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Friday, August 31, 2007
Source: Logic + Emotion
 David Armano contemplates lifestreaming, which has been defined in its simplest form as "a chronological aggregated view of your life activities both online and offline." Huh? Well, like a blog. But it's also like Flickr where you stream the pictures you take. Or Last.fm where you stream the music you listen to. Or Twitter where you stream your, what? Consciousness? Each of these streams meet at junctures and what fascinates Armano most is how we'll manage our media trails "as more of us move from passive bystanders to active participants - creators from consumers."
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Hyperaggregation
Flickr and Twittervision
Twitter Twitter
Posted by mwelch at 01:28 PM
Source: Marketing Daily
Blogging has only been around a few years but a new study reveals that "eight out of 10 Americans know what "blog" means, and almost half have visited the blogosphere - some as often as daily." While it's not surprising that 90 percent of 25- to-34-year-olds are blog-aware, what's shocking to me is 64.5 percent of those age 65-plus are too. 8 percent of Americans have their own blog. That's 14 percent of men and 20 percent of women. I think what we're witnessing may not be about blogs at all. It may just be an utter shift in how we communicate.
Posted by mwelch at 01:23 PM
Source: The Raw Feed
New York? San Franciso? Nope. The U.S. Census Bureau says it's San Jose, right in the heart of Silicon Valley. In fact, the three richest cities (San Jose, San Francisco and San Diego) and the top two richest counties (Marin and Santa Clara) are all in California. Why? Technology wealth. But Mike Elgan reminds us though that what those stats don't tell you is...
"You might make $100,000 a year in Silicon Valley, but if you want shelter, you'll have to shell out $700,000 for a run-down shack in a bad neighborhood. The secret to riches is to "work from home" for a Silicon Valley company, but live in Bolivia."
Posted by mwelch at 02:52 PM
Source: Forbes
Facebook may be the latest media darling, but Google-owned Orkut draws "38.2 billion page views a month worldwide." Compare that to 7.8 billion on Facebook. Who are these Orkut users? Brazilians. Orkut didn't court Brazilians, they just arrived organically and now they produce 15.6 billion page views every month. Facebook may earn more than $100 million in ad revenue this year, and Google is revving up its Orkut strategy and pumping its massive resources into a site redesign and new technology aimed at setting itself apart from Facebook and MySpace.
Related:
Facebook replaces email
Facebook or LinkedIn?
Facebook as the anti-MySpace
Facebook is it for young adults
Posted by mwelch at 02:51 PM
Source: Springwise
 Heineken is onto the fact that 63 percent of women don't like their product. So in Europe the company is testing a beer-ish drink designed just for women. The 5 percent alcohol concoction, called Charli, is a mix of cider, barley malt and fruit flavors and it's presented as an alternative to white wine. Charli taps and bottles are svelte and sexy - a far cry from the standard guy beer aesthetic.
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Heineken bar in Times Square
Women who love wine and the men winemakers market to
This woman knows beer
Brewing a new image
Vitamin beer
Posted by mwelch at 02:33 PM
Source: Businesspundit
You probably think you're one of the top performers in your office. In fact, "a new study shows that 90 percent of managers think they are in the top 10 percent at their workplace. But, um...that's impossible. Robert May says the survey "highlights one of the major reasons many corporations run lousy operations - they don't face reality." We all think we're right. And once you believe that, "you interpret new evidence in a way that conforms to your pre-existing belief." To be truly successful, "guard against self-serving tricks your mind can play on you."
Posted by mwelch at 03:43 PM
Source: 93 South
Dave Laubner posts a list of the video game and game-related companies in the Boston area...all of them in one easy spot. It follows closely on the heels of Hiawatha Bray's article in the Globe on local game companies. There are a surprising number on the list. But Boston is not the hub for the industry which is primarily a West coast game.
Related:
La mort d'Atari
Posted by mwelch at 01:36 PM
Source: Endless Innovation
The "Serious Play" program at LEGO "offers a way for managerial teams to experiment with innovation in a fun, non-threatening way…by playing with LEGOS. Need to think differently in those strategy or conflict resolution sessions? Need to do some team bonding after a hellish restructuring? Then do what 53 partners in 27 countries have done, get out the LEGOS. There's even a certified trainer right here in Massachusetts.
Posted by mwelch at 01:54 PM
Business Filter in today's Boston Globe
 Shopping genes
Illustration: James F. Kraus
Selling the war
Inkless printing
Tidal power
Wine in a box
The sunshine economy
Holy frozen smoke!
African hubs
Posted by mwelch at 09:38 AM
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