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ByNalts

I’m a capitalist. There I said it. I like free, but I respect fee-based services for valuable solutions. Innovators should get paid, and heavy users should open their wallets. There are two ways to transition between free and paid: fair and uncool. Let’s examine two models for each, and explain why Ning (who failed at…

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YouTube is a Giant Conference Call

ByNalts

I've been trying to figure out how YouTube managed to surpass video-sharing sites like Break.com, despite arriving to the market far later. Then it occured to me what may already be obvious to you. Most video sites are searchable television stations… putting the visitor in command to find video that appeals. YouTube, however, is a…

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Online Video Ads & Targeting

ByNalts

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Drool at the Mac iPhone… Engadget Has the “Blow by Blow”

ByNalts

My sister sent me this elevator photo this morning and titled the e-mail “Nerds.” It’s the crowd going to Macworld. She works for “big media” and they’re interviewing Jobs today. But she doesn’t deserve to. It would be like her watching me interview (insert name of famous fashion designer). So have you been reading the blow-by-blow on…

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  2. For some reason my hyperlinks aren’t working on my computer, so I am spared the banality of whatever it is she has to say.

  3. ^ Caitlin banally said Nalts wasn’t over the hill (yet). But close. Even people in their 40s (brrrrrr) are allowed to make videos. We’re such an open culture!

    Got some scary news for ya, Caitlin: codgers in their 50s are making videos. No really. No shit. I can prove it!

  6. 40’s??!?!? We are so old Kevin. Tomorrow, I start my 50th year strolling on this rock. When asked what I have contributed during my stay here I will affect my best quizzical look and volunteer…”Well I once made a cheese video for a Nalts collab”…

    I think I’ll kill myself now….

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