October 10, 2006 – MichaelZimmer.org

Bubble 2.0

Posted by Michael Zimmeron October 10, 2006in Social Media

Reacting to the Google-YouTube deal, Seth Finkelstein shares his thoughts on the structures of what he calls "Bubble 2.0." With some well-placed humor, Seth hits the nail squarely on the head, touching on some of my general concerns with this…

Yahoo! Time Capsule

Posted by Michael Zimmeron October 10, 2006in Search Engines

Yahoo! Time Capsule, an immense internet collection of historical digital data, launched today. According to Yahoo!: For the next month, we'll be asking users from around the world to submit expressions around love, anger, fun, sorrow, faith, beauty, past, now,…

Google & YouTube

Posted by Michael Zimmeron October 10, 2006in Search Engines, Social Media1 Comment

About the only news that could rival North Korea's announcement of a nuclear test is the fact that Google announced its intention to buy YouTube. Not surprisingly, my first reaction is concern over the incredible data-mining opportunity this represents for…