http://amitklein.com Figurin' it out... Wed, 16 May 2012 17:34:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://amitklein.com/2010/07/18/steal-this-product-idea-3-get-together/ http://amitklein.com/2010/07/18/steal-this-product-idea-3-get-together/#comments Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:08:29 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=911 While staying up all-night in your mom’s basement, battling magical orcs and pounding Cheetos sounds awesome to some people: most of us would rather meet up with friends and do fun stuff in the real-world.  Virtual worlds are dying.  Instead, … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2010/07/18/steal-this-product-idea-3-get-together/feed/ 11 http://amitklein.com/2009/07/08/slides-from-social-media-training-sessions/ http://amitklein.com/2009/07/08/slides-from-social-media-training-sessions/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:59:46 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=613 Last week I gave a few training sessions to new joinees in our company covering Social Media, Online Advertising and Analytics.  From talks I’ve had with new joinees, I’ve found this information isn’t covered in college/graduate coursework. I’m planning on … Continue reading →

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]]> http://amitklein.com/2009/06/21/an-intro-to-social-data-portability/feed/ 1 http://amitklein.com/2009/05/31/advertising-is-not-a-sustainable-business-model-for-the-web-unless-you-are-a-search-engine/ http://amitklein.com/2009/05/31/advertising-is-not-a-sustainable-business-model-for-the-web-unless-you-are-a-search-engine/#comments Sun, 31 May 2009 09:35:09 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=565 The long-held myth that web companies can achieve profitability through free products, services and content solely based on advertising is fading.  The diminishing rates of online ads, and the slowdown of venture capital and IPOs, has led to a realization … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2009/05/31/advertising-is-not-a-sustainable-business-model-for-the-web-unless-you-are-a-search-engine/feed/ 8 http://amitklein.com/2008/12/18/the-transition-to-real-time-social-search/ http://amitklein.com/2008/12/18/the-transition-to-real-time-social-search/#comments Thu, 18 Dec 2008 07:32:49 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=362 John Batelle recently wrote a great post about the shift from static to real-time search.  To paraphrase he says that Google is/was awesome because for the first time, you could quickly and accurately get static information about any search term.  … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2008/12/18/the-transition-to-real-time-social-search/feed/ 1 http://amitklein.com/2008/11/29/the-razorfish-consumer-experience-report/ http://amitklein.com/2008/11/29/the-razorfish-consumer-experience-report/#comments Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:17:50 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=342 Every year Ave A/Razorfish puts out a yearly report highlighting research and trends in digital marketing. The focus this year is on the expanding role of social apps and how people use them. Not only is the report extremely insightful … Continue reading →

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]]> http://amitklein.com/2008/10/16/billion-dollar-business-idea/feed/ 3 http://amitklein.com/2008/09/23/10100-why-google-still-isnt-evil-yet/ http://amitklein.com/2008/09/23/10100-why-google-still-isnt-evil-yet/#comments Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:48:57 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=180 While Google was making headlines today with the launch of G1, I came across another article describing their Project 10100.  The project is described as, “a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible.”  … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2008/09/23/10100-why-google-still-isnt-evil-yet/feed/ 0 http://amitklein.com/2008/03/27/adobe-releases-free-web-based-photoshop/ http://amitklein.com/2008/03/27/adobe-releases-free-web-based-photoshop/#comments Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:17:47 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=26 Sort of… Doesn’t have nearly as many features as the desktop app, but the scaled back flash app is pretty useful for amateur photo editing. Additionally comes with 2GB storage. Check it out… Google docs showed a powerful example of … Continue reading →

]]> http://amitklein.com/2008/03/27/adobe-releases-free-web-based-photoshop/feed/ 0 http://amitklein.com/2007/12/27/next-gen-development-languages-compared-silverlightflexair/ http://amitklein.com/2007/12/27/next-gen-development-languages-compared-silverlightflexair/#comments Thu, 27 Dec 2007 02:47:38 +0000 amit http://amitklein.com/?p=53 So while I’ve heard a lot about the next gen development languages, I haven’t really seen any in action. Here is my brief comparison with examples of each. MS Silverlight Silverlight is a cross-browser, cross-platform plug-in and Microsoft’s attempt at … Continue reading →

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