What: How Obama Won the First Web 2.0 Election and Will Create The First Web 2.0 Presidency When: Monday, December 8, 2008, 4 pm and open to the public. Where: George Washington University, Washington, DC. Details here. Our good friend and iFOCOS Senior Fellow, Carin Dessauer, is moderating what promises to be a fascinating discussion […]
Can all the hours we spend online rewire the circuitry of our brain? A UCLA study released this week began to answer that question, showing that searching the Internet helps to keep older brains agile. “Our study shows that when your brain is on Google, your neural circuitry changes extensively,” Gary Small, director of UCLA’s […]
We’re growing and I’m thrilled to introduced the newest member of our team, Brian Reich. Brian has been a participant and online organizer for nearly all of our We Media conferences, going back to the very first one in New York in 2005. He’s also a principal at EchoDitto, a well known web consultancy. Brian […]
NOTE: We asked each of our 2009 Game Changers Awards Finalists to write about their projects, what they’ve learned along the way and what’s next. This essay was written by Sara Bordo, Senior Vice President, Marketing of SocialVibe. SocialVibe believes that empowering people to leverage their influence online can create positive impact for themselves, their […]
News broke yesterday that Random House, the world’s largest book publisher, was re-structuring and would eliminate two large publishing groups. This is not the first time we have heard about trouble in the book publishing industry, but certainly one of the most alarming signs that the books are suffering in the digital age (as well […]
Online news and newspaper sites are either struggling to attract audiences or generate revenue (and some struggle with both). The reasons are many: news sites have to compete for attention with blogs, social networks, and other channels in the increasingly crowded online world; as audiences have more opportunities to connect, get and share information, and […]