Archive for January, 2005

Google Europe, and Map24 (and ViaMichelin)

Wednesday, January 19th, 2005

Map24 has been my favorite online mapping solution, after I discovered them as they won two Webby Awards in 2004. The vector based java plugin, which works with both Internet Explorer and Firefox, makes it the smoothest solution I've seen. Now they teamed up with Google Europe, so that when ...

Relationships, and Markets have a Long Tail, too!

Friday, January 14th, 2005

I was thinking about LinkedIn, and their forthcoming features, and I realized that with tools for automating, and weighing contacts, and references, they are becoming an enabling mechanism for a Long Tail effect in professional relationships, where the aggregate value of the many smaller ones is higher than that of ...