http://www.generatorx.no/20051010/software-literacy-networks-of-information/ Software and generative strategies in art and design Mon, 06 Sep 2010 09:49:32 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.generatorx.no/20051010/software-literacy-networks-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-198 watz Mon, 10 Oct 2005 09:34:57 +0000 http://www.generatorx.no/?p=268#comment-198 Aha - my bad, then. You're correct, of course. I believe the general idea still holds for most online shops though, I guess Amazon has gotten so hip to the <a href="http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html" rel="nofollow">"long tail"</a> theory by now that they know it's all in their best interest. Aha – my bad, then. You’re correct, of course. I believe the general idea still holds for most online shops though, I guess Amazon has gotten so hip to the “long tail” theory by now that they know it’s all in their best interest.

]]> http://www.generatorx.no/20051010/software-literacy-networks-of-information/comment-page-1/#comment-197 Tom Mon, 10 Oct 2005 08:45:49 +0000 http://www.generatorx.no/?p=268#comment-197 Actually, Amazon is not the straw man you're looking for here. In some ways, they led the open web services revolution, and <a href="http://www.kokogiak.com/amazon/" rel="nofollow">Amazon Light</a> is a great example of that - a stripped down front end to their store, written by one of their customers. They don't care, and they even allow developers to collect 2.5-15% in referral fees when people use alternative interfaces. I guess that gives them an incentive to improve their own site, but of course they make money either way! Actually, Amazon is not the straw man you’re looking for here. In some ways, they led the open web services revolution, and Amazon Light is a great example of that – a stripped down front end to their store, written by one of their customers. They don’t care, and they even allow developers to collect 2.5-15% in referral fees when people use alternative interfaces. I guess that gives them an incentive to improve their own site, but of course they make money either way!

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