links for 2007-06-20
- Bokardo: Common Pitfalls of Building Social Web Applications and How to Avoid Them, Part 2: “when you’re building the service, is not the time to focus on social value. There is no social value because there is no user base…focus on how a single person can use your service even if others don’t share or tag anything.” (tags: web2.0, socialsoftware, community)
- Bokardo: Common Pitfalls of Building Social Web Applications and How to Avoid Them: “Strong social sites build value one user at a time. If one user finds value, then they’re much more likely to tell others or invite their friends. Strong sites don’t succeed by attracting “markets”, satisfying entire groups of people with a certa (tags: web2.0, socialsoftware, community, Business, development)
- Flash Based Podcast Players – Okay To Play: An overview of Flash-based podcast players/widgets (tags: flash, podcast, MP3, podcasting, tools, audio, Audible)
- A Rich Internet Application for creating your own video game | The Universal Desktop | ZDNet.com: “a Rich Internet Application that allows developers to create their own game worlds. It has a powerful building engine that lets you touch every conceivable part of the game and customize it down to the smallest detail.” (tags: ec2, Games, s3, applications, development, flash, flex, Entertainment)
- NewTeeVee U.K., Teens Leading in Online Video Viewing: “Year-over-year online video usage for all Americans aged 12 to 64 rose 56 percent. Younger people are generally watching jokes and bloopers, and older viewers news, with news generally dominant…” (tags: video, IPTV, online, media, statistics, trends, News, analysis)
- News Corp explores swap of MySpace site for Yahoo! stake-Business-Industry Sectors-Media-TimesOnline: “News Corporation has discussed swapping MySpace, its internet social networking unit, with Yahoo! in return for a 30 per cent stake in the enlarged group.” (tags: Yahoo, myspace, News, facebook, Business, Acquisitions, socialsoftware)
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