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Newspapers Disrupted 2
Following my earlier post comes this from VentureBlog summarising the problems that newspapers face: "Ebay started the assault on newspapers by chipping away at one of the primary revenue streams -- classified ads. Then blogs made it very easy for anyone to publish regular daily content. Now with cell phones turning everyone into photographers, it continues to be rough times for newspaper publishers."
Blogs as Portals?
Arnold Kling makes a point that bloggers would do well to remember: "People who have longstanding weblogs who want to keep their following will find that they have to behave like portals. That is, they will have to become very rich in links, and reduce their self-expression (or express themselves by the way in which they select links)...If you want to express yourself heavily (as I do), and you want a large following, then I think you will have to progressively narrow your scope. People will come to you for your area of expertise, not for stuff that they can find just as easily elsewhere." I think the popular blogs will have three key elements:
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Rajesh, Following kinds of blogs would not survive: b) Feeder Blogs - Blogs that link to other news /stories without much to say of their own. You can also call such blogs recycling blogs. They are headed for doom, again unless they from some reputed agency (e.g. O'Reilly etc). People don't need yet another place to spoon-feed them about whats happening around on the Net. Today net users are sophisticated and know where to find the info of 'their interest'! What will survive are the blogs that add value (no jargon) to the reader. For example, a professor in Harvard might be talking about copyright issue and thats what will remain there. Rest of 'em blogs will just vanish in the obscurity of the Net just like the millions of never-updated-anymore geocities homepages! 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Michael Gartenberg of Jupiter has started a series taking a look at "some of the reasons for Microsoft’s success in the marketplace and how those areas of success might lead to positive growth in other places." The first post looks at positive feedback loops:
One way to take on Microsoft is to begin with today's non-users - in the world's emerging markets. Here, the first battle to fight is on the server - which is Linux's strength. By going beyond what a basic Linux server offers and integrating business applications like accounting and CRM, it is possible to create a package which goes well beyond Microsoft's own server product. Then, one should use that server base as the way to target the desktops.
Guerrilla Guide to Interviewing
This is a 3-year-old post by Joel Spolsky, but one worth reading and implementing because "interviewing is more of an art than a science":
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WSJ writes that "President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is finalizing a policy recommending that federal ministries, agencies and state enterprises install open-source software, such as Linux, instead of proprietary software, such as Microsoft's Windows, in new computer equipment. Sergio Amadeu, Mr. da Silva's information-technology adviser, says the goal is for at least 80% of government computers bought next year to feature open-source software, though the guidelines aren't binding." This could tilt the scales against Microsoft. Ninad Mehta summarises the challenges Microsoft faces in the emerging markets nicely: "(1) Protecting against software piracy and (2) Preserving Microsoft's market share against Linux."
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