Monthly Archives: March 2007

Are Women More Likely to Say No to Conference Invitations?

March 28, 2007 – 4:42 pm

Stowe Boyd on Kottke on gender diversity at conferences:
Gack. I am working with the CMP folks on Enterprise 2.0, and so far I have asked one person, a woman, if she could participate, and I was turned down.
Others have made the case that many of the most interesting woman for tech conference speaking roles have […]

By Anne Z | Posted in Conferences, Women and Men | Comments (6)

The Eleventh Thing I Hate About You, Web 2.0

March 13, 2007 – 6:55 am

The idea that free is a business model. Free is not a business model, it’s a tactic. It can be a very powerful tactic in the right hands–and with the right business model. I’d love to see more startups come out saying “our web app is so good… we’re going to charge you for it. […]

By Anne Z | Posted in Economics, Web 2.0 | Comments (6)

Ten Things I Hate About You, Web 2.0

March 10, 2007 – 7:02 pm

The phrase “user-generated content.” Has there ever been a more condescending or less descriptive phrase for human expression and creation and connection?
The techmeme pile-on effect. Why does everyone have to write about the same stuff all at once? You all are smart people… let’s see some original ideas and topics. Of course, if you weren’t […]

By Anne Z | Posted in Blogging, Philosophy, Web 2.0 | Comments (30)

On Being Blind to Nonredundant Information

March 10, 2007 – 5:46 pm

I got Ronald Burt’s Bokerage & Closure: An Introduction to Social Capital from Amazon last week, so I can stop quoting from John Hagel and start quoting directly. I’ve only read the first 20 pages, but I’m already afloat in ideas from it. Great book–and so applicable to the blogging world.
One of the most interesting […]

By Anne Z | Posted in Blogging, Social Science | Comments (2)

Authenticity and the Lust for Real Life

March 6, 2007 – 4:42 pm

That’s a paraphrase of the title of a book I’m reading right now, David Boyle’s Authenticity: Brands, Fakes, Spin and the Lust for Real Life. This lust for real life is behind much of what’s happening on the web, including blogging and other forms of social expression like MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube. For so long […]

By Anne Z | Posted in Blogging, Web 2.0 | Comments (5)

Incrementing My Version Number: Announcing Anne 2.1

March 5, 2007 – 12:00 pm

I’m leaving RedMonk, at least for now, meaning I won’t be blogging at tech decentral or taking briefings via RedMonk or attending analyst conferences as a RedMonk analyst. I’m focusing instead on Web Worker Daily, on the occasional GigaOM article on Web 2.0 happenings, and on turning this blog back to what excites me the […]

By Anne Z | Posted in Career, Identity, Personal | Comments (17)