GroundReport is a funny animal. In some ways it is a large, collective blog, open to everyone. Because it’s so big, writers will be able to have an unusually high degree of influence in the blogosphere, and make more money on advertising than would otherwise be possible. On the other hand, GroundReport won’t let stellar […]
On-line downloads how to make them work…
Today the BBC are talking about on-line viewing and how its impacting current viewing statistics. They talk about the fact that CSI Miami had more than 1,000 people sharing the latest file from one source. The Beeb talk about piracy and how the Internet has become the global video recorder. Check out what they have […]
Open Source Transparency — The End of FUD
Open Source Transparency: The End of FUD Dan Kusnetzky, EVP Marketing Strategy and Paul Sterne, CFO An Open-Xchange Position Paper This position paper will address the question, "Can the open source approach to software development promote transparency and remove FUD — fear, uncertainty, and doubt?" By requiring that the source code is freely available to […]
Scott Adam’s Interview creator of Dilbert
I was very bored the other day and needed something to write about so i thought about how many great bloggers there were out there and thought hmmm why not interview one. So i googled the word "blog" and came across the Scott Adams Blog, the creator of the comic Dilbert. Having been a massive […]
Open Up the Business Model: How Citizen Journalists Get Rewarded
About 50 million Americans have added their original content to the Internet’s bounty. Most haven’t seen a dime. Five of the ten fastest growing brands on the Web rely on users for content. Most, like MySpace, Flickr and Heavy.com, do not pay their contributors. But the tide may be changing towards systems of compensation. Interestingly, […]
COMING SOON: The Wishlist
You can already do a lot of amazing things on GroundReport. But there are lot more exciting features in the pipeline. Here’s how we plan to make GroundReport even better: Write better: Submit article text and images from your cell phone or mobile device. Use promotion tools to spread the word about your article to […]