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Drew Meyers currently runs ESM Exec Designs, a design shop specializing in corporate and personal blog design. Travel addict managing Oh Hey World, a travel blog focused on generation X & Y, and real estate technology enthusiast. In his free time, Drew enjoys reading, traveling the world, spending time with passionate people, and is active member of the microfinance community.
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Monthly Archives: September 2006
Single Sign-On – Will Yahoo’s Attempt Succeed?
I sure the heck hope so! My colleague just sent me this link, which references Yahoo’s announcement post, and I’ll be watching adoption closely. What does Yahoo’s Browser Based Authentication (BBAuth) do? BBAuth also makes it possible to use Yahoo! as a single sign-on for your site, thus removing a barrier to entry for a whole lot of people I hope small & large developers everywhere adopt this so that I can browse around the internet without remembering 15 user names & passwords. Great work Yahoo!!!! Update: BusinessWeek has picked up on the story and mentions that this could lead to a whole new wave of mash-ups.
Corporate Blogging – Engaging in the Conversation
There is a new “When blogs work” post on Businesspundit that I just came across. Rob mentioned that he is less enthusiastic about blogging than he was a few years ago because the quality of the conversations has decreased. However, there are still conversations occurring, such as the one that resulted from this post about PeerSight. The founder was able to respond to criticism in an open environment. Relating this to corporate blogging- blogs provide a great way to for businesses to find out what customers are saying about them, good OR bad. Further, being able to leave comments provides a means to address misconceptions that people have about your company. There ARE conversations occurring in the … Continue reading
Only a “Moron” Would Buy Youtube?
That’s what Mark Cubans says. Check out the CNN article and his blog post. Why would you be a moron for buying youtube? Lots of legal trouble for copyright infringement most likely looms ahead.
Salesforce & The Future of Software
I know I’m late on finding this video, but it is a great presentation by the Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff. After watching 45 minutes of it so far (still watching as I type), software really is changing and they are leading the charge. Pretty soon, companies will be able to run their entire company from salesforce at the rate things are changing. It’s all about the AppExchange and creating mash-ups (via the ever increasing range of API’s available from different companies).
More News from Facebook Camp – Viral Advertisements
I guess the news from Facebook just keeps on coming. The latest? They are going insert viral advertisements in those “newsfeeds” that caused such a riot. One thing that probably would have caused an uproar was that, “When one user clicks on an advertisement in their feeds, all of that user’s friends will be notified that the ad was clicked on and will be given an opportunity to join a group led by the advertiser”. However, Techcrunch just posted an update (below)- Update: Melanie Deitch, Facebook’s Director of Marketing, emailed to tell us that the MediaWeek story we linked to below was incorrect and that in fact, no unsolicited notices will be sent. Only users … Continue reading
Google Changing Stance & Challenging Brazil Courts
This post on John Battelle’s blog is interesting and marks a change in the Google-Brazil issue. Since I have already blogged about the here and here, I thought it was worth noting. They’ve decided to not hand over user data afterall and risk the fines ($23,000 per day). To help ease some of the tension, Google did take down 8 communities due to requests by the Brazil government.
How do Youth Use Technology?
If you’re interested, check out this video that I found on Guy Kawasaki’s blog! I’m just starting to watch the hour long video, but I thought I’d share it regardless. Guy Kawasaki is moderating…so chances are it’ll be pretty good. Update: WOW- two of the youths on the panel send 4,000 text messages per month? That is insane! I sometimes approach 200 and I think I text message too much. Update: Quotes- Question- “What browser do you use?” Answer- “Google” “I notice billboards. They keep getting bigger and bigger.”
