Martijn van Beek | Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 9:35AM Sometimes it seems we are all just Googling all of our information needs. Without looking any further to see if for a certain type of search question, it might be better to use something else (another search engine, a directory etc.). This is not a wise strategy.
Martijn van Beek | Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 9:20AM Or, is Facebook a content discovery engine? Watch this very insightful video "from inside Facebook" (via Robert Scoble on Google+) in which Facebook's Carl Sjogreen talks about frictionless sharing and data aggregation (with regards to the new Timeline and Ticker feature in Facebook).
Martijn van Beek | Saturday, October 29, 2011 at 6:19AM It looks cool. Very cool. Google Plus Ripples visualizes how a post is shared and what the network effects are. There is an option to replay the visualization (makes me thing of Google Wave, where you could rewind a conversation), to see who the main influencers are, the chain lenght, and which languages the people who are sharing use. All very informative. And you can even share ripples.
google plus, mvanb_strategy, strategy in google plus, social media, strategy | Permalink | Print Article Martijn van Beek | Saturday, October 22, 2011 at 10:34AM A very articulate Vic Gundrota accompanied by Sergey Brin at the Web2.0 summit. About half way through the interview Vic points out (one of) the difference(s) between Google Plus and Facebook (after its last iteration including the frictionless sharing). "There is a reason why every thought in your head does not come out of your mouth." and "A core attribute to be human is to curate."..
Martijn van Beek | Saturday, October 15, 2011 at 6:43AM It seemed like such a great idea. A geek's wet dream: Star Trek's Holodeck. But watching the way we interact with games evolve, led me to a different conclusion.
