Reporting on a recent study, Richard Florida tells us that online social networks actually tie us even more closely to people within geographic proximity: Their findings indicate that place and proximity continue to matter even in social media. Twitter doesn’t replace the networks that exist in the real world—it reinforces them and makes them stronger. …
Back in January, I wrote a post about the interactive age ushering in a new age and new form of literacy: If television represents a shift to a new kind of Oral culture, the internet represents a new kind of Literacy. Sure, there’s video. Sure, there are games. Sure, there’s flickr. But at it’s root, …
This is a thought in progress. I’ve been thinking a bit about business models and entrepreneurship lately, how the interactive age is changing the way we think about business—and stuff keeps coming across my radar. This morning, I read a little piece where Richard Branson talked about looking at inexperience as an advantage: Our group’s history …