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New Yammer coming up

lykle — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 20:49:46 +0000

will it remain attractive to the niche they carved out for themselves? Amplify’d from techcrunch.com Since Yammer launched as the “Twitter for businesses” at TechCrunch 50 in 2008, the startup has continued to improve on its already solid product, releasing mobile apps and new desktop clients, adding threaded conversations, and more. The fact is that in [...]

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Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:00:00 PDT

The Digital Renting Business is Fundamentally Flawed - (by @baekdal)
What we see happening is a third party (Apple) jumping in a void left by clueless content creators, at a cost to both the consumer and the content creators.

The Digital Renting Business is Fundamentally Flawed – (by @baekdal)

lykle — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:44:25 +0000

What we see happening is a third party (Apple) jumping in a void left by clueless content creators, at a cost to both the consumer and the content creators. Amplify’d from feed.baekdal.com The digital renting business model is fundamentally flawed, and we need to get rid of it before everyone forgets why we do not need [...]

Will you Ping?

lykle — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:34:07 +0000

Why a closed ’social music network’? Amplify’d from www.hypebot.com Ping is the new iTunes based social network for music discovery. Users can follow and be followed by artists, friends, and other fans alike. Anyone can follow anyone’s tastes and music stream much like Twitter. This should prove to be an exciting evolution of the iTunes music experience [...]

As Facebook And Orkut Duke It Out In India, SMS GupShup Hits 35 Million Users

lykle — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:05:16 +0000

Never forget to look outside of the USA as well for interesting developments Amplify’d from techcrunch.com As Facebook and Google’s Orkut duke it out for traffic in India, another social network has quietly gained traction in the space. SMS GupShup, a Twitter-like service in India that is primarily accessed via SMS, has hit 35 million users (up [...]

PlacePop Gives Facebook Places The Dashboard It Should Have Launched With

lykle — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:03:17 +0000

There is a bunch more missing from Facebook Places, at the moment. I’m pretty certain that won’t last long. Amplify’d from feedproxy.google.com Facebook Places appears to be off to a strong start, with integration into services like Gowalla, Yelp, and SCVNGR. But it also has some pretty glaring omissions, namely the fact there’s not really a good [...]

Twitter launches Site Streams to eliminate rate limits for tweets about you

lykle — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:03:16 +0000

Amplify’d from thenextweb.com Twitter has just announced a new beta service called Site Streams that sounds like it will blow our minds. Basically, what this seems to promise is a way for websites and apps that let their users sign into sites with OAuth to quickly integrate a real-time flow of updates – without actually seeing it in action [...]

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Mon, 30 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

How to Launch in ten steps, with less than $2000
John Cleese on creativity
boundaries of space, boundaries of time.

Don’t leave your publisher

lykle — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 06:30:04 +0000

if you’re in love with him/her. Amplify’d from techcrunch.com Snarkiness aside, I’ve written before about the importance of publishers (or broadcasters, or record labels) as filters: how in a world where anyone can publish a book, we’re more likely than ever to be drawn to titles put out by recognised publishing houses. We simply don’t have time [...]

How Mathys van Abbe really makes money with Mobypicture

lykle — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:23:25 +0000

Aggregate, repackage. Amplify’d from mathys.vanabbe.com Just had a Skype conversation I’d like to share. I’ve anonymized the person I had the conversation with, but he asked just the right questions. Q: how do u *really* make money? A: we make money with the real time web… we sell platforms like http://theplaya.mobynow.com for between 20-80k per year… Read more at mathys.vanabbe.com See this [...]

John Cleese on creativity

lykle — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:42:36 +0000

boundaries of space, boundaries of time. Amplify’d from 37signals.com See more at 37signals.com See this Amp at http://bit.ly/bzs4qZ

Silicon Valley’s Dark Secret: It’s All About Age

lykle — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:02:20 +0000

Tech engineers have become a commodity. Even specialists. Amplify’d from techcrunch.com And engineering is an “up or out” profession: you either move up the ladder or face unemployment. This is not something that tech executives publicly admit, because they fear being sued for age discrimination, but everyone knows that this is the way things are. Why would [...]

Wie ligt het beste? Spannende finale #boulen10 [Flickr]

Lykle de Vries — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:42:34 PDT

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De prijzen #boulen10 [Flickr]

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Pas des boules, boel du vin! #boulen10 [Flickr]

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Het is nu al spannend! #boulen10 [Flickr]

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verzonden vanaf mijn telefoon en derhalve mogelijk wat kort van stof.

De instructie #boulen10 [Flickr]

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verzonden vanaf mijn telefoon en derhalve mogelijk wat kort van stof.

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Fri, 27 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Datasift is the Firehose Tamed

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Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Elektra Records Founder Comments on YouTube, Blogs and the Future of Music
Jac Holzman isn't fazed by social media at all. Some quotes:"your friends are your best filters", "albums are very tricky to make", "people can tell when they're being sold something".

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Sun, 22 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

For Musicians: 10 Tips For Turning Your Fanbase Into A Tribe
ehm, if the artis themselves cannot have responsibility or control over theyr tribe, how would 10 tips to create a tribe work?

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Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

Facebook Places
Checking up on a friend becomes checking in on a friend.
Facebook Places brings you location as a service
And I think @baekdal is right: what matters is location as a service.

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Thu, 19 Aug 2010 00:00:00 PDT

The Web is Dead. Long Live The Internet.
The screen comes to you, and offers you neat little apps to scratch whatever itch you have. Without Google watching over your shoulder, but with uncle Steve setting the standards.
Twitterfountain als ogen naar de buitenwereld
Hoei, hier word ik trots van! En nog mooiere versies van Twitterfountain zijn in voorbereiding.

Lykle de Vries

New Yammer coming up

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The Digital Renting Business is Fundamentally Flawed – (by @baekdal)

Will you Ping?

As Facebook And Orkut Duke It Out In India, SMS GupShup Hits 35 Million Users

PlacePop Gives Facebook Places The Dashboard It Should Have Launched With

Twitter launches Site Streams to eliminate rate limits for tweets about you

Links for 2010-08-29 [del.icio.us]

Don’t leave your publisher

How Mathys van Abbe *really* makes money with Mobypicture

John Cleese on creativity

Silicon Valley’s Dark Secret: It’s All About Age

Wie ligt het beste? Spannende finale #boulen10 [Flickr]

De prijzen #boulen10 [Flickr]

Pas des boules, boel du vin! #boulen10 [Flickr]

Het is nu al spannend! #boulen10 [Flickr]

De instructie #boulen10 [Flickr]

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How Mathys van Abbe really makes money with Mobypicture