Comments on: F8 and that Telegraph road http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/ occasional thoughts by john borthwick Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:42:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: scale model trucks http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-140555 scale model trucks Fri, 11 Jul 2008 09:08:23 +0000 http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-140555 <strong>scale model trucks...</strong> Do you have a newsletter to sign up to?... scale model trucks…

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]]> By: THINK / Musings :: web 2.0 & making money http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-112458 THINK / Musings :: web 2.0 & making money Tue, 27 May 2008 13:27:14 +0000 http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-112458 [...] to  provide a platform to build a business.    A year ago this week I drafted an essay on why I believed the Facebook platform needed to offer Web 2.0 applications more than just [...] [...] to  provide a platform to build a business.    A year ago this week I drafted an essay on why I believed the Facebook platform needed to offer Web 2.0 applications more than just [...]

]]> By: THINK / Musings / Facebook Beacon: Not what I signed up for http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-42117 THINK / Musings / Facebook Beacon: Not what I signed up for Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:11:16 +0000 http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-42117 [...] revenue stream. Digital assets sales didn’t take off. Then came F8. F8 and the platform initiative has been a huge boon to web 2.0 companies looking for distribution — but as yet, it is not a [...] [...] revenue stream. Digital assets sales didn’t take off. Then came F8. F8 and the platform initiative has been a huge boon to web 2.0 companies looking for distribution — but as yet, it is not a [...]

]]> By: Weissman http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-10565 Weissman Thu, 31 May 2007 13:13:05 +0000 http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-10565 Right on John. This is all about distribution, and is such is likely a great business move. But as we lived at AOL, while that might maximize short term usage and even revenues, the closed system, with sub-part interface and presentation layer, flies in the face of openness and web innovation. I'm particularly interested in the presentation layer aspect to it. The FB layer for these new apps seems quite lacking, in screen space and potential functionality. Is that a path for user adoption of great applications? Right on John. This is all about distribution, and is such is likely a great business move. But as we lived at AOL, while that might maximize short term usage and even revenues, the closed system, with sub-part interface and presentation layer, flies in the face of openness and web innovation.

I’m particularly interested in the presentation layer aspect to it. The FB layer for these new apps seems quite lacking, in screen space and potential functionality. Is that a path for user adoption of great applications?

]]> By: John http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-10320 John Wed, 30 May 2007 21:46:10 +0000 http://www.borthwick.com/weblog/2007/05/30/f8-and-that-telegraph-road/#comment-10320 Urg, someone just sent me this, Facebook guidelines for F8 partners, ugly: http://www.valleywag.com/tech/facebook/do-what-we-tell-you-not-what-we-say-to-the-press-264534.php Urg, someone just sent me this, Facebook guidelines for F8 partners, ugly:

http://www.valleywag.com/tech/facebook/do-what-we-tell-you-not-what-we-say-to-the-press-264534.php

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