http://www.RexBlog.com/2007/03/25/16702?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-the-new-business-is-missing-is-what-scott-karp-has Rex Hammock's Blog Sun, 15 Jan 2012 04:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.RexBlog.com/2007/03/25/16702/comment-page-1#comment-14874 Rex Hammock Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:50:40 +0000 http://www.rexblog.com/2007/03/25/16702/#comment-14874 Agreed, Scott. I think I was suggesting that if they recast the whole thing in the image you suggest, they may have a better shot at making some sense of that Google newspaper classified thing. As for your environmentalism example, I was tempted to suggest that it may (again, ironically) be used as a reason to forego print, altogether. Perhaps (again, I jest, really, I jest) an argument can be made that by foregoing the print versions of publications in favor of the online version, we collectively are making a pro-environmentalist decision. (However, I haven't done any carbon foot-printing analysis of emissions generated by my use of a computer vs. paper production, printing and distribution). Agreed, Scott. I think I was suggesting that if they recast the whole thing in the image you suggest, they may have a better shot at making some sense of that Google newspaper classified thing. As for your environmentalism example, I was tempted to suggest that it may (again, ironically) be used as a reason to forego print, altogether. Perhaps (again, I jest, really, I jest) an argument can be made that by foregoing the print versions of publications in favor of the online version, we collectively are making a pro-environmentalist decision. (However, I haven’t done any carbon foot-printing analysis of emissions generated by my use of a computer vs. paper production, printing and distribution).

]]> http://www.RexBlog.com/2007/03/25/16702/comment-page-1#comment-14872 Scott Karp Sun, 25 Mar 2007 18:36:01 +0000 http://www.rexblog.com/2007/03/25/16702/#comment-14872 Rex, Google's run at newspaper classified advertising suffers the same problem as newspaper executive thinking about Craigslist -- it assumes that pure utility will determine everything. And it does determine a lot of things. But not when it comes to environmentalism, which you've probably gathered is my new pet example -- didn't you read the NYT about the zero impact family who doesn't even buy toilet paper? Rex, Google’s run at newspaper classified advertising suffers the same problem as newspaper executive thinking about Craigslist — it assumes that pure utility will determine everything. And it does determine a lot of things. But not when it comes to environmentalism, which you’ve probably gathered is my new pet example — didn’t you read the NYT about the zero impact family who doesn’t even buy toilet paper?

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