Social Change

Atlantic covers Wikipedia journey

In an article titled "The Hive" Atlantic Magazine takes an interesting look at Jimmy Wales and the Wikipedia. He says, "Wikipedia has the potential to be the greatest effort in collaborative knowledge gathering the world has ever known, and it may well be the greatest effort in voluntary collaboration of any kind. The English-language version alone has more than a ...

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Future of monetizing content

This story about managing the "digital living room" looks interesting in this TechWeb article: "Hollywood is deathly afraid of the possibilities that new technology offers consumers, and this is going to dramatically impact Apple’s ability to deliver the same experience in the living room that it has on the iPod. ‘Companies in dominant positions are generally afraid of disruptive technologies, ...

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Supernova – business assesses "ecosystems"

This meeting was in CA recently, and it looks interesting. The web site says, "In today’s chaotic, interconnected environment, success requires the ability to identify key relationships, and to stand out from the crowd. New industry ecosystems are developing, while new forms of innovation emerge on top of connected platforms. Supernova 2006 focused on how leading entrepreneurs and organizations are ...

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Posting content to the internet grows

According to the latest Pew Internet and American Life Project’s Home Broadband Adoption 2006 report:  "Adoption of high-speed internet at home grew twice as fast in the year prior to March 2006 than in the same time frame from 2004 to 2005. Middle-income Americans accounted for much of the increase, along with African Americans and new internet users coming online ...

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