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My pixels aren’t free ad space for your network – ‘Connecting’ needs targeting

Posted Wednesday, July 08, 2009 5:32 AM by alogan
MySpace for music, Facebook for friends, LinkedIn & Plaxo for work contacts, Pandora & Last.fm for Music – these are what I call networks and I use them in lots of places. They are sticky and I store my data there. Every “ large network ” will Read More...
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User acquisition: writing on a notice board vs. sending a postcard

Posted Friday, June 12, 2009 11:41 AM by alogan
Getting people to your website is critical (D’uh!). New people. Old people. A constant flow of sharing and content discovery is required to succeed. Recently I’ve been thinking a lot about two complementary user acquisition/engagement techniques: sharing Read More...
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Automating pre-registration for API/consumer keys

Posted Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:41 AM by alogan
There is a weird mix of pros and cons when it comes to requiring pre-registration of API keys ( where you go to a developer portal and identify yourself, agree to terms of service, etc ). Ever since Joseph Smarr and co. laid out the tangible dream of Read More...
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Your stuff is here, here and here. Rely on it

Posted Friday, April 17, 2009 11:39 AM by alogan
Luke Shepard posted about avoiding Open ID Nascar and detecting the user’s provider. I was pitching something like to Luke, Wei and Joseph Smarr at the Open ID UX summit (without all the Open ID details). I think there are going to be about 10 providers Read More...
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