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A timely Twitter reality check (via Dave Kellogg); check the link below for more details and a telling chart. I think Twitter also has a fundamental problem not addressed in the article: Twitter’s conceptual model lacks context – both in its staccato tweet model and in its information item (and “social graph”) relationship structure (e.g., low information value-add RT @[Twitter id] links that leave context reconstitution as an exercise for the reader). I find Twitter useful as a high-level meme-watcher tool but not much else, and, as other services with more powerful conceptual models (especially Facebook) become more useful for meme-watching, I expect I’ll be investing less time and attention in the Twitterverse.
The last… Continue reading: Here’s Twitter’s Big Problem: It’s Not Going Mainstream [Business Insider]
Check the full post for UX issues. Another iTunes topic to consider: why is there not more controversy about the fact that iTunes is such a resource pig that it routinely causes PCs to overheat?
Almost every year, Apple releases a new version of iTunes with some new feature. Last year it was Home Sharing. This year, it’s Ping. Apple also usually tweaks the UI, many times creating a backlash. This year Apple has outdone itself.
iTunes 10 Interface: Where Apple Went Wrong
Continue reading: iTunes 10 Interface: Where Apple Went Wrong [GigaOm]
See the link below for some ping dings
Apple iTunes’ Ping launched Wednesday night to a flurry of chatter lauding it as a MySpace killer, only to land Thursday morning amid criticism and a nasty break-up with Facebook. Now that the dust is beginning to settle, let’s take a look at what Ping is, as well as what it could have been.
Om claimed that Ping is the future of social commerce, but its sole focus on purchases and its presence behind a walled garden may hinder that bright future. Here are the four main issues Apple has to work on quickly for Ping to be successful:
… Continue reading: Ping Is Neither Social, Nor Is It a Network. Discuss. [GigaOm]
[AnybodyButApple] poised for success with music publishers
Music companies have all but rolled out the red carpet for Google, believing the technology giant can serve as a counterweight against Apple, which controls 75 to 80 percent of digital music sales via its iTunes store.
Though record companies collect 70 percent of the revenue generated by iTunes, they have bristled under Apple’s terms, which had limited the prices music companies could charge, among other things.
With Google on the scene, the hope is that music companies can lessen their dependence on Apple.
Business & Technology | Google music service eagerly awaited | Seattle Times Newspaper
How many other Buzz headlines have you seen in the business or tech press lately?…
Money aside (a drop in Google’s bucket, to be sure), Google’s biggest problem with Buzz at the moment may be the fact that it appears to be having trouble gaining traction against more established social-networking sites. The company has never disclosed how many people are using Buzz, which allows users to post status updates, essays, photos, or other content and have their "followers" comment on that content, but prominent tech commentator Leo Laporte’s Buzz feed inadvertently went dark for quite some time without either Laporte or his many followers noticing.
Google settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5M | Relevant Results – CNET… Continue reading: Google settles Buzz lawsuit for $8.5M | Relevant Results – CNET News
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