Yahoo previewed its Twitter clone today, although only in Portuguese (I suppose they are rolling it out to Brazil first). The service is called Meme and apparently does the same thing as Twitter although with an allowance of 100 characters per ‘meme’. The problem is Twitter is already king and Brazilians are already ‘tweeting’.
The term ‘meme’ comes from Richard Dawkins 1976 book ‘The Selfish Gene’, a book which basically says we are not in charge of our destiny, but rather the gene is. Anyways, ‘meme’ refers to an element of culture or behavior which is passed on non genetically, ie imitated. An interesting read (I’ve read it) if you follow genetics and/or subscribe to the theory of evolution. Speaking of which, Charles Darwin wrote ‘The Origin of the Species’ after visiting Brazil.
Note: Tarde d+ means ‘too late’ (d+ = de mais = demais)
Tags: eyes on brazil, meme, richard dawkins, technology, twitter, yahoo
September 4, 2009 at 7:04 AM |
I liked the name “MEME”, look & feel is alo eye catchy..