a blog about information
I thought I’d continue with the theme of the internet as a complex adaptive and open platform, and use this post to share a number of stories on how people are using the internet in amazing ways: The internet is a treasure trove of incredible empowerment. In April last year, I read about a boy, … Continue reading “Of contrivances and open platforms”
Introduction I signed off last year with a couple of posts asserting that 2013 was going to be The Year of the Platform. So I thought it behooves me to get this year started with the same message. When I speak of platforms, I tend to speak of open adaptive constructs that allow people to … Continue reading “On platforms and sharing”
Yesterday I spent some time thinking about how advances in transportation technologies affected the very fabric of village and town society, and about how advances in communications and computing technologies are helping us re-create the village structures we had lost. A number of you commented, on this blog, via Twitter, via Facebook and via Google … Continue reading “Thinking about global villages”
Twitter friend and HR/Talent guru Gautam Ghosh is known for his sense of humour; I had the chance to observe that close at hand when he called me “the Yoda of #socbiz”. Talk about making me feel old! Old enough to know he meant it as a big compliment! I *had* to reply … Continue reading “careful you must be”
Was a sunny day Not a cloud was in the sky Not a negative word was heard From the people passing by ’twas a sunny day All the birdies in the trees And the radio’s singing song All the favorite melodies Paul Simon, Was a Sunny Day, 1973 Have you noticed how, when you listen … Continue reading “Not a negative word was heard”