Innovation was once the sole rent source in the computer industry, but things have changed.
by Jim Stogdill
| @jstogdill
| 29 October 2010
We love companies that innovate, even if they can extract rent from it. What we don't like is when they mature and transition to less palatable rent extraction strategies.
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The answer to a long-running problem lies in data, not an application.
by Terry Jones
| @terrycojones
| 28 October 2010
Given that so much diverse and overlapping information about each of us is spread between applications, why are simple actions -- like automatically reacting to known friend requests -- still not possible? The answer, notes Terry Jones, lies not with a new application, but in a ball of data. (Part 2 of a 2-part series.)
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Why asynchronous communication scales, and what we can do with that power.
by Terry Jones
| @terrycojones
| 26 October 2010
Terry Jones examines the core differences between synchronous and asynchronous communication, and he looks at how technology has given asynchronous methods tremendous reach. (Part 1 of a 2-part series.)
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by Ben Lorica
| @dliman
| 25 October 2010
Since the first-ever Mechanical Turk meetup a year ago, there has been an explosion in crowdsourcing services and a well-attended conference in San Francisco. I remain enthusiastic about crowdsourcing, but the number of companies has me worried about quality of work. Fortunately specialization is already occurring, so for particular tasks there are companies out there ready to provide high-quality service....
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Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discuss "points of control" in a free webcast.
by Mac Slocum
| @macslocum
| 25 October 2010
Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle will examine the people, organizations, and chokeholds shaping the Internet Economy during a free one-hour webcast, being held Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET.
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URL shorteners have upside, but they also raise issues around stability, privacy, and performance.
by Leigh Dodds
| @ldodds
| 25 October 2010
Link shorteners have become part of the web's social fabric, but is that a good thing? In this piece we take a look at the key issues surrounding shorteners: stability, obfuscation, performance and privacy.
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