Comments on: BricaBox: Deja Ning All Over Again? http://changingway.org/2008/03/03/bricabox-deja-ning-all-over-again/ Andrew weighs in on the ways in which the web and the world are changing Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:51:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: BricaBox Blog » Blog Archive » BricaBox: Ning for Content? http://changingway.org/2008/03/03/bricabox-deja-ning-all-over-again/#comment-5073 BricaBox Blog » Blog Archive » BricaBox: Ning for Content? Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:51:00 +0000 http://changingway.wordpress.com/?p=815#comment-5073 [...] “Deja Ning” (their first strategy) - Credit: Andrew Watson [...] [...] “Deja Ning” (their first strategy) – Credit: Andrew Watson [...]

]]> By: Hashim Warren http://changingway.org/2008/03/03/bricabox-deja-ning-all-over-again/#comment-4615 Hashim Warren Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:39:15 +0000 http://changingway.wordpress.com/?p=815#comment-4615 Interesting analysis and you may very well be correct. However, it seems to me that the market today has decided that they want these apps as features on a social network, not stand alone sites or businesses. The problem for anyone who makes a Bricabox app will be distribution. I can’t get my friends to try out any web app, but they’ll install one on Facebook in a heartbeat. A better proposition for BricaBox would be to allow the WYSIWYG creation of apps that can live on Facebook, OpenSocial or even plugin seamlessly into a MovableType or Wordpress blog. There’s certainly a market for that. Who knows? That’s probably the direction these smart guys are heading. Interesting analysis and you may very well be correct.

However, it seems to me that the market today has decided that they want these apps as features on a social network, not stand alone sites or businesses.

The problem for anyone who makes a Bricabox app will be distribution. I can’t get my friends to try out any web app, but they’ll install one on Facebook in a heartbeat.

A better proposition for BricaBox would be to allow the WYSIWYG creation of apps that can live on Facebook, OpenSocial or even plugin seamlessly into a MovableType or WordPress blog. There’s certainly a market for that.

Who knows? That’s probably the direction these smart guys are heading.

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