Knee-jerk reactions to information overload

May 27, 2008

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.

May 26, 2008

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: , , , , , ,

May 5, 2008

Yahoo Is Trying To Herd Too Many Cats

Filed under: Internet, Web 2.0 — Gary Hilson @ 10:53 am
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Mark Evans says Yahoo’s Smorgasbord is the Problem. And he’s right.

If Yahoo is going to survive on its own, then it must stop trying to be all things to all people.
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