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Another smart Beisel link

Posted on November 2nd, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: VC, boston, social networking, web 2.0.

I posted a few months back a link to David Beisel blogging about the value of a demo. He has another nice writeup one the The Emerging Field of Social Commerce and Social Shopping. I’d like to write more, but I would be giving away a project that I heard of recently that I am sure will really be a leader in this field. Another problem with some of these reference sites is that they are very unremarkable in terms of site design and messaging to the user what the carrot is….

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Donavon Frankenreiter

Posted on September 4th, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: Frankenreiter, jack johnson, music.

Huh? I stumbled upon this  guy (audio will start loud when you go here) when I was working and letting Rhapsody Radio do its thing. The second it came on I clicked out of my research and looked this guy up. Seems that he is friends with Jack Johnson, which his first album sounds somehwat like (I think this is a good thing). But   his new album is  full of clavinet, funk, strings and sounds more  like  Jamiroquai . He even has a tune  on the  Snakes  on a  Plane soundtrack, so I guess  I am  a little behind the times. ..

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Ambient Findability chat

Posted on July 31st, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: Uncategorized, findability, web 2.0.

A  great chat here with Peter Moreville that discusses how much time employees waste searching for things, user centered design, Google, Endeca, and other interesting subjects.
Ambient Findability

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Genuine VC: The Value of the Demo

Posted on July 17th, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: start-up, tech, web 2.0.

From Genuine VC, David Beisel discusses how important demos are to prospective clients, investors, and partners.  I am surprised tht this article points out, as I thought demo-ing your core functionality was part of process to help your audience visualize the results. I have been putting together demos since the 90’s, and nothing else works better, especially when you are discussing difficult concepts, interactions, and architecture. Sure, you may have to cook up some eye candy and not-baked functionality, but if those are the features that your audience wants, there certainly are ways to plan to get that functionality in to the product or implementation later.
Genuine VC: The Value of the Demo

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all you need to know about Web 3.0

Posted on July 15th, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: Mediawiki, findability, google, social networking, tech, web 2.0, web 3.0, wikipedia.

Instead of trying to sound smart and discussing the difference between Web 2.0 and 3.0,  I will suggest reading this link.  Make sure you read the Wikipedia 3.0: The End of Google? article. I like it so much I may print it and put in on the bathroom stall walls at work :)It does beg the question from anyone that has ever worked on a standards committee if this over-arching ontolgy work will ever be completed. That also the big sticking point as I read Ambient findability. Also, lets not forget aabout the importance of the ad revenue and the mainstream popularity of Google. When I see the Wikipedia screen on Bobby Goren’s computer, I will change my mind

Evolving Trends » Web 3.0

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Family Pics

Posted on July 15th, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: Uncategorized.

A few people have asked me where I moved the links to see the faimly pics. I added it to the blogroll and linked below.

Gallery

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93South - Thoughts on New England Web2.0

Posted on July 15th, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: Job, Uncategorized, VC, blog, boston, social networking, start-up, tech, web 2.0.

93South - Thoughts on New England Web2.0

I just stumbled upon this site. A very nice look at VC funded web 2.0 companies in Boston.

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Ambient findability

Posted on July 12th, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: Uncategorized, findability, usability.

I just finished reading this book a few weeks ago, and alot of people have asked me about this since I have had put it on my desk. Written by Peter Morville, the author of the Oreiily Information Architecture for the World Wide Web: Designing Large-Scale Web Sites book, has alot of credibility in this field, and has heavily reesarched this book. Having Oreiily as a publisher doesn’t hurt either

This book reminds me of a really good instrumental jam, with a lot of biuld up and tension in the first 100 pages, and then a release with some follow on comments and examples. There is a lot of futuristic talk, which can be risky if you look back at it five years from now, but with the intensive research that the author has done, I doubt that will be the case. The book also has good pointers to some of the more recent information sites that have popped up recently, but may not be in the eye of the mainstream readers that were AI readers, such as del.icio and flickr. It would be interesting to hear Peter’s comments regardign the explosion of LinkedIn, Youtube, sendspace, etc.

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Tivo Desktop now has auto-sync

Posted on July 12th, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: DVR, Uncategorized, blog, colbert, tivo, video ipod.

Finally, a product feature that I have been waiting for for a long time. The new version of Tivo Desktop now allows you to auto-sync shows. this is great for your video Ipod or Creative Zen M, as you can set these programs to sync to your computer after recording, and then be converted to the proper format. One this this allows me to do now (well, I used to do it with etivo, but that had its own issues), is transfer and convert the Daily Show and Colbert Report and watch the next day on the treadmill.

The pic is better to view here

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Easier job searches

Posted on July 11th, 2006 by kooshblog.
Categories: Job, usability.

It is such a good feeling when a project goes live, and you can really understand the use case and be excited to spread the word. I just worked with the great team at Dice.com to extend their search functions, and add faceted navigation. The new functionality is now available as a beta to all registered users.
Some interesting things that you can do now are to search for .NET, C#, C++ and not have your results skewed because you have special chararcters in your search. You can now also narrow your results based on skills, location, area code, travel, employment type, etc, and also undo any parts of your refinement history at anytime.

Check it out Here!

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