Mesh07 Day 1 Thoughts

Day 1 of Mesh 2007 is complete and I think my overall impression is that Mesh continues to be a great conference to network but the sessions were fairly weak. Many of the sessions are panelist based and lacked diversity. For example the new vs old media lacked anyone from the old media. This made […]

Mesh07 Kicks Off

The Mesh 2007 Conference kicked off today with a great line up of speakers and panelists. One of the great aspects of the Mesh Conference is the social interaction between speakers. Its a great environment to interact with speakers and other members of the industry. One of the dominate themes I’m seeing at this years […]

Open Source Strategy in the Patent Cold War

Microsoft has recently started making noise about Linux patent infringement again. Microsoft has maintained a license rather than litigate approach for years and they signed a license deal recently with Novell to allow them license for their Linux installation. The only thing new is the number of patents that Microsoft claims that Linux infringes on, […]

Facebook and Classifieds

Facebook launched their marketplace place service over the weekend to allow Facebook users to create classified ads. There was an interesting interview last week with Mark Zuckerberg in the NY Times. What I found really interesting was Mark’s comment: “There are no anonymous listings, and we give you a very clear path to see how […]

The Facebook Opportunity

The popularity of Facebook has taken off in Toronto. The population of the “Toronto Network” on Facebook is close to 10% of the city’s registered population. This is amazing market penetration and its creating some interesting situations within the online community. For example, typically students and teachers maintain a certain professional distance. Facebook’s original strategy […]