Awakened Voice

This has been an interesting week for the social web. There’s always lots of news to pick through but this week there were three items that I feel are quite telling as far as where we stand vis-a-vis ventures that aim to capitalize on the social web.
Facebook Is Not All Powerful
The controversy over privacy with [...]

How can I tell? Take a look at Google’s announcement today of big investments in clean energy. Big Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins also recently announced that Al Gore would join their ranks to help spur investments in clean energy startups.
We are more than two years off from News Corp.’s purchase of MySpace [...]

Mark Cuban had the gall to call the internet, “dead and boring,” in a recent blog post. You can just imagine all the cries of protest as a result. Nonetheless, I think he has a point.
Mark’s central argument is that the internet has become, “A utility.” I think Mark is right in that respect. [...]

The world wide web is turning into a real mess.
I recently started using Facebook as a way of reaching more podcasters and members of our communities over at RawVoice. I also have a personal Facebook account. I have a pair of MySpace accounts. One is personal and one is for business. I have a [...]

I’ve been working on a project recently to convert one of my sites to a very video heavy destination. In doing this I’m relying on other services to do the heavy lifting. It is amazing me how many players are out there to serve the needs of those who want to post video on the [...]

It seems to me that there are certain phases that every social media startup goes through in one form or another. Good or bad, how a company deals with these phases can ultimately determine their future.
Sometimes the issues raised in these phases lead to the development of technologies that push the industry forward. And other [...]

WordPress 2.1 is out and contains some significant upgrades that publishers will really like. Drupal 5.0 was recently released and contains some significant upgrades that make it easier to use and more flexible than ever. So which one should you use to satisfy your web publishing needs?
First off, if you’re currently invested in one package [...]

Back in April Mike Arrington of TechCrunch opined that online video sites were “breeding like rabbits.” By the end of the year we had the huge $1.5 billion acquisition of YouTube by Google. Can anyone deny that 2006 was the year that online video came of age?
We’ve also saw the rise of sites like Blip.tv, [...]

I ask the question because recently I heard someone at Podcamp West complaining about having to register via the wiki rather than having a standard form where you enter information as prompted. The individual speaking received a few nods of agreement when they expressed their displeasure with having to edit a page that included everyone [...]

I recently had the privilege of attending the 2006 Critical Issues Forum which was organized by the Council of Public Relations Firms. This was a very high profile event that included discussion among some of the thought leaders in the public relations, marketing and advertising industries. The topic for discussion was Achieving Engagement in a [...]