Welcome to the Trendero Blog!

February 14, 2009

Welcome to the Trendero blog, a repository for editorials by the Trendero staff.  Please leave us a comment or drop us a line on anything you’d like; we love to hear from the community. A word on how we got started A very good friend, Toni, came to visit me in San Francisco a couple of...
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What Should I Report?

October 16, 2009

There are several ways to answer that question, usually with another question (sorry).  Help us pick which is the best way of phrasing it by leaving a comment. Basically, you should report the answer to any of the following questions: What are you into lately? What’s hot...
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New Features!

September 30, 2009

First of all, thank you to all users who have given us fantastic feedback.  Both at the Trendero New York Meetup and through the nifty Feedback widget, we’ve gotten some great ideas, and more are on the way. Here are the changes we’ve made so...
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Tell me more about Trendero!

August 10, 2009

So we’re moving into a new stage of publicity, trying to widen the circle, and we’re looking for folks who are willing to join our community and have an impact at an early stage.  If you are a vocal, opinionated web user, we want...
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Launch!

May 11, 2009

If you’re reading this, then you’re looking at the first Trendero launch. The “first” launch, you might ask? Yep: I’m just getting started. I believe that iterative development creates the best products.  Trendero is a mixture of random articles and books I’ve read, or conversations...
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Curation

April 12, 2009

This article discusses a large portion of the ideas that I intend to explore with Trendero, and that makes me optimistic that we’re on the right track.  See especially the “New Exotics” section. The biggest question folks have about the idea of a raw...
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On Trendero and CJ

March 15, 2009

This is a great article about the problems that journalism is currently facing. As I see it, there are three main problems with the existing journalistic enterprise: 1) Infrastructure 2) Variety of sources 3) Community involvement I view citizen journalism (CJ) as the most likely solution to all three...
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