Archive for the ‘Engagement Sciences’ Category

Life and commerce in the connectivity of clouds

Saturday, May 16th, 2009 Nicholas Carr in his book The Big Switch describes how Edison transformed society, by being able to generate and deliver electricity through a connected network that was previously thought impossible - or had not even been though about at all. The ...

When technology & science meets biology; meet the human 2.0

Saturday, May 9th, 2009 Fascinating documentary on what happens when technology meets biology

Currency of information – the future of newspapers

Wednesday, March 25th, 2009 The future of newspapers is a bit like climate change: there are now far fewer ‘old-media’ deniers. said Alan Rushbridger In December last year I wrote I predict we will see newspapers fail, the economic downturn is the final scene in this ...

Lord Carter and the networked society

Monday, February 23rd, 2009 I suppose Lord Carter thinks peer-to-peer networking is him having a chat with Lord Mandelson in the back of the ministerial limo. Insightful, visionary, implicit knowledge articulated as a piece of poetry. Johnny Moore nice one. I think this is in response to ...

Human nature and the need for social connection

Friday, January 23rd, 2009 [caption id="attachment_3130" align="alignleft" width="197" caption="Loneliness by John T.Cacioppo & William Patrick"][/caption] Two cornerstones of classic economic theory are the assumptions that individuals are rational decision makers and individuals have purely self-regarding preferences.  These assumptions fly in the face of most psychological ...

Hot media = heat is energy in motion

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009 Someone asked me today how I would describe hot media. Heat is defined as energy in motion, and I describe hot media as media which enables us to make media and communication, dynamic and participatory. This in fact is the antithesis of ...

Pro-Ams or craftsmen and craftswomen for the 21st Century?

Saturday, January 17th, 2009 They call them Pro-Ams - I call them the craftsmen and craftswomen of the 21st Century So it is no surprise that we get a story like this one A galaxy of helpful people Which tells the tale of Dr Chris Lintott ...

You’ve come a long way, but you ain’t seen nothin’ yet

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Says Vint Cerf in his Op-ed piece about the Internet I have no doubts that its social repercussions will take decades to be fully understood, but it has already done much to benefit the world. It has provided access to information ...

When Petrabytes seem like kilobytes – what comes next?

Monday, April 7th, 2008 Affirmation is a great and positive word and I have been feeling some affirmation recently and here is another small slice The concept of Web 2.0 is a dynamic, user-driven mesh of technologies Absolutely, and Carlota Perez in her book Technological ...

Evolution of SMLXL

Friday, March 28th, 2008 In 2002, I founded a company called SMLXL - short for Small Medium Large XtraLarge. Its focus was and still is - how do businesses and organisations meaningfully engage in a commercial or social agenda with their audiences.  We were some ...