Anotated links from a Cleveland area obsessive coffee drinker, avid quotation collector, voracious internet content consumer, amatuer social network analyzer, and armchair economic developer. Recently referred to as a "web activist".
Supernova2004 - Morning - june 24th
[Valdis' comments in brackets]
Kevin Werbach [Conference Organizer]
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Decentralization is the mantra... user innovation networks...
Joi Ito is attending virtually and we see his comments as he listens to the audio feed... [funny guy].
Tom Malone [MIT Prof]
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We are in the early stages of human freedom in business which in the long run may be as important as human freedom in democracy...
the benefits of very small and very large organizations at the same time.
* Wikipedia is an example of this freedom and scale
* Ebay may be the best example of individual freedom + global scale
The key factor in all this is the declining cost of communication!
Just because it is technically possible to do something, does NOT mean that it is desirable! [Right On!]
[talk started out great... but then... zzzzz]
Ray Ozzie [CEO Groove]
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[Described how Groove was used to set up a network of NGOs in Iraq. Once NGOs succeeded military wanted in also. Lots of real life war stories... great plug for Groove]
Awareness-based swarming... individuals participate for selfish reasons
[disses wiki]
Successful joint work feels simple & local
The battle between edge tech and centralized I/T...
Servers are a center of territorial power...
compliance issues are used as weapons Increased transparency & accountability are very threatening to those in power/control