Comments on: “Interesting, but of no commercial value”: The problem with emerging social media tools: A Saturday Evening Post http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/ a blog about information Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:20:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Gordon Taylor http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-342934 Gordon Taylor Wed, 21 May 2008 18:13:00 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-342934 Thanks JP - this is a wonderful post, that just happens to nail down all the various issues that seem to be floating around in my head today :) Thanks JP – this is a wonderful post, that just happens to nail down all the various issues that seem to be floating around in my head today :)

]]> By: Frymaster http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-287621 Frymaster Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:18:59 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-287621 Wahappen t'da attribution? That's me above, JP. Sorry for the sloppy code. Wahappen t’da attribution? That’s me above, JP. Sorry for the sloppy code.

]]> By: Frymaster http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-287619 Frymaster Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:16:33 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-287619 So true, Tim. I still remember the day in 1999 when I followed a set of links that changed my career. I had been getting Jake Nielsen's Alertbox columns for a while when <a href="http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990919.html" rel="nofollow">this one</a> showed up about user-focused Internet architecture. A lot of it, in retrospect, sounds like web 2. There's a link at the bottom to a Dave Winer piece describing his new authoring platform called Manila that included the feature <a href="http://www.scripting.com/davenet/1999/05/24/editThisPage.html" rel="nofollow">Edit this Page</a>. And at the bottom of that article was a link to a website called <a>">Cluetrain</a>. I've been working to help orgs and cos converse with markets ever since. Talk about a reward for reading to the end! So true, Tim. I still remember the day in 1999 when I followed a set of links that changed my career. I had been getting Jake Nielsen’s Alertbox columns for a while when this one showed up about user-focused Internet architecture. A lot of it, in retrospect, sounds like web 2. There’s a link at the bottom to a Dave Winer piece describing his new authoring platform called Manila that included the feature Edit this Page. And at the bottom of that article was a link to a website called “>Cluetrain.

I’ve been working to help orgs and cos converse with markets ever since.

Talk about a reward for reading to the end!

]]> By: Tim Callington http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-284468 Tim Callington Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:23:52 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-284468 Good ideas always seem to come from the most unexpected sources. The best thing we can do is to stay curious and keep following the links. Good ideas always seem to come from the most unexpected sources. The best thing we can do is to stay curious and keep following the links.

]]> By: Tech Tonic » Blog Archive » To Bubble Or Not To Bubble … http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-280287 Tech Tonic » Blog Archive » To Bubble Or Not To Bubble … Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:41:11 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-280287 [...] before you start humming to the brilliant Bu-bu-bu, Bu-bu, Bubble video below, do read this rather spirited defence from [...] [...] before you start humming to the brilliant Bu-bu-bu, Bu-bu, Bubble video below, do read this rather spirited defence from [...]

]]> By: Jon Lister http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-276871 Jon Lister Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:06:51 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-276871 There's a book in you yet, JP. There’s a book in you yet, JP.

]]> By: Frymaster http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274732 Frymaster Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:46:19 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-274732 Our local <a href="http://www.risd.edu" rel="nofollow">Rhode Island School of Design</a> recently swiped <a>John Maeda</a> from MIT to be their new president. He almost immediately started a private blog with the RISD community and Maeda recently started posting at <a href="http://our.risd.edu/" rel="nofollow">a public blog</a>. One of the posts is from Davos. Obviously, a complete waste. I'm frankly a little appalled at what BT lets you get away with, JP ;-) And BTW, you deserve more than one weekend a week. Two classics. Thanks. Our local Rhode Island School of Design recently swiped John Maeda from MIT to be their new president. He almost immediately started a private blog with the RISD community and Maeda recently started posting at a public blog. One of the posts is from Davos.

Obviously, a complete waste. I’m frankly a little appalled at what BT lets you get away with, JP ;-)

And BTW, you deserve more than one weekend a week. Two classics. Thanks.

]]> By: Don Marti http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274712 Don Marti Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:24:24 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-274712 ''Manually searching the Web is not a sustainable model, long term.'' -- <a href="http://www.businessweek.com/1997/08/b35151.htm" rel="nofollow">Eric Schmidt, chief technologist, Sun Microsystems</a> ”Manually searching the Web is not a sustainable model, long term.” — Eric Schmidt, chief technologist, Sun Microsystems

]]> By: Great Reads Out There : [chrisbrogan.com] http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-274641 Great Reads Out There : [chrisbrogan.com] Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:29:02 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-274641 [...] JP Rangaswami writes about how he loves seeing various web tools being used for interesting purposes, and that it’s even more satisfying when it’s a tool that others have said was a waste of time. There’s so much in this post that you should just go read it yourself. Too much to cover, and always a great read like that out of JP. I had the pleasure of having dinner with him not too long ago (thanks to an organized dinner by Laura “Pistachio” Fitton, and am so glad I went.) [...] [...] JP Rangaswami writes about how he loves seeing various web tools being used for interesting purposes, and that it’s even more satisfying when it’s a tool that others have said was a waste of time. There’s so much in this post that you should just go read it yourself. Too much to cover, and always a great read like that out of JP. I had the pleasure of having dinner with him not too long ago (thanks to an organized dinner by Laura “Pistachio” Fitton, and am so glad I went.) [...]

]]> By: “Interesting, but of no commercial value” | Venture Chronicles http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/comment-page-1/#comment-273775 “Interesting, but of no commercial value” | Venture Chronicles Mon, 04 Feb 2008 20:12:44 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2008/02/03/interesting-but-of-no-commercial-value-the-problem-with-emerging-social-media-tools-a-saturday-evening-post/#comment-273775 [...] We haven’t figured out a way to solve the problem of low knowledge worker productivity. [Sometimes, I get the feeling we spend more time trying to figure out how to measure knowledge worker productivity, rather than concentrate on raising productivity levels. We spend more time mutating benchmarks to our purposes, throwing away the opportunity to make quantum improvements as a result. In fact that’s my First Law of Benchmarks: If gains are so low that you need benchmarks to prove the existence of the gains, they’re probably not worth having in the first place.[From “Interesting, but of no commercial value”: The problem with emerging social media tools: A Satur...] [...] [...] We haven’t figured out a way to solve the problem of low knowledge worker productivity. [Sometimes, I get the feeling we spend more time trying to figure out how to measure knowledge worker productivity, rather than concentrate on raising productivity levels. We spend more time mutating benchmarks to our purposes, throwing away the opportunity to make quantum improvements as a result. In fact that’s my First Law of Benchmarks: If gains are so low that you need benchmarks to prove the existence of the gains, they’re probably not worth having in the first place.[From “Interesting, but of no commercial value”: The problem with emerging social media tools: A Satur...] [...]

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