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THINK / Musings» Blog Archive — Wed, 13 May 2009 22:40:29 +0000

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THINK / Musings :: web 2.0 & making money — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:27:14 +0000

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THINK / Musings / Facebook Beacon: Not what I signed up for — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 03:11:16 +0000

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By: Weissman

Weissman — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:13:05 +0000

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

John — Wed, 30 May 2007 21:46:10 +0000

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