Thoughts & Links (Tue. June 10th 2008)

Wii - Nintendo Channel
Absolutely great idea! After launching Wii Ware to spread software faster and implement independant software this is the next big move. The Nintendo channel is more of a marketing channel to create stickieness. The best thing: If you have a DS you can download Demos via a Wii.

New MTV Series - Viral via Youtube
A friend and I just stumpled upon Fur TV which seems to be a MTV production. Great stuff, very funny. It combines different great MTV ideas (e.g. Cribs).

Seesmic
Signed up for Seesmic today and I'm convinced of it. Great work and it's a lot of fun. For those who haven't heard of it, it's a video chat community. It's easy to use, works great although it's in open alpha and the people are really nice.

Interesting Links: Social Media & Social Surplus

Just a short list of really interesting links. This is some of the best stuff I've read in a long time ;)

Clay Shirky on the Social Surplus...

• http://www.herecomeseverybody.org/2008/04/looking-for-the-mouse.html
• http://www.blogpiloten.de/2008/05/02/clay-shirky-erklart-die-welt/

Robert Scoble on late adopters & social media...

• http://scobleizer.com/2008/05/02/how-late-adopters-get-into-social-media/

Charlene Li on kick-starting social strategies in companies....

• http://blogs.forrester.com/charleneli/2008/03/turning-radic-1.html
• http://www.slideshare.net/charleneli/social-strategies-for-revolutionaries
  

Interview: Ecommerce Implications From Social Media

I just stumbled upon a great interview with Jeremiah Owyang. At the moment I'm still overwhelmed by all the implications of different social behaviours, networks etc. on eCommerce. During the Barcamp in Berlin this weekend I had a chance to talk about useability and tracking with some nice designers. I was shocked when they told us that approx. 50% of all people putting up sites don't test useability. Not on one person. I started to develope ambitions toward a portfolio of useability tests, mouse tracking + heat maps and experience.

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