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All At Sea In Web Water Metaphors

In the beginning we surfed the web but now a tsunami of crowd-sourced content threatens to overwhelm our craft.
Should we plunge headlong into the waves and hope to remain bouyant in the social media storm or head for maven haven on the mountain top?

The web is awash with water metaphors, from streaming video to bittorrent [...]

Derek Powazek on Search Engine Optimisation

Here’s a trio of great posts, in sequence, by seasoned developer and publisher Derek Powazek on the black art of search engine optimisation.

Spammers, Evildoers, and Opportunists
SEO FAQ
The Green Hair Theory

Together they form an excellent example of network effects in action, along with commentary on those effects by the author.
You might also like to check his [...]

Free As In Business Model?

A review of Free: The Future Of A Radical Price by Chris Anderson.
Chris Anderson is Editor-in-Chief of the US edition of Wired magazine, a post he has held since 2001, and is also author of 2006 best-seller The Long Tail: How Endless Choice Is Creating Unlimited Demand.
His latest foray into the lucrative non-fiction business book [...]

Jaron Lanier On The Dangers Of Digital Collectivism

Jaron Lanier spoke at The RSA on 1 February 2010 to promote his new book You Are Not A Gadget: A Manifesto.
This is essential reading for anyone involved with the online world. It takes a refreshingly honest look at the first generation of web applications and the way the web has evolved. Check out the [...]

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Martin Redfern filters out the hype around distributed media to relay clear signals without the noise.

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Big head, small body but still a long, thin tail [The Economist]