Leah Culver of Pownce discusses the “oEmbed” standard that first allowed Pownce to put media content from a large number of sites into user’s Pownce pages, and now allows video and photosharing sites to give a standard embed code out to other sites, without the other sites having to change the way they work.
For the user, the result is that they copy a link and the content they want to share is easily embedded.
In this interview with Nick Douglas, Venture Capitalist Jeff Clavier discusses the correct time for startup founders to seek capital, the role of the VC in an early stage investment, and the challenges of starting companies.
Eric discusses networks in-depth in this interview with Nick Douglas. There’s a discussion of decision-making and network effects, as well as a conversation of how business books get networks and connectors wrong so much of the time.
Susan Crawford of One Web Day discusses the threats to the Web that exist in many countries (not just the US). She tells Nick Douglas about the September 22nd celebration of One Web Day in many cities around the world.
According to Sagar, “AppVoyage is startup for user generated mobile apps and widgets, providing on-demand platform and self-service tools to create location aware mobile widgets from the existing web content, which end-users and marketers can do without programmer help.”
David Sifry, founder of Technorati, discusses his thoughts on the Liquid Conversations panel. He tells Nick Douglas how people can handle the huge inflow of information and content that social media participants and publishers have to handle. A discussion of making sense of this flow of comments and information ensues.
Nick Dougals interviews Social Web consultant Deb Schultz who describes a ‘fun and exciting time’ in the Web industry. There’s discussion of openID and oAuth, and what those terms actually mean to the non-techie customer.
Dave McClure, a consultant who wears “500 Hats,” is interviewed by Nick Douglas after the “Liquid Conversations” panel. Dave describes the new spaces in which people on the Net have conversations, including some that are very public, some which are closed, and what these mean for the not just the techie community but for the public at large. Commenters these days may have even more power than the publishers.