Thanks to event sponsor and, I’m happy to disclose, Fresh Ground client Netezza, members of the Boston Social Media Club were fortunate to be able to enjoy an intimate evening with author and former BusinessWeek Senior Editor Stephen Baker. Steve’s most recent book, The Numerati, looks “at how a global math elite is predicting and [...]
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I don’t share my information with Facebook and I bet you don’t either. I share my information with my friends, I just happen to use Facebook to do it. It’s a distinction that I wonder if Facebook really understands. Today in a conference call, Mark Zuckerberg pointed to Facebook’s continued success by noting that people are [...] Trying to figure out what all the Facebook fuss is about? Considering signing off of Facebook for the last time yourself? Here’s a video roundup of the Facebook fiasco, courtesy of Greater Boston (and featuring our own Chuck Tanowitz): Chuck I think makes a very good point: “Facebook is a business and it’s sitting on [...] I spoke with Chip Griffin today, giving him a recap of my DEMO experience, including some of the highlights from the event. You can listen to my recap on Chip’s Pardon the Disruption blog. While we were there, Chuck had a chance to catch up with Steve Wildstrom. We’ll post that podcast interview later today. LaunchCamp divided pretty easily into two camps, companies and executives who: Understand social networking technologies inherently; and This divide isn’t new and frankly, it’s not going to end any time soon. In the past I’ve been asked to design training programs only to find that some people [...] Fifteen years ago I sat in the World Room at the Columbia Journalism School and watched as a digital expert from Knight Ridder showed off a piece of cardboard. Really, it was a mockup of a type of digital content delivery device (video below). The hope, he said, was that the device would have a touch [...] In his Innovation Economy column this week, Scott Kirsner tells the stories of several tech companies that were sold to out-of-state acquirers over the years and openly asks the question: is it better to build and sustain or build to be acquired? In fact, he goes as far as wondering if Boston is forever destined [...] As promised, however late, here are my predictions for 2010: Twitter still won’t show that it can make money. Twitter doesn’t want to show that it can make money: all the better for valuation, according to many. Sure, there will be more deals, including some form of Twitter Pro account I would guess, but [...]  |
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