Missing the point on TalkCrunch
I'm listening to the latest TalkCrunch episode and something is driving me crazy.
First they're talking about information overload becoming a massive problem - if only there was a way to keep track of personally relevant content.
Second, they are talking about widgets becoming a popular phenomenon except for:
- No way to monetize users for the widget makers
- The OSX Dashboard is not persistent enough and therefore a little annoying
- Vista uptake will be slow so their sidebar is not very useful yet
- Widgets can crowd the desktop
Well... Touchstone solves these 4 problems.
- Input and Output adapter makers can monetize their adapters by distributing Touchstone and sharing revenue with us (we have not mentioned this yet - but stay tuned).
- Touchstone is cleverly designed because it is always on and always on your screen, but it measures its disruptions. The more important the news the more 'present' it is on the desktop.
- Touchstone runs on Windows right now - no Vista needed
- Refer to point 2.
Third, they are also talking about Digg and how it might kill off 'at least the smaller papers'. Michael missed the point that Digg is about what's popular - not about what's local or personally relevant. Google news or Digg do not replace your local/small newspaper because the local newspaper is about local news! What's needed for that is a Personal Relevance Engine.
Also Robert just asked for Touchstone - he wants to be able to subscribe to many sources and be alerted when something personally relevant is going on! Robert I'm a big fan - consider me jumping up and down waving my arms trying to get your attention and love :)
2 Comments:
Although I haven't yet listened to the cast I would concur that Digg is unlikely to kill of local news.
I would have thought it more likely to bring down national papers as the popular coloumnists are more likely to be able to secure large enough revenues by writing on their personal sites and drawing traffic via digg.
That is probably true Daniel! Which can only be good for us (the general public) because then the editorial process has gotten shorter and opinions and information have gotten more honest. Large corporations and their editors can't begin to dictate the message with is a nice balancing force against media consolidation.
I know how we will each find what's personally relevant to us once the writers break away from their magazines and papers, but I wonder how we will learn to quantify accuracy.
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