Comments on: Business implications of Google’s OpenSocial http://www.kevinkoym.com/blog/2007/11/05/business-implications-of-googles-opensocial/ Entrepreneurship as life's path Mon, 30 Aug 2010 04:06:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://www.kevinkoym.com/blog/2007/11/05/business-implications-of-googles-opensocial/comment-page-1/#comment-3216 Kevin Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:18:28 +0000 http://www.exponentialentrepreneurship.com/blog/2007/11/05/business-implications-of-googles-opensocial/#comment-3216 Thank you Dee and thank you Tom- what is cool about the apps and businesses (organizations) that you two are building is that you are showing examples of how social networking is being used - both at the Mobile Loaves and Fishes level for people on the street, and Dee's use of the technology in the real estate business. Keep on keeping on! and keep me posted too! Thanks. Kevin Thank you Dee and thank you Tom- what is cool about the apps and businesses (organizations) that you two are building is that you are showing examples of how social networking is being used – both at the Mobile Loaves and Fishes level for people on the street, and Dee’s use of the technology in the real estate business. Keep on keeping on! and keep me posted too!

Thanks.
Kevin

]]> By: Tom Baum http://www.kevinkoym.com/blog/2007/11/05/business-implications-of-googles-opensocial/comment-page-1/#comment-3213 Tom Baum Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:24:05 +0000 http://www.exponentialentrepreneurship.com/blog/2007/11/05/business-implications-of-googles-opensocial/#comment-3213 Kevin, Very well said. I have been attempting to bootstrap a social networking offering for about two years and have found it to be quite the challenge. The challenge has not been in coming up with kick-ass social networking applications and business models, but rather, in getting just one site up and running live with little to no cash infusion. I have purposely avoided becoming a web developer in hopes of getting to market faster. So, I have taken the approach of creating proof of concept prototypes, demos and power point mock-ups (no tomatoes please) on the cheap and then carry these into partnering and mash-up negotiations with the eventual hope that a TRACEe baby site will pop out at some point (ugly or otherwise.) This is working albeit very slooowly… For example, you can begin to see some of the capabilities emerging in the partnering I am doing with Mobile Loaves & Fishes in which I am using 24/7 mobile streaming video to broadcast living on the streets with the homeless in Austin (those interested can see video clips from the most recent 3 day/night streaming street retreat at http://ustream.tv/channel/mobile-loaves--fishes and see how this gets embedded and coupled with geo-location tracking at http://www.mlfnow.org/site/PageNavigator/GPSAndVideoStreaming, or better yet, join in and view & chat live this coming weekend from Fri 4PM to Sun 1:30PM via these same links.) Further mash-up is happening as we speak with bootstrap company Oaktreeidea.com with the eventual goal of leveraging and augmenting these capabilities to create the TRACEe site. That is the long way of saying that my first reaction to hearing of Google’s Open Social is, halleluiah! Maybe this will enable creation of flexible and scalable social networking sites by non-developer types like yours truly with “power point” ease. If that is the goal, I’m curious to understand what social network web developers and users/developers of web-site frameworks like Joomla and Drupal think about Google’s strategy. Is it a perceived threat to their livelihoods? Keep on booking, Tom Kevin,

Very well said.

I have been attempting to bootstrap a social networking offering for about two years and have found it to be quite the challenge. The challenge has not been in coming up with kick-ass social networking applications and business models, but rather, in getting just one site up and running live with little to no cash infusion. I have purposely avoided becoming a web developer in hopes of getting to market faster. So, I have taken the approach of creating proof of concept prototypes, demos and power point mock-ups (no tomatoes please) on the cheap and then carry these into partnering and mash-up negotiations with the eventual hope that a TRACEe baby site will pop out at some point (ugly or otherwise.) This is working albeit very slooowly…

For example, you can begin to see some of the capabilities emerging in the partnering I am doing with Mobile Loaves & Fishes in which I am using 24/7 mobile streaming video to broadcast living on the streets with the homeless in Austin (those interested can see video clips from the most recent 3 day/night streaming street retreat at http://ustream.tv/channel/mobile-loaves–fishes and see how this gets embedded and coupled with geo-location tracking at http://www.mlfnow.org/site/PageNavigator/GPSAndVideoStreaming, or better yet, join in and view & chat live this coming weekend from Fri 4PM to Sun 1:30PM via these same links.)

Further mash-up is happening as we speak with bootstrap company Oaktreeidea.com with the eventual goal of leveraging and augmenting these capabilities to create the TRACEe site.

That is the long way of saying that my first reaction to hearing of Google’s Open Social is, halleluiah! Maybe this will enable creation of flexible and scalable social networking sites by non-developer types like yours truly with “power point” ease. If that is the goal, I’m curious to understand what social network web developers and users/developers of web-site frameworks like Joomla and Drupal think about Google’s strategy. Is it a perceived threat to their livelihoods?

Keep on booking,

Tom

]]> By: Dee Copeland http://www.kevinkoym.com/blog/2007/11/05/business-implications-of-googles-opensocial/comment-page-1/#comment-3212 Dee Copeland Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:20:51 +0000 http://www.exponentialentrepreneurship.com/blog/2007/11/05/business-implications-of-googles-opensocial/#comment-3212 So Kevin, I think you're right. The Social Map is huge and I've been reading about it. Everyone knows that word of mouth referrals are the top way to generate solid business and marketers are tapping into this. I've been reading resources through WOMMA, the Word of Mouth Marketing Association. Viral/buzz marketing is going to change the way everyone does business, if it already hasn't. I'm very excited about Open Social because it really is becoming a problem to tackle all the different networks. Google is making a big play here. So Kevin, I think you’re right. The Social Map is huge and I’ve been reading about it. Everyone knows that word of mouth referrals are the top way to generate solid business and marketers are tapping into this. I’ve been reading resources through WOMMA, the Word of Mouth Marketing Association. Viral/buzz marketing is going to change the way everyone does business, if it already hasn’t.

I’m very excited about Open Social because it really is becoming a problem to tackle all the different networks. Google is making a big play here.

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