Archive for 2005/10


Linked 2.0? The Connectedness of Web 2.0

Barbasi’s book Linked has been called revolutionary in the way it treats networks, but when considering Web 2.0 does it not go far enough?
The NYT article ‘Folksonomy’ Carries Classifieds Beyond SWF and ‘For Sale’ led me to the 43things site I mentioned in my last entry. This article describes 3 specific sites in an […]

43 warm fuzzy things

Someone once told me that the definition for “good” art is… art you wish you had made yourself.
Does the same hold true for websites? I just came across a website I wish I had made myself– 43things is simple in idea but huge in the impact it can have on peoples’ lives. You […]

Issue Entrepreneurship Project

I’ve been racking my brain for a while trying to come up with a social cause to stand behind for my Issue Entrepreneurship Project. Many possibilities pop into my head, but I keep dismissing causes as either (1) being already over-represented, (2) being irrelevant or trivial in the grand scheme of things, or (3) […]

Free Info (411) from a 1-800 Number

I haven’t tried it yet, but a new service lets you call a free 1-800 number for business and residential listings, anywhere in the country. I know I’ll be using this from my cell phone, where 411 would cost me a buck. I’m so cheap, I’d rather wander around lost for an hour than […]