There is Life Beyond the Valley and they might just not speak English


Every once in a while I feel have to take the San Francisco echo chamber to task. It often happens around Le Web oddly enough. I have pasted a few comments from Roberts post below and you will get the idea. The premise is founded on the internet world being centred in California and the tools that are built there, including Twitter and Facebook. World-brand-building mistakes France’s entrepreneurs make | Scobleizer So, since you were meeting with us and since we’ve spent precious resources getting there and had sizeable opportunity costs, I figure entrepreneurs should be better prepared. In this … Continue reading There is Life Beyond the Valley and they might just not speak English

Everyone’s internet is different


Steve Rubel sums up his observations from the always insightful Le Web conference in Paris this week. His second observation caught my attention and reflects how both I and my friends see the web. Three Observations from Le Web Second, nowadays no two people see the same Internet. This was a key point that Facebook made, saying that we increasingly discover online content not just by algorithms but via the "lens of friends." Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd brought this to life through rich, moving stories. Google’s Marissa Mayer went a step further saying that the future of news is a … Continue reading Everyone’s internet is different