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Breaking – AppFog Switches off the Rackspace Cloud

April 27, 2013

Business

amazon web services, AppFog, cloud computing, online communities, OpenStack, Platform as a service, rackspace, VMware

AppFog customers received an email today advising them that the PaaS company will no longer support applications hosted on Rackspace infrastructures (screen grab below). We’ve been hearing through the back channel for quite some time that AppFog has been…

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A 101 Guide to Getting Noticed-Talibro Does it Wrong

October 17, 2012

Business

Facebook, google, online communities, social media, social networking, talibro, Trending and Popularity, twitter, Uniform Resource Locator

I love talking to startups and am always keen to have a chat to people doing new stuff. Often these approaches come via Twitter – that’s all good, Twitter is, after all, good for that sort of thing. But…

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Quora’s Uptake Velocity, and Unintended Consequences

January 7, 2011

Business

Facebook, google, online communities, Quora, twitter

I’ve spent a few days thinking about the seemingly rapid rise of Q&A site Quora. While a great case study for the value that utilizing Cloud infrastructure can bring, my thoughts are more about the speed at which Quora…

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Building better web communities

September 4, 2008

Collaboration, Design, Web x.0

david terrar, icaew, online communities

Session one at the unconference was led by David Terrar and looked at building web communities – after his experience building one for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales (ICAEW). Some interesting thoughts around "why to…

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On building communties…

June 9, 2008

Collaboration, Design, Strategy, Web x.0

Add new tag, online communities

At the moment I’m involved in a project that seeks to build a community of interest. As part of the research for the project, I’ve been pointed in the direction of a couple of reports out of ForumOne. The…

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Building successful online communities….

April 28, 2008

Design, IT, My businesses, New Zealand, Strategy

geekzone, online communities, readwriteweb

Astute readers will know, or have worked out, that I’m involved in a couple of projects that seek to build communities of interest. I really believe in the power of the network and the efficiency to be gained by…

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Breaking – AppFog Switches off the Rackspace Cloud

A 101 Guide to Getting Noticed-Talibro Does it Wrong

Quora’s Uptake Velocity, and Unintended Consequences

Building better web communities

On building communties…

Building successful online communities….