August 4, 2007
The Web As a Platform
Liked this bit from the long/short section of Wallstrip’s interview with the handsome and charming Toni Schneider (who has a great accent, where’s he from? Eastern Europe?).
“[Facebook is a short.] They’re going to do extremely well in the short term, but I think long term unless they become an open platform, it’s not going to work.”
Agreed. Jason Kottke got it right when he wrote that Facebook is the new AOL.
[Aside: it’s been awhile since I watched Wallstrip… how long have they been running the pre-roll, post-roll, and embedded ads?]
Cat: | Time: 4:55 pm (utc+8)
August 5th, 2007 at 12:23 am
Heheheh.”Idealists” and “open sourcers” will always be poor. If someone had offered me a billion dollars for a string of 1’s and 0’s on a hard drive connected to the internet then I would definitely have a fat trading account to play with. The web is lean, efficient, merciless and moves at the speed of light. Unless you figure out how to provide a truly necessary service (search engine, auctions etc) your site will come and go. Enjoy the 15 minutes of fame and get paid.
August 5th, 2007 at 2:15 pm
30 days chairman.
cant believe you gave up on us. missed my weekend shows - you need to go back and watch ‘naked Putz”
August 5th, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Howard: It isn’t because I don’t want to, I just can’t get the darn podcast to download in China (TraderMike says it’s “user error” ;-)). I’ll definitely go back and watch the interviews (including the ones with putzes) when I have time.