Author Archives: Ray
Managing social networks
I attended a very good discussion at MobileCamp on Mobile Social Networks, which was run by Keith Erskine of padpaw. We ended up talking a lot about facebook, which seemed to be on a lot of people’s mind. When talking … Continue reading
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Is Metcalfe’s Law wrong?
Image source: IEEE Noah Brier posted an interesting link recently to an article claiming that Metcalfe’s Law, which famously has been paraphrased to be the value of a network exponentially quadratically grows with each additional node, is wrong. This is … Continue reading
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Graphing hacks and innovation
The Apple developer’s kit for the iPhone and the Google phone is getting a lot discussion in the press. They are just two examples of that “innovation” has been getting attention recently. Despite all the discussion on innovation, I don’t … Continue reading
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An empty BKK airport and new network points.
Here is a photo I took earlier this year at the then brand new Bangkok International Suvarnabhumi Airport (BKK). I was thinking about the image today, while doing some reading on social network theory. Airports are transportation hubs and feel … Continue reading
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Is the “The Warhol Economy” good for the production of culture?
Image source: Princeton University Press I finally got around to reading Elizabeth Currid’s book, The Warhol Economy: How Fashion, Art, and Music Drive New York City, which argues that these creative industry are an important economic force in the city … Continue reading
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The speed of the Internet
So, many it wasn’t the Chinese government re-directing Google, but domestic ISP, who may or may not have been doing it intentionally. RConversation does a good job at pointing out how the speed of the blogosphere tends to amplify rumors … Continue reading
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Fragmenting the Internet.
Image source: usgs.gov My last post to flowtv.org described the work by Kevin Werbach, a legal professor at the UPenn’s Wharton School of Business. I first heard about him at this year’s Telecommunications Policy Research Conference. He is looking at … Continue reading
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March onward for media consolidation continues…
Kevin Martin, chairman of the FCC just released a plan proposing to allow for more consolidation of the media industry, by relaxing the rules governing media ownership. The biggest move would be to remove the prohibition of owning a newspaper … Continue reading
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finally… third party applications for the iPhone
After months of complaints since the launch of the iPhone, Apple just announced the a Software Developer’s Kit will be released in February. Mac Rumors noted that the letter from Jobs suggested that they might use a digital signature to … Continue reading
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Facebook Fatigue
As a follow up to a short post a few days ago, Gigaom cites a comScore report showing a 9.3% dip in the last month. Is this an error or a sign of facebook fatigue? (A little Technorati weirdness going … Continue reading
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