An excellent chart showing the intersection of social and mobile

Click the link for the full chart.
http://www.digitalbuzzblog.com/infographic-mobile-is-changing-social-media-stats/

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Craig Newmark on the next big thing: Distributed Trust Networks

Matthew Ingram of GigaOm interviews Craig Newmark on the Web's next big problem. Quote: Newmark called some form of distributed trust system “the killingest of killer apps” for the web over the next decade. Very true.

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SXSW gene pool by Albion's planners Hannah and Sam

I love this chart.
http://bit.ly/doBP1g

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an amusing & insightful look at Chat Roulette RT@iboy --guys outnumber girls almost 5:1 Wonder why??

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Clay Shirky @NYT Meetup. Great quote: Narcissism has never been a bad business model. Watch on.

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The truth behind Apple's iPad. A very funny parody. Steve Jobs should watch this.

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rock paper scissors with with a t-shrit?

In the Augmented Reality world, you can lose to a tshirt.

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an excellent compilation: The Most Relevant Brand Identity Work of the Decade from "Brand New"

http://bit.ly/6vM5gs

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a beautiful chart displaying the app store stats-thanks @om

The iphone app revolution just continues to blow the world away. But Droid is biting at iphone's heels. It's going to be an interesting year for mobile. http://bit.ly/6lXHQW

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Taking Foursquare and Gowalla to the next level. Can you say Gowalla Dollars?

 

Yesterday, I read an interesting post by Gustav Söderström (@GustavS) on why Foursquare and Gowalla are kicking Google's butt. (Read the full post here http://bit.ly/7yD21j).

And as a more than occasional user of both services--probably to the consternation of some of my friends, I can verify that that he made a number of excellent points: we do the work of creating places (brilliant), we take the action to check in (it's not automatic) so we are clear about what we're doing, the GPS on our phones is very accurate (for the most part) and getting better.

But I think he missed a very vital point about these services which will help them achieve the tipping point of widespread adoption very soon: The Gaming Element.

Here is what I posted to his blog:
I agree that these services will take off in 2010.

They align perfectly with the social media model of sharing..the new form of ambient intimacy.

But I think the "gaming" element is of major importance to the adoption rate and has been instrumental in helping these tools reach their adoption tipping point.

People are proud that they have earned a certain status, whether it be a founder on Gowalla or Superstar on FourSquare. I constantly see twitter posts about attaining these levels.

Personally, I feel neither tool has begun to leverage the potential there, though I did see Foursquare offer me a discount at a nearby restaurant when I checked into Emporio in Nolita last week--very smart.

I'm thinking special offers, discounts, even Gowalla Dollars! It has a nice ring to it. It's got to be more than silly bags of swag, or badges. I'm sure restaurants, supermarkets, auto rental places..you name it..would be ripe for offering goodies to frequent visitors. Basically, the model would be Gowalla Honors or Foursquare Members Points.

I bet you'll see that very soon.  Too bad I don't work there; I'm sure the stock options will be very valuable shortly!

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