Disruptive? us? At a Churchill Club event on October 26, 2005, Jonathan Schwartz, president and COO at Sun was interviewed by Quentin Hardy, Silicon Valley bureau chief as Forbes. You can download the audio of the one-hour interview here. Schwartz reprises his usual, and perceptive, themes touting Sun’s vision and prejudices, such as how volume…
I love seeing offline and online community integration at work. (press release) Sun Microsystems Partners with California Conference on Women and Families, Enables Attendees to Participate in Online Communities and Share ExperiencesSun is providing the foundation for attendees to interact, share experiences, and engage in online discussions on specific topic areas under this year’s conference…
So you “built it and they came” and oops, they keep arriving and arriving and arriving. And they all have opinions and you are short a few (hundred) moderators. What are you going to do? Slashdot has the answer: As you might have noticed, Slashdot gets a lot of comments. Thousands a day. Tens of…
I don’t know what to say… It’s an open invitation to predators and an activity Pope John XIII Regional High School in Sparta will no longer tolerate, Rev. Kieran McHugh told a packed assembly of 900 high school students two weeks ago.Effective immediately, and over student complaints, the teens were told to dismantle their Myspace.com…
I’ve just been reading (again) James Old (Pricewaterhouse Coopers) presentation (from 2001) regarding how to make money outta Online Communties. I’ve split the blog report into bits to make it more manageable and bloggy-like. These are the points raised. 1. What is the relationship between community and revenue? At its heart, the term ‘community’ implies…
2. What are the features of an online community?Now we move onto “the community hexagon” which nicely laid out and easy to understand. Let me give you a quick run down on these points – precisely tailored content is compelling content – not the mess of some portals – and advertising is an important form…
3. Translating community into revenue and profit (woohoo the good stuff!) The six elements of the ‘hexagon’ describe what community looks like, but the real question is how community translates into revenue and profit. The majority of community-building activities do not generate revenue themselves. They create an environment that can potentially stimulate income generation. I…
Ok ok… a confession. I spent waaaay too much time on The Shaadi Times – A relationship and wedding portal *sniffles* but I do soooo love a good wedding. The community aspect is the “matrimonial” – in other words, a dating forum – but there other lovely elements. I read an inspirational story – a…
I was lucky enough to attend the 35th Anniversary Fundraiser for The Shepherd Centre last night. The Shepherd Centre is a charity which began in 1970 helping deaf and hearing impaired children learn to listen and speak so they can reach their individual potential. We receive limited government funding and provide our vital services free…
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