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15 years ago @ Twitterrati - Multiple Twitter Accou... · 0 replies · +1 points

No url shortener makes it useless for the four business/personal accounts I manage. No metrics, no value.

16 years ago @ Mark Evans - Why Do We Need to Own ... · 0 replies · +1 points

There may well be generational differences in how people respond to this question. For me, I like to own music, tag it, categorize it, and so on, I love to see my collection arrayed on my computer screen -- but I don't need CDs whatsoever. It's a fragile and bulky form of media.

I would expect many younger people wouldn't even need my level of 'mp3' ownership (and theft, admittedly). Once you give them the ability to keep off-line devices online via streaming or what-have-you, I doubt they will care to own much beyond their favourite albums.

On the flip side, an older generation, raised on 45s and LPs might see this conversation as blasphemous. For them, mp3s might simply be handy backups. Something for the car.

So does owning music make sense? Yes and no. We already listen to music on the radio and watch it on TV, so we're in some way ready for a shift to streamed 'ownership'. If you can give people hi-speed bandwidth that connects them to virtual libraries, I doubt succeeding generations will find much point in owning tunes.

16 years ago @ Twitterrati - I\'ll Follow You If.... · 1 reply · +1 points

My criteria in order of importance:

1) You're in Toronto. 2) You post things worth reading 3) You're either in advertising or emerging tech

16 years ago @ Mark Evans - Newspapers Must Charge... · 0 replies · +1 points

First, no one will pay for 'news' in the classic sense. Reporting on the news is not journalism.

Second, most 'authentic journalism' on newspapers is not very good. Writers and entire publications have obvious bias and political affiliations. I read a tech article on the Globe and Mail recently that made me cringe. They should have paid ME to read it.

Third, newspapers better get on the damn technology bandwagon if they think anyone is going to pay for anything they do. My message here is: learn to integrate tech into journalism or you are going to die. People will pay for perceived value. Throwing the odd hyperlink into a piece is not what I mean. Learn Flash, use Javascript, build infographics, create video, mash data, integrate polls, improve your comment sections, learn who reads you, reach out to them, track habits, engage patterns.

Start offering something people might actually buy or you'll be the equivalent of a food bank.

16 years ago @ StartupCFO - Why I will never be a ... · 1 reply · +1 points

Did you do it? : )

16 years ago @ StartupCFO - Why I will never be a ... · 1 reply · +1 points

Great post. I would love to see numbers confirming or refuting your second point -- particularly for Canadian Startups!

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