Can you get a kidney from the blogosphere or from Craigslist?This past Sunday in Manhattan, I met Debbie D. at TheLunchClub .net’s Q&A with Craig Newmark. Debbie is now trying to find a kidney for her brother Neil on Craigslist. Neil is 41, in good health, a non-smoker and non-drug-user. He’s married and has an...
[Continue Reading]Crossing the Social Networking Chasm
My coauthor Scott Allen and I just debuted our first monthly column for Fast Company, entitled Crossing the Social Networking Chasm, about how this technology is moving into the mainstream. In it, we look at some of the objections people are raising about social networking sites and re-assess “realistic” expectations of them: Business networking sites...
[Continue Reading]Twelve Business Models Around Blog Technologies
Twelve Business Models Around Blog Technologies Here’s a summary of my presentation Wednesday morning at iBreakfast: The Business of Blogging Overview I. Traditional Non-Media Businesses Leveraging Blogs II. Traditional Media Businesses Using Blogs III. Selling Blog Technology IV. Monetizing Your Blog I. Traditional Businesses Leveraging Blogs 1. Individual virtual presence : Benefits: Marketing, Job search,...
[Continue Reading]New York Bloggers Event—-2004.05.02
Following are my informal notes from the New York Bloggers Event—-2004.05.02: Details: http://www.gothamist.com/nybloggersHost : Jake Dobkin =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Publishers panel: Nick Denton, Jason Calacanis, Moderator Jeff Jarvis (This was a good panel, except for excessive use of double entendres and vulgarities by the speakers. Jarvis did a great job as moderator.) What’s more valuable: brand or...
[Continue Reading]O’Reilly Network: My Blog, My Outboard Brain
Although Cory Doctorow wrote My Blog, My Outboard Brain [May. 31, 2002] two years ago, it’s still a good summary of the motivation for maintaining a blog....
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