It had to be the algorithm. After I received a note online from a friend who asked me why Dave Wright and I wrote the book Infinite “when no one is reading books anymore.” Shortly thereafter, I stumbled upon an article in The Atlantic that made me moue (had to look it up to describe the facial reaction I had to the headline), “The End of Reading is Here.” Then the next day, I posted a video that showcased the…
Is Pownce the Twitter or Jaiku Killer?
There’s a new kid on the block and the edglings are a twitter over whether there’s room for another player in the presence application market. Pownce, the latest brain child from Digg founder, Kevin Rose, is off to a whirlwind start, with many asking whether or not it is already the “new” Twitter and Jaiku Killer. While Twitter and Jaiku are the current leaders, we’re really still too early to predict winners and losers in a market that is far…