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Google’s chief economist explains value in era of endless info

Hal R. Varian quoted in Wired: Varian believes that a new era is dawning for what you might call the datarati—and it’s all about harnessing supply and demand. ‘What’s ubiquitous and cheap?’ Varian asks. ‘Data.’ And what is scarce? The … Continue reading

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The ways people use information / journalistic services that can be sold around them

I. Social: You are what you know and remember, and what others know and remember about you. Forming groups of like interest / coordinate connections Being in the know / personal topic guidance Creating self-identity / ascribe values to information … Continue reading

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3 changes in information experience micro-culture

Information experience micro-culture is my somewhat academic attempt to create a term encapsulating the rituals, behaviors, expectations and experiences involving humans and our interactions with information, which includes the concept of story, one way of many (and one of my … Continue reading

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Every story should be a Web site, and a Web site should be a network hub

To enhance your story’s online ferocity, build it as a standalone, interactive network hub for the topic it broaches, and make it easily embedded in other Web sites. Building a network hub means you provide content filtering services in addition … Continue reading

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The Web is your Web site; search is your navigation

The implications of this are: Every piece of content should function as an independent business that can be embedded in whatever Web site wishes to host it; Advertising needs to integrate with every piece of content and go wherever it … Continue reading

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