden of het panel een discussie voerde. Maar die praatjes en discussies werden ook beinvloed door die live chat achter hun. Ze keken regelmatig om en reageerden direct op vragen en opmerkingen uit die chat. Al met al zorgde dit voor een zeer levendige en inhoudelijk erg interessante dynamiek. Een congres met vele sprekers en net zoveel luisteraars, niet 1 spreker en 300 luisteraars.
Vergelijk dit met de Les Blogs conferenties in Parijs waar ik nu (5 en 6 December) voor de tweede keer heen ga. De eerste keer was echt fascinerend. Inhoudelijk, maar met name de dynamiek er omheen, gefaciliteerd door connectiviteit. 300 mensen met een laptop op hun schoot en camera in de hand die 2 dagen lang continue alles registeren, publiceren en becommentarieren. Een veelvoud van de participanten van het congres was daardoor niet eens fysiek aanwezig, maar ze interacteerden toch met zowel de sprekers als bezoekers. Hoe? Via reacties op de weblogs die real-time verlag deden, maar ook via live chat ruimte op het web die geprojecteerd werd op een groot scherm achter de sprekers! Publiek, binnen en buiten, bediscussieerden de presentatie, wisselden relevante links en kennis uit, allemaal terwijl de sprekers hun praatje hielden of het panel een discussie voerde. Maar die praatjes en discussies werden ook beinvloed door die live chat achter hun. Ze keken regelmatig om en reageerden direct op vragen en opmerkingen uit die chat. Al met al zorgde dit voor een zeer levendige en inhoudelijk erg interessante dynamiek. Een congres met vele sprekers en net zoveel luisteraars, niet 1 spreker en 300 luisteraars.
Xbox 360 TV
Microsoft heeft de nieuwe Xbox 360 gelanceerd. Van sommige features kan ik me zelfs voorstellen dat ze de basis voor een (commercieel) interessant TV format zouden kunnen vormen...
"Ook interessant is de mogelijkheid toeschouwer te zijn bij een game tussen twee andere gamers. Je kunt zelfs plaatsnemen in de auto van iemand elders op internet die een racespel speelt. Dat kan overigens alleen als je in het bezit bent van de bewuste game. Duizenden mensen kunnen tegelijkertijd in zo'n auto zitten! Wie een headset opheeft kan converseren met ander gamers."
"Ook interessant is de mogelijkheid toeschouwer te zijn bij een game tussen twee andere gamers. Je kunt zelfs plaatsnemen in de auto van iemand elders op internet die een racespel speelt. Dat kan overigens alleen als je in het bezit bent van de bewuste game. Duizenden mensen kunnen tegelijkertijd in zo'n auto zitten! Wie een headset opheeft kan converseren met ander gamers."
woensdag 23 november 2005
Eigenaar zijn van een idee
Een essay in The Guardian bediscussieert de lastige vraagstukken rondom het eigendom van ideeën, iets waarvan ik geloof dat het überhaupt niet mogelijk zou moeten zijn. Het is goed om te zien dat er steeds meer aandacht komt voor deze problematiek, het staat vooruitgang in de weg.
"This is madness. Ideas aren't things. They're much more valuable than that. Intellectual property - treating some ideas as if they were in some circumstances things that can be owned and traded - is itself no more than an idea that can be copied, modified and improved. It is this process of freely copying them and changing them that has given us the world of material abundance in which we live. If our ideas of intellectual property are wrong, we must change them, improve them and return them to their original purpose. When intellectual property rules diminish the supply of new ideas, they steal from all of us."
"This is madness. Ideas aren't things. They're much more valuable than that. Intellectual property - treating some ideas as if they were in some circumstances things that can be owned and traded - is itself no more than an idea that can be copied, modified and improved. It is this process of freely copying them and changing them that has given us the world of material abundance in which we live. If our ideas of intellectual property are wrong, we must change them, improve them and return them to their original purpose. When intellectual property rules diminish the supply of new ideas, they steal from all of us."
dinsdag 22 november 2005
Lang houdbare bubbels
Mijn advies aan aandeelhouders van TomTom om deze aandelen niet al te lang vast te houden heeft al voor de nodige discussie gezorgd. Het lezen Michael Parekh's stukje over 'lang houdbare bubbels' (Long Lasting Bubbles of LLB) zal je er hopelijk ook van weerhouden om met een lange termijn perspectief aandelen van telecom, media en marketing bedrijven te kopen.
"1. The local and long-distance telephone markets were an LLB, held together by decades of regulation-coddled oligopolies. They made sense at a time when communications were a matter of laying out expensive physical networks. But those times are passing, but the Bubble is still with us.
