「OS」でも「デバイスドライバ」でもいいんだが 金曜日, 9月 22 2006 

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「OSとしてのブラウザ」と「ウィンドウズがデバイスドライバになるとき」は概ね同じ内容について語っているのだと思われるが、前者のやや能天気な論調に対しては、つい「ブラウザだってOSがなきゃ動かねーだろーが!!」と突っ込みたくなってしまう(そんなことは言っていないし、またそんなことを意味しているのではないとは分かっているのだが)が、後者のように、ちゃんと「ウィンドウズは（少なくともデスクトップでは）独占であり続けるだろうが、それは電力を東電が独占しているのと大して変わらない意味しかなくなるだろう。」と言っておいてくれればオレは納得する質なのである。

しっかしホント、池田先生って世間と同じ言い方したくないのねww

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Scissor Sisters 金曜日, 9月 22 2006 

Fun albinoalbinism 4:22 pm

I love Weird Al. White and nerdy. What a hoot. As seen on Valleywag. If you really want to see something scary, check out Mike Arrington and me dancing (takes a while to load).

White and nerdy – Scobleizer – Tech Geek Blogger

Alの芸風は昔から変わらないから、むしろArringtonとScobleのダンスの方が笑えるwww

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hidden symbol 金曜日, 9月 22 2006 

Fun albinoalbinism 3:27 pm


Can you spot the hidden symbol in the Goodwill logo? Check out the rest at Mgroves.
Hidden Stuff In Logos – Hemmy.Net

ロゴの中に隠されたシンボルを見抜け、というのだが…..。

こちらのページで、他のシンボルと共に正解を見る事が出来ます。

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Flickr Umbrella 金曜日, 9月 22 2006 

Fun albinoalbinism 2:33 pm

慶応の学生さんの作品がBoingBoingに登場!


The Pileus System is a mobile tangible browser to make rainy days fun. The system is constructed by the Pileus Umbrella and the Pileus WebService. User can see and take a photo and video with the PileusUmbrella. User can hand on own experience in rainy day to next user with an umbrella type photoset. User Connects the Grip with the Screen, then the Grip reads the Screen’s ID and login to own Pileus Account. When user takes photos or videos, Pileus WebService evaluates media-type of data and uploads it to Flickr or YouTube, and then set a tag by screen ID. In addition, user twists the grip, it searchs contents at Flickr and YouTube by tag of screen ID, and displays contents in order.

Pileus: The Flickr Umbrella via Boing Boing

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Google Test 金曜日, 9月 22 2006 

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(Editor’s note: Entrepreneur William Jolitz posits a contrarian view on YouTube, praising its expensive use of bandwidth as a key to its sucess. Read on about how YouTube meets the “Google Test.”)

So in looking at Google and now YouTube, maybe the question isn’t one of obsessing over bandwidth costs – great engineers like Wayne get there eventually. Instead we should ask how can we drive revenue sources by driving tons of content like Google and YouTube do? How much you displace in the ad space (Google) or TV (YouTube) is more important than what you displace it with.

The Google Test – Venture Beat

後でもう一度じっくり読もう。

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Stats about Venture capital investments into “Web 2.0″ 金曜日, 9月 22 2006 

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Venture capital investments into “Web 2.0″ Internet companies this year are on track to double last year’s levels to about $500 million, according to a new report on the bubbling sector.
VC investments in Web 2.0 companies booming, better study shows – Venture Beat

Venture Beatが、Dow Jones VentureOne reportを紹介している。それによれば、今年のWeb2.0企業に対するVCの投資額は500百万ドルで、前年に比して2倍の水準にあるとの事だ。

表を見ると、今年上半期で262百万ドルとなっているので、このペースが続けば通年で500百万ドル、という意味なのであろう。
何をもって「Web2.0企業」としたのかの説明は以下。

Companies included in this study have a business model that revolves around a dynamic interface facilitating participation through such methods as user-created content, networking, and collaboration. Applications used include podcasting, tagging, blogs, social networking, mashups, and wikis. Technologies used in these applications include: AJAX, RSS, SOA, CSS, XHTML, Atom, and rich Internet applications.
VC investments in Web 2.0 companies booming, better study shows – Venture Beat

要するに、AJAXとかを使ってダイナミックなインターフェイスを持ち、podcastしてたりblogしてたりmashupしてたり、といった会社を取り上げたって事だ。

Web 2.0 is a relatively small portion of the market. A total of $13 billion was invested in 1,213 U.S. venture-backed companies in the first half of this year. The deal size per company remains small too: The median size of a Web 2.0 financing round this year is $4.4 million, compared to $7.5 million for a venture financing overall.
VC investments in Web 2.0 companies booming, better study shows – Venture Beat

上半期に130億ドルのVC支援を受けた1,213の米国企業の中でWeb 2.0の割合は比較的小さくて、また1社当たりの投資額も4.4百万ドルと、平均7.5百万ドルに対して小さい。　

More than half the companies (25) receiving investments in 2006 were generating revenue, including three which were identified as profitable.None of the financings in 2005 went to profitable companies.
VC investments in Web 2.0 companies booming, better study shows – Venture Beat

昨年に投資された企業が未だ黒字化していないのに対して、今年に投資された企業の半数以上(25社)は既に売上を上げており、その内の3社は黒字化している。

None of the venture-backed Web 2.0 companies have achieved an IPO to date, and fewer than 10 have been acquired, including such companies as del.icio.us and MySpace, the report said.As a result, the majority of Web 2.0 companies aren’t getting the great valuations you’d assume they are, from all the hype you hear these days.

For example, the median pre-money valuation for a Web 2.0 company this year is $5 million, but the median pre-money valuation for the median venture-backed company is $20 million, so far this year, according to the survey.
VC investments in Web 2.0 companies booming, better study shows – Venture Beat

IPOを達成した企業はなく10に満たない企業が買収されたに過ぎない。この事が企業(株価)評価を低いものとしている。だから平均的な企業の投資直前の評価が20百万ドルであるのに対して、Web2.0系企業は5百万ドルだ。

後は自分で読んでくれい。

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