Comments on: The Culling of Social Networks http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2009/03/the-culling-of-social-networks/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 01 Sep 2010 17:53:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Bloor Robin http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2009/03/the-culling-of-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Bloor Robin Thu, 19 Mar 2009 12:50:39 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/2009/03/17/the-culling-of-social-networks/#comment-547 I agree with you about integration being the key, which begs quite a few questions. As regards WordPerfect, I remember the point when I abandoned using it was when Windows 3.0 arrived. Wordperfect's Windows version was far too slow and Word was Windows ready. Microsoft had planned it that way, of course. I also remember that Wordperfect had a really good file management capability that Word never ever provided. C'est la vie. I agree with you about integration being the key, which begs quite a few questions. As regards WordPerfect, I remember the point when I abandoned using it was when Windows 3.0 arrived. Wordperfect’s Windows version was far too slow and Word was Windows ready. Microsoft had planned it that way, of course. I also remember that Wordperfect had a really good file management capability that Word never ever provided. C’est la vie.

]]> By: Social networking fatigue | Fighting the Trillion Dollar Bonfire http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2009/03/the-culling-of-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-546 Social networking fatigue | Fighting the Trillion Dollar Bonfire Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:33:32 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/2009/03/17/the-culling-of-social-networks/#comment-546 [...] Bloor has blogged an interesting analysis: The culling of social networks which reviews the burgeoning plethora of networking [...] [...] Bloor has blogged an interesting analysis: The culling of social networks which reviews the burgeoning plethora of networking [...]

]]> By: Colin Beveridge http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2009/03/the-culling-of-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-545 Colin Beveridge Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:08:40 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/2009/03/17/the-culling-of-social-networks/#comment-545 interesting analysis, thanks. One thing that occurred to me was your reference to the word processor market as an indicator of competitive survival, viz the observation that Microsoft Word gained momentum and achieved dominance. WordPerfect was for a (relatively)long time the de facto market leader but I believe that it lost out to Word for one simple reason: integration. Like many other single-purpose software products of the time,WordPerfect was positioned as the biggest beast in its own chosen jungle and very often assumed that it had absolute control not only of the commercial market but also of the operating environment on the host machine. This latter point was the key determinant to WordPerfect losing out. Microsoft Word's position within the Office suite offered corporate IT a great advantage, through integration of suite elements. This fairly quickly saw the personal productivity stack in the enterprise move away from 1-2-3 + WordPerfect to Office. Game over. As far as the present day is concerned for social networks, integration and interoperability will again be key for survival. Likewise, sooner or later, we will have a way of storing our contact information once and connecting it to our chosen networks. I realise that there are initiatives in this area but they can't solidify soon enough for me. interesting analysis, thanks.

One thing that occurred to me was your reference to the word processor market as an indicator of competitive survival, viz the observation that Microsoft Word gained momentum and achieved dominance.

WordPerfect was for a (relatively)long time the de facto market leader but I believe that it lost out to Word for one simple reason: integration.

Like many other single-purpose software products of the time,WordPerfect was positioned as the biggest beast in its own chosen jungle and very often assumed that it had absolute control not only of the commercial market but also of the operating environment on the host machine. This latter point was the key determinant to WordPerfect losing out.

Microsoft Word’s position within the Office suite offered corporate IT a great advantage, through integration of suite elements.

This fairly quickly saw the personal productivity stack in the enterprise move away from 1-2-3 + WordPerfect to Office. Game over.

As far as the present day is concerned for social networks, integration and interoperability will again be key for survival.

Likewise, sooner or later, we will have a way of storing our contact information once and connecting it to our chosen networks. I realise that there are initiatives in this area but they can’t solidify soon enough for me.

]]> By: Kate Carruthers http://www.thevirtualcircle.com/2009/03/the-culling-of-social-networks/comment-page-1/#comment-544 Kate Carruthers Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:34:44 +0000 http://havemacwillblog.com/2009/03/17/the-culling-of-social-networks/#comment-544 Yes definitely agree on this. Said only last night, at a talk on future of technology, when discussing social computing that we will see a shake-out & consolidation of social network & other social computing sites - especially now with the impetus of #GFC. And any site that makes you go meh when they remind you of their existence clearly deserves to go ;) Yes definitely agree on this. Said only last night, at a talk on future of technology, when discussing social computing that we will see a shake-out & consolidation of social network & other social computing sites – especially now with the impetus of #GFC. And any site that makes you go meh when they remind you of their existence clearly deserves to go ;)

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