Wisdom of Crowds

By Ste Drayton | March 21, 2006

The wisdom of crowds comes not from the consensus decision of the group, but from the aggregation of the ideas/thoughts/decisions of each individual in the […]

Reducing guilt

By Ste Drayton | March 17, 2006

Formula for success: 1) Take something people are typically made to feel guilty about.2) Let them off the hook. Can’t balance your checkbook? You’re irresponsible. […]

lightning release cycles

By Ste Drayton | March 17, 2006

“myspace keeps doing what everybody really wants, and it happens instantly.” She said they respond to feedback, “As soon as you think of something, it’s […]

Bill Simmons Malcolm Gladwell

By Ste Drayton | March 6, 2006

Welcome to “The Curious Guy,” where I e-mail questions to somebody successful — whether it’s a baseball pitcher, an author, a creator of a TV […]

How Social Bookmarking can lead to the Semantic Web

By Ste Drayton | March 6, 2006

A comment to The Scientific Indian suggested – Soon the internet might go the ants way, I believe.. mobile routers, network devices exhibiting group intelligence… […]

Article in UK Observer Newspaper Sunday 11.09.05

By Ste Drayton | March 6, 2006

It’s more about how government & big business will “take over” the interent, but I made these selective cuts: * The internet, the first many-to-many […]

AJAX vs Flash

By Ste Drayton | March 6, 2006

Some good comments on this post, IMO.   Standards-based Ajax Beats Flash Anyday

What Is Web 2.0

By Ste Drayton | March 6, 2006

The concept of “Web 2.0” began with a conference brainstorming session between O’Reilly and MediaLive International. Dale Dougherty, web pioneer and O’Reilly VP, noted that […]

Talking Head Video

By Ste Drayton | March 6, 2006

Unkle Jacob finally comes out with a good one after a long period of frankly passive advice (in my opinion, of course). =============We’ve just begun […]

2005’s Putting Research into Practice

By Ste Drayton | March 6, 2006

HFI’s December newsletter recaps the key findings outlined in 2005’s Putting Research into Practice seminar. eg: * People who are taught about breadcrumbs tend to […]