Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Actually, it was originally called “Jerry and David’s Guide to the World Wide Web&# (true story) – it was basically a way for newbies to find information that had been curated by experts. Then came RSS ( Really Simple Syndication ) widely credited to Dave Winer for driving the spec & adoption.

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Austin Startup

DECEMBER 20, 2010

Legendary venture investor and General Partner at Austin Ventures John Thornton told us, “Social content has tremendous potential to drive a new level of consumer engagement on media, entertainment and retail properties – but the market needs a startup with expertise in both social and enterprise tech in order turn the promise into reality.

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entrepreMusings

JANUARY 30, 2011

A couple of years ago someone I know mentioned the term ‘signal to noise’ when talking about social media and my tweet stream in particular. It’s true that social media tools have provided a platform for noisiness. People put out a lot of noise and seemingly irrelevant information about themselves and others.

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