2. The media industries globally, be they broadcast, cable, movies, publishing, radio or satellite, have all enjoyed the long-lasting bubble of pricing and distribution protection that is slowly being attacked by technology. Spectrum regulation made sense when spectrum was truly scarce due to the limitations of our technology, but inreasingly is abundant as those limitations are overcome.
3. The global advertising and direct marketing industries have enjoyed their own LLB for decades that is rapidly going to change. Umair over at the aptly named Bubblegeneration eloquently answers the question "Why?":
"Because attention becomes scarce at the margin. Attention used to be like water for the media industry - cheap, plentiful, and available pretty much ubiquitously. Now, it's like oil - expensive, scarce, and subject to more and more severe shocks."
"1. The local and long-distance telephone markets were an LLB, held together by decades of regulation-coddled oligopolies. They made sense at a time when communications were a matter of laying out expensive physical networks. But those times are passing, but the Bubble is still with us.
2. The media industries globally, be they broadcast, cable, movies, publishing, radio or satellite, have all enjoyed the long-lasting bubble of pricing and distribution protection that is slowly being attacked by technology. Spectrum regulation made sense when spectrum was truly scarce due to the limitations of our technology, but inreasingly is abundant as those limitations are overcome.
3. The global advertising and direct marketing industries have enjoyed their own LLB for decades that is rapidly going to change. Umair over at the aptly named Bubblegeneration eloquently answers the question "Why?":
"Because attention becomes scarce at the margin. Attention used to be like water for the media industry - cheap, plentiful, and available pretty much ubiquitously. Now, it's like oil - expensive, scarce, and subject to more and more severe shocks."
maandag 21 november 2005
Simple Sharing Extensions
Good to see a large company like Microsoft is able to combine innovation, speed and simplicity. And what about the endorsement given to the Creative Commons? This step by Microsoft, including its cooperation with Dave Winer, will be looked back upon many times...
"It's progress when Microsoft, Winer, Creative Commons and simple scenarios for making the Web more useful converge. I called attention obsessed Steve Gillmor to get his take. "SSE is the doorway to attention," he pronounced. "Adding namespaces to RSS and OPML brings us to the era of the integration of the Web and the crown jewels of [Lotus] Notes [created by Ozzie while at Lotus and now part of IBM]: Replication. Replication creates the timestamp to close the loop on the fundamentals of attention–who (a feed), what (an item) and for how long (time). From those three things you can infer 99 percent of the data that makes attention valuable."
"It's progress when Microsoft, Winer, Creative Commons and simple scenarios for making the Web more useful converge. I called attention obsessed Steve Gillmor to get his take. "SSE is the doorway to attention," he pronounced. "Adding namespaces to RSS and OPML brings us to the era of the integration of the Web and the crown jewels of [Lotus] Notes [created by Ozzie while at Lotus and now part of IBM]: Replication. Replication creates the timestamp to close the loop on the fundamentals of attention–who (a feed), what (an item) and for how long (time). From those three things you can infer 99 percent of the data that makes attention valuable."
Frisse wind door Microsoft
Mooi om te zien dat zo'n groot bedrijf als Microsoft toch in staat is om innovatie, snelheid en simpelheid te combineren, in dit geval in de vorm van Simple Sharing Extensions. Om nog maar niet te spreken over de endorsement die hiermee aan Creative Commons wordt gegeven. Deze stap van Microsoft, en ook de samenwerking met Dave Winer, is er zeker eentje waar nog vaak op terug gekeken zal worden.
"For example, SSE could be used to share your work calendar with your spouse. If your calendar were published to an SSE feed, changes to your work calendar could be replicated to your spouse's calendar, and vice versa. As a result, your spouse could see your work schedule and add new appointments, such as a parent-teacher meeting at the school, or a doctor's appointment."
"For example, SSE could be used to share your work calendar with your spouse. If your calendar were published to an SSE feed, changes to your work calendar could be replicated to your spouse's calendar, and vice versa. As a result, your spouse could see your work schedule and add new appointments, such as a parent-teacher meeting at the school, or a doctor's appointment."
zondag 20 november 2005
Owning ideas
An essay in The Guardian discusses the difficulties around the concept of owning ideas, something I believe should not be possible in the first place.
"This is madness. Ideas aren't things. They're much more valuable than that. Intellectual property - treating some ideas as if they were in some circumstances things that can be owned and traded - is itself no more than an idea that can be copied, modified and improved. It is this process of freely copying them and changing them that has given us the world of material abundance in which we live. If our ideas of intellectual property are wrong, we must change them, improve them and return them to their original purpose. When intellectual property rules diminish the supply of new ideas, they steal from all of us."
