by Mark Greenfield | Jul 14, 2008 | Future, Millennials, Read/Write Web, Social Media, Web 2.0
Over the past month I have returned to Twitter. Previously I had been using Jaiku, mainly because of their channel feature. But with so many of my colleagues using Twitter, it was time to make the switch. I have been amazed at the value Twitter has provided for me...
by Mark Greenfield | Apr 21, 2008 | Blog, Future, Web 2.0
Here’s another excellent video on how the Internet is changing society. I particularly like the following quote: In the past, you were what you owned. Now, you are what you share. Put another way, we are seeing a move from hoarding information to sharing...
by Mark Greenfield | Mar 31, 2008 | Future, Web 2.0
The Cluetrain Manifesto remains one of my favorite books. Written in 1999, I still consider the message very timely. Doc Searls recently spoke at a conference that discussed the relevance of Cluretrain as it approaches 10 years. Here are his presentation slides, I...
by Mark Greenfield | Mar 3, 2008 | Blog, Future, management, Top 10 Web Trends, Web 2.0
The 2008 Horizon report was recently released and as always contains valuable information on the latest technology trends impacting college campuses. The Horizon Report is a collaboration between the New Media Consortium and the Educause Learning Initiative and...
by Mark Greenfield | Dec 19, 2007 | Blog, Future, Web 2.0
Another great video from Michael Wesch at Kansas State. Based on the work of David Weinberger in his book Everything is Miscellaneous – the power of the new digital...
by Mark Greenfield | Dec 17, 2007 | Blog, Future, Millennials, Top 10 Web Trends
E-mail has been hijacked by the forces of evil. Spam and misuse have caused many people to declare e-mail bankruptcy, something that I may do in the near future. And now the millennial generation is here and they prefer to communicate through IM, text messaging and...