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The Decline and Fall of Facebook? (Not just yet!)

16 Sep

imageI came across a post from Bob Cringely (tech industry blogger), riffing on a recent speech by Roger McNamee (tech VC/investor), arguing that Facebook is “so 2010”.  In Silicon Valley, it’s the done thing to skate to beyond where the puck is headed, and to call things old before they are new.  But it’s a little far-fetched to declare Facebook as over when it has only so far demonstrated pervasive stickiness and not yet proven a scalable profit model, nor has the “next Facebook” yet emerged!

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Posted by on September 16, 2011 in Tech Disruptions

 

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The Social Network (2010, dir. David Fincher, script Aaron Sorkin): entertaining, sometimes gripping, but not the great classic it could have been

30 Mar

imageEntertaining take on the Facebook creation myth, with everyone a devil and no redeemers. Good movie, relevant since it captures part of the Web 2.0 zeitgeist, but not a great classic – Citizen Kane for the millennials this ain’t. Clever dialog from Sorkin, clearly researched for geek authenticity (slipped up on “m-y-s-q-l”), but no movie-making lines such as in his earlier scripts (A Few Good Men). Women will also be unimpressed by the lack of strong, sympathetic female portrayals (a hallmark of Sorkin’s prior work).

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Posted by on March 30, 2011 in Film Reviews, Social Commentary, Tech Disruptions

 

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