Comments on: The Email APIs Are Coming – But Where Are They? http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/11/the-email-apis-are-coming-but-where-are-they.html Sun, 21 Mar 2010 05:43:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: deva_hazari2084 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/11/the-email-apis-are-coming-but-where-are-they.html/comment-page-1#comment-6819 deva_hazari2084 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:48 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1912#comment-6819 Brad, rather than "he suggests the issue isn’t the inbox, but the address book" I'd say that I suggest (huh?!) the issue most of those posts talked about is the address book, but the real issue is much broader - precisely what you and others are now touching on regarding messaging. I added 4 A's to the 3 I's here: <a href="http://www.emaildashboard.com/2007/11/the-four-as-of.html ">http://www.emaildashboard.com/2007/11/the-four-as...</a><br /> <br /> Also, the "Loading" wait for IntenseDebate is annoying. Brad, rather than "he suggests the issue isn’t the inbox, but the address book" I'd say that I suggest (huh?!) the issue most of those posts talked about is the address book, but the real issue is much broader – precisely what you and others are now touching on regarding messaging. I added 4 A's to the 3 I's here: http://www.emaildashboard.com/2007/11/the-four-as...

Also, the "Loading" wait for IntenseDebate is annoying.

]]> By: robert960 http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2007/11/the-email-apis-are-coming-but-where-are-they.html/comment-page-1#comment-6830 robert960 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:55:48 +0000 http://www.feld.com/wp/?p=1912#comment-6830 <a href="http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/11/the-social-grap.html#comment-14269 ">http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/11/the-social-grap...</a><br /> <a href="http://www.radicati.com/brochure.asp?id=477 ">http://www.radicati.com/brochure.asp?id=477 </a><br /> <br /> Howard Lindzon had some input on Fred's blog. I tend to agree with his assessment that it's the leverage of the social graph that is most important here. No matter what your application is (i.e. e-mail relevancy), you need to leverage the social graph. <br /> <br /> I'm mostly interested in the application of this concept in the enterprise sector (no news there). With spending in the "enterprise social software" sector expected to reach $3.3B by 2011, at least according to Radicati, there appears to be a real need to leverage the social graph. <br /> <br /> Also, I agree with the "messaging not e-mail" statement. While e-mail is the current standard in the enterprise, there's no reason to believe instant messaging, blogs, and intra-service communication won't see just as much (or more) adoption. http://avc.blogs.com/a_vc/2007/11/the-social-grap...
http://www.radicati.com/brochure.asp?id=477

Howard Lindzon had some input on Fred's blog. I tend to agree with his assessment that it's the leverage of the social graph that is most important here. No matter what your application is (i.e. e-mail relevancy), you need to leverage the social graph.

I'm mostly interested in the application of this concept in the enterprise sector (no news there). With spending in the "enterprise social software" sector expected to reach $3.3B by 2011, at least according to Radicati, there appears to be a real need to leverage the social graph.

Also, I agree with the "messaging not e-mail" statement. While e-mail is the current standard in the enterprise, there's no reason to believe instant messaging, blogs, and intra-service communication won't see just as much (or more) adoption.

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