After a decade of IBM thinkpads, I shifted to a Apple IMAC G5 20", set up the Airport Express wireless network, plugged in the Shuffle, and synched my O2 XDAii. RSS, Tagging and Podcasting. Just bringing Web 2.0 to Australia.
You win users one by one. You look at businesses like Zopa for example, and (type of) numbers they needed in alpha, beta, and YR 1 would be far smaller than a free Web 2.0 Community : In fact 2 5-53K+ active lenders on Zopa might make a business model that really works in YR 1.
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So it's good to get a beta out, and I'm really thankful I'm doing it in this 2.0 world, where everyone is a beta-tester, has a blog, and provides really useful feedback : Which can be viewed at a micro and aggregate level. Their first offer was $1 billion?and we don?t want to sell.?
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You ask me for my email, then months later you send me an automated email with a password (or sometimes just the URL itself!) allowing me access to an unfinished site because you read Web 2.0 is all about shipping early and often.
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Unlike Technorati, which determines a blog?s relevance based on the total number of unique links into that blog, Sphere is taking an algorithmic approach.
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Oh, I finally got my Ipod with Video (Thanks J+Z who are having a European Road Trip! ) - I guess because Apple realised they couldnt release the Ipod Touch Widescreen Video, they put some more product out in the retail market in regional Vic that was lacking product.
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