roughtype.com - 10/31/2008
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This week's pissing match - I mean, spirited conversation - between Tim O'Reilly and me regarding the influence of the network effect on online businesses may have at times seemed like a full-of-sound-and-fury-signifying-nothing academic to-and-fro. (Next topic: How many avatars can dance on the ...
neosmart.net - 10/29/2008
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neosmart.net —
A couple of hours ago, the Google Security
Team posted an article claiming that Google’s made the
switch to OpenID , joining Yahoo! and Microsoft in the ranks OpenID providers. But it looks like someone may have been a bit to hasty to pull that switch ...
(more)
Google Abandons Standards, Forks OpenID — The ...
kara.allthingsd.com - 10/31/2008
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kara.allthingsd.com —
Are Google and Yahoo thinking walking away from
its controversial search advertising deal, as reported in an
amusingly hedged report in The Wall Street Journal last night? How’s this for covering your bases in a story: “Following ...
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Is Google Playing Chicken With the Justice Department?
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New Economy Business Models (Carr vs. Anderson)
Technology Liberation Front —
Somewhere between Nick Carr’s “Typology of Network Strategies” and Chris Anderson’s “Four Kinds of Free” is the secret to understanding our new economy:
Carr’s “Typology of Network Strategies”:
Network effect
Data mining
Digital sharecropping, or “user-generated content”
Complements
Two-sided markets
Economies of scale, economies of scope, and experience
Anderson’s “Four Kinds of ...
New Economy Business Models (Carr vs. Anderson)
The Progress & Freedom Foundation Blog —
Somewhere between Nick Carr's "Typology of Network Strategies" and Chris Anderson's "Four Kinds of Free" is the secret to understanding our new economy:
Carr's "Typology of Network Strategies":
Network effect
Data mining
Digital sharecropping, or "user-generated content"
Complements
Two-sided markets
Economies of scale, economies of scope, and experience
Anderson's "Four Kinds of Free":
Direct ...
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