Geek And Poke

Cool Geeks

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The Next Big Thing

It may be that I've already done a similar cartoon. I can't remember. If so, sorry!

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How To Make Money On Web 2.0

Two Takes On Data Portability

Data Portability is a big issue these days with the Facebook Google thing about Friend Connect (see TechCrunch).

The Indian government is happy about Google:

See TechCrunch about Google Assists In Arrest Of Indian Man.

The New Social APIs

New social API Friend Connect from Google (see Garett Rogers)

Monetize Social Graphs

 Robert Scoble tried it (see TechCrunch a couple of day ago).

Register writes (seen through Steve O'Hear):

Many social networking cheerleaders see this type of business as their own AdWords goldmine, while failing to appreciate that a general ongoing interest in “sports” is nowhere near as valuable to marketeers as a Google search on a particular day for “Adidas football boots”.

It seems, making money out of your virtual friends is not too easy.

You Cannot Eat Tweets

The Emergency Gillmor Gang was great. I liked especially Michael Arrington (as always). But while I was listening to him I wanted to say him that there has to be at least one company not being in the ad business.

The new Microsoft

Scoial Graph

UPDATE: There is a typo in the title of this post (thank you omeran). But I do not correct it, as it would change the permalink.

Internet Celebrities

Why Men Like Web 2.0