Archive for the “General” category
Picnik is Free! Freeeeee! (… ahem, or, going to a freemium, ad-supported model)
by Tony Hung on February 27, 2008
I love Picnik, the online image editor. I’ve said so in the past, mostly because it is so slick, smooth and user-friendly. Therefore, it made my day to hear that Picnik has, in fact, gone Free! Waved its premium membership, (…)
FriendFeed Is Giving Me Another “Woah” Moment
by Tony Hung on February 26, 2008
The funny thing is that unlike Twitter, which took me over a year to “get”, it took me all of 5 minutes to “get” Friendfeed (which just announced a 5M dollar round of funding). Anyway, the service is a bit (…)
Digg Town Hall: Spam Catching, Exit Strategies, Focus Groups, And Pimping (Digg’s Features)
by Tony Hung on February 26, 2008
So I had a chance to listen in on the Digg Town Hall today, which wasn’t quite the format I was expecting, as they fielded 20 questions that were sent to them (ordered by Diggs, naturally), rather than answer live (…)
Summing Up Twitter In One (Long) Sentence
by Tony Hung on February 24, 2008
Just read Mr. Rheingold’s thoughts on Twitter (he’s the chap behind Smart Mobs), and I think I can sum it up even more succinctly than he can (granted, his answer was off the cuff when asked by a student), i.e. (…)
Why I Love Blogging, Part #242: Hearing It From The Horse’s Mouth
by Tony Hung on February 23, 2008
You may have heard about one Texas Senator, named Kirk Watson, an how he spectacularly flubbed on national television, when, as a Barack Obama supporter, was grilled by Chris Matthews (on CNBC) about Obama’s record — and came up blank. (…)
FYI: The TechCrunch Effect Won’t Help If You’re Site Es Muy Malo
by Tony Hung on January 24, 2008
Interesting thoughts about the TechCrunch Effect today. Two things to say about it: 1. Its almost always unpredictable in its timing: my understanding is that Mike doesn’t email you the heads up as to when its happening, so you can’t (…)
Merry Christmas!
by Tony Hung on December 25, 2007
Merry Christmas, blogosphere! Its hard to believe that another year has gone by. I’ll be doing another set of predictions in a few more days that takes a better look back at tech events over the past year, and what (…)