http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/06/06/hot-demos-and-hot-metadata-at-ny-tech-meetup/ About David Weinberger's book (May, 2007) and how we're pulling ourselves together now that we've blown ourselves to bits Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:37:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/06/06/hot-demos-and-hot-metadata-at-ny-tech-meetup/comment-page-1/#comment-8559 Cameron Thu, 07 Jun 2007 14:18:57 +0000 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/06/06/hot-demos-and-hot-metadata-at-ny-tech-meetup/#comment-8559 I went to this same meetup. I was intrigued by James Hong's avid support of facebook apps. I wonder though if he really would just build from facebook were he to start today? How much of an entrepreneur’s ego gets in the way of using another site as a platform? And how much trust can you really put in Facebook? Don't you more or less hand over ultimate control when you use their site and not the Internet as a platform? I personally think Facebook Apps are genius, but I wonder if entrepreneurs should be more hesitant when deciding to launch from facebook only. What do others think? Is there reason to be nervous? I went to this same meetup. I was intrigued by James Hong’s avid support of facebook apps. I wonder though if he really would just build from facebook were he to start today? How much of an entrepreneur’s ego gets in the way of using another site as a platform? And how much trust can you really put in Facebook? Don’t you more or less hand over ultimate control when you use their site and not the Internet as a platform? I personally think Facebook Apps are genius, but I wonder if entrepreneurs should be more hesitant when deciding to launch from facebook only. What do others think? Is there reason to be nervous?

]]> http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/06/06/hot-demos-and-hot-metadata-at-ny-tech-meetup/comment-page-1/#comment-8486 GroundReport » Blog Archive » GroundReport pitches in at NY Tech Meetup Thu, 07 Jun 2007 03:00:46 +0000 http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com/2007/06/06/hot-demos-and-hot-metadata-at-ny-tech-meetup/#comment-8486 [...] a live report from Max at the Cooper Union podium, the crowd sat up and took notice. Bloggers like David Weinberger and  Sanford Dickert recorded their positive impressions. Other presentations included GoLoCo, [...] [...] a live report from Max at the Cooper Union podium, the crowd sat up and took notice. Bloggers like David Weinberger and  Sanford Dickert recorded their positive impressions. Other presentations included GoLoCo, [...]

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