Things 2.0 ← Amitai Givertz's Blogversity Blog

China—Will It Redefine Our Digital Landscape?

Mar

2012

Informative and entertaining presentation from a high-flying Brit–no, not that Freddie Laker–obviously enamored with China. This globetrotting Freddie Laker delivered his presentation as part of the SXSWORLD expo. Enjoy…I did.

Microsoft’s Future Grounded in the Here and Now

Oct

2011

Microsoft have unveiled their vision of the future in a slick tube imaginatively titled Productivity Future Vision (2011). While the video showcases Microsoft “innovations” [rather than an actual vision of the future] some of the comments are timeless, ensuring this glitzy promo will be talked about for all the wrong reasons…

7 Reasons for the Rise of Mediocrity

Oct

2011

RAJESH SETTY | We all are familiar with mediocrity. It’s everywhere and growing rapidly. Here are seven reasons that are contributing to the alarming rise of mediocrity.

The Essential Twitter Dictionary

Aug

2011

LAUREN DUGAN > MEDIABISTRO.COM | Whether you’re a Twitter power user or a nervous neophyte, there are some words you’ve just got to know in order to interact on Twitter. We’ve compiled the essential Twitter dictionary so you can tweet with confidence, @mention frequently, and sift through your followers and friends without getting them mixed ...

The Future of the Social Web: A New Hype-O-Thetical

Jul

2011

Is the social web a thing of the past? Like a good book you can’t put down, here is a tube in the same category: Elevation Partners Director and Co-Founder Roger McNamee presenting at The Paley Center For Media. Roger McNamee shares a number of compelling arguments that invite us to think about the social ...

Visions of the Future for the Social Web

Jun

2011

The Future of the Social Web Jeremiah Owyang posits on the development for the future of the social web…

The Anti-Blockbuster Way: Disrupt Your Business Rituals Before Someone Else Does

Apr

2011

FAST COMPANY | Science has shown that human beings prefer routine roughly 12 times more than they do change. The more pressure we’re under, the more we seek to surround ourselves with familiar rituals and protocols to maintain an ongoing (if slightly spurious) peace of mind. This holds true for business leaders and managers, as ...

How Executives Are Using Social Media by Mark Horton | The Future of Work

Mar

2011

MARK HORTON > THE FUTURE OF WORK | The time constraints on today’s executives are more numerous than ever before. Between the economic downturn, ever-changing industry regulations, fast-moving information and simple day-to-day management tasks, corporate executives are trapped in the virtual jail cell that is today’s business climate. The unintended result of executive “information-imprisonment” is ...

Curating Social Media Policies in the Workplace

Mar

2011

Ever since I started using WebCite a couple of years ago I have been interested in the idea of online curation. It seems that there has been a proliferation of curator services of late and a heightened sense of the potential benefits that come with the extraction and aggregation of content from tweets, Facebook, blog ...