"This is madness. Ideas aren't things. They're much more valuable than that. Intellectual property - treating some ideas as if they were in some circumstances things that can be owned and traded - is itself no more than an idea that can be copied, modified and improved. It is this process of freely copying them and changing them that has given us the world of material abundance in which we live. If our ideas of intellectual property are wrong, we must change them, improve them and return them to their original purpose. When intellectual property rules diminish the supply of new ideas, they steal from all of us."
zaterdag 19 november 2005
Dood en levend(ig) op het web
Vorige week was een hele rare week. Binnen een paar dagen verloren twee jonge mensen het leven, Jani Kemppainen (31) en Jonathan van der Putten (25). De eerste was een collega van mij bij Lost Boys, en wiens broer Jarkko ook nog lang aan Eccky heeft meegwerkt, de tweede is mijn neef.
Nu gebeurt het vaker dat mensen die ik ken overlijden, maar zelden zijn ze zo jong. Wanneer dat dan toch gebeurt wordt je ineens op een rare manier geconfronteerd met de snelle integratie van het internet in ons dagelijks leven. En ook met de permanentie van sommige zaken op het web, in positieve en negatieve zin.
Jani staat in mijn MSN Messenger contactenlijst niet offline, ik kan hem nog via een bericht naar z'n mobieltje bereiken... En het voelt ook erg vreemd om zo'n contact te deleten wanneer deze net overleden is.
Jonathan was niet iemand die 'leefde op het web', maar omdat hij in zijn korte leven vele kunstwerken gemaakt heeft voelde ik de behoefte om Jonathan toch een permanente 'plek' te geven. Dat is www.jonathanvanderputten.com geworden. Nu ingericht om mensen hun medeleven te laten uiten, maar in de nabije toekomst bedoeld als permamente expositieruimte voor zijn werk en leven. Om te voorkomen dat dit een statische plek gaat worden wil ik gebruik maken van het 'levende web' zoals dat nu vorm krijgt via de Web 2.0 (r)evolutie. Jonathan overleed in Phuket, Thailand. Zijn paradijs zoals hij het noemde. Dus staat er nu op de website een Flickr-badge via welke de laatste 10 door willekeurige gebruikers geuploade foto's met de tag Phuket weergegeven zijn. Daar heb ik echter wel zo m'n bedenkingen bij. De meeste mensen die op Flickr aangeven dat hun foto's public zijn beseffen zich waarschijnlijk niet dat dit betekent dat hun vrolijke vakantiefoto's ineens op een condoleance website kunnen komen te staan. En toch wil ik de komende tijd meer van dit soort dingen toevoegen omdat Jonathan's plekje op het web daarmee levend(ig) wordt.
Ik ben benieuwd naar jullie mening over, en ervaringen met, dit soort vraagstukken.
Nu gebeurt het vaker dat mensen die ik ken overlijden, maar zelden zijn ze zo jong. Wanneer dat dan toch gebeurt wordt je ineens op een rare manier geconfronteerd met de snelle integratie van het internet in ons dagelijks leven. En ook met de permanentie van sommige zaken op het web, in positieve en negatieve zin.
Jani staat in mijn MSN Messenger contactenlijst niet offline, ik kan hem nog via een bericht naar z'n mobieltje bereiken... En het voelt ook erg vreemd om zo'n contact te deleten wanneer deze net overleden is.
Jonathan was niet iemand die 'leefde op het web', maar omdat hij in zijn korte leven vele kunstwerken gemaakt heeft voelde ik de behoefte om Jonathan toch een permanente 'plek' te geven. Dat is www.jonathanvanderputten.com geworden. Nu ingericht om mensen hun medeleven te laten uiten, maar in de nabije toekomst bedoeld als permamente expositieruimte voor zijn werk en leven. Om te voorkomen dat dit een statische plek gaat worden wil ik gebruik maken van het 'levende web' zoals dat nu vorm krijgt via de Web 2.0 (r)evolutie. Jonathan overleed in Phuket, Thailand. Zijn paradijs zoals hij het noemde. Dus staat er nu op de website een Flickr-badge via welke de laatste 10 door willekeurige gebruikers geuploade foto's met de tag Phuket weergegeven zijn. Daar heb ik echter wel zo m'n bedenkingen bij. De meeste mensen die op Flickr aangeven dat hun foto's public zijn beseffen zich waarschijnlijk niet dat dit betekent dat hun vrolijke vakantiefoto's ineens op een condoleance website kunnen komen te staan. En toch wil ik de komende tijd meer van dit soort dingen toevoegen omdat Jonathan's plekje op het web daarmee levend(ig) wordt.
Ik ben benieuwd naar jullie mening over, en ervaringen met, dit soort vraagstukken.
