Review of the Internet news of the day
Filtering web content to get interesting information, Android and its phone killer applications, FriendFeed presentation made by Bret Taylor- one of the founders, and FlickR’s engagement campaign. Here are the links.
It’s not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure: Thank you Daniela for pointing me to Clay Shirky’s keynote at Web 2.0 Expo last week in New York. In it, Clay gives a talk on Social Networks, Lifestreaming, and Privacy. It’s a timely talk as lifestreams go mainstream. I’m really happy to see someone like Clay talking about the social impacts of lifestreaming and the crudeness of the tools we have to manage them… Read more on Ian Kennedy’s blog.
Android’s 10 Most Exciting Apps: Amid the iPhone 3G launch hysteria, we made a pronouncement that, looking back now long after the dust has settled, pretty well nailed it: forget hardware, it’s code that counts. Code via the juggernaut that is the App Store, which allowed the iPhone to truly came into its own as a mobile platform… Read more on Gizmodo.
My FriendFeed presentation from MIT/Stanford Venture Lab: Last week, I gave a short presentation about FriendFeed before a panel at the MIT/Stanford Venture Lab. The panel, entitled “Lifestreaming: The Real-time Web,” included me, Loic Le Meur (Seesmic), Leah Culver (Pownce), and Jeff Clavier (SoftTechVC), and it was moderated by Kara Swisher… Read more on Bret Taylor’s blog (one of the FriendFeed founders).
Be a part of Photomonth!: Would you like to have your photo displayed at the largest photography festival in London this year? If so, read on! The lovely people at Photomonth are giving Flickr members the opportunity to have their photos digitally displayed at the Photomonth Photo-Open exhibition at the Dray Walk Gallery (part of the Truman Brewery) between 29th October – 9th November 2008… Read more on the FlickR’s blog.
