Big Fish, Little Fish: Tracking Web Startups

Gone are the days of the dotcom boom, but there are still alot of new ideas being launched. After spending some time on WebWare and KillerStartups you can see the current trends, which as of late are social networking and micro-blogging. There are all kinds of widgets and mash-ups that take advantage of the API's that the bigger fish are providing.

Web Business Models

Making money from an idea. This is something most of us would like to learn more about. Dan Zamboni over at Box UK gives a nice breakdown of Web business models. Dan's Web business model taxonomy is loosely related.

In general, Dan defines 2 top-levels "immediate" and "long-term". The immediate (short-term) level breaks down into what we see in most Web revenue models --subscription based, one-time payments or 3rd-party (sponsor/partner/advertiser) supported. At the long-term level (do you have the patience?) the general idea is to build an audience before expecting any return -- "Attract a substantial audience before monetizing".

Now to figure out which ones are the most successful. What do you think?

Tripping on Egos

This isn't really a post, more like a stumple upon. Today, I was lucky enough to discover a large ego pool: http://www.monitortalent.com. How nice that these folks are there to guide us.

Why Unstructured Classification Matters?

Clay Shirky once write a great article about the importance of user defined classification. This is even more important for the socially networked "Web 3.0" CMS. Of course a CMS will let the publisher classify content by format/function (ie; content type) and topically (ie; categories,sub category,etc..) -- But the new CMS will also let me "tag" my content and generate another map it.

My Favorite Web Developer Blogs

Web Development
Web Worker Daily
Gadgetopia
WebAppers

Content Management
CMS Journal
The CMS Myth
Content Matters
Gadgetopia - Content Management
StepTwo
CMS Critic