April 14th, 2007
Luis Suarez recommended this on his blog; I have no idea how he found it. But it is indeed pretty cool…
April 14th, 2007
Luis Suarez recommended this on his blog; I have no idea how he found it. But it is indeed pretty cool…
There’s a problem with the way the globalization paradigm has evolved. It doesn’t really explain most of what is happening in the world. David Brooks goes on to suggest that "The chief force reshaping manufacturing is technological change" and "...the skills revolution. We’re moving into a more demanding cognitive age. In order to thrive, people are compelled to become better at absorbing, processing and combining information." Good stuff!
Great new search engine: type in the usual search term, and then see a visual representation of all the different "resources" on the Web that contain info, articles, pictures, videos, and other forms of information about that topic.
How businesses are using Web 2.0: A McKinsey Global Survey. A Digital Marketing Survey about business web 2.0 survey by The McKinsey Quarterly. Free registration for most Marketing Digital Marketing articles. peer-to-peer networking, internet investments, web 2.0 global trends, and global web 2.0 trends. By and large, executives are satisfied with their previous investments in Internet technology, and most are investing in trends that promote automation and networking online.
Where do people find the time to do things like edit Wikipedia? They watch less television says author Clay Shirky. This links to a video clip of a terrific presentation that Shirky gave at a recent Web 2.0 conference. He begins with a wonderful anecdote about the early years of the Industrial Revolution; I'm not going to give it away, so you'll have to just watch it ...
Michael Arrington presents some statistics about Twitter usage: number of users, number of messages, etc. What's most interesting about this post, actually, is the long list of 100+ comments from various people around the world...
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April 15th, 2007 at 9:06 pm
Here’s an article that tells of its genesis.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/features/daily/march99/sunscreen0318.htm
April 15th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
Andy,
Thanks for the reference to the “Washington Post” article. I’ve just posted a blog entry with a more detailed discussion of its genesis …
I really feel like an oblivious dummy for being so completely unaware of the whole phenomenon when it first appeared back in 1997 …
Ed