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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

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Social Networks: Past, Present & Future. I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks?

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

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I recently spoke at Caltech at the Caltech / MIT Enterprise Forum on “the future of social networking,&# the 30-minute video is here and the PowerPoint presentation is here on DocStoc ). What are the big trends that will drive the next phase of social networks? The Past (1985-2002).

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Data is the Next Major Layer of the Cloud & A Major Victory for Startups

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At the time we viewed Amazon’s offering, EC2 as too nascent. I have talked in the past about other layers that are emerging particularly in social networking and mobile applications. How on Earth could I rely on Amazon to guarantee me performance so that I didn’t risk slow response times for my customers?

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

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They write everything from assembly to jQuery, on PCs to mobile phones, doing hard core computer graphics to high level social networking. But I admit, I started programming assembly at 11 and then did a lot of C++ before moving on to.NET in 2002. We wrote all of our software in VB6 and then ported it to.NET in 2001/2002.

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