A round-up of hehful things from the Internet:
Posted on July 20, 2007 11:47 AM
To get more context on the question, I e-mailed the study's author, John Horrigan. A big thanks to John for taking time out of his travel schedule to provide some clarification about how he defines these terms and how he reads the results. Contrary to the bold headlines, John confirmed that the study did not intend to equate "Omnivores" with "Web 2.0 users," and he was not particularly surprised by the results as they relate to current web technologies. My questions and his full answers below.
Posted on May 14, 2007 1:30 PM
I'd even be willing to defend the 8% figure that comprises the Pew "Omnivores" category as a significant number. For a set of technologies that have been around for less than 5 years, it would be significant that more than 16 million people are hard-core devotees. Compare that to the number of writers and journalists with the easy ability to publish a daily column 5 years ago, or photographers with the ability to share their photos with thousands of strangers, and you have a pretty significant shift.
Posted on May 8, 2007 3:20 PM
I wrote a while back about the apparent lack of new web applications and sites geared towards baseball fans. I wanted to list out some of my recent finds in sports-related sites:
Posted on August 31, 2006 3:42 PM
I've had my eye out lately for sites that bring the latest web application technologies to baseball fans specifically. I'm sure I'm missing some, but there aren't as many as you'd think there would be, and I wonder why that is. You'd think that a group of people interested in deep statistical analysis, information sharing, searching, and customization would be perfect for the current crop of emerging web technologies.
Posted on April 7, 2006 12:58 PM
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