Erlend Wilhelmsen

Facebook vs MySpace, do we have a winner?

In my book, it's FaceBook. This is a company that understands the real power behind wikionomics, open-source, and collaboration. I just don't see that with the MySpace team. Especially not at the top level. It's old thinking vs new thinking.

With FaceBook releasing their F8 platform (more info here), it shall be interesting to see how MySpace answers - if at all.

Are you elite?

Some very interesting results to draw from PEW Internet & American Life Report (PDF). Check out this quick summary/commentary from TrendSpotting.

Are you a CyberSpace Shaper?

Web software update

If you're curious about what's going on in the Web software consumer market, check out Make Use Of. It's a neat collection of cool sites, Web applications, and tips.

What are you doing?

Why do we have to know what people are doing? Why is it important to know where people are? Will your life be better if you knew that I was on the loo? What if you knew that Juston Timberlake was at the Hilton (not the girl) in Los Angeles right now? Would that matter to you? Well, perhaps you should try Twitter.

Before you throw it away and say: "Oh, that thing is useless," think about what it is all about. Then cry. Cry because it can be the next big thing. Cry because - to you - it makes no sense. That's just it. Almost nothing makes sense. And that's why... you should think about Twitter and what it does.

I'm here Bergen3000

3D Life

All of you thinking Second Life is it: Have a deep digg into what Google is doing with SketchUp. Accordning to TechCrunch, It is rumored that Google has acquired stealth start-up VuTool founded by Sebastian Thrun, Director of the Stanford AI Lab. No one will be surprised if Google soon anounces a major virtual world initiative.

MySpace is not the future

Why? Five words: FOX, Monetize, Control, Size, Competition. I predict that MySpace will become much less important in the next 12 months and ultimately loose it's position as #1 social network site (and on-line destination). Think I'm far out. Let's look at what's going on right now with MySpace...

1. FOX. That's right. FOX is the company that puts on people like Bill O'Reilly. Not exactly 2.0. Of course, we all know that FOX is capitalism - pure and simple. The question is: Will the driving forces of capitalism help or hurt the MySpace community? With arrogant people like COO Peter Chernin saying things like this, I'd say there's not much hope for change at FOX.