Pinterest: Behind the Design of an Addictive Visual Network Ever find yourself in the rabbit hole of the internet, bookmarking and screengrabbing things you want to buy or images that inspire you? Well, judging from Pinterest's hockey-stick growth, you're not alone in your digital collecting and curating. The invite-only social discovery platform launched in March 2010, the brainchild of Paul Sciarra, Evan Sharp and Ben Silbermann, with the mission to "connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting," opining that books, recipes and items can bridge the gap between strangers. In October, the site surpassed 421 million pageviews, which means that each of its 3 million users are spending quite a bit of time there, pinning and organizing images to help them plan their weddings, decorate their (oftentimes, dream) homes, create bucket lists and manage an inventory of favorite images — no small feat on the ever-growing web. Pinterest's simplicity and browsability comes from the nimble fingers of designer Evan Sharp.
Comcast Brings Live Streaming TV to iPad Comcast has added live streaming TV on an iPad to its service at no additional cost, although it’s currently available only to its Xfinity HD Triple Play subscribers in Denver and Nashville. The company will add more markets in coming months, according to AppleInsider. The new functionality, known as AnyPlay, works only over a home Wi-Fi connection, and it’s only available on the iPad now, although support for the Motorola Xoom tablet is in the works. On the road or on a cellular network, Comcast customers need to use the Xfinity TV software to access On Demand movies and TV shows. There’s another potential catch: AppleInsider noted that when AnyPlay’s existence was first known last September, a leaked memo said that the service would be limited to one device at a time, with a maximum of 10 registered tablets per home. It’s not clear if those restrictions are in place now that the service has launched.
The Social Graph is Neither The Social Graph Is Neither I first came across the phrase social graph in 2007, in an essay by Brad Fitzpatrick, though I'd be curious to know if it goes back further. The idea of representing relationships between people as networks is old, but this was the first time I had thought about treating the connections between all living people as one big object that you could manipulate with a computer. At the time he wrote, Fitzpatrick had two points to make. Fitzpatrick subsequently went to work for Google, and his Utopian vision of open standards and open data became subsumed in a rivalry between Google and Facebook. This rivalry has brought the phrase 'social graph' into wider use. I think this is a fascinating metaphor. But right now I would like to take issue with the underlying concept, which I think has two flaws: I. The idea of the social graph is that each person is a dot in a kind of grand connect-the-dots game, the various relationships between us forming the lines. II.
Il n'y a pas que Facebook et Twitter dans la vie 800 millions de membres pour Facebook, 465 millions de comptes pour Twitter. A l'ombre de ces deux réseaux sociaux ultra-populaires, d'autres services basés sur le partage d'information et de contenu explosent à leur tour. Tumblr, Pinterest, Pearltrees, Path, Instagram, Quora... ils ont un point commun : jouer sur les affinités. Plus besoin de connaître une personne pour se lier à elle, le rapprochement s'effectue avant tout par les centres d'intérêt. En moyenne, chaque visiteur passe 100 minutes par mois sur Pinterest, le nouveau réseau social en vogue dont l'audience explose littéralement. TUMBLRCréation : 2007Prononciation : [teumbleur]Définition : plateforme de microblogging très orientée vers l'imageAudience : 120 millions de visiteurs uniques, 15 milliards de pages vues Attention, piège temporel. Attention, piège à filles. 82 % des utilisateurs de Pinterest seraient des utilisatrices selon Google Ad Planner.
Grandes surfaces: Le prix du panier moyen fran ais a augment de 4,4% en 2011 Après une accalmie en 2010, le panier moyen des consommateurs a grimpé de 4,4% en 2011 avec la flambée de certains produits comme les jus de fruits, selon l'Observatoire annuel des prix de Familles rurales, publié mardi par La Croix. Au mois de novembre, le panier moyen élaboré par l'association de défense des consommateurs et qui comprend 35 produits de consommation courante (eaux, biscuits, jus de fruits, desserts, confiture, produits laitiers,...) a atteint un «niveau historique» de 137,6 euros, a souligné celle-ci. En 2010, les prix étaient restés quasiment stables à +0,19%. Résultats préoccupants Selon Familles rurales, les résultats 2011 sont «particulièrement préoccupants». «Les relevés de prix de l'année 2011 sont les plus hauts depuis la création de l'observatoire des prix en 2006», note l'association. Les paniers de grandes marques nationales ont connu une hausse de 2,65% en 2011, tandis que celui des marques de distributeurs a grimpé de 4,14% et celui des 1er prix de 8,12%.
You are what you curate: why Pinterest is hawt Evolution of social media by Elad Gill (graphic courtesy of Elad Gill) Updated: The new hot social thing on the web these days is a Palo Alto, Calif.–based company started by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra and Evan Sharp. 2012 will likely see an acceleration of structured, push button, social curation across the web. The way I see it, Pinterest is yet another example of basic human behavior’s being transposed on to the web. Back when I was young, my cousins would cut out photos, ads and visuals from fashion and lifestyle magazines and create collages. In 2005, David Galbraith, a friend of mine who has a nasty habit of predicting the future before everyone else, built a service called Wists. Well, since everyone is using “curate,” why don’t we? From the foods we eat, the drinks we chug, the jeans we wear, the bags we buy, the shoes we run in — they are pretty universal. The online world is even worse: Everything looks so similar that we do need to do something to stand out.
Des télés au doigt, à l'oeil et à la voix Social Media Success Is About Purpose (Not Technology) - Anthony J. Bradley and Mark P. McDonald by Anthony J. Bradley and Mark P. McDonald | 2:57 PM November 1, 2011 In the real estate world, there is a saying: “The three considerations that most impact value are location, location, and location.” In the world of social media, they are purpose, purpose, and purpose. Nothing impacts the success of a social media effort more than the choice of its purpose. What is a good purpose for social media? If you’re like most executives (and you’re being honest), probably not. No wonder most organizations struggle with gaining tangible and significant business value from social media. That deficiency often leads to a worst practice we call “provide and pray.” The lesson? Facebook’s core purpose is for people to easily track what their friends are doing. Yes, some social Web environments have strayed from their original purpose. Choosing the right purpose is difficult (much harder than providing the technology). Purpose is a business decision.
Après Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin : LE nouveau réseau social [Article mis à jour le 14 février 2012] Innovant, pratique et communautaire ! Je suis convaincu que cette startup française ira très loin : peut-être le nouveau buzz du web mondial… Vous la connaissez déjà certainement… et les premiers chiffres de croissance annoncés me rappellent ceux de Facebook ou Twitter. 100 000 utilisateurs au bout de 15 mois, en avril 2011200 000 utilisateurs 6 mois plus tard, fin septembre 2011350 000 utilisateurs 4 mois plus tard en février 2012 (soit +75% de croissance en 4 mois !!!!) Bref, Pearltrees a doublé son nombre d’utilisateur en moins de 6 mois et devrait encore le doubler d’ici Avril 2012… voici ci-dessous ce que ça donnera, si la croissance continue à ce rythme. Pearltrees serait alors valorisé plusieurs milliards d’euros d’ici quelques années. RDV dans quelques mois, pour voir si Pearltrees confirme « encore » sa croissance ! Pour ceux qui ne connaissent pas, voici deux petites vidéos de présentation et le lien vers wikipedia