Posted by mop
Tue, 12 Apr 2005 01:10:00 GMT
David Sifry, founder and CEO of Technorati, authored a three-part "State of the Blogosphere" article that makes for an interesting read. 1, 2, 3. (Technorati is a search engine++ for blogs.)
Some interesting tid-bits: the blogosphere, as measured by Technorati, is doubling in size every five months, a new weblog is created every two seconds or so, and six new weblog entries are tracked by Technorati each second. In part three of the article, Sifry also gives evidence for the importance of the Long Tail of the blogosphere.
Aside: from Wikipedia’s Long Tail entry:
A former Amazon employee described the Long Tail as follows: "We sold more books today that didn’t sell at all yesterday than we sold today of all the books that did sell yesterday."
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Posted by mop
Thu, 17 Mar 2005 17:09:00 GMT
Some tidbits from my Bloglines RSS subscriptions.
Via Smart Mobs, Phonetags allows cell phone users to create bookmarks for BBC6 radio content, complete with metadata. A clever way to create playlists for users ’on the go’, and a taste of what is to come as radio and TV merge with Internet enabled mobile devices.
Flickr, one of the leading online photo organizers, opened their API some time ago, allowing third party applications to flourish. Spelling with images is a little cheezy, but it’s a start (note the smart URI for the In-Touch example). Amazon, one of the first to open their API, can do something similar with conver art. Via Smart Mobs.
Yahoo has added RSS aggregation to it’s list of mobile offerings. The UI seems a little primitive, although it’s tough to comment much without seeing the aggregator in action. See also the Yahoo news article. I’d like to hear comments from anyone who uses Yahoo on their mobile. Via MMOM.
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Posted by mop
Thu, 10 Mar 2005 20:48:00 GMT
An online repository for dated and confirmed storage of electronic documents and other media.
A typical use-case scenario involves a home owner taking digital photos of their household contents: jewelry, stereo equipment, art work, etc. The digital photos, and possibly scanned copies of invoices for the same items are then submitted, via the Internet (email, FTP, browser up-load), to the Virtual Deposit Box service.
The market space seems to be somewhat crowded already...
- IP.com "enables customers to protect all internal e records such that they can prove the original date and content of any document in the future"
- Surety "is the leading provider of tamperproof data integrity solutions that generate irrefutable evidence of exactly what electronic records were created and precisely when" (market leader?)
- Read Notify allows customers to timestamp and notarize email contents
- GenuineDoc allows customers to digitally sign online content
See my initial write-up. I do not expect to take this any further.
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Posted by mop
Wed, 02 Mar 2005 16:19:00 GMT
Results of our final brainstorming session using Paul’s random association technique.
Our random topics were as follows:
- Follow the Money
- recreational properties
- Huge Problem
- distance
- Future Technologies
- data integration
- Current Skill set
- performance and optimization
The results of our storming are online.
Ideas of Interest
Caretaker Matchmaker Service
A job board for cottage caretakers.
Integrated Travel Reservation System
Facilitate linking from one reservation system to other recommended sites, e.g. if selected bed and breakfast is not available on a given date, facilitate the transfer of customer to another B&B.
Customized Travel Reservation System
A CJB-like reservation service for small destination properties, e.g. B&B.
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Posted by mop
Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:06:00 GMT
Results of another brainstorming session using Paul’s random association technique.
Our random topics were as follows:
- Follow the Money
- overseas family vacations
- Huge Problem
- poverty
- Future Technologies
- rich web interfaces
- Current Skill set
- customer service
The results of our storming are online.
Ideas of Interest
Travellers Matchmaker Service
A matchmaking service for travellers and those folks who are willing to billet.
Travel Games / In-Air MPORPG
Assuming in-air Internet access becomes somewhat ubiquitous, a collection of games suitable for air travellers, especially games that involve multiple players in the same plane.
Travel Notification Service
SMS or other notification service for travellers and their agents, e.g. notify of flight delays especially when travel involves tricky connections.
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Posted by mop
Tue, 01 Mar 2005 19:05:00 GMT
The second brainstorming session with Julia, Sepehr, and myself, using Paul’s random association technique was more fruitful.
Our random topics were as follows:
- Follow the Money
- high taxes
- Huge Problem
- time management
- Future Technologies
- digital photography
- Current Skill set
- virtual communities
The results of our storming are online.
Ideas of Interest
Automated Tax Payment
Online service that facilitates the annual tax filing and payment process, thus allowing users to avoid the high-stress filing period(s).
Insurance Photo Repository
Online service that allows users to store photographs and other digitized images (document scans?) in a dated and irrevocable manner. The service would provide dated third party verification of ownership.
CellShots.com
Online organizer for digital photos taken via cell phone. Similar to flickr.com and others, but with an interface suitable for cell phone photeurs.
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Posted by mop
Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:12:00 GMT
Julia, Sepehr and I spend some time brainstorming business ideas, using Paul’s random juxtaposition method. This was our first session using said method, so the results were a little uneven.
Our random topics were as follows:
- Follow the Money
- debt (mainly housing costs), debt reduction, debt servicing
- Huge Problem
- global warming, climate change
- Future Technologies
- portable energy sources, batteries, fuel cells
- Current Skill set
- XML & variants
The results of our storming are online.
Ideas of Interest
Mortgage Comparator
Online service for quick comparisons between similar mortgage products. Probably in combination with user submitted advice and experiences.
Account Aggregator
Online service that allows aggregate view and management of disparate financial services. Provides a 10,000 ft view of debt.
XGWRL
Online clearing house and/or publication avenue for Global Warming Reports (using XML Global Warming Reporting Language) as published by participants in the Kyoto accord or similar.
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