http://www.fastcompany.com/tag/commercialization The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/internet-and-strip-mall-effect <p>Drive through many towns on the East Coast, and you'll see the same fossils of urban development: an old, blighted town center and a few miles away, a modern retail strip with ample parking, brightly-lit chain shops and, inevitably, a Starbucks [<a href="http://finance.google.com/finance?q=NASDAQ%3ASBUX">SBUX</a>]. Take a look at new plans announced by Facebook on Monday, and its hard to escape the deja vu. Call it the Strip Mall Effect, and it's coming to the Internet.</p> <p><a href="http://www.fastcompany.com/blog/chris-dannen/techwatch/internet-and-strip-mall-effect">read more</a></p> Target Enterprise google 4chan Internet Starbucks Web power.com it commercialization products myspace innovative products hulu facebook CBS Consumer Products san francisco chronicle social network suburbanization connect open ID Innovation Technology Design Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:20:39 -0500 Chris Dannen 1100571 at http://www.fastcompany.com