> so who needs to find "connectors" and how badly do they need it? Spot on, Dylan. This is exactly what we're hoping to learn from silicon beach community.
Alex On Jan 5, 4:08 pm, Dylan Jay <d...@pretaweb.com> wrote: > On 05/01/2010, at 2:54 PM, Alex Dong wrote: > > > > > #4. Our current goal is to help people to find "influencers" and > > "connectors" within a community. ( The Tipping Point, anyone? ) The > > whole internet could be one community, this google group could be one, > > a 300-employee company or a 150,000-people corporation all can be > > treated as a community. As long as there are people, there are needs > > to find each other, to connect. > > so who needs to find "connectors" and how badly do they need it? > > > > > > > Having said all these, the engine still needs significant improvements > > on both accuracy and scalability. We're still trying to find our > > first beachhead. Please give twendly.com 5 minutes, play around with > > it and share with us your answer to this question: > > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > What does Twendly.com enable you to do? > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > > Cheers, > > Alex > > > On Jan 5, 12:27 pm, "Hendro Wijaya" <hendro_wij...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> Hey Tim, > > >> This is just my thought and I might be wrong. > > >> 1. Twitter is half-fad. > >> I can't see how Twitter will grow through the same trajectory like > >> Facebook. > >> They won't die, but, won't be as mainstream and active in the > >> consumer > >> space. > >> The most sustainable use cases I see people using Twitter are: > >> business > >> self-interest (tweet their blog post, deals, etc) and once-in-a- > >> blue-moon > >> real-time news. > >> Effect on Twendly: sustainable value proposition. Why would I, as > >> consumer, > >> keep using it? I only use Twitter Search Engine when there is an > >> earthquake > >> (or some real-time news that I care). > > >> 2. Tech-acquisition as the only way out. > >> Continue from 1. Without sustainable value proposition, I think it > >> will be > >> hard to monetize and leave you with tech-acquisition as the only > >> way out. > >> For me, that is a very risky bet unless you think you guys can build > >> something way better than Google, Bing and Twitter in this space > >> (e.g. > >> Etherpad's case). > > >> 3. Solve real problem. > >> I personally made this mistake and it's been a valuable lesson. > >> Based on my own experience and your video about HiveMind, I think > >> asymmetric-knowledge is a real problem in enterprise. I think it > >> will worth > >> more in long run if you guys focus on solving that. > > >> Again, I might be absolutely clueless and please feel free to > >> enlighten me. > > >> -Hendro > > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "Tim Bull" <tbull...@googlemail.com> > >> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 8:27 AM > >> To: "Silicon Beach Australia" <silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com > > >> Subject: [SiliconBeach] Long time SB member, new entrepreneur > >> seeking your > >> assitance on ideas for our site > > >>> Hi All, > > >>> Thought I'd re-introduce myself - I've been a long time lurker in > >>> this > >>> community (I was one of the early sign ups when Elias launched it). > > >>> Recently, I quite my job of 15 years at PwC and co-founded > >>>http://www.binaryplex.comwithAlex Dong - we are focussed on the > >>> problem of expertise location. Initially we thought this would > >>> primarily be an Enterprise play and have collected some interest in > >>> this space along the way, but we are wondering now if there might > >>> be a > >>> consumer play here instead. > > >>> We've created a new Twitter search enginehttp://twendly.comwhichis > >>> indexing Twitter users and using our underlying people search engine > >>> to demonstrate the concept. > > >>> I'd really appreciate anyone here who could spare a few minutes to > >>> have a quick look and a poke around at it and let us know your > >>> thoughts either through the feedback link on the site, or e-mail > >>> me at > >>> tim.b...@binaryplex.com. > > >>> To give you a taste, a search for silicon beach > >>>http://twendly.com/?q=silicon+beach > >>> reveals these are the people who've tweeted most about it over the > >>> past 12 months. If you view this on the site you'll see both a > >>> relevancy rank and a histogram. > > >>> #1 Mick Liubinskas @liubinskas | Australia Web business builder for > >>> Pollenizer - global, early stage tech, services company. > > >>> #2 Pieter Peach @ppeach | Melbourne, Australia Learning to build > >>> things. Doctor intrigued by the web & decision making. Founder, > >>> SimpleSponsorship.com. > > >>> #3 Mike Casey @mikecasey | T: -33.923693,151.19054 Director at > >>> GradConnection, Tech startup fan, HR tourist, internet analytics > >>> machine. Yet another R1b1b2a1a2f > > >>> #4 Ian C @aussie_ian | Sydney I love travel, the web, and music! > > >>> #5 Daniel Purchas @danpurchas | iPhone: -33.893589,151.146988 > >>> Director of a Graduate Recruitment Online Marketing Company > > >>> #6 John Haining @johnhaining | Sydney, Australia Dad, Business > >>> Owner, Entrepreneur, Dashing Geek :) > > >>> #7 ryancross @ryancross | Sydney, Australia a geek, duh! > > >>> #8 Tom Voirol @voirol | Sydney Online strategy, social media and > >>> user experience consultant. Husband, MBA student, kitty litter box > >>> cleaner. > > >>> #9 IPitch Australia @IPitchAU | Sydney, Australia Where Australian > >>> entrepreneurs and startups come to pitch ideas, find investment and > >>> get the latest industry news > > >>> #10 socialmediameme @socialmediameme | Social Media Strategies > > >>> Would appreciate any feedback you could give us and suggestions on > >>> which direction we should take this idea - our gut instinct is that > >>> there IS a play here in the consumer space, but your thoughts and > >>> feedback would really help. > > >>> Cheers, > > >>> Tim > > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the > >>> Silicon Beach > >>> Australia mailing list. > > >>> Guidelines on discussion:http://tr.im/ujKF > > >>> No lurkers! 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