Techmeme’s new advertising model is perfectly organic to the site’s presentation and content. In a sense, it’s as significant as Google’s text ad model. Although, as Dave Winer points out, it may be difficult to blog about a new product for a whole month – or even more. But I can imagine a whole new gig for talented bloggers as guest bloggers on a sponsorship blog.
The creation and acceptance of new advertising formats is critical for the survival and growth of new Web-based small businesses. We’d all benefit from fewer display ads on Web sites — especially sites that offer text as their primary content. Imagine TechCrunch with out all those graphic ads.
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One of the ideas that came out of the “Future of Web Apps” conference, recently held in San Francisco, is that an IPO is no longer a primary goal. While there were lots of presenters talking about taking money from venture capitalists, the liquidity event du jour is an acquisition by Google, Yahoo or Microsoft.
The other thread was that staying small and creating a company that could support you and some of your developer buddies was a perfectly fine goal. A few people were looking beyond the mass market to the long tail and simply being a small business. The cool thing about the Web is that it makes “really big” possible, but “small” works too. 37 Signals and their suite of Web Apps is a good example.
Comments closedThe Bay area had a literary giant in its midst for many years. For the most part, he was unrecognized and unknown — despite winning the Nobel Prize. Czeslaw Milosz’s work probably resonated more naturally in his home countries of Poland and Lithuania, but there was plenty there for the rest of us. His book Visions of San Francisco Bay speaks to us directly. Earlier this year (April/2006), a gathering was held at the Main Library to remember Milosz and his time with us here in the Bay area. This flood of thoughts about Milosz was triggered by a new book, “Czeslaw Milosz: Conversations.” I can easily imagine myself engaged in conversation with Milosz for the rest of my life.
Comments closedHappy birthday John. A genius of musical imagination.
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