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12.07.07Ever wonder where media is going and why?While pursing the oh-so-valuable fora.tv, I stumbled upon a talk given by Daniel Lyons, better known as Fake Steve Jobs. If you keep up with the blog or have read the book, it's a must see. He discusses the rise of the blog, it's acquisition by Forbes, why Google AdSense doesn't make cents, and his thoughts on the fast-changing print media industry. My favorite quote on the topic of the Internet: It's different when you put your hand on the third rail and you feel it. Whoa, this stuff is for real, it's for real, it's a global network and ...
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10.03.07Is Facebook a fad?Nate Westheimer thinks it is. Both “fad” and “the rage” imply a temporariness — I know. And while I think Facebook is a great social networking site, which I will use for the time-being... ... Try this idea/illustration on for size: Let’s say Facebook vanishes into thin air tomorrow. How quickly do you think our inherent social graphs would take to reconstitute themselves somewhere else on the Internet? I’d say a week. In a week, I’d build up my languishing MySpace, Friendster, and Virb profiles and wait and see where the rest of my friends headed to. Ask yourself how quickly Facebook replaced AIM and ...
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08.05.07Will the real Steve Jobs please stand up?Looks like someone let the cat out of the bag. Fake Steve Jobs is a senior editor at Forbes by the name of Daniel Lyons. It's been a good ride lasting 14 months but the bittersweet moment when FSJ was no longer anonymous had to be expected. Even though I don't expect the blog to be as enjoyable as it has been, I will still get the book book due out this October.
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