Tuesday, July 5, 2005

Making necessity the mother of invention again

Nellie Lyde has some excellent thoughts on how to move companies and markets from conversations to relationships.

A Blended Future.  It's difficult to tell where the company leaves off and the customer begins.  Almost a complete merging of company and customers.  This type of company is often started by a dissatisfied user.  (The Mountain bike was created by bicyclists who wanted something that didn't exist).

Lots of thoughts about this, but no time.

Deeper Impact

I stayed up to watch the Deep Impact thingie hit Comet Tempel 1 on July 4th Eve. Had the telescope carefully set, with the crosshairs right on the magic spot in the sky, above and to the left of Spica. Watched and watched and ... saw nothing.

But I knew Susan Kitchens and others would be all over the case — and (as she reminds me) she was. Her eight-part report begins here.

Trafficking

Richard MacManus finds good news for Technorati. (Disclosure: I'm on Technorati's advisory board.)

The End of Conferences as Usual

BetterBadNews: Tech Conference Floats Open Intonation Standard.