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David Weinberger on the Digital Future, “blogs and knowledge”

David Weinberger is one of the few voices in the web world who makes sense. He is an inspired, dynamic speaker, and has the unique ability to take complex concepts and turn them into easy-to-understand examples. A few years ago, he did a presentation for the Library of Congress Series: Managing Knowledge and Creativity in [...]

History online: The Library of Congress is now on Flickr

Revisiting the Cluetrain Manifesto

John Cass, on his PR Communications Blog, recently wrote an excellent critique of The Cluetrain Manifesto. Now that the book is 10 years old, and we are living in the midst of this messy web of connections and conversation, John refers to some of the “95 theses” in the book and discusses them in the [...]

The Blurry Line of Social Media

As many of you – I spend a lot of time online both personally and professionally. In the age of Social Media, I use a variety of community outlets such as facebook, flickr, youtube, linkedin, twitter, stumbleupon, de.licio.us for both aspects of my life (personal and professional) – and the line between the two is [...]

Technology and a day in real life

There is something very un-Zen about all of this. No wonder why I want to move to the mountains and live like a hobbit. It is probably questionable whether the spiffy electronic coffee pot can be considered technology. Or the microwave. Or the high-performance dishwasher. Either way, these are just one example of a day [...]

Why can’t life be like Zappos.com?

I am a Zappos.com junkie – I spend hours on that site browsing shoes, adding things to my favorites, sharing with friends – who knew that there could be a ‘social media’ outlet for the shoe-obsessed? Don’t get me wrong – you will not get the best bargain on shoes here, what you will get [...]

The web IS changing us

I never get tired of this – it’s a very thoughtful perspective on how the Internet is changing our lives, our culture and our sense of community…and to think that 5 years ago, we all thought that the Internet would cause people to stop talking to each other. Now people are connecting with each other [...]