Gustav's Mindshare - Trains of thought on Internet and Telecom that I want to remember not to forget.

Communication – Who has the most valuable communication asset?

That’s easy, dating is really the only type of social network that manages to monetize the communication asset, examples are Match.com. People pay to communicate on these sites. This makes perfect sense since, per definition, Match.com enables communication between two people who have no other means of communicating with each other.

Relations – Who has the most valuable relations asset?

I definitely think Facebook’s greatest asset is it’s extensive social graph of REAL people, using their REAL identities. Unlike most of the earlier social networks where people used fake identities, that they later grow out of, Facebook is not really targeted at a specific age segment, stage of life or interest/vertical. You will be yourself your entire life, so you will not grow out of your Facebook identity.

Will Brad Pitt become the first digital actor – and what will it cost to license him for my movie?

I recently saw the TED talk about ” The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, where I learned that for the first hour of the movie, Benjamin, i.e. Brad Pitt’s, face is completely computer rendered, using short people to play his body.

Quick check – should you follow this blog?

First of all, Welcome! On this blog, I will cover stuff that I’m passionate about, namely, the Internet, Telecom, Social Networks, product philosophy and how I try to model the world to make some sense of it. I like to build theories and models around stuff and then vet them with people I know. Some models fly and are useful for decision making, and some don’t.