Yesterday we had a redirect on these pages and said nothing in our social channels. Not a Tweet, not a Post. Nothing. Let’s face it, this was out of character. So why? What motivates people like us and sites like Wikipedia, Redit, G00D, even Google to take a stand?
Currently there’s legislation under consideration by [...]
“I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.” ~ Alan Cox
With a few basic top-level predictions earlier this week – namely brands beginning to better understand social ROI, integration of shopping functionality into social channels, and web 3.0 and the semantic web doing our discovery and [...]
“The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.” ~ Bill Vaughan
It’s that time of year again when we have to dig out our crystal balls and do the obligatory blogging of predictions for next year. As a futurist, here’s a few top-level guesses based on the technology, trends, and [...]
The tools may have changed, but the song remains the same.
The Web is now personal. VERY personal. Everyone is a content producer, whether they realize it or not.
Google realizes this. Google’s deal with Twitter has run out so it no longer has Twitter content in its search, and Facebook is giving content to [...]
When I worked on Wall Street, the dividing line between my personal life and my professional one was dark and bold. Like many people, the reasons for such a dark line were concerns around judgment and perception. Would I be taken seriously if my coworkers knew I relished playing Dungeons & Dragons on the weekends?
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A good chunk of my career has focused on the cultural habits that lend toward adoption of technology. My latest conundrum is Google+’s Circles, which allows (requires?) you to sort your contacts into a series of Circles you create.
We sort people and things. It’s in our nature as humans. Technologically [...]
