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telecom, technology and the occasional floobergeist

I’ve got an abundance of bits and pieces of canadian telecom and internet experience, and I am thrilled to be in a place in time when all is changing, technology is developing, and the status quo is being disrupted. 

Floobergeist is a word that is beginning to defy definition.  The more I roll that smooth pebble around, the more it becomes to mean. Floobergeist started out as the magic dust that turns dreams into ideas.  And then it began to encompass the zing that happens when you have conversations about those ideas. And now, it’s the whole evolution from dream to conversation, with each step improving the later and the former along the way.

Everyone aspires to good conversations. They can lead you to adventures you’ve never imagined, and to people you can twig with.

Let’s have a good conversation…

welcome.

Julie's Take on The Long Tail.

August 21, 2006  /  jules kivell

Ok.  The one thing that the rest of the world seems to be talking about is the idea of the Long Tail.  In theory, the Long Tail is all about building a service/distribtion channel/product that will have a very limited, or very precise audience.  It's about creating something NOT for the mass market, but for the 1% of the population who wants it.  It's especially interesting as a distribution channel.  You see... I have a weird ability to like things that are obscure, that the rest of the world isn't interested in. It's a challenge to find these things, and to acquire them.


For example, I like ridiculous, unpopular Depeche Mode songs, songs that didn't even make it to any of the CDs.  Songs like "The Happiest Girl" and "Lie to Me".

Those songs might fall into the Long Tail of Depeche Mode.  I also like "Land of the Lost", and man, that is HARD to find.

Now, how about something REALLY hard to find: The Last Canadian.


it's an interesting conversation.

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