I’ve often said it, and I’ll say it again. The real value of social media lies in the ability for anyone to interact over anything. It is the interaction that creates the value. Smart people like Tim O’Reilly will tell you that web 2.0 is about the web becoming a platform. That dat...

Check out this bit that Sheryl post on her Facebook (regarding the recent addition of a Unified Communications category to AllTop), and then read my story that follows, as it’s very similar: The other day I had a discussion going on twitter. The discussion sort of detoured and something came u...

I read this article by Tim O’Reilly called “Why I Love Twitter” and it has some good points. Specifically: “Following” instead of “Friending” - in my opinion, only true/proper social networks that are primarily about social interactions (like Facebook or MyS...

Tim O'Reilly and Yossi Vardi Tim O’Reilly on stage starts a difficult topic: how can web 2.0 help in a world of crisis? Important topic but, in part for the ugly American slang of Tim, in part because he probably had a strong lunch (he’s constantly thirsty) I understand only little c...

Scott Karp has written a good post on why traditional advertisement fails on the web. I am not sure if I agree with all of his observations/explanations, but I do like his take on it. In the end it boils down to something I have written many times too, advertisement just doesn’t provide the us...

Sean Parker has had a hand in some of the Valley's biggest successes. His first company, Napster, took the world by storm, but didn't make Parker rich. His second, Plaxo, just sold to Comcast. And his third, Facebook — well, say no more. Except for the bit about him getting kicked out, accordi...

Escuchando el ultimo episodio de El Podcast Sin Nombre, me llamo la atención el comentario de Vuarnet, sobre la elocuencia de la famosa actriz porno. Una vez despertada mi curiosidad empece a buscar sobre una entrevista que menciona con Bill O'Reilly en O'Reilly Factor. Me despierta curiosidad por ...

In-laws can be so embarrassing. Like Tim O'Reilly, Saul Griffith's father-in-law. The book publisher and conference organizer wrote a lavish profile of Griffith, calling him a "genius" and "a scientist and engineering polymath" before disclosing that Griffith was married to his daughter Arwen. (The ...