Author: fioritto

Content Recommendation Engine [1]. James…

Content Recommendation Engine. James Miller discusses how search will evolve following Google’s decision to buy Pyra Labs, and how that could further impact advertising, because “a superior search engine could challenge both big media companies and advertisers. A media company’s most valuable asset is its brand name. Since you can’t read everything, you must make quick, often uninformed decisions about…

The future of online community…

The future of online community. I used to think I knew what online community was all about. I thought it had something to do with discussion forums, like the one here at InfoWorld I’ve recently tried to colonize. Having spent too many years, keystrokes, and brain cells debating the pros and cons of various discussion technologies, I’ll just cut to…

My sister Mimi in Japan…

My sister Mimi in Japan Media Review on the social rules of wireless society. So this is my sister. My younger sister. (Many people think she’s older, because she’s smarter than me.) She chose an academic career where I dropped out of college twice and because an entrepreneur. Our paths went in wildly different directions, but has recently begun to…