Brij’s One More Idea

YouTube obsession cont..

By Brij ⋅ October 15, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

There is no doubt that Google is the smartest company around and most probably they will retain that title for much of this century (and boy we are in 2006, 94 more years to go !). With every business move and every acquisition they are not only maintaining their wide lead but also reducing [...]

They just ignore you

By Brij ⋅ September 23, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

This must go down as a quote of the day:
“The problem is that when you first contact them, they just ignore you. Suddenly, when there are millions at stake, they answer.”
It’s my hunch that for next 5 years Google would be hiring one lawyer for every ten engineer. It’s the government(s) they have to worry [...]

How do you short a private web2.0 company

By Brij ⋅ August 26, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

If there was a way to short a private company then I will go for Digg.
Digg lawyers send C&D to similar named site called DiggGames. They did what they were getting paid for. Which is to protect Digg’s intellectual property interests. This is a totally legitimate way to protect company’s interests. Comments on TechCrunch [...]

Meta models for ad networks

By Brij ⋅ August 13, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Buzz I saw at SES last week was bit muted reminder of the go-go days of dot com era. SEOs, SEMs, Ad Networks and companies with very funny business models were all there. One company was offering hosting solution for herbal supplement affiliates ! Remember hoodia spam emails.
Ad networks have grown like weeds in the [...]

Citizen journalism = NPR plus open source

By Brij ⋅ July 24, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Jay Rosen has released the details of a new open source driven news reporting project. Named NewAssignment.Net this aims to
.. use open source methods to develop good assignments andhelp bring them to completion; it employs professional journalists tocarry the project home and set high standards so the work holds up.There are accountability and reputation [...]

Future of Innovation Journalism

By Brij ⋅ April 7, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Fascinating discussion on where the world of journalism is going. Complete discussion is available on the Google Video website. It’s amazing to observe how these deep throated discussions are influenced by technologies developed by twenty something entrepreneurs. Blogger.com, Digg, MySpace are leading example of projects which are setting new agenda for the media industry. [...]

Pandora’s box

By Brij ⋅ March 24, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

As I am getting addicted to Pandora’s wonderful Music Genome Project I can’t help thinking that this type of taste-matching is ready to be applied in many verticals.
Think of all the businesses where taste is the most defining aspect (Software business not including, well except for few companies). It could be fashion, [...]

All things considered

By Brij ⋅ March 19, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Does this mean I should feel less guilty if I am late in my support to KQED.

Democracy - Internet TV

By Brij ⋅ February 26, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Never underestimate what bunch of kids can do - Democracy. Building a free and open source internet TV platform.
It looks similar to FireAnt though.

Cocomment consolidating your comments

By Brij ⋅ February 6, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Considering the fact that more people read blogs versus writing/owning one, it may be a clever idea to capture all the comments made by conversation participants in one place.
Cocomment is one company attempting to bring more visibility and linking by consolidating all the [...]

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