Comments on: Do they know 2.0? http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:26:30 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Not everyone knows about Web 2.0 | acidlabs http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-921523 Not everyone knows about Web 2.0 | acidlabs Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:39:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-921523 <p>[...] at the start of October, pro-blogger and Web 2.0 pundit, Om Malik had the same awakening. I’ve been stewing over this since then, looking for a way to talk [...]</p> [...] at the start of October, pro-blogger and Web 2.0 pundit, Om Malik had the same awakening. I’ve been stewing over this since then, looking for a way to talk [...]

]]> By: trulover http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66031 trulover Wed, 08 Nov 2006 22:55:39 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66031 <p>I have been using VoIP on my Nokia E60 for the last 75 days. I must say I am the happiest customer ever. I have made 65 hours of mobile VoIP calls using the (( truphone )) client to basically every country on the globe (mobile and landline). My average per minute charge with all the free stuff they are giving away (FREE are global landline calls) was 4.7 pence. WOW!!!! I used to be at 25 pence with my mobile network operator (due to the international and roaming stuff)! What a great saving…(I calculated it will come to $6000 per year). This stuff realy works once you manage to install it. VoIP on mobile when in WiFi range is just the best thing happening ever!!!</p> I have been using VoIP on my Nokia E60 for the last 75 days. I must say I am the happiest customer ever. I have made 65 hours of mobile VoIP calls using the (( truphone )) client to basically every country on the globe (mobile and landline). My average per minute charge with all the free stuff they are giving away (FREE are global landline calls) was 4.7 pence. WOW!!!! I used to be at 25 pence with my mobile network operator (due to the international and roaming stuff)! What a great saving…(I calculated it will come to $6000 per year). This stuff realy works once you manage to install it. VoIP on mobile when in WiFi range is just the best thing happening ever!!!

]]> By: JamesBruni http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66030 JamesBruni Tue, 03 Oct 2006 02:33:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66030 <p>happy B-day Om. NYC is just one big reality check. Only tech that makes bucks gets attention. You see that at the NY Tech Meetups and other forums here.</p> happy B-day Om. NYC is just one big reality check. Only tech that makes bucks gets attention. You see that at the NY Tech Meetups and other forums here.

]]> By: Carl Haacke http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66029 Carl Haacke Mon, 02 Oct 2006 17:32:10 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66029 <p>Fabulous post Om! </p> <p>I like the cross country anology Jesse. </p> <p>Maybe we should create Fullbright Scholorships to let valley folks study abroad in the real world and real worlders visit the valley every year. Bridging the gap is key to creating marketable value rather than in-group navel gazing.</p> Fabulous post Om!

I like the cross country anology Jesse.

Maybe we should create Fullbright Scholorships to let valley folks study abroad in the real world and real worlders visit the valley every year. Bridging the gap is key to creating marketable value rather than in-group navel gazing.

]]> By: JesseCiccone http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66028 JesseCiccone Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:33:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66028 <p>Happy birthday! Glad to read your post, as its topic (well, the first paragraph or so…) is one I find myself mulling regularly. Not totally sure I agree with Dave, though, that it's all tech. I'm from just outside Boston, but spent '98-'02 in San Francisco and I can tell you, there's a big difference (even though the Boston area is a major tech center). </p> <p>As I dive into this Web 2.0 stuff, I find my conversations are generally of the cross-country variety. The Valley is way out ahead (a good and bad thing), there's no two ways around that.</p> Happy birthday! Glad to read your post, as its topic (well, the first paragraph or so…) is one I find myself mulling regularly. Not totally sure I agree with Dave, though, that it’s all tech. I’m from just outside Boston, but spent ‘98-’02 in San Francisco and I can tell you, there’s a big difference (even though the Boston area is a major tech center).

As I dive into this Web 2.0 stuff, I find my conversations are generally of the cross-country variety. The Valley is way out ahead (a good and bad thing), there’s no two ways around that.

]]> By: Mathew Ingram http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66027 Mathew Ingram Mon, 02 Oct 2006 15:04:20 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66027 <p>Dude, you buried the lede -- you turned 40? Congratulations, my friend.</p> <p>Mathew</p> Dude, you buried the lede — you turned 40? Congratulations, my friend.

