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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
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..Disqus - After 5 Days on Disqus, I’m Turning Back to Wordpress Comments
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Web 2.0 | 27 Comments »
I'm an avid reader of Fred Wilson's blog and was tempted to test-drive Disqus when Fred first integrated it onto his site. I finally decided to install it on my ... Read more..15 Websites / Services I’d Actually Pay For
Thursday, May 8th, 2008 Posted in Mobile, Web 2.0 | 43 Comments »
One measure of a service’s utility and stickiness is its ability to charge for usage. Consequently, I regularly find myself asking, “Is this important enough to me that I’d pay ... Read more..Why I Blog and Spend (Too Much) Time on the Web…
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Personal, Photos | No Comments »
When my dog Manny was diagnosed with Legg-Perthes Disease last year, there was little information available on the web about the disease, it's impact and the necessary surgery. So I ... Read more..
