Archive for May 25th, 2012

A couple of great quotes …

May 25, 2012

Free Stuff
Think Facebook, “free” email services …

“If you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold”.  Source

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The Economic Recovery
Team Obama would like you to think we’ve turned the corner, but…

“Calling our current economic status a recovery is like calling the product of a Kim Kardashian wedding a marriage.”   Source

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Obama on Taxes

“Over the past three years, Obama has pursued the goal of higher tax rates as relentlessly as Captain Ahab pursued the great white whale.”  Source

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Maybe, the next social media win will be healthcare.

May 25, 2012

Buried as the last of  7 Reasons Why Facebook IPO Was A Bust, Forbes’ writer Rich Karlgaard raised a point that caught my eye:

Mass social media is a crock. It is an inherent contradiction.

I like LinkedIn more than Facebook because it  has a special purpose and therefore doesn’t feel like a time waster.

FWIW, I predict the next huge win in social media will be in health care.

As a health care consumer, I want chat with people who are just like me.

With similar gene structures.

Who suffer from similar maladies as well as the genetic potential for similar maladies.

When linking up with my “health friends” I also want a 100% guarantee that my social network won’t betray my health confidences.

Would I trust Facebook to keep these confidences? Never.

Think about it.

How many times have you Googled for medical advice, e.g. what to do for poison ivy?

And, how many folks have built ad hoc digital support structures when a friend or relative  was facing a tough medical situation?

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