Mathew

]]> By: Panayotis Vryonis http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66026 Panayotis Vryonis Mon, 02 Oct 2006 10:53:53 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66026 <p>This reminds me of a <a href="http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2006/09/they_didnt_get_.html" rel="nofollow">Seth Godin post</a> I keep handy.</p> This reminds me of a Seth Godin post I keep handy.

]]> By: Jeremy Pepper http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66025 Jeremy Pepper Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:38:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66025 <p>It's why I still try to think like a Michigander.</p> It’s why I still try to think like a Michigander.

]]> By: carl http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66024 carl Mon, 02 Oct 2006 07:27:38 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66024 <p>first and foremost, happy 40th! i agree, a great place to celebrate such a seminal birthday; i vaguely remember mine … ;-)</p> <p>yes, our industry is frequently detached from the day-to-day reality of the world and to an extent i believe this is fostered by a VC community often seeking the 'next-big-thing' that embodies all the buzz-words and zeitgeist of our owm somewhat insular world, regardless of objective product and profitability assessment.</p> first and foremost, happy 40th! i agree, a great place to celebrate such a seminal birthday; i vaguely remember mine … ;-)

yes, our industry is frequently detached from the day-to-day reality of the world and to an extent i believe this is fostered by a VC community often seeking the ‘next-big-thing’ that embodies all the buzz-words and zeitgeist of our owm somewhat insular world, regardless of objective product and profitability assessment.

]]> By: Kaiser http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66023 Kaiser Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:51:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66023 <p>Just like SNL did of YouTube this week! </p> <p>As an entreprenuer, that puts some perspective out there. I am worried more about widgets and cool features these days then swift and realiable functionality. </p> <p>Systems check…Great post.</p> Just like SNL did of YouTube this week!

As an entreprenuer, that puts some perspective out there. I am worried more about widgets and cool features these days then swift and realiable functionality.

Systems check…Great post.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66022 Om Malik Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:46:32 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66022 <p>yes, yes and yes … to all three of you. i agree - time to step out and get a reality check, come back and be a tad more realistic, even if i make a living by writing about the future. thanks guys for coming back… </p> <p>i think tech companies make it big when david letterman cracks a joke about you, or conan o'brien riffs on your product.</p> yes, yes and yes … to all three of you. i agree – time to step out and get a reality check, come back and be a tad more realistic, even if i make a living by writing about the future. thanks guys for coming back…

i think tech companies make it big when david letterman cracks a joke about you, or conan o’brien riffs on your product.

]]> By: Ericson http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66021 Ericson Mon, 02 Oct 2006 04:21:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66021 <p>Its smart to do stuff now that involved tagging, but not call it tagging (43things, et-al). Don't draw attention to AJAX, stay away from the buzzwords (Myspace, Craigs List).</p> <p>Lets face it, ordinary (but heavy) everyday users of tech don't know what many of the 2.0 features are outside of the web tech field.</p> Its smart to do stuff now that involved tagging, but not call it tagging (43things, et-al). Don’t draw attention to AJAX, stay away from the buzzwords (Myspace, Craigs List).

Lets face it, ordinary (but heavy) everyday users of tech don’t know what many of the 2.0 features are outside of the web tech field.

]]> By: dave http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66020 dave Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:41:45 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66020 <p>it's not just sv…it's all of tech, it's one big mutual admiration society…sounds like your party was a grand wakeup call, hopefully it will prompt you to think about how <strong>everything</strong> that you and other writers discuss in tech matters to about 1 tenth of one percent of the population…not to say it isn't interesting (hey, i'm back here every day om), just saying that the industry seems to forget this stuff…</p> it’s not just sv…it’s all of tech, it’s one big mutual admiration society…sounds like your party was a grand wakeup call, hopefully it will prompt you to think about how everything that you and other writers discuss in tech matters to about 1 tenth of one percent of the population…not to say it isn’t interesting (hey, i’m back here every day om), just saying that the industry seems to forget this stuff…

]]> By: John http://gigaom.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66019 John Mon, 02 Oct 2006 03:25:12 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2006/10/01/do-they-know-20/#comment-66019 <p>Exactly! Living in Silicon Valley, you have to make sure you are not just listening to an echo chamber…</p> Exactly! Living in Silicon Valley, you have to make sure you are not just listening to an echo chamber…

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