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Congratulations, Paul Isaakson

Paul, Congratulations on the new move! Bold, but smart. 

This is why i haven't been Too Worried About Mobile Marketing

That is, if you define "mobile marketing" as marketing over phones managed/tethered to traditional carriers like verizon, Tmobile, etc. What i've been counting on is that the internet would be everywhere, cheap/free and thats where the marketing will get delivered. The device will be an internet device that has the size/form factor of a phone (and may have phone functionality) vs. the phone that acts like the internet. Seemingly subtle difference,  but tremendously important.
Link: Technology Review: The Coming Wireless Revolution.

A Small Gesture of Reconcilliation

I love stuff like this, made easier and more visible by social media. Another cool project from Ze Frank.

Playing with Skype. Finally.

I'm jimcuene on skype. Just like everything else. It seems to work ok.

Facebook Group and Brand Pages Best Practices | Social Media Explorer

Link: Facebook Group and Brand Pages Best Practices | Social Media Explorer.

The Atomization Continues: Gnip 2.0 Launches, With A Business Model

The atomization of the web continues, as evidenced by the continued improvements to services like Gnip. The transition from "Pages" as the atomic unit of the web experiences to "posts" or "items" or "records" continues. Techcrunch has a nice write up on Gnip: Gnip 2.0 Launches, With A Business Model.

Revealing Portrait of Life on Planet Flickr, via the Community Manager

heather Champ is awesome. And this profile of the community and Champ does a nice job providing some background on how Flickr manages its community, the heart of the site. A couple weeks ago i found myself in a meeting rattling on about "the soul of a site". The folks in the room politely smiled, but i'm sure i didn't make much sense. This article gets at it much better than i could have, by focusing on the "spirit of Flickr".

The essence of Champ's job, she says, boils down to defending this imprecise but holy "spirit of Flickr." Indeed, imprecision is an art here. The list of community guidelines is an assortment of lawyer-vexing instructions like "Don't be creepy. You know the guy. Don't be that guy," and "Don't forget the children." If you've spent any time online, you instantly recognize these to be meaningful and clear edicts. Champ is only half joking when she says her is responsibility is to keep things from "encroaching on Flickr's serenity."

"The job always comes down to finding the fulcrum in the teeter-totter, the balance that benefits both the individual and the community," she explains."

I hate Comscore Too

Until Quantcast gets critical mass, or Google grows, we're stuck with them. Link: ComScore: The Internet company everybody loves to hate - Sep. 26, 2008.

Nerd Alert: Discussion of SOAP vs. REST

I find this post strangely soothing to me, one of those "Now i get it!" kinds of articles. More than most of you probably ever wanted to know about SOAP and REST.

Fun Description of Social Media

Social Media in Plain English from leelefever on Vimeo.