Marc's Voice

Amsterdam blogging - Dec ‘08

If Om Malik and Dave Winer think all these open technology releases are too complicated and that Facebook’s integrated approach is superior - what would they have us do? Give up? What’s the alternative? Got a better way to do it?

Yes - it’s true. I do wear bright colored shirts to stand out. Cause I’d hate it if I was branded a loud mouthed, old ass has been nobody who had nothing to say - who DIDN’T stand out. And BTW they wear dark suits in Silly Valley and SF - as well.

Congrats to Dick Hardt on joining the Borg. What happens to Sxipper?

Our panel in Paris is a special episode #21 of ‘theSocialWeb.tv’

Doc is rethinking out loud about infrastructure

Its great to see Cisco getting sued. Its time we has some precedent cases around GPL.

The only way to archive digital information is to keep it moving. I call this movage instead of storage. Proper movage means transferring the material to current platforms on a regular basis — that is, before the old platform completely dies, and it becomes hard to do. This movic rythym of refreshing content should be as smooth as a respiratory cycle — in, out, in, out. Copy, move, copy, move. - Kevin Kelly

Once you become a follower and define yourself by reacting to others actions, it is hard to step back into a leadership role both in the industry and even within one’s corporate culture. - Dare Obasanjo

Congrats to JanRain on their win with their RPX service with A&M, Geffen and Interscope - spreading out to over 200 artists sites!

I got a chance to play with the N97 in Paris. It rocks. Now it just needs a U.S. carrier and an unlimited data plan.