I have no faith in this 2.0 trend… and bubbles are made to be popped… A couple years ago in Austin at SxSW, I used to chat with the guys from wired, technorati, creative commons and other trendy kids about the importance of community driven websites and google’s business model. I was arguing for a [...]
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Web 2.0: A (pretty dumb) way of thinking…
Ok, ok, here is a (complete) quote that everybody seems to use nowadays. “Web 2.0 is much more than just pasting a new user interface onto an old application. It’s a way of thinking, a new perspective on the entire business of software— from concept through delivery, from marketing through support.” Web 2.0 principles and [...]
Google on the block
This is in response to Google does it again… Ok, ok, let me tonic down my gin…. Don’t get me wrong… My problem with Google is what I call the Uninformed Customer model. – their business model involves getting as many users as possible and then sell co-lateral products (adwords) – network effects business model… [...]
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