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Re: Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

ryangraves — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:43:26 -0000

Thanks very much Dennis, seriously I really appreciate the kind words.
Hit me up next time you're in Chicago...

Re: Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

dennisyu — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:03:21 -0000

Wow-- you are up late! I like to say that online advertising is a lot like church-- many people go, but few understand. I was in Chicago just this morning. Had I known, I would have hit you up for coffee. You have a great blog! I love startups, too.

Re: Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

ryangraves — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:56:36 -0000

Isn't that always the case :)

Very interesting case though. these companies have made it complex enough
that it's difficult to understand and in turn, only a small subset up people
understand it.

smart but slimy.

Re: Customer Development for Foursquare

dennisyu — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:52:37 -0000

Ryan, do you like to eat at Maggianos, Chilis or On the Border?

Re: Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

dennisyu — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:49:09 -0000

Ryan,

Love the play-by-play. There's been a lot of buzz in the last week, but folks have yet to see how this truly works-- and to do that, you have to follow the money.

Re: Amazon might be getting social after all.

ryangraves — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:38:56 -0000

Sweet! I was pumped to see it. A social kinle is next...

Re: Amazon might be getting social after all.

twitter-38125434 — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:34:16 -0000

AWESOME find. Thanks, Ryan! I'll be using this tomorrow, actually.

Re: Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

ryangraves — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:14:36 -0000

Thanks bud

Ryan Graves
414.559.3924
Twitter: @ryangraves
http://thedreaminaction.com

Re: Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

MiguelMayher — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:49:58 -0000

Ha! I promise I did check because I thought it weird it wasn't. Woops :D

Re: Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

ryangraves — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:56:40 -0000

That link was included in the post :)

Re: Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

MiguelMayher — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:53:45 -0000

Interesting... thanks for collating the conversation.

You've probably read it already, but for those who haven't, here is the perspective of those benefitting like crazy from these scammy games in facebook: http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/11/01/how-to-spa...

Re: Ethics, Virtual Goods, and Advertising Schemes: You’ll want to follow this

ryangraves — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:22:01 -0000

For anyone interested OfferPal responded with a blog post...
http://myofferpal.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/virt...

Re: Why DailyBooth Has Staying Power

ryangraves — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:28:47 -0000

Thanks very much Emri. I appreciate it.

Re: Why DailyBooth Has Staying Power

Emerigent — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:24:51 -0000

[Em] 12:19am

Your reply got me to think or at least draw out a stream of consciousness about the subject of "brilliance". It is gone midnight where I am and this Cinderella Man is still typing out thoughts :-)

http://alwayson.goingon.com/permalink/post/33919

I appreciate the inspiration, most people tend to dig for dirt, but you are a seeker of value. I like that.

[Em]

Re: Why DailyBooth Has Staying Power

ryangraves — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 10:36:16 -0000

"IMHO thought leaders do not create phenomena's, phenomena's create thought
leaders"
-brilliant.

Re: Why DailyBooth Has Staying Power

Emerigent — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 22:52:46 -0000

The web experience IMHO is an invitation but it is also a discovery. The invitation brings a comfort zone and opens the door to experiencing sites such Dailybooth, but discovery is personal.

Twitter works for me because it's design allows for imagination and purpose and we can personalize that in a form that I guess speaks to our specific digital language and behaviour. Look at the language we naturally utilize. Someone might say "I feel you man", another might say "I see your point" and another say "I hear that" - why wouldn't digital experience mirror natural sensory experience that we find in our own language?

I think we focus far too much on what might succeed and what won't when things actually scale online because they take on a life of their own. Look at the history of Google, think of who turned it down or did not think it was worth buying. I am convinced Facebook took on a life of its own not because of Peter Thiel's underlying effort but because the term "Facebook" resonates at a deep level with everyone's educational experience, "Facebook" is a symbolic term. Twitter and Google have become nouns because they represent symbolic property which was already out there but did not have a name for it.

