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The Midtail and Backwards Gangs

October 15th, 2006 No Comments

I have been trying to listen to my back log of podcasts over the past few weeks. I just got up to date on the Gillmor Gang. I have to say the last two Gillmor Gangs have been great listening. I really enjoy when Jason Calacanis is on the show. His […]

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Transparency, Disclosure and Trust

August 22nd, 2006 No Comments

Transparency (context) + Disclosure (motivation) + observable Behavior (integrity) = Trust
Trust + Time = Reputation (measure of trust over time)
Identity and community are constraints on on both all variables.
To hear an interesting discussion on trust listen to the Trust Gang

Links:
Gillmor Gang RSS feed

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Thinking about the Long tail (Core Dump)

August 1st, 2006 No Comments

I was listening to the Resignation Gang (Part 3) and was interested in the arguments around how people like to get their news and inversion of the network. I have a couple questions running through my mind:
Does the head of the Long tail exist because the market has been unable to deliver meaningful specialization?

Does […]

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The change in corporate technology ecosystems

June 20th, 2006 No Comments

I again was listening to the Grand Central Gang from the Gillmor gang. My only comment on the whole podcast is simply the choice in changing software platforms is not solely based on the technology. In my experience significant change in corporate technology ecosystems is heavily influenced by its IRR and if it is […]

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Gillmor Gang Commercials / Testimonials and active listeners

June 18th, 2006 No Comments

I have had multiple conversations about the recent format change on the Gillmor Gang, most feedback being critical of the changes. I have been a regular listener for sometime now. When The Earthlink commercials started I gladly reviewed the services from earthlink. Then Godaddy.com joined the rotation and I reviewed their services […]

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Attention and the illicit meta-data trade

March 21st, 2006 No Comments

It’s a funny world, serendipity strikes. I was listening to the Gillmor Gang SearchSIG Gang podcast which could have been named the AttentionSIG Gang. The conversation about Gesture Bank and the value of meta-data was very interesting. The idea of Gesture bank as a counterweight to the walled meta-data gardens made me […]

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Blogability

February 16th, 2006 8 Comments

I was listening to the GilmoreGilmor Gang Disclosure gang podcast I believe John Jon Udell brought up (52:53 minutes in) the overwhelming amount of punditry in the blogisphere. He thought initially that people would be using their blogs to maintain a “Narration of their work”. He was unable to find many examples of people […]

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