Posts tagged “internet”
Exploring SecondLife
During the last few nights I’ve been exploring Second Life a bit more. It was quite fascinating going back and explore it in more detail and smoothly than before (graphics wise). It still requires quite a bit of machine power and is still very nudgy with an Intel Dual core processor and a proper graphics [...]
Content vs Noise
Have a look at the image below. It’s a screenshot from a relatively popular business website in Finland. I’ve marked the content in pink. Am I the only one to notice that there’s slightly too much noise in there in the form of advertisements and other widgets and gimmicks? I’m sure they’ve managed to capitalise [...]
Virtual worlds worth $1 billion
The market for massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs) in the West is now worth more than $1bn (£511m). BBC has the news. Update: eMarketer has more info on in-game advertising in MMOGs. Link.
Link list
Asmo wondered whether his latest blog entry would turn into a meme. I’m pushing it a step closer with this entry. Below a list of websites in alphabetical order that I follow on a daily basis. Some 10 news sites aren’t included (I follow my 150 blogs through Google Reader): Finnish Meteorological Institute – Helsinki/Kaisaniemi [...]
Friday?
Today I probably created one of the most useless webservices history has ever seen. It’s a ripoff from an international service. You can see it at OnkoSePerjantai.net. In short, it tells you if its Friday with a small surprise every friday. I think I really need to get more hobbies – too much time on [...]
Mass collaboration beats Vegas odds
PicksPal set up a website where friends can gamble with virtual money (for free) to show off how good they are at gambling and beating the odds. As such there’s nothing new to this idea of offering a free gambling site to have some fun. However, there’s great wisdom to be tapped on with people [...]
Evolution of Blogging
Found this on Mashable.com – pretty explicatory. :) (Thanks!)
$100 Million valuation for Geni.com
Just read something amazing (if that’s a good thing or not) on Techcrunch: $100 Million Valuation For Geni. Geni.com is a website to gather your family data and build a family tree out of it. Looks interesting and it’s very easy to use – two important factors in creating a viral product (not forgetting the [...]
Product placement and podcasts
As I was getting to work this morning and listening to Adam Curry’s DSC, I realised (I haven’t been listening to podcasts in ages) that he was now using a Nokia E61 instead of his Blackberry. Seems like the guys at Nokia got to him. Not a bad move at all. He’s a king of [...]
New blog
I’ve decided to start a new blog to compose and gather my thoughts on web communities. The approach is multifold and thus it’s more of an open sketch book for my thoughts and ideas on empowering the masses and capitalising on web communities (this pretty much derives from my job). This does not mean that [...]
Pandora + LastFM = PandoraFM
I wrote about it in 2005 and now it’s true: PandoraFM.
Zlango’s innovative press release
Check this out – a very innovative and viral press release.
GPS Motorcycle diaries
I haven’t been able to get too much sleep this week as I’ve been spending my time with Google Earth v4. I’ve been intrigued with it as it renderes the topology of the landscape as well as cool new features that make sharing information a lot more easier. With this in mind I’ve been planning [...]
I think I have a new RSS-reader
Today at work I manager to grab a few minutes for some good ol’ web surfin’ and RSS reading. Techcrunch had hit me with an e-mail earlier wondering how big Google Reader is after their new UI and small tweaks. I took a look at Google Reader a long time ago, but it was still [...]
Texas Hold’Em
It was back in October that I was introduced to the game of Texas Hold’em poker. Ever since, I’ve been pretty much hooked to the game. I love the simplicity, being a simple man, but also the challenge the simplicity creates. Tonight I was playing at Full Tilt for a quick 30 hands. I sat [...]
Aapeli second known internet brand in Finland
Asmo already blogged about this, but since I want a little ego boost this morning – I’ll do it as well :) Our Finnish Playray site, Aapeli.com, is the second most known internet brand in Finland among the youth – only Google is more known. Taloustutkimus produced the survey and here’s the top ten this [...]
Rare Exports Inc.
Woodpecker Film created a small christmas card a few years back for their clients. It was an overnight hit, spreading virally all over the internet. If you haven’t seen these yet, spend a few minutes doing so – they are excellent :) (and they make Finland look pretty nice, cold, harsh, but beautiful.) Part one: [...]
“RIAA” sues AllofMP3.com
A set of companies belonging to the RIAA sue the Russian AllofMP3.com for a whopping 1.65 trillion USD. That’s a lot of money. BBC, for example has the story, but let me compare this number to some other figures: The Russian GDP is appr. $1.576 trillion (src) According to RIAA, music industry losses are $4.2 [...]
A deleted blog post
I wrote quite a lengthy post on this and that but somehow managed to hit Ctrl-W and alas…gone! So here’s my 2c on the links I was suppose to post: -Free Wifi routers through FON – act fast and order yours before 24.12. -Herkkusia.com – a new finnish link aggregator, perhaps the classiest with an [...]
iLike to compete with last.fm
I spotted a new social music networking site – iLike.com through TechCrunch. Looks interesting at first, but just how easy is it to be a second comer in this market? I mean last.fm recommends music based on your taste of listening, just as iLike does. However there’s a small problem here. It’s a lot easier [...]
Permission to link to Aussie Gov’t
Linux Overdose blogs how he got permission to link to the Aussie Gov’t pages @ australia.gov.au (I won’t create the link since I haven’t asked permission – pun intended). This is like asking people to ask you permission before they mention your name…
The story of PayEx
Take a look at this online payment merchant – PayEx. They used to be called Faktab Finance. If you wait a while and follow the main flash banner, you will find out that they too have figured out that their name probably wasn’t always understood the way it was supposed to…
Facebook worth $900m?
New York Times has an article on how 22-year old Mark Zucherman has been offered close to 900 million dollars for his social networking site Facebook. He turned down an offer of $750m offer from Viacom in January as he was asking for 2 billion USD. Social networking sites aren’t going to be just internet [...]
MySpace Cowboys revealed
Fortune has a good article on MySpace and how it came to be the brand and giant it is nowadays. The article also gives us a hint that things haven’t gone dorment under Murdoch’s acquisition: The upside, of course, is the sugar-daddy factor: that deep-pocketed parent to back your best ideas. Of the 20 new [...]
Startup Success 2006
Churchill Club’s annual look at some of the successful internet companies in 2006. “Five Silicon Valley entrepreneurs discuss the critical success factors and challenges to reach the promised land.” (via Signum sine tinnitu) Moderator: Guy Kawasaki, Managing Director, Garage Technology Ventures Speakers: Lauren Elliott, Founder, Personal News Network Reid Hoffman, Co-Founder and CEO, LinkedIn Joe [...]