Sharing data on me
There's an interesting new company called Root Markets that enables consumers to grap, store and exploit data about themselves. I don't have enough details on how it works exactly, but it's also an interesting initiative in the context of what's being called Identity 2.0.
"The consumer piece of the puzzle is especially intriguing. Root Markets plans to tap into the AttentionTrust concept, which believes consumers own their own data -- be it click-stream data, del.icio.us tags, credit reports, or something as fundamental as name and address. In the ideal Root Markets world, consumers who want a chance to win a free iPod or want a mortgage quote would simply allow a selective peek into his Root Vault -- a central, individually managed repository for consumer data. Currently, users can begin collecting data (click-stream data only, for now) for their Root Vault via a Firefox plug-in. Eventually, Seth envisions a multitude of ways data will enter the vault. It will only be shared when consumers explicitly allow it and accept the value exchange; my credit report in exchange for a lower interest rate on a loan, for example. Helping Root Markets make that data valuable is former Amazon Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend, who told me his mission is to "understand the data, interpret the data, and, more importantly, create products of the data that create value."
"The consumer piece of the puzzle is especially intriguing. Root Markets plans to tap into the AttentionTrust concept, which believes consumers own their own data -- be it click-stream data, del.icio.us tags, credit reports, or something as fundamental as name and address. In the ideal Root Markets world, consumers who want a chance to win a free iPod or want a mortgage quote would simply allow a selective peek into his Root Vault -- a central, individually managed repository for consumer data. Currently, users can begin collecting data (click-stream data only, for now) for their Root Vault via a Firefox plug-in. Eventually, Seth envisions a multitude of ways data will enter the vault. It will only be shared when consumers explicitly allow it and accept the value exchange; my credit report in exchange for a lower interest rate on a loan, for example. Helping Root Markets make that data valuable is former Amazon Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend, who told me his mission is to "understand the data, interpret the data, and, more importantly, create products of the data that create value."
Long lasting bubbles
My 'sell' advice to TomTom shareholders raised a fierce discussion on my Dutch weblog. Reading Michael Parekh's post on 'Long Lasting Bubbles' (LLB) will hopefully prevent you from buying shares in telecom, media or marketing companies as well. At least when you do so with a long term perspective.
"1. The local and long-distance telephone markets were an LLB, held together by decades of regulation-coddled oligopolies. They made sense at a time when communications were a matter of laying out expensive physical networks. But those times are passing, but the Bubble is still with us.
2. The media industries globally, be they broadcast, cable, movies, publishing, radio or satellite, have all enjoyed the long-lasting bubble of pricing and distribution protection that is slowly being attacked by technology. Spectrum regulation made sense when spectrum was truly scarce due to the limitations of our technology, but inreasingly is abundant as those limitations are overcome.
3. The global advertising and direct marketing industries have enjoyed their own LLB for decades that is rapidly going to change. Umair over at the aptly named Bubblegeneration eloquently answers the question "Why?":
"Because attention becomes scarce at the margin. Attention used to be like water for the media industry - cheap, plentiful, and available pretty much ubiquitously. Now, it's like oil - expensive, scarce, and subject to more and more severe shocks."
"1. The local and long-distance telephone markets were an LLB, held together by decades of regulation-coddled oligopolies. They made sense at a time when communications were a matter of laying out expensive physical networks. But those times are passing, but the Bubble is still with us.
2. The media industries globally, be they broadcast, cable, movies, publishing, radio or satellite, have all enjoyed the long-lasting bubble of pricing and distribution protection that is slowly being attacked by technology. Spectrum regulation made sense when spectrum was truly scarce due to the limitations of our technology, but inreasingly is abundant as those limitations are overcome.
3. The global advertising and direct marketing industries have enjoyed their own LLB for decades that is rapidly going to change. Umair over at the aptly named Bubblegeneration eloquently answers the question "Why?":
"Because attention becomes scarce at the margin. Attention used to be like water for the media industry - cheap, plentiful, and available pretty much ubiquitously. Now, it's like oil - expensive, scarce, and subject to more and more severe shocks."
Delen van data over mij
Er is een interessant nieuw bedrijf gestart genaamd Root Markets dat consumenten in staat stelt om data over zichzelf te verzamelen, op te slaan en te exploiteren. Ik heb nog niet goed genoeg kunnen kijken naar e.e.a. exact werkt, maar het is zeker een interessant initiatief in de context van wat ook wel Identity 2.0 genoemd wordt.
