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August 2, 2011 • 7:43 pm 0

Go Read This | Push Pop Press Acquired By Facebook

I’m not certain what this means, but it is damn interesting that’s for sure.

“this is one of the most elegant, fluid, impressive apps you’ve ever seen. It’s a showpiece for the new world of touch-screen gadgets.”

Now we’re taking our publishing technology and everything we’ve learned and are setting off to help design the world’s largest book, Facebook.

Although Facebook isn’t planning to start publishing digital books, the ideas and technology behind Push Pop Press will be integrated with Facebook, giving people even richer ways to share their stories. With millions of people publishing to Facebook each day, we think it’s going to be a great home for Push Pop Press.

via Push Pop Press — About Us.

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February 9, 2011 • 10:04 pm 0

A Discussion On The Future Of Media

I joined Adrian Weckler and Conor Pope on Nadine O’Regan’s The Kiosk on Phantom on saturday 5th February 2011 to discuss the plight of print media. Prompted by the closure of two Waterstone’s store in Dublin and the receivership of The Sunday Tribune, the discussion was a little glum but not without its bright patches. It is below:
[Audio http://eoinpurcell.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/phantom-105-2-the-home-of-rock-in-dublin-listen-back-the-kiosk2.mp3]

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January 3, 2011 • 5:48 pm 0

Go Read This | ABC, Syfy and Best Buy? Retailer Launches Network – Advertising Age – News

This is totally the right move!

Yes, the retailer is now a publisher, rolling out a multichannel network filled with original editorial content spanning everything from how-to videos and gift guides to new-technology primers and behind-the-scenes looks at popular movies. The network, called Best Buy On, includes a website it bills as an “online magazine” and a huge in-store component with its content and ad messaging “broadcast” on screens across the store, including in the TV, mobile and portable entertainment sections.

via ABC, Syfy and Best Buy? Retailer Launches Network – Advertising Age – News.

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November 16, 2010 • 10:12 am 0

Quick Link | Why Facebook badly needs Steve Jobs | Take The First

Frankly, I think this email offering is going to be a bit of a damp squib. That said, I’ve been wrong before and I think Facebook is just a slightly fancier AOL ten years on.

There’s some good commentary on this here:

Which brings me back to the title of this post: Why Facebook badly needs Steve Jobs. Facebook is the new Google – as in, they are building up an army of the best damn software developers on the planet. But having great engineers is not enough. Microsoft, Google, and Facebook have each had a monopoly on great engineers for a period of time. But engineers want to solve hard problems – to build abstractions – to unify 3 different things that seem kinda similar. But this has nothing to do with solving real user problems, which is what Apple excels at. So these amazing engineers need a Product Person to direct them. Steve Jobs. Someone who doesn’t just unify stuff because it’s neat & challenging. Someone who thinks, “what problems do people have?” and then solves those problems (see: iPhone vs. every smartphone before the iPhone).

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September 27, 2010 • 6:38 pm 0

Go Read This | David Worlock | Developing digital strategies for the information marketplace | Supporting the migration of information providers and content players into the networked services world of the future.

David is so often on the money, and he nails it here, but crucially the first quote I’ve pulled is only part of the story:

In consumer publishing it is really hard to find examples of players once great in print who are now able to operate in network terms with a similar facility .

There’s much more more:

I also feel that the portfolio days of B2B have drawn to a close. Investing in disparate service elements in niche markets no longer adds sufficient value to be justified , and if the future really is around workflow emulation, as this column has been suggesting, then the niche positions do not cut it without a great deal more content and software.

via David Worlock | Developing digital strategies for the information marketplace | Supporting the migration of information providers and content players into the networked services world of the future..

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