Pete Cashmore

Member since: Sep 8th, 2005

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Social software coverage now on Download Squad (The Social Software Weblog)

Sep 5th 2006 12:33AM Thought I'd just toot my own horn and mention that Mashable is now one of the biggest blogs on social networking:

http://www.mashable.com

I'm no Barb, but I try. :)

Tworl: Chat with a stranger (Download Squad)

Jul 18th 2006 10:44PM No prob - thanks for the fix. By the way, I saw that you'd inserted the link because there's a splogger reposting all your stuff and it showed up in my vanity feeds.

Finally, a use for splogs! :)

Tworl: Chat with a stranger (Download Squad)

Jul 18th 2006 9:57PM Guys, if you're going to mention me (and borrow my screenshot) you should at least link back to my post.

Wired Mag adds Feedburner (The Social Software Weblog)

May 16th 2006 3:37PM "they are a great example of providing an awesome free service to consumer-level users (bloggers) as a way to gain visibility and a foothold on the enterprise market."

Exactly! If you want to be successful in the enterprise market, you need to release a consumer facing app first - it's the best way to get your name out.

CoComment adds a Firefox extension (The Social Software Weblog)

May 10th 2006 4:03PM Definitely worth you trying it again - I like it a lot.

Gabe Rivera launches baseball memeorandum - another real memetracker (The Social Software Weblog)

Apr 4th 2006 8:02AM Nope, they don't share the same name, AFAIC.

Memetrackers:

http://mashable.com/2006/02/03/the-rise-of-the-memetrackers/

Memediggers:

http://mashable.com/2006/03/12/memediggers/

AjaxLaunch aims to revolutionize software weekly (The Social Software Weblog)

Apr 3rd 2006 2:15PM While the fast development times are admirable, I can't help feeling that they're spreading themselves too thinly here. Yes, they've rolled out 2 apps in 2 weeks, but both AjaxWrite and AjaxSketch are lacking when it comes to design, usability and competitive advantage. What's more, the lack of web-based storage and collaboration makes them less useful. I don't know what the planned business model is, but it seems unlikely that anyone would want to acquire an entire suite of web applications - highly specialized services are more attractive as acquisition targets.

Roll your own Digg clone, it's a utility now (The Social Software Weblog)

Mar 20th 2006 2:59PM "What exactly is the word for them even?"

They're called memediggers:

http://mashable.com/2006/03/12/memediggers/

I've done a lot of work with the kinds of companies you describe, and it seems obvious to me that people are creating niche and/or roll-your-own memediggers and memetrackers at a fast pace. The CrispyNews idea isn't very new (I predicted it would happen a while back) and in fact a company called Boxxet already has something similar (I think you already know of them - I seem to remember seeing your comments on the Silicon Beat post).

Likewise, NewRoo (recently acquired by Fox) is trying to do the exact same thing for memetrackers - roll your own memetracker and earn a cut of the revenue. I hate it when my predictions come true. :)