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I think that all the web services and widgets that...

2008-07-08T01:55:00.000-04:00

I think that all the web services and widgets that are bringing all the data together - is whats really interesting. When a web app works with several other services - like friendfeed - it only opens the door of possibilities even further.

I agree with your assessment that it is much harde...

2008-07-07T11:10:00.000-04:00

I agree with your assessment that it is much harder to get in front of your target audience. The audience is already busy trying to comprehend the value proposition of a lot of new services which makes it hard to convince the user to spend an additional 5 minutes on your value proposition.

In the beginning, while pitching for my new startup (www.strateer.com), I always said: "We do not have any competition." This might be true from a product perspective, but every service that is in the same or an adjacent space is a competitor when it comes to the audiences attention.

I have been monitoring your blog for quite some ti...

2008-07-07T08:40:00.000-04:00

I have been monitoring your blog for quite some time. You do seem to be among the people who actually know what they are talking about.

Personally, I am fed up by the usual webmongers trying to cling on mantras like web 2.0 - 'let's all be kevin rose' kind of "web" developers. If everything, internet has helped in one thing more than in others: spreading stupidity like a disease.

All in all, please keep up your good effort in the direction it is going. Sensible posts like yours are hard to find, so hard that you will be convincing me soon to write eponymous comments.

Good work.