"The consumer piece of the puzzle is especially intriguing. Root Markets plans to tap into the AttentionTrust concept, which believes consumers own their own data -- be it click-stream data, del.icio.us tags, credit reports, or something as fundamental as name and address. In the ideal Root Markets world, consumers who want a chance to win a free iPod or want a mortgage quote would simply allow a selective peek into his Root Vault -- a central, individually managed repository for consumer data. Currently, users can begin collecting data (click-stream data only, for now) for their Root Vault via a Firefox plug-in. Eventually, Seth envisions a multitude of ways data will enter the vault. It will only be shared when consumers explicitly allow it and accept the value exchange; my credit report in exchange for a lower interest rate on a loan, for example. Helping Root Markets make that data valuable is former Amazon Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend, who told me his mission is to "understand the data, interpret the data, and, more importantly, create products of the data that create value."
"The consumer piece of the puzzle is especially intriguing. Root Markets plans to tap into the AttentionTrust concept, which believes consumers own their own data -- be it click-stream data, del.icio.us tags, credit reports, or something as fundamental as name and address. In the ideal Root Markets world, consumers who want a chance to win a free iPod or want a mortgage quote would simply allow a selective peek into his Root Vault -- a central, individually managed repository for consumer data. Currently, users can begin collecting data (click-stream data only, for now) for their Root Vault via a Firefox plug-in. Eventually, Seth envisions a multitude of ways data will enter the vault. It will only be shared when consumers explicitly allow it and accept the value exchange; my credit report in exchange for a lower interest rate on a loan, for example. Helping Root Markets make that data valuable is former Amazon Chief Scientist Andreas Weigend, who told me his mission is to "understand the data, interpret the data, and, more importantly, create products of the data that create value."
Building a better boom
John Battelle's analysis of why this (Web 2.0) boom is better then the first (Web 1.0) one does not offer any new or spectacular insights, but he does a good job of explaining why this is an exciting time for both entrepeneurs and users.
"First, this time the Web is ready for the dreams of both its innovators and its public. The first version of the Internet - call it Web 1.0 - was long on vision but short on execution and audience. The technology was rudimentary, precious few had broadband connections and starting a business that "scaled" - one that could deal with success and the traffic it brought - was extremely expensive."
"First, this time the Web is ready for the dreams of both its innovators and its public. The first version of the Internet - call it Web 1.0 - was long on vision but short on execution and audience. The technology was rudimentary, precious few had broadband connections and starting a business that "scaled" - one that could deal with success and the traffic it brought - was extremely expensive."
Bouwen aan een betere boom
John Battelle's analyse van waarom de (Web 2.0) boom een betere is dan de eerste (Web 1.0) levert niet heel veel nieuwe of spectaculaire inzichten op, maar hij legt goed uit waarom deze tijd een hele interessante is voor zowel ondernemers als gebruikers.
"First, this time the Web is ready for the dreams of both its innovators and its public. The first version of the Internet - call it Web 1.0 - was long on vision but short on execution and audience. The technology was rudimentary, precious few had broadband connections and starting a business that "scaled" - one that could deal with success and the traffic it brought - was extremely expensive."
"First, this time the Web is ready for the dreams of both its innovators and its public. The first version of the Internet - call it Web 1.0 - was long on vision but short on execution and audience. The technology was rudimentary, precious few had broadband connections and starting a business that "scaled" - one that could deal with success and the traffic it brought - was extremely expensive."
maandag 14 november 2005
Web 2.0 in de praktijk: TomTom
Vorige week schreef ik een kort stukje over de sombere toekomst van TomTom naar aanleiding van wat nieuwe Google Maps diensten. Ik zag onmiddelijk al aan de statistieken dat TomTom nauw gevolgd wordt door vele mensen. De discussie die ontstond is wat mij betreft een goed voorbeeld van de impact die 'Web 2.0' gaat hebben, in dit geval op de (huidige) produkten van TomTom. Hoe zei Gandhi het ook alweer....? "First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." Volgens mij zitten we in de tweede fase....
"Leuk dat je de enige succcesvolle Nederlandse IPO toko afzeikt, maar op de lange termijn zal blijken dat TT een goede player in de nav markt blijft, al was het inderdaad alleen maar vanwege hun branding."
"Leuk dat je de enige succcesvolle Nederlandse IPO toko afzeikt, maar op de lange termijn zal blijken dat TT een goede player in de nav markt blijft, al was het inderdaad alleen maar vanwege hun branding."
woensdag 9 november 2005
The internet services disruption
It's very interesting to read Ray Ozzie's memo on how the world is changing and how Microsoft should adapt to it in order to take advantage of it. I assume this 'leak' was an orchestrated PR-effort, but nevertheless it's an extremely valuable read for anyone involved in, or somehow affected by, Microsoft's business. And who isn't...;-)
Bill Gates sums it all up if you don't want to read the whole thing, although I think you should.
