Tweet Or how do we escape the ‘experts‘ in the echo chamber? Inspired by @jeffjarvis, whose recent post on TEDxNYed: This is bullshit got me thinking about this whole ‘expertise‘ thing again. Iconoclasts are the people who tear down the idols of faith. Traditionally this has been a religious activity, but the growth of a [...]
Entries Tagged as 'networked society'
Where have all the iconoclasts gone?
April 19th, 2010 · 4 Comments · ideas
Tags: expert·hyperconnectivity·innovation·networked society·social computing
Random acts of kindness
April 4th, 2010 · 2 Comments · ideas
Tweet I’ve been reflecting on the people who’ve influenced my life. The ones who have shaped my thoughts and helped me to work out what kind of person I am and who I want to be. There’s a lot of them. They range from family members, to friends and colleagues. Many of them never even [...]
Tags: networked society·people·society·women
The importance of role models who look like us
April 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off · community, ideas
Tweet On Wednesday evening I attended the retirement dinner for a mathematics teacher whom I’ve known and respected for many years. I will not mention him by name as he’s a very shy and private individual. This gentleman and his wife migrated to Australia over twenty years ago from Malaysia to work as teachers and [...]
Digital citizens need real world knowledge too
March 15th, 2010 · 8 Comments · future, ideas
Tweet It was fascinating to be at the inaugural Digital Citizens event in Sydney last week – the topic was: Private Parts: Personality and Disclosure – Finding a Balance in the Digital Space. There was a great line up on the panel with visiting US lawyer and social media specialist Adrian Dayton (Social Media for [...]
Tags: future·internet·law·networked society·social networking·twitter·web 2.0
realtime really? my slides from #media140
February 26th, 2010 · 1 Comment · ideas, speaking
Tweet Spoke during the last session of the day at Media 140 Perth about realtime web and how it might evolve into an internet of connected people and things. Our evolution towards a networked and hyperconnected society is under way. The slides might be somewhat opaque without the commentary but please feel free to ping [...]
Tags: future·hyperconnectivity·networked society·realtime·social computing·technology
Hero or monster it all comes down to choices
December 2nd, 2009 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet This is a very thought provoking TED talk from Philip Zimbardo. He’s famous for the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment. Think about how you would react in certain situations (e.g. Abu Ghraib) – how easy it is to act in ways you might regret later? Hero or villain it all comes down to choices. The [...]
Tags: communication·networked society·people·social networking·technology·web 2.0
Cupcake Camp Sydney goes animal
July 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments · ideas
Tweet w00t! Cupcake Camp Sydney is on! Date: Friday 28 August 2009 Time: 5.30 pm – 7.30 pm Venue: CBS Interactive Sydney We are running this as part of the RSPCA Cupcake Day fundraiser – if you are a cupcake maker you can go to the RSPCA site & sign up to receive a cupcake kit. Register (opens [...]
Engineers building a new future!
May 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · future, ideas
Tweet Here’s Daniel Almagor from Engineers without Borders talking about why he thinks the Future Summit is important to help us “engineer a better world”: Tweet
Tags: #futuresummit·future·innovation·networked society·technology
Here's another person who is interested in the future
May 25th, 2009 · Comments Off · future, ideas
Tweet Here is Jen Harwood from Champions of Australian Business talking about why she took time out to attend the Future Summit: It turns out Jen’s also good buddies with a friend of mine, the incredibly well-connected, Iggy Pintado – indeed it’s a shockingly small world Tweet
On our way to a networked society.
April 29th, 2009 · Comments Off · ideas
Tweet In an earlier generation all computer networks were for business or the military. That is, they were point-to-point connections between large organisations and were vastly expensive to setup and run. But the invention of TCP/IP and the modern internet changed all that. Now networks are between ordinary people using simple and easy to operate [...]
Tags: connection·future·hyperconnectivity·networked society·social networking
