From the introduction to Norber Wiener's Cybernetics - written in 1947:
Since Leibniz there has perhaps been no man who has had a full command of all the intellectual activity of his day. Since that time, science has been increasingly the task of specialists, in fields which show a tendency' [...]
In an upcoming report (posted in the Online Media Daily website), Deloitte & Touche, a well-respected global consulting firm, reports this compelling result. The implications of this number - and particularly of the 12-point annual jump - are staggering for small businesses. Consumer generated online content (videos, articles, photos, [...]
Erik, if you're out there reading this, drop the silly PhD dream and fulfill your destiny at MC Hammer's "Dance Jam"!This is also posted at (http://interactionculture.wordpress.com/2007/10/23/identity-as-advertising/)
Without getting into the deeper philosophical concept of identity as performance or sign, i find the recent news of MySpace founder Tom Andersen’s alleged age-shifting mildly amusing.
“Tom Anderson, the co-founder of MySpace and the first friend to anyone who creates a MySpace profile, [...]
For those of you who are missing it, the business world is starting to embrace and even develop their own design stance, as a result of their awareness of the need to true innovation. One of the guys who has gotten lots of eyeballs of late is David Armano, [...]
"those skills that consumers are mastering to make the most of those same goods and services, bringing them status by being good at something, [...]
Great video on YouTube about the rise of the powerful consumer 
