There’s been much contemplation as to what to call these… whatevers who follow 1000s of people on twitter, but with few followers. In a previous post, calling them a “spwitter” was an idea, but I agree, that was a little too cute and there’s very little cuteness about these… whatevers. “Spit” (spam + twit) is a good name for it. It’s nasty; it should have a nasty name.
Continue reading TwerpScan - Good Name; Good Way to Zap Them
Found an article at Silicon Alley Insider talking about spam on twitter. Apparently, it’s happening quite a bit.
Coincidentally, I received several pieces of the stuff in my email this morning which made me think of “spit.” Spam + Twitter = spit
As in,
“@spitter hey, it was really nice that you _spit_ in my email bin today… by the way, why are you following 10K people, but none of them follow you back.”
From Fox News: “The Internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds.”
What is Joe Average Going to Do With It?
IMO, it’s just hype. For what need will average consumers have of this kind of bandwidth? Any hardware (e.g. consumer pcs, even gaming consoles, etc.) that will actually be able to take any advantage won’t be available for years. Thing is, many consumer services that would take best advantage of those higher speeds (e.g. HD video) don’t take that long to download. Not long enough to warrant rushing in and adopting. So, I don’t know if it’ll really be missed.
Continue reading ‘The Grid’ - Is it Really Necessary Right Now?
That was probably more “eeee”s than you could ask for, but I couldn’t help it.
Eric Litman is a young VC from WashingtonVC who sobered the whole group with one simple facts about his industry:
DON’T GO LOOKING FOR MONEY<
Eric brought light to distinguish something I personally found valuable: Social Capital is more valuable than Money Capital. Making friends is more important than making money, but either way
Continue reading NextWeb NYC Web 2.0 Meet-up Pt.3: Eric Litman on No-VC and Gary V on Legacy as Currency
Extreme social collaboration. This is real stuff. Real biz model. Real work being done here.
If you’re at the TED conference in SF a few weeks ago, you might have heard of them. They put their product to the test and had some of the most brilliant minds in technology develop a product using their platform.
Basically, in about 72 hours, through Kluster’s Collaboration platform, an entire product replete with marketing campaign and logistics.
Now, I want to be clear about thier “platform,” This is not like OpenSocial or Facebook; that is, a framework for coders on which to program. Their framework is comprised of real people creating real products…. with, get this, are you ready, their imagination!
Kluster has their own currency called “watts.” Watts do translate into real dollars when projects are complete.
To be honest, I didn’t get all the details, but I did speak with, Ben Kaufman after his presentation, and the implications of this project hits hard to what the new economy is about: earning by doing. Which segue’s nicely to the final presenter.
More to come…
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