Tipping Point live blog con’t.

Andrew is talking now about access and connectivity. Ten billion people will be connected in the next ten years. access and connectivity knowing and discovery (how do we apply knowl that is at our fingertips?) transacting — power of people as in ebay, but also power of advertising is changing especially in the balance of […]

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Tipping Point live blog con’t.

Proteus guy says we need a mobile 911 coop – biz opp and public need. In San Diego in the fires, they had spike for their 211 web site and callers (275 vols) who became news central because the MSM just ran the same video over and over. “Local pockets” of community needed local media […]

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Tipping Point live blog con’t.

Live blogging means posting in bursts, so pardon if this is “chunky.” And I do know not to use abbreviations, but live blogging makes for creative style. Also, I can’t check the spelling of everyone’s name, apologies in advance to those whose names I mess up. The session is starting. Welcome by Sam Groggin from […]

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My first impressions; WeMedia Miami 2008

I’m in balmy Miami, where attendees convened for introductions, with a backdrop of a compelling photography exhibit and fresh veggie catering. The power outage today in south Florida created some chaos for locals, while fliers adjusted to the shock of sweating and being in the presence of green flora. My impression: a melting pot of […]

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More Signal, Less Noise

The number of digital discussions has taken off in recent years — pushed by more powerful technology, the popularity of social networking sites, the rush by publishers and businesses to engage their audiences and clients, and the general migration of formerly offline activities to online platforms. But does more = better? Does the content, organization, […]

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Synchronicity

For class, I had my students watch the wonderful documentary, Revolution OS. It features a cast of characters that could people a graphic novel — Richard Stallman the GNUman, Gandolf to Linus Torvalds’ Aragorn. Eric Raymond, a sort of Bilbo Baggins, moving between the Cathedral and Bazaar, Bruce Perens, appearing as an Elrond figure–anyway, the […]

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Election 2008 Coverage in United States

Since the presidential campaign began for the 2008 United States election,mainstream media coverage of the campaign never stopped amazing me at all.Matter of fact is,this is my first ever election campaign i have literally seen in the United States. And though i occasionally watched other U.S. presidential campaigns and elections while still in Africa via […]

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