Finishing up a four-part series on data bite revenue models, today, we touch on the touchy topic of advertising. Will we accept it? Hatred of advertising and the attitude that the internet is free (of cost) are deeply entrenched in net culture. Even non-intrusive advertising is despised by many. Intrusive advertising, such as spam and...
[read more]

Continuing my four-part series on revenue models for data bite formats, today I'll discuss factors likely to affect our acceptance or rejection of them. Will we accept it? Advertising is probably the most controversial revenue-related issue facing data bite formats today. But of course, revenue is not all about advertising. Developers may sell their tools,...
[read more]

In yesterday's opening of a discussion of revenue models for data bite formats, I pointed out that tool developers and publishers have a strong incentive to use their tools and feeds to generate revenue. Today the next question: Where will they get it? Developers have three potential revenue streams: software sales, software support and advertising....
[read more]

Bloggers are using RSS and other data bite formats in droves. But if RSS is to be the next wave to sweep the rest internet, there'll need to be a revenue model to support it. I don't mean to say that no revenue model means death to data bite, but clearly, if there is a...
[read more]

Yesterday I decided to make a logo for Info Bite. After a bunch of doodling on paper, I came up with the five balls logo that you see here. Here's an excerpt from the Info Bite List homepage: The five balls in the logo represent five bites of information. They are arranged to represent a...
[read more]

If you're looking for some entertainment, read Darl McBride's latest tirade against the GPL. While there are indeed some people who'd really like to get rid of all intellectual property rights, his assertion or at least implication that the GPL itself is aimed at abolishing intellectual property rights is absurd. The purpose of the GPL...
[read more]

Reading the tech news today, I just couldn't help but post something here to point out that I despise Microsoft and whoever it was in the government that decided they were going to be allowed to continue with business as usual after going through so much trouble with the anti-trust lawsuit. I also suspect that...
[read more]