Online Media Cultist

Several years ago, I thought that the future of online content would be led by Netscape (which later “spun” off to become Propeller), which innovated by using a mixture of user submitted content and curated content with an element of community-controlled voting or ranking. As we get close to 2010, things are basically playing out [...]

My brain perks up when I notice some of the Internet’s leading voices saying similar things. Exhibit A: Steve Rubel is talking about digital curation and the role that brands can help play to find “good stuff.” In AdAge, Rubel notes that while Facebook and Google are dominating our attention online today, there’s an enormous [...]

Content aggregation is something of a webby passion of mine, so I was excited to check out Fachak for louisgray.com. The result is titled Content Sharing Platform Fachak Launches In Alpha, But Is Raw. Here’s a clip: Fachak is trying to differentiate itself by being a place where you can aggregate and share your content from [...]

From Mr. Cashmore over at Mashable: Streamy’s new mantra: cutting through the online noise with personalized recommendations, groups and custom filters. It’s a single view for all your blog subscriptions, Twitter feed, FriendFeed and other inputs, with the ability to post updates back to services like Twitter, Digg, Delicious and Facebook without leaving the site. Streamy Demo [...]

I’m guilty of this sometimes. A late afternoon when I’ve had too much coffee and the buffering brain is buzzing from blazing doses of online cultery. I think: what’s left for this whole web thing, web 2.0 or what have you? What’s left to be done that hasn’t yet to be done? The answer of [...]