"Today, the opportunity is to utilize the Internet to make software far more powerful by incorporating a services model which will simplify the work that IT departments and developers have to do while providing new capabilities."
Bill Gates sums it all up if you don't want to read the whole thing, although I think you should.
"Today, the opportunity is to utilize the Internet to make software far more powerful by incorporating a services model which will simplify the work that IT departments and developers have to do while providing new capabilities."
De internet services omslag
Het is zeer interessant om Ray Ozzie's memo te lezen over hoe de wereld veranderd en wat Microsoft moet doen om zich aan te passen zodanig dat ze er maximaal van kunnen profiteren. Ik ga ervan uit dat dit 'lek' een geregisseerde PR-effort is, maar desalniettemin is het meer dan de moeite waard om dit te lezen voor iedereen die betrokken is bij, of op een of andere manier beinvloed wordt door, Microsoft's business. En voor wie geldt dat niet...;-)
Bill Gates vat het allemaal kort samen wanneer je geen zin hebt om alles te lezen, al denk ik dat je dat wel moet doen.
"Today, the opportunity is to utilize the Internet to make software far more powerful by incorporating a services model which will simplify the work that IT departments and developers have to do while providing new capabilities."
Bill Gates vat het allemaal kort samen wanneer je geen zin hebt om alles te lezen, al denk ik dat je dat wel moet doen.
"Today, the opportunity is to utilize the Internet to make software far more powerful by incorporating a services model which will simplify the work that IT departments and developers have to do while providing new capabilities."
zondag 6 november 2005
Sober future for TomTom
Why people invest, with a long term perspective, in a company like TomTom has always always surprised me. Especially when applications like these are being developed so easily... A cellphone, location data, Google Maps and two good programmers are all that's needed. And no, Mologogo is not navigation software, but that's not the point....
"Mologogo is a free service that will track a friends GPS enabled cell phone from another phone or on the web. Mologogo also serves as a dirt-cheap tracking system, so go ahead and fauxjack something."
"Mologogo is a free service that will track a friends GPS enabled cell phone from another phone or on the web. Mologogo also serves as a dirt-cheap tracking system, so go ahead and fauxjack something."
Human brain as the platform
I could not agree more with Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto when he says that "software makers want games to be so realistic, but first and foremost they should evoke emotions." And he knows what he's talking about being responsible for the success of Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario 64 and Nintendogs.
The most powerful platform to develop games on is not the Nintendo Revolution, Sony's PlayStation3, Microsoft's Xbox 360 or the PC. It's the human brain.
The most powerful platform to develop games on is not the Nintendo Revolution, Sony's PlayStation3, Microsoft's Xbox 360 or the PC. It's the human brain.
Een sombere toekomst voor TomTom
Waarom mensen zouden investeren, met een lange termijn perspectief, in een bedrijf als TomTom is mij (altijd al) een raadsel (geweest) wanneer je dit soort applicaties ontwikkeld ziet worden. Een mobieltje, lokatiegegevens, Google Maps (voor de mobiel) en twee goede programmeurs doen wonderen. Nee, Mologogo is inderdaad geen routeplanner, maar daar gaat het nu even niet om....
"Mologogo is a free service that will track a friends GPS enabled cell phone from another phone or on the web. Mologogo also serves as a dirt-cheap tracking system, so go ahead and fauxjack something."
"Mologogo is a free service that will track a friends GPS enabled cell phone from another phone or on the web. Mologogo also serves as a dirt-cheap tracking system, so go ahead and fauxjack something."
Menselijk brein als het platform
Ik kan niet anders dan het heel erg eens zijn met Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto wanneer hij zegt dat "software makers want games to be so realistic, but first and foremost they should evoke emotions." En hij weet waar hij over praat als verantwoordelijke voor het succes van Donkey Kong, Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda, Super Mario 64 en Nintendogs.
Het meest krachtige platform om games voor te ontwikkelen is niet de Nintendo Revolution, Sony's PlayStation3, Microsoft's Xbox 360 of de PC. Het is het menselijk brein.
Het meest krachtige platform om games voor te ontwikkelen is niet de Nintendo Revolution, Sony's PlayStation3, Microsoft's Xbox 360 of de PC. Het is het menselijk brein.
Scary Google?
The New York Times has published an article saying that large retail companies and telcos should be scared of Google. But I don't think it's Google they should be scared of, they should be scared of not having the right people working for them. The ones that understand the impact the internet in general is having on their respective businesses and how to take advantage of that.
"Google, then, may turn out to have a more far-reaching impact than earlier Web winners like Amazon and eBay. "Google is the realization of everything that we thought the Internet was going to be about but really wasn't until Google," said David B. Yoffie, a professor at Harvard Business School."
