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Exchange rate for blog comments, interaction

by Louis Gray, November 24, 2008 | Comments

This is a first attempt at creating a rate for interacting with blogs

(Editor's note: Allen Stern and Center Networks are not affiliated with this post or the exchange rate tables, yet. The CN logo has been helpfully borrowed) In May, Mathew Ingram, Fred Wilsonand others said that for non-professional bloggers, comments were howthey got paid. The interaction and discussion that takes place onblogs, between the author and the consumer, is what most ...

Twitterank scores your influence

by Louis Gray, November 13, 2008 | Comments

The whole concept of Twitterank is questionable

Twitter this week was abuzz around the launch of a new site that ostensibly provides you with a numerical ranking, based on your followers, those you follow, and their collective clout. Twitterank, like Twitter Grader and others, is trying to deliver some kind of service to separate the influential from the less influential, as if we need more ways to ...

Yahoo founders against Prop 8

by Louis Gray, October 30, 2008 | Comments

Co-founders donate the most in the city of Sunnyvale

Last week, Apple and Google made headlines for announcing their opposition to California's Proposition 8, which aims to restrict marriage to couples of different genders. At the time, following Apple's announcement, some, including Valleywag, asked why Yahoo!, still a thought leader in the Valley despite their many troubles, was remaining quiet on the issue. The company's Pride page features a ...

Twine's social bookmarking on steroids

by Louis Gray, October 23, 2008 | Comments (1)

	Twine untangles beta Nova Spivack, creator and CEO of Twine, sees that networks based on its users' interests are at what he calls a "tipping point". In the last year, you've seen dramatic growth in this space, with the rise of FriendFeed, Strands, Social Median, Popego and others to name a few. And tonight, after much incubation, his own site has opened up ...
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The future of social media

by Louis Gray, October 14, 2008 | Comments

It's mobile, unified and transparent

This morning, I had the pleasure of taking part in a podcast with Wayne Sutton and Kipp Bodnarf for their Talk Social News program. During the conversation, we discussed how to find time to participate in multiple social networks, how today's technology luddites might some day consume information, using RSS, and what the recent economic turbulence means for today's startups ...

The Valley's proponents become its critics

by Louis Gray, October 13, 2008 | Comments

	The squeeze will be noticed by companies seeking the next series of capital Friday's stock market roller coaster was one to remember. With the Dow Jones Industrial Average at one point down more than 500 points early in the session, again, a colleague and I headed to lunch just before noon with the market down more than 400. As we ate, the TV screens alerted us to a market rally that saw the ...
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