→ Nobody Goes to Facebook Anymore. It’s Too Crowded.
It’s just a little satisfying to see veteran blogger Michael Arrington say something I’ve blogged about almost a year ago :-). Admittedly, recent moves such as the controversial frictionless sharing haven’t helped lower the noise volume either…
→ This Tech Bubble Is Different
Jeff Hammerbacher, former research scientist at Facebook and now founder of Cloudera:
“The best minds of my generation are thinking about how to make people click ads. That sucks.”
Great piece showing why it may be time to move past ad-based business models.
→ David Ascher: You knew the old Mozilla, meet the new Mozilla
Mozilla’s David Ascher explains how Mozilla is adapting to take on the new challenges posed by today’s closed platforms, such as Facebook and Apple.
I’m delighted to see that Mozilla is fighting for user freedom again, and has broadened its thinking outside of Firefox, setting its priorities on identity and apps.
★ Fab.com’s amazing pivot story
Fab.com‘s pivot is nothing short of spectacular. Founder and CEO Jason Goldberg tells this fascinating story with a presentation:
In about 3 weeks, they completely changed their strategy — and now they’ve got significant traction and raised $40M more funding. I am amazed.
(thanks to Jean-Christophe Fann for the link)
★ Money, Freedom or Privacy: what do we prefer to give away?
Marco Arment compares claims that Apple, Google, and Facebook keep telling their users, and concludes:
Everyone has their bullshit. You can simply decide whose you’re willing to tolerate.
Each of these companies’ business models takes something from us — we just have to decide what we prefer to give away:
- Money,
- Freedom,
- Privacy.
Personally, I try to balance my “spending” between these companies (and others), to avoid relying too much on one supplier and sacrificing too much of either assets.