Author Archives: Thomas Purves

It’s time to take “social” for granted

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Thomas Purves

I would like to declare the social web officially invented already. Hoozah! It was a good, it was fun, like any tech boom, it made it’s share of wiz kids very successful and created a lot of value for the … Continue reading →

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Toronto tech scene in the papers

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Thomas Purves

In case you missed it, there was a nice article by the Post’s David George-Cosh yesterday on the Toronto tech scene including DemoCamap and MobileMonday. It’s a good reminder that, on the whole, these events have been a very good … Continue reading →

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Noise Aggregators

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Thomas Purves

Jevon has a great post up today on how the new trend towards social aggregators is missing the point. I’ve called these things underpants business models. Collecting a lot of people’s seemingly-useless personal stuff in one place, but then, through … Continue reading →

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