Connections #045 - Plaxo Unplugged
John McCrea is VP of Marketing at Plaxo, in Mountain View, California.
He’s a seasoned veteran of the Internet - responsible for pioneering a number of online advances, including the first Internet advertising deal & creation of the term ‘Powered By …’
In this interview, John discusses the role that Plaxo Pulse plays in connecting and updating people about their friends and business associates in the ever-changing Web 2.0 universe - as well as outlining some of the exciting changes and innovations on the horizon, arising from the company’s recent acquisition by major media & online services provider, Comcast.
Web Links:
Plaxo Pulse - Plaxo online
Comcast - Plaxo’s new parent
John McCrea’s Plaxo profile
John McCrea’s LinkedIn profile
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Stan Relihan
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November 30th, 2008 at 7:12 am
Stan: Good on ya Mate!, Stan delivers aspirational and incremental steps required to refine and increase the functionality of the present leading networking capabiities in #45 with John Mcea. It is a succinct communication on the usefulness and limitations of the need for and limitations of the exisiting bisness and social contact service available today.
Suggest strongly that medium to heavy active users download and utilize as a primer for “closing” the late adopters in their contact dB to subscribe to multiple services.
Stan’s probing questions and John’s advanced preparation address many of the exisitng short comings or limitations of interactivity of service that will be overcome and increase the productivity and capabilities as 2.0 and the smashing of the ‘Walled Garden” structure mets it ultimate demise.
A core issue or impediment for many of our efforts is the extensions of requests to join or link to multiple network sites, particularly with less web friendly or low familiarity users, many of them developmentally “older” and still closely tied to their own prorietary dB systems. ” Why should I join and fully populate both Plaxo & LinkedIn …etc.”
Podcast #45 - if they can fathom the podcast technology, addresses and should move them to action. If for no other reason than they will discover they are even further, perhaps hopelessly, behind the (ev) and revolution, as Web 2.0 asserts itself in the lives and commercial activity of the majority of users worldwide.
March 22nd, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Stan,
Another truly meaningful show that brings richness to the listener. Thanks for bringing this to us.
Dave