This whole boycott thing proves once again people are not going to take any of this anymore and you better be on the side of the hive mind. Another example this week was Ocean Marketing. The whole debacle was put on Penny Arcade’s website and this was the end of Ocean Marketing. Dumb move and since these examples are not the first one to occur on the interwebs you would think people have learned from it. I guess not…

GoDaddy bows to boycott, now ‘opposes’ SOPA copyright bill
Richard Lemon, eightdegree

Sounds familiar as Facebook has all of these options as well. So what makes Path favorable above Facebook? Personally I think it’s the limit of 50 ‘friends’ you can have on the network. You can only see each other ‘paths’. Facebook is way open for everyone and the amount of status updates can be overwhelming. With the lack of transparency in the privacy settings in Facebook, Path could benefit from this.

Whose involved?

Path has a pretty impressive list of names backing it. These include Ashton Kutcher, Ron Conway, Kevin Rose, Keith Rabois, Dustin Moskovitz, Marc Benioff, Gary Vaynerchuk, Joi Ito, Fadi Ghandour, Matt Cohler, Sam Lessin, Bill Randuchel, Karl Jacob, Paul Buchheit, Ruchi Sanghvi, John Couch, Michael Parekh, Claudio Chiuchiarelli, Maurice Werdegar, Don Dodge, and Chris Kelly.
You probably recognize at least some of those. Oh, and its co-founders are Dave Morin (Senior Platform Manager at Facebook), Shawn Fanning (Founder of Napster) and Dustin Mierau.

At one point Facebook will go the same route as Myspace did. People are already fed up with Facebook when it comes to privacy. Facebook addressed this a while ago but it has a bitter taste in the mouth. It’s just a matter of time before the masses will move over to a new, closer, social network. I’m for sure ready for it.

The campaign

Downside of Path for me is their videos. Their latest video is one of a father wanting to be reunited with his family. It’s almost a presidential campaign spot for the republicans. Pretty cheesy I might say. Check it out:

Give it a try if you like. I know most of you think another social site I need to update. True, but I’m sure you gonna like Path. The design and interface are just stunning. Easy to use and intuitive. Path is available at the App Store and Android Market.

What has Path to offer vs Facebook?
Richard Lemon, eightdegree

The little vid is was just a try-out to play with video medium. I gotta say it came out pretty nicely. No fancy camera, just my iPhone 4. It ‘s kind of a stop motion video compiled of a bunch of images. Soundtrack provided by the Silversun Pickups. Another great band from Los Angeles.

I think the trip had an impact since the weather was simply gorgeous. Summer in the Netherlands afterwards was just horrible. Wet and cold. Something I hadn’t experienced for a long time as I just returned from sunny California. You can’t have it all… I wonder why. Tomorrow a big day: the gf is 28 weeks and another ultrasound is lined up at 8:15 in the morning. A few more days in 2011. Time flies, even when you’re not having that much fun…

As promised the little Barcelona/Sonar video:

Barcelona / Sonar 2011: highlight of the year
Richard Lemon, eightdegree

Let’s kick it off with a post about music. Specifically Jay Dee (a.k.a. J.Dilla). I fell in love with his music around the millenium and I’ve been listening to his beats ever since. The reason my first post is about him is that when I purchased this domain in 2002, J.Dilla was blasting the speakers. I was excited to buy my first domain and I figured a good soundtrack was appropriate. There ya have it. Time for a tune

Let’s kick this thing off
Richard Lemon, eightdegree