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Sunday, 23 December 2007

  • Web 3.0

    (This is a thought I wanted to post since Dec of 2006.)

    My prediction for web 3.0 is a shift from the knowledge of the many to the knowledge of the wise.  Wisdom of the crowds?  Only the right crowd.  Lets look at what happened with the world of web 2.0.

    • Blogs.  Lets face it.  Most people's writing isn't all that interesting.  More walls and superpokes.
    • Wikipedia is already restricting access to many articles due to vandalism.
    • Youtube.  How many of the top  videos are homemade ?  I only see three home videos out of sixteen at Youtube's most viewed videos of the week.

    (Its the same with reality TV shows.  If you didn't know, that's scripted too.)

    I see a future where trusted users (humans or AI), those who have earned credibility with the community, contribut the majority of the new web content.  If you're interested in web 3.0 startups, start figuring out ways to attract trusted users to contribute content.

Saturday, 09 December 2006

  • 1 Dollar = 1 Cent

    So this guy was quoted .002 cents per kilobyte and Verizon charged him .002 dollars per kilobyte.  Five Verizon reps, including the supervisor and manager didn't understand the difference and insisted that the customer was wrong.  How can you blame them.  They're "not mathematicians".

    Unfortunately, America does not know how to do math.  I suppose it could be an honest mistake, but the supervisor and manager were so obstinate how right they are.  This is gonna make Verizon look bad for a long time to come.

    Verizon, welcome to the age of blogging, where knowledge of bad customer service travels faster than the speed of light.

    http://verizonmath.blogspot.com/



    http://verizonfails.ytmnd.com/

Wednesday, 22 November 2006

Thursday, 16 November 2006

  • Deprecated: New Opportunity

    Hey guys,

    I wanted to tell you all that I found a new opportunity at a startup that
    I will be taking.  Unfortunately, it's still in stealth mode so I cannot
    disclose to you what company it is.  By late Feb, I hope I can let you
    guys in on what we're doing =).

    I'll be starting at the company in the new year but my last day will be
    Nov 22nd, 2006.  In the five and a half years that I've been here, I'm
    glad to have worked with you.  I thank you for the many laughs and the
    many stressful power and network outages.  It's been my pleasure to have
    worked with you.  I wish everyone well and by Gods grace, maybe we'll work
    together again.

    Many thanks
    Dean

Wednesday, 08 November 2006