Wired magazine editor-in-chief Chris Anderson, author of the book “The Long Tail,” has written a provocative piece for the magazine about how the “web is dead.” But while the rise of task-specific apps is a reality, the web is far from dead — it is evolving. Read More »
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Beta, as it pertains to web sites, has seen better days. Not long ago, saying the word as part of your web development cycle could help land venture capital even faster than claiming “community,” “paradigm shift” or “disruptive technology.” Now, the term is dissipated and confusing. While… Read More »
Wired editor Chris Anderson’s theories about the Long Tail have been the source of considerable controversy almost since the day his first Wired magazine piece on the topic was published in 2004. The initial criticisms of his thesis centered on whether there was such… Read More »
‘Long Tail-Schmong Tail, Chris Anderson’s-free-will-be-the-death-of-me.’ Or some such, griped founder Hank Williams over at Silicon Alley Insider yesterday in “Free” is Killing Us–Blame The VCs”: Venture capital has totally distorted the market. VCs are investing billions of dollars in companies with instructions to… Read More »
In a few weeks, online bookmaking site Blurb will launch a new community called BlurbNation, a section of the Blurb site where people can connect with a professional designer that will take their photos, stories, recipes or any other images and pull them together… Read More »
Recession-mongering got you down? Regardless of what the pundits and macro-metrics say, 80% of your time still should be focused on bringing money in the door. The “R” word might be hovering, but here are 7 ways to power through the economy’s… Read More »
We linked earlier this week to a dialogue — or blogalogue — between VC Fred Wilson and WIRED Editor Chris Anderson about so-called Long Tail b-models and the many creative ways in which you can leverage them to generate revenue for… Read More »
WIRED Editor Chris Anderson, who is also author of the best-selling book, The Long Tail, recently published a blog post listing various new media b-models, a.k.a, “long tail” b-models where, generally, the content you’re “selling” is free or almost free — and you make… Read More »
