Interesting article in the Times today about YouNoodle, which claims it can predict the success of startups. Telling point, they haven’t run themselves through their own system. I think the primary value of the site will be connecting people, the predictor sounds like a gimmick. I wonder what they are basing their analysis on, historical data?
First post in a week. Blame it on jury duty, spectacular weather, 150 miles on my bike and a new tennis racket. After a slower August the September blogosphere is white-hot. Subscribe to Techmeme is all I can say, the rest will become clear soon enough.
Local pick of the week: Cambridge, MA based Bang Ventures has launched “You Be the VC,� a new web site where entrepreneurs can submit their Web-based business ideas and the public can vote on the one’s they like best. Via Mashable.
Love the concept, we’ll see about the execution.
Mary Meeker and David Joseph at Morgan Stanley have produced a new report, State of the Internet, Part 3. It’s like Dave Sifry’s State of the Blogosphere with a larger scope. Good to stuff into presentations, business plans and as fuel for your next “I’m gonna create the next big thingâ€? brainstorming session.
Jellyfish is launching Monday Jun 26. Interested to see what this is all about. Empowering the consumer by building a new ad model. Hmm, where have we heard this before?
Myspace is pretty ineffective.
Pitchfork’s favorite 100 music videos.