Web 2.0 and organisations

  While I am supportive of the use of wikis I am not entirely convinced they are simple enough to use to get widespread take-up, other than by those already converted to social media.   Came across an article from Politics: Web 2.0: an International Conference, April 2008 “Web 2.0 and organisations: what is at [...]

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Review of the National Innovation System

The November 2008 Review of the National Innovation System notes ‘…exciting new possibilities are now emerging for government from the collaborative use of internet technologies and platforms otherwise known as ‘Web 2.0’.   It provides examples inc community crime tracking in the US using maps and Intellipedia. “…there are some principles according to which we [...]

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Enterprise 2.0

Some interesting points in Executive Insights into Enterprise 2.0 on Ross Dawson’s site.   The views which resonated include: using social media to get the expertise locked in people’s heads (all good knowledge management, of course, this prompts the questions – whose heads? everyone’s? the ‘clever’ ones? An assessment process required…)  social media tools to [...]

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Google vision

Interesting interview with Google CEO Eric Schmidt via McKinsey Quarterly. Will we have ‘nearly infinite computing power, networking power and powerful devices’ e.g. via mobile devices, which will provide, hmm, everything, it seems, even if we haven’t thought about it e.g. sending that message to a friend. Maybe, I can remember birthdays or which pillow [...]

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You cant live life on the internet

Stephen Coleman from eFestival of Ideas   eParticipation is beyond tv and radio. People can set their own agenda It is not just one to one communication, but many to many, creating new networks   2 uses of the internet – day to day sociability – keep in touch with family and friends – information [...]

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