Comments on: Trackonomics http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/ Startup and Technology News Sun, 12 Oct 2008 08:46:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: scott http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2259544 scott Sun, 04 May 2008 04:04:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2259544 Why do I need a political renderer for the architectural absorption of Yahoo? Mesh, Silverlight, .Net, Live Whatever, Microsoft ... they are all dead to me. The platform wars are over. The web won. You might want to try promoting technology that you believe in on its merits rather than attempting to position platforms as weapons to be used in corporate wars. It appears that you have devolved into leeching on to these skirmishes as some sort of wannabe arms dealer. It seems that Twitter is a tool to promote people, companies, and ideas. I don't have anything to promote so I don't see any value in it. I also don't need access to the type of real time information that those on Twitter claim is so vital. I have too much information coming at me as it is. As far as I can tell I am not missing anything by not being a slave to Twitter. Why do I need a political renderer for the architectural absorption of Yahoo? Mesh, Silverlight, .Net, Live Whatever, Microsoft … they are all dead to me. The platform wars are over. The web won.

You might want to try promoting technology that you believe in on its merits rather than attempting to position platforms as weapons to be used in corporate wars. It appears that you have devolved into leeching on to these skirmishes as some sort of wannabe arms dealer.

It seems that Twitter is a tool to promote people, companies, and ideas. I don’t have anything to promote so I don’t see any value in it. I also don’t need access to the type of real time information that those on Twitter claim is so vital. I have too much information coming at me as it is. As far as I can tell I am not missing anything by not being a slave to Twitter.

]]> By: danny http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258561 danny Sun, 04 May 2008 00:13:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258561 did a little search on itunes, found gillmor gang + talkcrunch... did a little search on itunes, found gillmor gang + talkcrunch…

]]> By: danny http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258535 danny Sun, 04 May 2008 00:08:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258535 Listening to most of my podcasts on the roads. Would love it if the Gillmor Gang on TechCrunch would have an itunes podcast link so I don't have to worry about getting the episodes or missout. 10X Listening to most of my podcasts on the roads.
Would love it if the Gillmor Gang on TechCrunch would have an itunes podcast link so I don’t have to worry about getting the episodes or missout.
10X

]]> By: steve http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258439 steve Sat, 03 May 2008 23:46:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258439 it is unfortuante that the poor writing obscures interesting content it is unfortuante that the poor writing obscures interesting content

]]> By: Jay (Twitter @qthrul) http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258250 Jay (Twitter @qthrul) Sat, 03 May 2008 22:54:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258250 gillmorgang.techcrunch.com appears to be offline? *taps mediatemple* gillmorgang.techcrunch.com appears to be offline?

*taps mediatemple*

]]> By: Christian Burns http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258246 Christian Burns Sat, 03 May 2008 22:54:28 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258246 Being able to use track is great, but I also use tweetscan.com to be able to catch up on keywords that I pay attention to when I can check on them. Been off the computer all day, check tweetscan and I am pointed to this post from there. I also use it to subscribe to the RSS feeds of those keywords. Being able to let the twitter river flow while I am away allows me to silence the "Fear Of Missing Out" that ADD personalities like mine struggle with. Being able to use track is great, but I also use tweetscan.com to be able to catch up on keywords that I pay attention to when I can check on them. Been off the computer all day, check tweetscan and I am pointed to this post from there. I also use it to subscribe to the RSS feeds of those keywords. Being able to let the twitter river flow while I am away allows me to silence the “Fear Of Missing Out” that ADD personalities like mine struggle with.

]]> By: sam http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258213 sam Sat, 03 May 2008 22:46:34 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258213 umm... as much as everybody in the "valley" seems to be orgasming over twitter, just how are they really going to make money/generate revenues... isn't this something that alot of people are forgetting... i mean, don't get me wrong, but when i've looked at twitter a few times, i haven't found it to be that crucial/critical to my day-to-day existance!! but then, i might not be the targeted customer!!! on the other hand, most of my friends (and we're mid 30's and older -i'm 45) haven't found it to be that great either... peace... umm…

as much as everybody in the “valley” seems to be orgasming over twitter, just how are they really going to make money/generate revenues… isn’t this something that alot of people are forgetting…

i mean, don’t get me wrong, but when i’ve looked at twitter a few times, i haven’t found it to be that crucial/critical to my day-to-day existance!! but then, i might not be the targeted customer!!!

on the other hand, most of my friends (and we’re mid 30’s and older -i’m 45) haven’t found it to be that great either…

peace…

]]> By: Why do you use software, and what is it worth to you? « CTOWatch http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258163 Why do you use software, and what is it worth to you? « CTOWatch Sat, 03 May 2008 22:33:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258163 [...] Trackonomics What better way to test the sincerity and credibility of Mesh than to ask Microsoft when such Silverlight tools for managing Mesh will appear. If the answer is “we’re working on it,” then the marketplace’s response is “we’re waiting for it.” If Mesh is merely a synchronization grid, why not empower PC, Mac, and Linux machines at one fell swoop to explore the kinds of collaborative net-aware applications that can use a boost for off-line storage, intelligent caching, and richer display? [...] [...] Trackonomics What better way to test the sincerity and credibility of Mesh than to ask Microsoft when such Silverlight tools for managing Mesh will appear. If the answer is “we’re working on it,” then the marketplace’s response is “we’re waiting for it.” If Mesh is merely a synchronization grid, why not empower PC, Mac, and Linux machines at one fell swoop to explore the kinds of collaborative net-aware applications that can use a boost for off-line storage, intelligent caching, and richer display? [...]

]]> By: Sprague Dawley http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258145 Sprague Dawley Sat, 03 May 2008 22:28:56 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/05/03/trackonomics/#comment-2258145 Twitter data may be "open", but the platform is locked. And creaky. That's why folks are looking for new ways to make the network ("graph"?) less tied to a single carrier and more reliable: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/RFCOpenTweetsWhyIsMicrobloggingCentralized.aspx Twitter data may be “open”, but the platform is locked. And creaky. That’s why folks are looking for new ways to make the network (”graph”?) less tied to a single carrier and more reliable:

http://www.hanselman.com/blog/.....lized.aspx

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