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Quora, a hot Q&A startup has been gaining traction at an astounding rate for a while now. Though not a frequent user, I was impressed by the many candid answers from some of the biggest names in our industry (IT). A lot of inside information and perspective can be found there, and it's a credit to their team for getting those players on board. (more...)
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My take on Quora vs. Stackoverflow, or substance vs. social
Tuesday, February 1st, 2011For how long will Microsoft hold back the web?
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010It's 2010. Despite rumors to the contrary, the web is not dead. In fact, it is thriving more than ever (unless bandwidth consumption is your main metric). Yet, it is standing at a crossroads.
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Chrome is out. Google has my vote
Thursday, September 4th, 2008So Google Chrome was unleashed on the unsuspecting public yesterday with very little preceding hype. It enters a market that has thus far has had only two major players - Mozilla and Microsoft. Backed by marketing power that is unrivaled in the online world, it is strongly positioned to take both on (and especially Microsoft).
A web browser built on the webkit engine (same as Safari), Chrome offers a simple UI and extensive support for web technologies. Having used it for a couple of days now, it is striking to me how obvious it is that Google is a web company - in bold contrast to another software giant currently pushing for their next-gen browser.
A web 2.0 business model can work, and work well
Saturday, August 23rd, 2008The term web 2.0 has been frequently misused and misunderstood, however it is more than a buzz word - it defines a very real phenomenon in which user generated content can be the driving force behind an online site / service.
Some very well known and successful online entities can be considered as such - Wikipedia in which users contribute knowledge, Digg in which users help others find interesting articles by voting and facebook which is the current golden standard for social networking (in which user generated content - UGC - is a given).
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