Lesenswerte Artikel – 24. January 2010

– „Google Analytics has a ton of features. And even more tricks and hacks that folks have developed over the years. So this 2-page cheat sheet, which took 3 days and nights to pull together, is a tiny sliver of the whole system.“

– „The new proposal, which is called MusicDNA and has the backing of the original MP3 digital music file inventor, would allow fans to download an MP3 file on to their computer, which would carry with it additional content.

Music labels, bands or retailers could then also send updates to the music file every time they have something new to announce such as the dates of future tours, new interviews or updates to social network pages.

The user would receive as little or as much of the information as they want, every time they are online. However anyone who downloads the music file illegally would receive only a static file which would not receive any updates.“

Das klingt nach Bundling. Das funktioniert erfahrungsgemäß im Web eher schlecht.

– „Just over a year’s time following Socialmedian’s acquisition by XING, the social news site is going to fade away, as users will find themselves under the umbrella of the European online business network. This comes after the recent news that Socialmedian founder Jason Goldberg, who whipped the site into position for acquisition in just eight months as a public service, had left XING, headed back to the United States to start his new company, Fabulis.“

– „Der Erfolg von Google, Facebook, Apple und Microsoft ist kein zufälliges Ergebnis. Im wohlverstandenen eigenen Interesse muss man sich hierzulande fragen, wie es dazu kam. Ich fürchte mich vor dieser Diskussion, weil sie sofort einen emotionalen Einschlag bekommen wird. Aber sie muß geführt werden, denn aus meiner Sicht geht es nicht nur um Schwächen des deutschen IT/Internet-Ökosystems und seiner Finanzierung und Förderung, sondern auch um die Rolle und Wahrnehmung von Forschung, Bildung und Technik.“