“You know what your trouble is? You’re the kind who always reads the handbook. Anything people build, any kind of technology, it’s going to have some specific purpose. It’s for doing something that somebody already understands. But if it’s new technology, it’ll open areas nobody’s ever thought of before. You read the manual, man, and you won’t play around with it, not the same way. And you get all funny when somebody else uses it to do something you never thought of.”
~William Gibson “The Winter Market”
In this modern connected society, it is extremely hard to not leave a virtual breadcrumb trail of your life online. This is aided by a series of online tools designed to document and distribute knowledge to the most minutiae level. This knowledge is even more prevalent than was once found in traditional blogs and other website. …
There have been several articles and academic studies dealing with the ability of people to connect through online communication. We also have heard how people have built their “micro-brand” through connecting with a broad audience. There is discussion about how creating a transparent online profile will help attract new fans and followers. This will help …
A common theme has emerged over the past couple of months. This theme has been discussed by opinion leaders, business leaders, celebrities, more celebrities and, more importantly, Wired Magazine. The argument is the death of/dying World Wide Web. The premise is that mobile and tablet computers have increased the number of applications (“apps”) available to …
Net neutrality has been called the “free market issue” of the Internet. It also represents an issue with a lot of discussion and a few rational solutions. Proponents of this issue (e.g., Google) who want all bits of data to be given equal weight are weary of the agencies that could regulate such protection. Allowing …
It is really easy to feel overwhelmed by the amount of information and amount of personalities that can exist within the online environment. Part of the strength and weakness of this area is the ability of anybody who has the time, access and the will to do so can so. With more and more channels …
As discussed earlier in this blog, the nanocelebrity is an expert first and a celebrity second. Creating a realm of knowledge that someone can speak with an sense of authority forms the basic of the nanocelebrity’s interactions online. However if that person only talks about their focus or expertise, it will get really boring, really …
It would seem that a good portion of the coverage this month has revolved around the release of the new Google Nexus One phone and the rumored Apple Tablet that may be released at the end of the month. It would seem that there would be a stronger focus on mobile platforms and mobile computing. …
Well friends, another year has come and went. As it seems to be tradition, I’m going to try once again to put together some thoughts on the year that was and what I see happening next year. Portable computing will continue to evolve: One of the areas of growth in the computer market has been …
As discussed earlier in this blog, it is important to publish thoughts and ideas in order to exist on the social network. However, it is equally as important to know what to communicate and what not to communicate within these channels. If one writes simply to let others know they exist, it will be treated as the noise …
The ability to communicate. This ability is one of the features of the Internet that draws us as a society in, allows us to create communities and maintains our relationship across long distances of space and time. For the Internet to continue to grow as the central backbone of communication & society in the world, …