Econometa

I don’t mean to harp on this one, but I’m still seeing a lot of potentially misleading statements out there concerning “power laws” and “long tails.” One of the most prolific writers on this topic is Clay Shirky, so I’ll use a recent comment of his as an example (sorry to pick on Clay, but [...]

I’m hesitant to enter into the lively discussion surrounding exactly what “Web 2.0” means, but I’ll venture this: one important part of Web 2.0 is the separation of user data from the applications that use it, and the idea that users should own and control this data. In this vein, Dorrian Porter recently pointed me [...]