If You Could Sell Children Online, I’d Be A Father Several Times Over

Parents arrested after baby offered on Craigslist. This comes on the heels of a German woman who put her baby on eBay as a joke.

Dot Bomb 2.0?

There has been a lot of chatter about the reliability of Twitter and just as much about its lack of a business model.

Despite the user uptake of Web 2.0 services, I still don’t understand how these services intend to monetize themselves, even if they are very useful – Remember the Milk comes to mind.

Facebook has yet to make money and even Google’s Eric Schmidt admitted recently that it has yet to figure out how to make money off YouTube.

Mark Evans has a quick post with some links that further explore the business models of Twitter and FriendFeed.Technorati Tags: Web 2.0, social networking, FriendFeed, Mark Evans, Twitter, Facebook, Remember the Milk

Don’t forget that you’re an early adopter

Shel Holtz makes an important point about the use of services such as Twitter, Friendfeed and even Facebook: The mainstream hasn’t heard of Twitter. They’re still wrapping their minds around Facebook and blogs. And Friendfeed? Way, way too leading edge.

It’s something I have to keep in mind with clients, who even though they are in the advanced technology arena, are not as aware of these these tools as I am simply because they have other priorities.

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