Today in a German weekly: The author scoffs at Web 2.0, Internet start-ups in general and these User Generated History sites like miomi, memoloop, xakasha or einestages in particular. In Germany internet entrepreneur bashing is en vogue at most times. Media fancies itself as the wise council having it all known long before. But — think a moment: User Generated History is it. It really makes me cry not having launched one
User Generated History
Media Business Models on the Web
Chris Anderson started a list of Business Models on the Web and Fred Wilson added his thoughts what Dave McClure also did. So far there are 28 different models: — CPM ads (“cost per thousand views”; banner ads online and regular ads in print, TV and radio) — CPC ads (“cost per click”; think Google ads) — CPT ads (“cost per transaction”; you pay only if the customer brought to you from
Liveblogging
Just read about this new Liveblogging Tool coveritlive. After registration and some testing I am undecided whether its a cool tool for livebloggers or another idea what to make out of twitter and tumblr.
Macworld Keynote predictions
Keynote Vorhersagen from NEROTUNES / NEROWINGER on Vimeo. via Nero
Phone Calls with iPod Touch
How to convert an iPod Touch into an iPhone:
If u think u r surrounded by idiots, …
if u think u r surrounded by idiots, u r probably just an asshole via Marshallk
I park like an Idiot
any volunteers? it’s a question of style… via hrheingold
Writers’ Strike turns Americans to online videos
Don’t know whether the writer’s guild has intended exactly that: According to net measurement firm Nielsen Online, some online video sites have doubled their audience since the strike began at the end of October.
Twitter — Instant message into the Cloud
One of the best definitions of twitter I heard so far comes from Mike Butcher, the British voice of Techcrunch. IM can’t do what Twitter does. You can’t instant message into “the cloud”. With Twitter you can. You can shout or whisper whatever you want to say out into the ether and anyone online can hear you.
The Search Party continues
What started with search ended (?) in advertising. Two boyish nerds grow older, marry and become wiser and end up (?) as some corporate (jets and stuff) bigfish. At the end they will tell their grandchildren that it was one of the best parties they attended. Or, as Eric says: But one of the mistakes we’re not going to make is the mistake that non-scientists make. We’re going to make mistakes