Comments on: Amazon’s stealth tagging project: 43Things http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/02/09/amazons-stealth-bloggingtagging-project Blogs, social network sites, social software---and how to use all of these tools to become dramatically more successful Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: bicyclemark http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/02/09/amazons-stealth-bloggingtagging-project#comment-4158 bicyclemark Fri, 18 Feb 2005 19:01:40 +0000 http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/02/09/amazons-stealth-bloggingtagging-project#comment-4158 Hey neat... I studied in Aix-en-Pvce back in 2000 and my school had a "campus" in avignon as well. Hey neat… I studied in Aix-en-Pvce back in 2000 and my school had a “campus” in avignon as well.

]]> By: Frank Ruscica http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/02/09/amazons-stealth-bloggingtagging-project#comment-3775 Frank Ruscica Thu, 10 Feb 2005 16:29:33 +0000 http://www.thevirtualhandshake.com/blog/2005/02/09/amazons-stealth-bloggingtagging-project#comment-3775 43er Josh Peterson's 12/11/04 e-mail to me may be a clue re: 43 & Amazon's plans. Here is Josh's e-mail: "I just spent about an hour surfing around [my MSFT-/VC-approved business plan for a provider of customized lifelong learning and career services (CLLCS)] with a bit of amazement. I run a little company...We are a team of folks who worked together at Amazon.com developing that company's personalization and recommendations team and systems. We spent about 1.5 years thinking about what we wanted to build next. We thought a lot about online education tools. We thought a lot about classified ads and job networks. We thought a lot about reputation systems. We thought a bit about personalized advertising systems. We thought a lot about blogging and social networking systems. Eventually, we came up with the idea behind 43 Things. ...I guess I'm mostly just fascinated that we've been working a very similar vein to the one you describe, without having a solid name for it (we call it 'the age of the amateur' or 'networks of shared experiences' instead of CLLCS, but believe me, we are talking about the same patterns and markets, if not in exactly the same way). Thanks for sharing what you have - its fascinating stuff." ---- CLLCS details coming online at OpportuniTV.com. Feel free to contact me with any questions, etc. Enjoy, Frank Ruscica 43er Josh Peterson’s 12/11/04 e-mail to me may be a clue re: 43 & Amazon’s plans. Here is Josh’s e-mail:

“I just spent about an hour surfing around [my MSFT-/VC-approved business plan for a provider of customized lifelong learning and career services (CLLCS)] with a bit of amazement. I run a little company…We are a team of folks who worked together at Amazon.com developing that company’s personalization and recommendations team and systems. We spent about 1.5 years thinking about what we wanted to build next. We thought a lot about online education tools. We thought a lot about classified ads and job networks. We thought a lot about reputation systems. We thought a bit about personalized advertising systems. We thought a lot about blogging and social networking systems. Eventually, we came up with the idea behind 43 Things.

…I guess I’m mostly just fascinated that we’ve been working a very similar vein to the one you describe, without having a solid name for it (we call it ‘the age of the amateur’ or ‘networks of shared experiences’ instead of CLLCS, but believe me, we are talking about the same patterns and markets, if not in exactly the same way). Thanks for sharing what you have - its fascinating stuff.”

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CLLCS details coming online at OpportuniTV.com.

Feel free to contact me with any questions, etc.

Enjoy,

Frank Ruscica

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