Monthly Archives: June 2009

links for 2009-06-19

  • Videos from the recent 140 Character (Twitter) conference
  • “Have you ever looked at a piece of social software and thought, or worse, blogged, that it was worthless? Here’s a trick for evaluating social software in a way that isn’t going to make you look stupid six months down the road: assume it’s valuable if people are using it. Then try to figure out what value they’re getting.”

links for 2009-06-18

links for 2009-06-11

  • “Intuit is one of the few companies to take Microsoft head-on on its home turf–packaged software–and come out on top. Even more notably, Intuit has managed to do it several times, with Quicken of course, but also with QuickBooks and TurboTax.  Of course, it was more than just Intuit’s success that led to Money’s demise, which CNET News first reported on Wednesday. The product was ultimately doomed by several factors, including a shift away from packaged software, the rise of Internet-based rivals like Mint.com, and a brutal economy that has forced Microsoft to scale back ambitions in several areas.”