OS Galaxy (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
David Sifry, founder of Technorati and Offbeat Guides, talks about building international businesses . Two quick points: you need to find great local people you can trust, and you need to make sure they are properly connected and can execute. How do you do this? There are no exceptions: you have to go there. Wherever there is. You have to go spend time with people. Face to face.
Website Magazine (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Technorati's David Sifry has announced the 2008 State of the Blogosphere . Along with data from the service's massive database of bloggers, Technorati also conducted a survey of some of their registered subscribers, asking questions about how respondedents blog and more. Nearly 1300 individuals from 60 countries replied to the survey - here are some of the most interesting highlights from the report....
Global Neighbourhoods (Free subscription) | 27/08/2008
[David Sifry, Technorati co-founder. Photo by Shel] My friend Joseph Thornley has a good post about Technorati, a tool that was essential when I started blogging. I'm betting some of you newer bloggers have never heard of it because it seems to have become either obsolete or irrelevant over time. Joe asked me to join in an "old tools meme," even though he knows I don't like memes. They are more clever...
Conversation Agent (Free subscription) | 03/07/2008
“The people formerly known as your audience, or the people formerly known as consumers, are now participants in the process of building your brand.” [David Sifry from blogs as leading indicators, The Economist] You are not in control of your brand anymore, those people you thought about as targets, audience, or consumers (all words I have a problem with) are now content creators, critics, collectors,...
moraaz.org - feed all tech! (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
Today at Supernova the Liquid Conversations Panel will be talking about how personal content, text, video and comments can be separated from individual websites and shared across the net and personalized. Dave McClure will be moderating the panel of David Sifry, Bret Taylor, Matt Colebourne and Loic Le Meur. What are liquid conversations? What is new [...]
The Next Web (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
One of the last sessions at Supernova 2008 was about “liquid conversations” - the discussions flow away from their original source to services like Friendfeed and Facebook. Dave McClure (500 Hats) moderated the panel of David Sifry (Technorati), Bret Taylor (FriendFeed), Matt Colebourne (CoComment), and Loic Le Meur (Seesmic). I’m not sure McClure knew in [...]
Webware.com (Free subscription) | 01/06/2008
David Sifry and his new venture, Offbeat Guides. (Credit: Rafe Needleman / CNET) David Sifry, founder and former CEO of Technorati , has apparently had enough of new media and of blogs. His new venture is attacking a traditional business: printed travel guides. Offbeat Guides is a service for printing customized travel books. When you go to the site, it asks you five basic questions: Your name, your...
Sepulveda.net (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
_MG_5369, originally uploaded by David Sifry. I have to say that I know who are the top 3 blogger photographers, and 3 friends :) David Sifry, Guido van Nispen and Joi Ito. Check their pix on Flickr: http://flickr.com/photos/joi http://flickr.com/photos/dsifry http://flickr.com/photos/vannispen/
Sepulveda.net (Free subscription) | 12/05/2008
_MG_5380, originally uploaded by David Sifry.
Sepulveda.net (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
David Sifry, originally uploaded by Joi. pix by Joi Ito.
Sepulveda.net (Free subscription) | 11/05/2008
_MG_4820, originally uploaded by David Sifry. Great photo talent this David ;) Thanks for the pix. You should check his other portraits, I love them.
Global Neighbourhoods (Free subscription) | 07/04/2008
Twittering her way from Mom-at-home to Global Presence [Laura Fitton, Pistachio Consulting. Photo by David Sifry] Laura Fitton, founder & CEO of Pistachio Consulting seems to be ubiquitous in social media these days. She's sits on best-attended panels at prestigious conferences and is surrounded by the most people when the talk ends. You see her name in traditional press being interviewed or in bylined...
InfoWorld (Free subscription) | 08/02/2008
When Richard Jalichandra became Technorati's CEO in October, the company, a blogging and Web 2.0 pioneer, had generated enough drama in recent years to rival a soap opera. Founded in 2002 and led by its charismatic founder and CEO David Sifry, Technorati was a central player in the dizzying rise of blogs, serving as bloggers' preferred search engine and embracing the spirit and technology of the Web...
Marketing Pilgrim (Free subscription) | 28/01/2008
Lego–those colorful bricks you just can't help playing with–celebrates its 50th birthday today, and Google is helping them celebrate with a special logo. Here’s the other news going on today: Not sure why we didn't think of this before, but Technorati founder David Sifry has created a "hot or not" for web sites! RipOff Report has responded [...]
Hot Hardware (Free subscription) | 28/01/2008
Some things seem inevitable in hindsight. "Web Hot or Not" is one of those things that seems like an idea you should have come up with years ago. Created by Technorati founder David Sifry, the site is about as barebones as they come - there isn't even an 'About' page yet. All you get is a screenshot of a site and below that a scale of 1 to 10 of how "hot" it is. If you've ever used the actual Hot or...
