A Perspective on Location Services, Mobile Entrepreneurship & Startup Life

The Advertising

Perhaps most dangerously, Web 2.0 still had only one business model, advertising, and the Valley was refusing to admit that only one company (Google) with only one of its products (search advertising) had proved that the model really worked. The older internet firms, Yahoo! and AOL, were doing their best to grab a piece of the action. But the “next big things” were selling negligible advertising, often on one another’s sites. Not one of them has become an advertising success in its own right.

& The Valley

And so, as this correspondent prepares to leave, the Valley again finds itself in a curious position. It has been a boon to the world, helping people keep abreast of acquaintances on their social networks, wherever they go, and record and share much more of their own lives. But the Valley stands on ground that is as unstable, seismically and metaphorically, as it was in the earlier bust. Another bubble—this time, not of the Valley’s making—has burst. The world economy is in crisis, advertising is collapsing and start-ups are once again vanishing into thin air. Silicon Valley may be entering another nuclear winter.

[via Six years in the Valley - economist.com]

A teaser for an upcoming documentary, MY PLAYGROUND by Kaspar Astrup Schröder.
It is a film about movement, tricking and parkour in the urban space.

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It will also feature interviews with urban planners, local politicians, architects and philosophs.

MY PLAYGROUND – TEASER from KASPARWORKS on Vimeo.

Interesting movie, i like the intriguing perspective on the urban space. It’s recorded at the Mountain Dwellings in Copenhagen, Denmark.

[via SuperSpatial]

Wow, it’s finally done. We just opened Tagcrumbs to the public. After some amazing month of product development and talking about business it was time to expose Tagcrumbs to the world. We are really excited to see all the different usage scenarios and how YOU can get the most out of it. We will listen to your feedback and continuously improve the service.

First you should take the tour, use our new pretty front page as a starting point and take a look at my placemarks as an example.

There is more information about Tagcrumbs on our About Page and of course our Blog, have fun.