In 2008 I converted part of my research on social networks and social networking online into material to be embedded within a marketing book.
I wasn’t the first (e.g. Google’s CEO said that the impact on printed news would be an increased demand of quality content), and will certainly not be the last to extol the potential virtues of user-generated news.
But there is another side-effect: the potential for spontaneous and instant feed-back on specific issues.
If you read this blog once in a while, you probably remember the announce that I posted on 2009-04-22: “Social Networking: First Book
At the time, I added only the link to the printed version.
This article is really what I could call a “meta-article”: an article about articles.
With links and references not just to material published in this blog, but also material that I published elsewhere, and bibliographical references.
If you were to visit a news organization, say, in late 1970s, you would have seen a room with the constant chattering of teletype machines.
Every once in a while, a line would appear with a catchy title, followed by few more lines.
I remember that it was called “strillo d’agenzia” in Italian (I was but a kid, tagging along with my father).
Recently, I have been supporting few pro-bono startups.
In this short post, I would like to focus on a simple issue: layering your online information, taking a page from 1970s news agencies and organizations.
Broadband- universal access: push or pull?
Tuesday, October 20th, 2009This short article (1000 words) has just a purpose: try to see beyond broadband.
It is quite interesting to read every few days articles repeating yesterday’s news, trying to foster a change to generate the news of tomorrow.
What I am referring to? Well, considering the title… Finland’s choice to have universal broadband access by 2015.
Tags: broadband, credibility, education, finland, innovation, news, nokia, pull, push, skype
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