Bouncing Back: Dealing with Post-Startup Depression
On Hacker News about some time back, someone posted a question on “Dealing with Post Startup Depression” that read I recently shut down my first startup ever. I am having a really tough time…
The Fact that Scoble is doing Twitter Wrong is Wrong.
Why is it that whenever I’m riffing on a Robert Scoble post, the premise is so very often convoluted? Questions of semantics aside, Chris Brogan and Robert Scoble have had a slightly tongue-in-cheek feud…
SuperFan Founder Finds Facebook Fertile for Virtual Funds
By socialnerdia
Rick Marini is the founder of SuperFan, a site built around the idea that people are passionate about all kinds of things, from bands and celebs, to brands and video games. In short, SuperFan…
Ron Paul Wins? The Stimulus Backlash
By Jeff Nolan
[Editor’s note: Jeff Nolan is a longtime member of the SiliconANGLE community, and many of his posts we syndicate from his personal blog. If you are interested in the politics of economics, there’s a…
Enterprise 2.0 Conference Coming to Boston. Here’s a Peek at the Speaker Submissions.
The Enterprise 2.0 Conference Boston Call for Papers has been open for a little over a week now. While the final number of speaker proposals will number in the hundreds (450+ for SF 2009),…
Who’s Right on the Smartphone OS Mix?
Earlier today, Erick Schonfeld over at Techcrunch wrote up a release from AdMob disclosing Smartphone OS marketshare (measured by impressions). In their report, Admob showed that a monstrous 55% of all smartphone requests came…
In-Stream Twitter Ads: You’re Already Doing Them [Yes, You]
I’ve never been all that silent on the subject of in-stream Twitter advertising, and since it’s the topic du jour today, I thought I’d weigh in on the blog post over the weekend that…
Google has acquired Teracent for Super-A…
Google has acquired Teracent for Super-Advanced A/B Testing Google just announced on their blog (hat tip to Andy Beal) that they’ve acquired ad company Teracent. I’ve looked around, but I don’t see the terms…
Get Ready for the Much Smaller AOL
By Jeff Nolan
AOL’s strategy, the latest new one, is to shift away from being an ISP to being a “next generation publishing” entity. Without parsing what it means to be “next generation” when you are doing…
Cheating on my iPhone with a Droid
Well, my verdict is in. I have been playing with the new Motorola Droid from Verizon for the past couple weeks and finally feel comfortable enough to render an opinion. The bottom line? Sure…