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TummelVision 63: Mark Krynsky on X Prizes, competition, cooperation, and “influence”
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Episode Notes
Mark Krynsky (@krynsky) of the X PRIZE Foundation & Lifestreamblog.com joins us to talk about competition, cooperation, and the folly of trying to measure online “influence.”
News and Notes:
- M.I.T. Media Lab Names a New Director – New York Times
- New Director of MIT Media Lab Talks of Encouraging Openness – Chronicle of Higher Education
- Peter Thiel Believes the Future Belongs to College Dropouts – The Atlantic
- A Customer Service Nightmare: Resolving Trademark and Personal Reputation in a Limited Name Space – Danah Boyd at Zephoria.org
- Bogus Infringement Takedowns And The Danger Of Relying On Third Party Services With No Backbone – Techdirt
- Zephoria Inc.: About to find out how social media really works – Suw Charman-Anderson
- Finding And Buying A Domain Name – Fred Wilson at AVC.com
- Invaders from Mars – Charlie Stross
- Books by Stross at Amazon
- Manifesto: I Am Not a Brand – Maureen Johnson
- Mark’s page at Empire Avenue (“Buy and sell your friends and own anyone on the social web!”)
- Klout is a Good Start But We Need More Ingredients for an Influencer Recipe – Mark Krynsky at Lifestream Blog
Some links and notes related to the X Prize Foundation and other aspects of Mark Krynsky’s work:
- Mark manages the X PRIZE Foundation websites & services.
- A collection of web services used at X PRIZE
- He has been writing about Lifestreaming for over 4 years, and he is currently focusing on social content readers and personal activity data (Lifelogging & Quantified Self)
- The Autonomous Auto X PRIZE
- Gold Rush 2.0: A Case Study of the GoldCorp Challenge – A.C. Preston
- The X Prize Visioneering Workshop
As you listen, you can replay the fascinating conversation from our live chat room here at CoveritLive.