Ely Rosenstock's Blog

The movie "Happy Feet" is on the television as I write this post. For all that don't know, "Happy Feet" is a kid's movie about penguins (I won't go into details). Anyway, there was just a scene where all the penguins follow each other off the cliff into...

The recent backlash over the latest ebaY's feedback changes is just the latest problem with the auction company. The fact is that ebaY isn't exciting anymore. The newness of auctions is gone. I can, many times, get cheaper prices from Amazon for a new...

I was discussing the value of Twitter with a friend of mine this past week. He was making the case that Twitter will be the next big communication tool in the near future for life updates (what you're up to right now). Currently, looking at my friends'...

People are wired/trained to recognize the the slightest emotion in the human face. The slightest curve of the lip, raise of the eyebrow, or furrowing of the brow implies a different mood. There isn't one other part of the body that we can analyze as well...

Earlier today, a few friends and I were discussing the evolution of Facebook over the past couple years. We discussed how Facebook used to be just for certain colleges and evolved in the open network we know of today. One of the appeals of Facebook is...

The current disagreement between Facebook and Google brings to light the the bigger issue of data portability which was summed up quite well by Steve GIllmor over at Techcrunch. This is a HUGE issue which needs to start being talked about outside of the...

I've been noticing a lot of battles amongst Web 2.0 giants lately. Let's just take a look at a few of them: Microsoft's battle to buy Yahoo (now it's more like Yahoo's battle to be bought by Microsoft) eBay's battle with Craigslist Michael Arrington's...