"Google, then, may turn out to have a more far-reaching impact than earlier Web winners like Amazon and eBay. "Google is the realization of everything that we thought the Internet was going to be about but really wasn't until Google," said David B. Yoffie, a professor at Harvard Business School."
Bang zijn voor Google?
The New York Times zegt in dit artikel dat retail bedrijven en telco's bang (zouden moeten) zijn voor Google. Maar ik denk niet dat het Google is waarvoor ze bang moeten zijn. Het probleem van dergelijke bedrijven is dat ze niet de mensen voor zich hebben werken die snappen wat de impact van internet op hun respectievelijke industrieen is en hoe ze daar gebruik van zouden kunnen maken.
"Google, then, may turn out to have a more far-reaching impact than earlier Web winners like Amazon and eBay. "Google is the realization of everything that we thought the Internet was going to be about but really wasn't until Google," said David B. Yoffie, a professor at Harvard Business School."
"Google, then, may turn out to have a more far-reaching impact than earlier Web winners like Amazon and eBay. "Google is the realization of everything that we thought the Internet was going to be about but really wasn't until Google," said David B. Yoffie, a professor at Harvard Business School."
vrijdag 4 november 2005
Onafhankelijke merkenweblogs
Weblogs worden steeds belangrijker wanneer het gaat om het managen van merken. Er komen dan ook steeds meer merkenweblogs, alleen worden die meestal niet gerund door de merkeigenaren zelf.... En dat is een van de redenen dat ze het zo goed doen.
"Consumers are skeptical of things told to them by companies," Mr. Kozinets said. Most consumers are searching for unbiased opinions, a niche that blogs can fill. A testimonial from one blogger can speak directly to readers in a way advertising does not."
"Consumers are skeptical of things told to them by companies," Mr. Kozinets said. Most consumers are searching for unbiased opinions, a niche that blogs can fill. A testimonial from one blogger can speak directly to readers in a way advertising does not."
Een wereld gecontroleerd door ons
Er is een interessante discussie bezig over de vraag wie eigenaar is en mag profiteren van de 'the wisdom of the crowd'. Jeff Jarvis heeft een lange post waarin de meest interessante dimensies uit deze discussie toegelicht worden. Zeker lezen...
"This is no longer a centralized world, a world controlled by those institutions. This is a decentralized world, a world controlled by us. And if you try to take control away from us, you will lose. It used to be that you could take control away from us and we had nowhere to go. But in this post-scarcity world, we can always go somewhere else for content or information or service. There’s always another news story, always another email service, always another search engine. Thus my first law, once again: Give us control and we will use it. Don’t and you will lose us."
"This is no longer a centralized world, a world controlled by those institutions. This is a decentralized world, a world controlled by us. And if you try to take control away from us, you will lose. It used to be that you could take control away from us and we had nowhere to go. But in this post-scarcity world, we can always go somewhere else for content or information or service. There’s always another news story, always another email service, always another search engine. Thus my first law, once again: Give us control and we will use it. Don’t and you will lose us."
donderdag 3 november 2005
Open het web
Ik heb weinig toe te voegen aan wat Marc Canter te zeggen heeft... Eens.
Als je wilt begrijpen wat al dat gepraat over openheid en een open web allemaal betekent, lees het artikel en klik op de verschillende links die Marc je voorschotelt. Erg eenvoudig...
"Today's incumbents will have to adapt to the new openness of the Web 2.0. If they stick to their proprietary standards, code, and content, they'll become the new walled gardens—places users visit briefly to retrieve data and content from enclosed data silos, but not where users "live." The incumbents' revenue models will have to change. Instead of "owning" their users, users will know they own themselves, and will expect a return on their valuable identity and attention. Instead of being locked into incompatible media formats, users will expect easy access to digital content across many platforms."
Als je wilt begrijpen wat al dat gepraat over openheid en een open web allemaal betekent, lees het artikel en klik op de verschillende links die Marc je voorschotelt. Erg eenvoudig...
"Today's incumbents will have to adapt to the new openness of the Web 2.0. If they stick to their proprietary standards, code, and content, they'll become the new walled gardens—places users visit briefly to retrieve data and content from enclosed data silos, but not where users "live." The incumbents' revenue models will have to change. Instead of "owning" their users, users will know they own themselves, and will expect a return on their valuable identity and attention. Instead of being locked into incompatible media formats, users will expect easy access to digital content across many platforms."
Reclame wordt volwassen
Erg interessant om te lezen hoe Google's advertentiediensten evolueren.
"Google isn't quite pursuing that sort of deal, but it is trying to have big retailers link their inventory systems directly to its advertising auction. That way, a toy store chain, for example, could respond to a search for dolls with an ad for either Barbies or Bratz, depending on which were overstocked in the store near the user's home. "Most retailers only advertise 5 percent of their products," said Tim Armstrong, Google's vice president for ad sales. "We can let them advertise all of them."
