Startups As Startups Grow Up, More Seem to Hold Their Ground I've learned a lot about startup culture since I started writing about it at the beginning of January, and there is a trend that I have noticed that is different from the stereotypical outsider's point-of-view - one that I had not too long ago. There seems to be a growing number of companies that are holding off from either being bought out or… Chris Cameron View comments
Facebook Do You Like Us Or Like Like Us? "Become A Fan" Changing To "Like" On Facebook In a memo to its advertisers, Facebook quietly announced that it would change the phrase "Become A Fan" to "Like" in what, at times, seems like an ongoing effort to confuse and enrage its users. "Like" has had a very specific, while malleable, usage for Facebook users and changing it to gear towards advertisers and Fan Page subscriptions is… Social Mike Melanson View comments
Analysis David Siegel: From Killer Web Sites to Semantic Web One of the first web design books I bought was Creating Killer Web Sites, a 90s classic by David Siegel. That book was known for pushing visual style over HTML standards. It also encouraged the use of HTML hacks, for example using tables to create layouts. Siegel's techniques were basically workarounds, but they just worked in an era when… Reviews Richard MacManus View comments
NYT FourSquare for the Enterprise: Give it 2 Years, Max In the past few weeks we've seen more references to FourSquare as a potential enterprise tool. The discussion represents an emerging law of Enterprise 2.0 Inevitably, a consumer trend in the social technology space will start to seep into the business world. Hutch Carpenter of Spigit says it is a two-year lag before the enterprise adopts a social… Enterprise Alex Williams View comments
Data Services Boom! Tweets & Maps Swarm to Pinpoint a Mysterious Explosion What would you do if you heard a giant boom and you didn't know where it came from? If you're like thousands of people in Portland, Oregon, you might hit Twitter and Google Maps to participate in the city-wide exploration of a slightly frightening mystery. Last night at about 8 p.m., people in a big part of the city felt their windows shake and… Marshall Kirkpatrick View comments