I do not know what symbolic reservoir of energy there is for Dailybooth to generate the kind of escalation that has occurred with Google, Twitter, Facebook etc etc but I find it interesting never-the-less. IMHO thought leaders do not create phenomena's, phenomena's create thought leaders, the question I ask from a "discovery" point of view is if there is a phenomena to Dailybooth, what would you think it might be. There in lies the most interesting perspective that at least makes us think and I much prefer to make myself think than contemplate from a crystal ball.

Ultimately the benefit I accrue from thinking about this lies in the exercise of the power of my imagination. Once exercised, my next thought is tomorrow is a new day and a new month - and since most of these things are beyond our own personal power, my imagination so prompted, needs to be channeled as an energy into the potential purpose of living in the "Now". The way I view "Dailybooth" has more to do with how I view crystal ball gazing (which is a form of speculation) and how I view the ignition of personal imagination (which is a form of investment).

I welcome your posting because it makes me think and that is the gift that I find here for me to explore. I wish all the best to the future of Dailybooth and welcome it most of all in the spirit of healthy digital transformation.

[Em]
GoAL #16

Re: Why DailyBooth Has Staying Power

ryangraves — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:50:18 -0000

@Gregory

Brilliant. Also checked out your blog, if you're still living in Asia that's
awesome. I was in Shanghai in March & loved it.
Be well.

Cheers,
Ryan

Re: Why DailyBooth Has Staying Power

ryangraves — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:49:20 -0000

Jaime, I agree it is fun. But I don't think it's just theimages that make it
fun, it's the format. You can upload a pic everyday on literally any site
(blog, flickr, etc) but the fact that you're having a convo w/ something
other than text (only) is very powerful to me.

Thanks for reading! Hope to see you back soon.

Re: Feedback from Venues on Foursquare

ryangraves — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:37:29 -0000

I'll agree with the hybrid model there usually does need to be some
controlled curation. Wikipedia does.

Re: Why DailyBooth Has Staying Power

gregorylent — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:43:45 -0000

the mind is set up for multi-sense input, thrives on it in fact .. and text is decidedly NOT that ...

but a stronger love of the mind is its need for flow, directed by the self, not by the media ...

so, why video sucks, is i have to wait for the meaning to come .. with text, i can skim ..

dailybooth is a toy ...

the real future is a sliding multi-channel multi-media melange of information streams that I can control .. not the producer ...

wanna see an example? http://waterlife.nfb.ca/ ...

you give me 140 of something like that, just a hit, and i will be a happy man ..

the future is like that ... bandwidth be damned

enjoy, gregory

Re: Why DailyBooth Has Staying Power

SillyJaime — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 10:08:07 -0000

I do love DailyBooth. It definitely has staying power. I don't know if it's the first of it's kind, but it's definitely not going to be the last image driven social media site. It's unique, it's fun, and you can take a picture every day!

Re: Bachelor Party in Colorado

bachelorettepartiesinnewyork — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:45:11 -0000

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Re: Feedback from Venues on Foursquare

jeremystein — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:14:15 -0000

im biased because im working on a project in this area but:

>>As in, the experience was an 8/10. Foursquare could begin to have a ranking system for all of the >>experiences their ‘players’ have.This could be fun for the game players for comparing experiences with >>friends and getting really solid ranking of venues

this works well but not at scale.... ratings tend to average out and you will be left with a lot of 3-4 star venues.

>>Just like Wikipedia is successful solely because of the millions of people that edit content for free, >>Foursquare will be successful by using their community to curate it’s collected venue data.

again, im biased. after experiencing the human problem first hand, i think a hybrid model is best.

Re: The Founders Relationship: And the effect of a startup

ryangraves — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:59:47 -0000

Definitely would agree with you.

Re: The Founders Relationship: And the effect of a startup

jeremystein — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:30:00 -0000

I think you would have had a different experience had you worked in
parallel-- multiple projects and then focusing on one once something sees
traction. Not only would that help the emotional variance, but it increases
your expected value.