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Thursday, May 4
Google Health buzz? Sure, but why no Travel comment?
by
Stuart MacDonald
on Thu 04 May 2006 11:01 AM EDT
All great that Google is set to make a bunch of big announcements at their Press Day next week, and there is certainly much chatter about a big Health play. Though in fairness, some like mesh Keynoter Kedrosky are calling for a ban on new Google products until they get the ones they already have in prime-time shape. But nobody is talking about Travel. I don't get it. Huge category, big dollars, obvious play, and yet zero discussion. Odd, no?
mesh 15 Minutes of Fame: The Winners
by
Stuart MacDonald
on Thu 04 May 2006 08:51 AM EDT
We received many, many great submissions, which made for a difficult decision. Yet decide we did. Here are 6 great ideas, each different, yet each representing its own unique potential. Each Canadian, each hopeful, each - we think - worth watching.
They are all great - in fact, all the submissions were. But I want to talk about Gary King. As I wrote on the mesh blog:
"Gary is our Special Case winner. A high school student doing some neat things online, Gary turned our communal heads with pure tenacity in getting us to sell him an already-sold-out mesh Student's ticket. Yes, we got many, MANY requests for these once they went, but Gary approached The Ask with military precision and a No-is-Not-an-Option attitude that had we mesh-ies talking about (our nickname) Gary the Kid. We all ended up saying that we wanted to meet this guy. So, for pure Eye on the Prize go-get-'em-ness - which bodes very well for his future - Gary gets our final 15 Minutes slot." You know how once in a rare while somebody just makes an impression? Well, Gary did that to us. He got us talking, he got us interested. He made an impression, and a good one. We Canadians don't often "get in there". Maybe on the ice, in the corners, a bit. But we tend to be fairly reserved and not nearly as assertive as, say, our neighbours to the South. Personally, I think that's a shame, because some of what we have to share never gets known because our own approach lets it get drowned out. To me, Gary's tenacity and single-mindedness, in a person as young as he is, is a great example we can all learn from. Congrats, Gary, and all the 15MOF winners. Update: Mathew says his bit here, Rob here. Mark adds his bit. Oh, here's Mike's. Still not signed up for mesh? Register today. Tags: mesh06tags, web2.0, conference, 15minutesoffame |
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