Twitter: Will It Get Crushed By Its Own Banality?

by Tony Hung on March 15, 2007

So I had planned to write something about Twitter a few days ago, but spent a few more days mulling about it. Twitter, for the less-2.0-inclined is a web application that spans both instant messaging and phone texting. It allows (…)

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Social Networking A Fad? Most People Don’t Actually Care About It.

by Tony Hung on March 7, 2007

Well, some interesting work that’s quoted over at InformationWeek.  A poll was done recently, courtesy of Gfk Consulting, which examined attitudes and opinions over social networks, since they seem all the rage.  After all, the natural question when there’s an (…)

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Startups Dealing With Getting Crunched, Dugg, Slashdotted, Redd(ited)

by Tony Hung on March 7, 2007

Startups should have something in place to take advantage of traffic spikes — you’re not always going to know when its coming and from whom, but they are tremendous opportunities.

Sony’s “Playstation Home”: Charming, Desperate and Futile

by Tony Hung on March 7, 2007

Sony Playstation Home — what’s the point, really?

“Brass Balls Of The Day”: Don Dodge of Microsoft

by Tony Hung on March 6, 2007

The last one who got the award was Chris Pirillo, who got companies to “sponsor” his Alaskan cruise.

Patent Office 2.0 Is Sheer Idiocy (Or, When Crowdsourcing Is Clearly Inappropriate)

by Tony Hung on March 5, 2007

The Washington Post reports that the US Patent Offices are going ’2.0′ — and using the wisdom of crowds to help it go through the mountains of applications for patents that are applied every year.  Yes, they are actually going (…)

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Are USAToday’s Changes About 5 Years Too Early?

by Tony Hung on March 4, 2007

USAToday’s changes, while trendy, may not be aligned with their current readership. This may prove to be a bad move.