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About Me
I'm Ryan Spoon. I live in San Francisco and have spent my career on the web. I founded beRecruited.com (acquired in 2007) and spent 2003-2007 at eBay (internet marketing, social media & leading Kijiji.com). I am now at Widgetbox.com and running InGameNow on the side with a collection of friends.
Email: rspoon @ gmail.com
Twitter: @berecruited
The Evolution of Social Content: From Email to Blogs to Disqus / FriendFeed
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »
Fred Wilson's last two blog posts are about the changing / evolving blog landscape: 1) the death of "long form blogging" (ironic) 2) the evolution of blog commenting and how comments are ... Read more..Twhirl and AlertThingy Leave Me Half Full, Half Satisfied
Saturday, June 14th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
I love Twitter. And I've written about why. I also struggle with Twitter... and I've written about that too. But one thing remains consistent with my Twitter usage: it happens on ... Read more..I Really Hope Twitter Isn’t Friendster 2.0
Friday, June 6th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 2 Comments »
I've written a lot about Twitter over the past few weeks - much of my writing is about community, trends, and general usage. Today, much of the buzz is around ... Read more..Why Twitter’s Problem is Social Findability (Twitter in Pictures)
Friday, May 30th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »
Twitter's inability to stay online is well documented. The reason for their instability, however, is much debated. Both Twitter and Om Malik argue that it stems from power-users (who tax ... Read more..Why iGoogle is About to Be Game Changing - For Google and for Us
Thursday, May 29th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »
A couple months ago, I had the following email exchange with one of the sharpest, big internet-thinkers I know. I thought very little of the discussion until the past few ... Read more..Should Facebook Acquire FriendFeed, Twitter and/or Digg?
Saturday, May 24th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 1 Comment »
Over the last few years - in *numerous* settings - I have heard different variations of the following: “Why should we build it internally when we can let it be ... Read more..Twitter & Friendfeed: Understanding Referral Traffic, Arriving at a Business Model
Saturday, May 17th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 2 Comments »
For consumers, the power of the distributed web is accessing and connecting content across one’s internet usage and social graph. For content owners, the power of the distributed web is precisely ... Read more..Craigslist, Kijiji & Oodle: The Geographic Distribution of Classifieds 2.0
Sunday, May 11th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 3 Comments »
One of my primary attractions to sites like Twitter, FriendFeed, Facebook, etc is that they are predicated on distribution and portability. But a recent New York Times article ‘Craig Looks ... Read more..New SocialFeed Widget (…Your FriendFeed Widget-ized)
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | No Comments »
Yesterday Scoble unveiled his new blog theme and the resounding feedback among the 150+ comments was positive... and how'd he create that FriendFeed widget? For those web 2.0 users, Widgetbox has ... Read more..Web 3.0 - Making Web 2.0 More Efficient
Thursday, April 17th, 2008 Posted in Photos, Web 2.0 | 2 Comments »
Great post on TechCrunch today named Web 3.0 Will Be About Reducing the Noise—And Twhirl Isn’t Helping. Eric Schonfeld included the below screenshot from his desktop and sadly, it reminded ... Read more..
