This is wicked good. Especially if you’ve used Wave, you can see how they’ve integrated a lot of the features and tools. If only Wave flowed this smoothly {little laggy so far}
I hadn’t seen this before. Interesting and gives some insight into just how quickly particular technologies can be integrated into our daily lives… and of course the relative transparency of certain tools. The browser as search raises lots of potential questions… Google’s ubiquity, that the clip was produced by Google, that it’s not how (through a browser) but what (searching) people are doing that defines their perceptions… Thoughts?
Thinking about this quote from David Liu in the WSJ.com article dovetails nicely with a key facet of my dissertation research. Email works with the old online (check/send messages), offline framework. However, we’re increasingly moving to a state of constant, or as I argue, persistent presence in our lives and selves. The online/offline dynamic, while still important, is becoming less effective as a mode of thinking about our relationships to technology/media AND each other. We’re no longer “going online” to check mail, or look something up… when was the last time you told someone you were “going online?” This is no longer an action we do or place we go because we’re already there- persistently. Even when “we” are not there in an active way, a sense of us is, continually informing and being. This is what I call the “social extensibility” of technology, the way it allows us to expand, extend, and enhance our self and social presence. More to follow…
In T-Mobile’s words: “based on Microsoft/Danger’s latest recovery assessment of their systems, we must now inform you that personal information stored on your device – such as contacts, calendar entries, to-do lists or photos – that is no longer on your Sidekick almost certainly has been lost as a result of a server failure at Microsoft/Danger.”
The story is a jarring one for those storing increasing amounts of data in the “cloud”: as we become more reliant on servers to house our data, such losses can be catastrophic.
Awful for anyone who’s lost data… and a good reminder about the potential pitfalls of moving to the cloud. Definitely good to keep in mind that your data is always vulnerable, never hurts to have some redundancies built in. (note to self, run backup!)
One of the many projects I’m engaged with right now is working with a group of fellow innovators who are exploring collaborative change processes in large ecosystems (eg. education and healthcare). Spearheaded by @sourcePOV and a core group of interested thought leaders, the group is meeting regularly for discussions (fairly high level right now) about the evolution of complex systems and implementing change within these systems. Underpinning these discussions are the emerging attributes and value afforded by social media. As these social platforms continue to evolve (real-time hi-definition video conferencing and 3-d virtual collaborative spaces, for example), they are enabling new spaces and forms of information sharing and public collaboration. How might rapidly developing social media tools drive new opportunities for complex social change by engaging stakeholders, subject matter experts, and constituents in new ways and at differing times across the change process? How might early stage, on-the-ground, collaborative, and ongoing input from diverse stakeholders in an ecosystem open new opportunities for problem solving and system evolution? These are some of the underlying ideas and questions that we’re working with. Interested? While high-level at the moment, the goal is to move these ideas into action including small pilots within particular complex systems. I’d especially be interested in hearing from folks who might want to join an Edu specific team.
Check out these other spaces for more information and feel free to get in touch if you’d like to discuss and/or contribute.
The news industry will have the same problem. Anyone who makes a living off the process of supplying, writing, editing, printing and distributing printed piles of paper all over the country will have to be transformed if the news industry is to embrace the digital opportunity. Most importantly, consumers will always prefer free.
I’ve also heard this phrased (eg. @academicdave) along the lines of anyone who engages in the creation and distribution of information/knowledge will have to transform in order to continue its existence. So it’s not only what can old media learn, but what can structures like education and government learn from these previous examples of the digital/social/Web challenge. And, as open information/sources/courses (http://www.ocwconsortium.org/) establish new “free” models in education, how will (could/should) the ecosystem evolve and respond…?
