This is Jamie Quint's blog covering technology, entrepreneurship, economics, and anything else interesting.
There is an idea that has been popping up a lot lately (Mostly in conjunction with Chris Anderson’s book The Long Tail) called the “economy of abundance.” Its the idea that in a digital age when the cost of production nears zero that scarcity (upon which classical economics is based) disappears. This creates some very […]
I finally signed up for Twitter yesterday, its addictive, and it made me think a lot about why it has become popular so quickly, I think there are three big things.
1. Its mindless. “What are you doing?” Twitter doesn’t make its users think hard to interact.
2. Its ubiquitous. Easily available everywhere: IM, Mobile, Web
3. Barrier […]
LinkedIn claims to let you “stay in touch with your network”, but what does that mean? If keeping lists of names and numbers is staying in touch with your network I’d say most people do an excellent job, but lists of names and numbers are meaningless. Valuable personal networks are built on meaningful relationships. You […]