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Re: Yes — but a smaller, less frothy bubble

Eric Berlin — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:35:37 -0000

I think the entire key to this cycle, or bubble (or whatever), is that it's "a whole lot cheaper" all round. Companies can be founded by people that live in different parts of the globe, without office space and with the slimmest of overheads. Blogcritics is currently owned by three people who live in Ohio, Texas, and California and are helped out by army of volunteer editors and 1,700 writer/bloggers who hail from around the globe.

Even if this "bubble" "bursts" (it's the friday before christmas, so pardon my overuse of quotes) this level of innovation will still exist. And it will only increase as Tom Friedman's flat world continues to chase (and catch) the West.

Re: Yes — but a smaller, less frothy bubble

Seth Finkelstein — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 21:00:26 -0000

All wars are not WWII
All bubbles are not Internet Bubble 1.0

But people still get hurt nonetheless.

Re: Yes — but a smaller, less frothy bubble

Leigh — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 15:46:11 -0000

If I remember correctly, I think Paul on the Mesh podcast I heard also referred to the shifting advertising revenue as something that made this bubble less of a bubble - more glass less Palmolive perhaps?

(oh and Stu, totally ew on the mouth throwing up thing....)

Re: Yes — but a smaller, less frothy bubble

Mathew Ingram — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:36:45 -0000

I agree, Stu. It is somewhat less than, er... original :-)

Re: Yes — but a smaller, less frothy bubble

Stu — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 14:10:20 -0000

And now I know why that reminded me of Business 2.0 so much.

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/people...

Nice to see that Time is recycling 6-month old crap for their Person Of The Year ideas.

Re: Yes — but a smaller, less frothy bubble

Stu — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:33:27 -0000

I threw up in my mouth a little when I read that Time article. But I did get a laugh later on when finding out that Business 2.0 was involved, because I remember thinking while reading it that it sounded like they lifted that codswallop straight from Business 2.0.