Nick Hodge, me & Ada Lovelace Day
Kate Carruthers To celebrate Ada Lovelace Day on 24 March 2009, Nick Hodge has kindly invited me to participate in his show. More details over at Nick’s blog. Lord knows what we’re…
Hypertext to hyperconnectivity
The invention of hypertext and its implementation in the form of the World Wide Web was a revolution akin to the creation of the modern printing press. We are still…
caturday again, but sometimes it’s a dog day
see more puppies
caturday again, but sometimes it’s a dog day
see more puppies
The Real Generation Gap
Many authors and commentators have been talking about the notion of generations in terms of age cohorts – baby boomers, generation X, generation Y, etc. For example, Mark McCrindle is…
Social media rules of engagement
Back in the old days at GE (pre GFC) we were taught that all business ideas or problems should be considered from the “outside-in” or from the customer’s point of…
Social networking & social norms
New technology often seems to take a while for us to work out how to fit new cultural practices around it. I suspect that social networking fits the norm in…
Social networking & social norms
New technology often seems to take a while for us to work out how to fit new cultural practices around it. I suspect that social networking fits the norm in…
Twitter friends
Once people have used Twitter for a while they often ask: How can a very large number of people be your friends? The truth is they can’t all be your…
Picking a message to fit the medium
So many people ask me about how to manage or create rules of engagement for social media and social networking for their business and staff. Usually I direct them to…