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ATOMBlogs and wikis are the new printing press
Posted over 2 years ago by Jon Mell
17/04/2008
Was watching a Stephen Fry programme the other night about the Gutenberg printing press. What struck me was the similar language he used to describe the barriers and effect the printing press had compared to how we describe blogs and wikis. There were three main points of similarity:The invention of the printing press democratised ownership of information. The power was no longer held by the scribes who uniquely owned the means of production. In the same way, today's media no longer owns the means of production or the content. Bloggers take up authoritative positions once held by news anchors. BBC News actively...
Do Networks make us vulnerable?
Posted over 2 years ago by Ed Charvet
14/04/2008
I have been quiet on our blog for a week or so, obviously (the advert) do to the level of work that we have going on inside Trovus, so it is was something a bit eye chatting, even shocking, that got me to turn back to the blog...that little voice that goes off and says write this down to crystallise your thoughts and see what other make of it.It's my New Scientist doing it again. They carried a piece a few weeks ago entitled "Are We Doomed?" The focus of the piece is that complex society built on increasing interaction...
Add Web 2.0 features to existing applications
Posted over 2 years ago by Jon Mell
13/04/2008
Really interesting post from Stuart over at the Quickr blog - initially about migrating his blog to a new platform. The interesting sideline is about living inside his email client (which happens to be IBM Lotus Notes). Part of the problem for enterprises adopting Web 2.0 communication/collaboration platforms is that there are new applications to learn, which can create barriers. Social networking, blogging, wiki contribution, instant messaging, not to mention email, are all to often separate self-contained applications. When organisations try to roll them out there is often a negative reactin towads "yet another application", and users have to manage...
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