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I’m 25 Today!! July 18, 2007

Posted by Ryan in : Tech, Site News, Career, Podcasts, Orlando, Music, Events, Video, Trends, Travel, Mr. A for Effort, Entrepreneurship, London , 2 comments

One birthday regret: I weigh more than 10 times my age. Hopefully this will be the last birthday I will ever have to say that.

If Digg is Mob Mentality, Pownce is a Clique June 30, 2007

Posted by Ryan in : Tech, News, Career, Markteting, Orlando, Links, Quotes, Reviews, Trends, MySpace, Web Sites, Mr. A for Effort, Entrepreneurship, Facebook , 1 comment so far

I recently posted a comment on Mashable I’d like to share with you, my subscribers. The post was Rise of the Rose Bashers? and it pointed out people who have never used Kevin Rose & company’s new IM/filesharing service, Pownce.

At the moment, one of the most popular stories on Digg is entitled: “Kevin Rose & Pownce Get Pwned by Uncov“, in which potshots are taken at Rose and Pownce. Further insults are piled on by the Diggers.

The digg audience is almost entirely made up of followers, not leaders. That’s actually the business model for the whole damned site! It’s not a big surprise to me that a service that allows for individuality and groups and privacy would not appeal to the “me too” crowd. Digg users don’t like being told they can’t do something - they’re spoiled in that way. That’s why the HD-DVD code was such a big deal, and the comments changes too. If one person has a contrary idea and they can be persuaded, the Diggers will glom on so they can be “cool”. This is how pop/anti-pop culture works.

If this doesn’t apply to you personally, great. Generalities are not ultimatums. There is a sliding scale, I’ll be the first person to admit to that.

Pownce (without having used it) seems like a “friends only” type of service - it will end up having a completely different audience because the service is fundamentally different. You’re not sharing with the world, but custom groups. This is Facebook vs. MySpace. One is for friends, one is for the public. The type of audience you see on these sites is very different. A service that gave you the best of both worlds was LiveJournal, with friends only, private and public posts, as well as custom groups. This is just that idea with a focus on IM and file sharing.

I think Digg has proven over its 3? years of existence that it’s not going anywhere - actually, I wish they’d exapnd the service to include geographic categories - like countries, states, metropolitan areas - Outside.in is currently my choice for that kind of stuff, and Ma.gnolia could be if we could get some people using the service. I think that’s the big thing with any of these Web 2.0 ideas - if nobody participates, it doesn’t matter how good your service is. I’m working on a social networking site, and I’m planning to make my own local content offering, so I now see that you not only need to convince one group of users but that group ans several of their friends. This is the real trick. How do we do that?

Mr. A for Effort 4/16: Jenny K. April 16, 2007

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What I love about Indie Bands is their packaging. Check out Jenny K. Surrounded By Wolves

Mr. A for Effort 3/27: 1938 Media March 27, 2007

Posted by Ryan in : Tech, Site News, Blogging, Podcasts, Orlando, Links, Quotes, Events, Video, Coffee, Reviews, Trends, MySpace, Web Sites, Mr. A for Effort, floridacreatives, podtech, Revver, Likemind.orl , 4 comments

Ryan Price with a Beard gives a shout out to Loren Feldman from 1938Media.com and a handful of people on my personal A-List. I also reveal my discovery of Likemind.us and therefore part of the inspiration to start my own group is thanks to Loren. How crazy is that?

I thought about using R*vv*r to post this video, but when you even post their URL in MySpace it comes out like … instead of what it should be, and I occasionally re-post to MySpace. For Orlando Scene TV it is worth the effort, but not for these.

For the uninitiated, here are the Alex and Gavin I name check in the video - they do cool stuff like Emurse and the pop-ification of Twitter. If you don’t know Josh Hallet yet, just go subscribe to his blog - don’t think twice. He put on the BlogOrlando UnConerence, which was a huge pot-stirring event here in town.

Loren and I also have another very obvious thing in common: “Media.com” — 1938Media.com, RyanPriceMedia.com, eh? Keep up the good work, man

Mr. A for Effort 2/21 February 21, 2007

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Talking about CalacanisCast Beta 10, Accross the Sound 69 and how I just posted Crapface 36

Mr. A for Effort 2/2 February 2, 2007

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Sorry John Theisen for forgetting your name, you’re welcome Brian Feldman for remembering your name, thank you 1R OMA for being a fun and cheap way to experience art, thank you Chris for the CommuniTEA and the HUMMUS!, thank you roomies for being artsy fartsy and attending events so I don’t go places by myself, thank you Damien for working so hard, thank you Charlie for my Skype phone number, thank you Kait for being the best ever, and congrats on the new apartment girls!

Florida Creatives 2/07 is only 9 days away! Check Upcoming for details.

Mr. A for Effort 1/22 January 23, 2007

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I thought of doing a personal videoblog a long time ago, and I figured that I often give people too much credit just for trying, so I thought of calling it “Mr. A for Effort”. Check it out.