A Manifesto for Collaborative Tools
“This essay is a manifesto about software for collaboration — why the world’s future depends on it, why the current crop of tools isn’t good enough, and what programmers can and must do about it. ”
What caught my eye was the exposure given to Doug Engelbart, creater of the mouse and many other things. While at Netpreneur, we had the good fortune of bringing several Internet pioneers to Washington, DC. Among them was Mr. Engelbart. He is a remarkable man… This article also ties Engelbart into TrackBacks and Wikis.
‘Nerd Values’ Help Propel Tiny Craigslist Into Classifieds Threat
OJR article: ‘Nerd Values’ Help Propel Tiny Craigslist Into Classifieds Threat
Over the weekend, I finally read this piece on Craigslist that recently appeared in the Annenberg School for Communication’s Online Journalism Review. In addition to Craig Newmark, several other good people are highlighted here. Among them are Howard Rheingold, Peter Krasilovsky, and Liddy Manson.
I got to know Craig when he participated in an AdMarketing discussion and shared community experiences from a somewhat personal perspective.
Ready for Takeoff (washingtonpost.com)
Ready for Takeoff (washingtonpost.com)
Speaking about customer evangelists, Southwest Airlines is often mentioned as the ‘fun airline’. We’ll see what happens as more low cost airlines enter the market and the big guys reinvent themselves.
From the article: “As we looked into it, all of this was really pointing to the fact that this was an intelligent risk to take and exciting opportunity to put our brand out there where we might not normally be,” Rutherford says.