The Consequences of Abundance

I’m reading an interesting book that’s been on my “to-read” list for quite a while: Daniel Pink’s A Whole New Mind: moving from the information age to the conceptual age. Because the book was published in the spring of 2005, some of its ideas seem a little dated by now — e.g., Pink’s assertion that […]

Web 2.0, version 51

I’ve been slowly accumulating new Web 2.0 material during the past month, and it’s time for an update. As usual, you can access the presentation in a variety of formats, although I haven’t yet had time to upload the “ugly Betty” version to Google Apps. For now, you can view it, and/or download it, from […]

Web 2.0 version 50

I’ve been accumulating new Web 2.0 materials for the past week or so, and it’s time for an update. As usual, the new version is available to you in several different formats. If you’d like to see it as an (ugly Betty) Google Docs presentation, click here. And if you’d like to make additions, […]

Web 2.0 version 49

Once again, it’s time for an update to my Web 2.0 presentation. There’s nothing really earthshaking here, but the bits and pieces of new material help round out the overall picture of what’s happening in the Web 2.0 world.
As usual, the new version is available to you in several different formats. If you’d like to […]

Web 2.0 mind-map, version V033

I’m going to be giving a presentation on Web 2.0 in a few days for the Boston SPIN chapter (click here for details), so I thought it would be a good idea to update and revise my evolving mind-map on the topic. As usual, I’ve made it available for downloading, but it now comes […]

Web 2.0 mind-map, version 029

It’s been a few weeks since I last updated my Web 2.0 mind-map, and there have been some interesting developments, announcements, and new products. I still have several dozen articles, blog postings, and various other tidbits that need to be incorporated into the mind-map, but I’ve added enough new stuff that an update is warranted. […]

Talkin’ About Web 2.0 in Chicago

A couple evenings ago, I had the opportunity to talk with roughly 150 members of Chicago’s C-SPIN (Chicago Software Process Improvement Network) and CQAA (Chicago Quality Assurance Association) about Web 2.0. Here’s a link to the CQAA website; here’s a link to the C-SPIN description of the evening’s meeting; here’s a link to a very […]

Web 2.0 mind-map, version 026

It’s been a while since I’ve updated my Web 2.0 mind-map, and lots of things have been happening; I’ve presented a two-day seminar on Web 2.0 in Rome, attended the big Web 2.0 “Summit” conference in San Francisco, and download several more articles and blog postings. You can find the latest version of the mind-map […]

Leading edge versus trailing edge

I spent the weekend at a family birthday party, where I was reminded that there’s a wide spread between the “leading edge” and “trailing edge” of technology. For those of us who spend our lives immersed in advanced technology, it’s useful to have such a reminder from time to time.
During the course of the weekend, […]

Web 2.0 mind-map, version V019

I’ve created yet another new version of my Web 2.0 mind-map; you can download the PDF file (6.96 megabytes this time) by surfing over to the www.yourdon.com/downloads area of my website, or by clicking here.
I’ve added several new items to the previous version of the mind-map:

I created a new sub-branch of “Examples” on the “Long-Tail” […]