Iconoclasm in the global village
Are really living in a global village? Or was Marshall McLuhan naive in his belief that the electronic media revolution would speed up society and transform all of us into global citizens?
Are really living in a global village? Or was Marshall McLuhan naive in his belief that the electronic media revolution would speed up society and transform all of us into global citizens?
If there's one application that just about every computer user in the world (and now, many handset users) makes use of, it's instant messenging.
At the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco today, Google board member and mega VC John Doerr says there...
Who says Microsoft's culture has become too bureaucratic? Forget about reorgs and hierarchies.
What a day, I spent most of it running from one conference room to another, crowding into workshop rooms that were chock full, and trying to work out which people I knew via blogging. Being from New Zealand, I haven't put a name to the face of most bloggers.
For me the Web 2.0 conference has been really exciting and the air has been full of energy.
YourMTB.com, a mountain biking enthusiast site recently launched by Enthusiast Group, a citizen media venture, is hoping to jump-start enthusiast contributions through incentives:Post your photo—we’ll give $5 to IMBA.
Because Web 2.0 is the meme of the moment, even amongst those who are cynical of the term, next week is shaping up to be a very exciting one.
I just spent an hour catching up with IBM's latest briefing on the completion of its acquisition of MRO Software, and it reminded me how much the future of software is really more of the same. This sanity check comes at the end of a week that showcased two paradigm bending concepts -- software as a service and Office/Web 2.
Recently I had an opportunity to chat with Justin Lee over some cappuccino at the Festival Walk Starbucks. Justin is one of the founders of the Entrepreneur27 (E27) branch in Singapore and was in Hong Kong for a visit.