"Google isn't quite pursuing that sort of deal, but it is trying to have big retailers link their inventory systems directly to its advertising auction. That way, a toy store chain, for example, could respond to a search for dolls with an ad for either Barbies or Bratz, depending on which were overstocked in the store near the user's home. "Most retailers only advertise 5 percent of their products," said Tim Armstrong, Google's vice president for ad sales. "We can let them advertise all of them."
woensdag 2 november 2005
Microsoft's Live Software
Microsoft kondigde vannacht een aantal dingen aan, waaronder Live Windows. Benieuwd naar hoe het allemaal in de realiteit zal gaan werken, maar het klinkt veelbelovend. Zeker ook als het gaat om Windows Live Messenger, al mis ik hier vooralsnog een referentie naar het werk van Kim Cameron's team aan de InfoCard en het Identity Meta System.
"Windows Live Messenger another new offering. Nice: "This isn't just an IM list any more." We show all your contacts, not just your buddies. (They've increased the number of buddies from 300 to 600 - not sure how to reconcile these two comments.) Integration of social networking, looking at the "friend's list" exposed by ANY contact on the list. Very nice. Users given control over how much info is shared, even there. Also mentions "LiveContact" -- Plaxo-like services built in."
"Windows Live Messenger another new offering. Nice: "This isn't just an IM list any more." We show all your contacts, not just your buddies. (They've increased the number of buddies from 300 to 600 - not sure how to reconcile these two comments.) Integration of social networking, looking at the "friend's list" exposed by ANY contact on the list. Very nice. Users given control over how much info is shared, even there. Also mentions "LiveContact" -- Plaxo-like services built in."
dinsdag 1 november 2005
Amateurs versus experts
Techdirt's Mike legt uit waarom amateurs zo belangrijk (kunnen) zijn naast experts. E.e.a. naar aanleiding van de kritiek van Nicholas Carr op de Web 2.0 hype met Wikipedia als expliciet voorbeeld om z'n punt te maken.
"While it's absolutely true that experts are important -- hell, we've based our entire business on that very concept -- what Carr and others agreeing with him seem to be (conveniently) forgetting is that amateurs and experts are not mutually exclusive. Combined, they actually create a much better solution. The experts are still necessary and useful, but the amateurs help bring out more info and raise new and important questions and ideas. The amateurs aren't "taking down" the experts -- they're just making them even more necessary. The problem is that too many experts are frightened of these amateurs, rather than looking at ways to embrace and encourage the amateurs in a productive way. Embracing the amateurs opens up new and exciting possibilities for the experts -- it lets them turn that amateur content into something much more useful and valuable than either the experts or the amateurs could have done alone."
"While it's absolutely true that experts are important -- hell, we've based our entire business on that very concept -- what Carr and others agreeing with him seem to be (conveniently) forgetting is that amateurs and experts are not mutually exclusive. Combined, they actually create a much better solution. The experts are still necessary and useful, but the amateurs help bring out more info and raise new and important questions and ideas. The amateurs aren't "taking down" the experts -- they're just making them even more necessary. The problem is that too many experts are frightened of these amateurs, rather than looking at ways to embrace and encourage the amateurs in a productive way. Embracing the amateurs opens up new and exciting possibilities for the experts -- it lets them turn that amateur content into something much more useful and valuable than either the experts or the amateurs could have done alone."
De toekomst van Internet TV
Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove's CEO en voormalig CTO van Macromedia, ontvouwt zijn visie op de toekomst van TV kijken via internet. De datails rondom zijn bedrijf zijn nog wat vaag, dus daar kan ik nog weinig over zeggen.
"This will be a world where content can flow freely over the open Internet, in a manner that is geographically—and thus carrier and operator—independent. In much the same way a consumer finds and uses any Web site, at any end-point in the world, they will discover, use, and self-program video and television across the vast ocean that is the Internet, unfettered by walled gardens and closed networks. Just as consumers flocked to the Internet despite the hiccups of dial-up modems and clunky Web pages, they will flock to this new medium that empowers them in ways that no single company or industry can replicate."
"This will be a world where content can flow freely over the open Internet, in a manner that is geographically—and thus carrier and operator—independent. In much the same way a consumer finds and uses any Web site, at any end-point in the world, they will discover, use, and self-program video and television across the vast ocean that is the Internet, unfettered by walled gardens and closed networks. Just as consumers flocked to the Internet despite the hiccups of dial-up modems and clunky Web pages, they will flock to this new medium that empowers them in ways that no single company or industry can replicate."
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