Comments on: Yes — but a smaller, less frothy bubble http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » When Bubble 2.0 Ends, How Bad Will it Be? http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-238003 robhyndman.com » Blog Archive » When Bubble 2.0 Ends, How Bad Will it Be? Sat, 17 Mar 2007 13:36:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-238003 [...] The discussion about whether we’re in a bubble has happily moved on, and the focus seems to be shifting now to speculation about how bad it will be. This is perhaps just jitters in the wake of the U.S. real estate market’s recent troubles, and recent wobbles in global stock markets, but in any event one can’t really argue with the idea that there’s been a certain frothiness to tech in the past few years. So when it ends, will it be ugly? Will there be bodies, and if so, how many swamps will they fill? [...] [...] The discussion about whether we’re in a bubble has happily moved on, and the focus seems to be shifting now to speculation about how bad it will be. This is perhaps just jitters in the wake of the U.S. real estate market’s recent troubles, and recent wobbles in global stock markets, but in any event one can’t really argue with the idea that there’s been a certain frothiness to tech in the past few years. So when it ends, will it be ugly? Will there be bodies, and if so, how many swamps will they fill? [...]

]]> By: Eric Berlin http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-115534 Eric Berlin Fri, 22 Dec 2006 19:35:37 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-115534 I think the entire key to this cycle, or bubble (or whatever), is that it's "a whole lot cheaper" all round. Companies can be founded by people that live in different parts of the globe, without office space and with the slimmest of overheads. Blogcritics is currently owned by three people who live in Ohio, Texas, and California and are helped out by army of volunteer editors and 1,700 writer/bloggers who hail from around the globe. Even if this "bubble" "bursts" (it's the friday before christmas, so pardon my overuse of quotes) this level of innovation will still exist. And it will only increase as Tom Friedman's flat world continues to chase (and catch) the West. I think the entire key to this cycle, or bubble (or whatever), is that it’s “a whole lot cheaper” all round. Companies can be founded by people that live in different parts of the globe, without office space and with the slimmest of overheads. Blogcritics is currently owned by three people who live in Ohio, Texas, and California and are helped out by army of volunteer editors and 1,700 writer/bloggers who hail from around the globe.

Even if this “bubble” “bursts” (it’s the friday before christmas, so pardon my overuse of quotes) this level of innovation will still exist. And it will only increase as Tom Friedman’s flat world continues to chase (and catch) the West.

]]> By: Starked SF, Unforgiving News from the Bay » Blog Archive » Talk of the Town: Monday, December 18 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-111916 Starked SF, Unforgiving News from the Bay » Blog Archive » Talk of the Town: Monday, December 18 Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:38:52 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-111916 [...] Mathew Ingram on Bubble-ology. [...] [...] Mathew Ingram on Bubble-ology. [...]

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-111381 Seth Finkelstein Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:00:26 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-111381 All wars are not WWII All bubbles are not Internet Bubble 1.0 But people still get hurt nonetheless. All wars are not WWII
All bubbles are not Internet Bubble 1.0

But people still get hurt nonetheless.

]]> By: Leigh http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-111241 Leigh Sun, 17 Dec 2006 20:46:11 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2006/12/17/yes-but-a-smaller-less-frothy-bubble/#comment-111241 If I remember correctly, I think Paul on the Mesh podcast I heard also referred to the shifting advertising revenue as something that made this bubble less of a bubble - more glass less Palmolive perhaps? (oh and Stu, totally ew on the mouth throwing up thing....) If I remember correctly, I think Paul on the Mesh podcast I heard also referred to the shifting advertising revenue as something that made this bubble less of a bubble - more glass less Palmolive perhaps?

(oh and Stu, totally ew on the mouth throwing up thing….)

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