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Twitter- markevans: I've been doing a lot of messaging & usability work recently for start-ups. It's a nice change of pace from social media strategy & tactics
- markevans: The West Toronto Railpath is one of Toronto's new urban gems - http://bit.ly/byUfwG. It would be great to see something along Dupont.#bikes
- markevans: @delip You may want to make it easier to apply for the Twezr beta by putting a direct link on the home page. Right now, it's confusing.
- markevans: An interesting podcast on NPR about how technology and always being connected is affecting our brains and how we think: http://n.pr/cVScxF
- markevans: The problem with Apple's new Ping service, including the fact iTunes is not social via @techcrunch - http://tcrn.ch/bhc9Es #ping #apple
Category Archives: Web 2.0
The Ingredients for Startup Success
In my post about the success of Sysomos (which was acquired by Marketwire earlier this week), I talked about how Sysomos benefited from great timing – having the right product at the right place at the right time. This, of … Continue reading
The Battle Between Connectivity and Content
For all the talk about Rupert Murdoch attempting to re-establishing the paywall for content, and online start-ups struggling to make free services viable through advertising or freemium plans, one thing that doesn’t get a lot of attention is how Internet … Continue reading
When Should Startups Start Charging?
One of the challenges facing many online start-ups is getting people to actually pay for their services, which probably explains why so many of them offer free services. This is great for consumers but leaves start-ups scrambling for ways to … Continue reading
Five Reasons to Attend mesh '10
It is hard to believe that mesh ’10 – the fifth addition of mesh – is just around the corner. Every year, it comes as a surprise even though we spend months planning, talking and meeting about it. In many … Continue reading
URL Shorteners Here, There, Everywhere
Bit.ly announced a bunch of new features today, including a refreshed and improved look and feel. What struck me about the news was not so much what bit.ly did but the fact bit.ly is just one of dozens of URL … Continue reading
Six Questions with…Prezi
If you’ve got to a technology conference recently, you may have noticed some presenters using a new and cool tool rather than PowerPoint. Instead of slides, these presentations look like a giant landscape with text and images on them that … Continue reading
The Debut of StickerYou
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been immersed in the world of stickers in helping a new client, StickerYou.com, prepare for its official launch, which happened today. A few things I didn’t know before starting with StickerYou: the North American … Continue reading
Catching the Online Accounting Wave
When I was started ME Consulting, one of the biggest challenges was finding an accounting system that met my needs. To be honest, most of them have way too many bells and whistles for a one-person operation. This means your … Continue reading
Why Do Some Online Services Thrive?
Last week, TechCrunch reported that Dropbox had attracted two million users, just four months after it reached the one million active user mark. It got me thinking about why some online service become so popular, while the vast majority struggle … Continue reading
Dancing Outside the Digital Domain
With e-commerce continuing to see strong growth and cloud-computing becoming accepted, it’s sometimes easy to forget that the sales of products and services is still very much alive and well in the “real world” – people are still buying things … Continue reading