Howard on May 8th, 2006

Verna Alle
Economic Theory free-fall – there are no good models of the knowledge economy. All our ideas are based on product and commodity
If we create new ideas and share, all people come away enriched.
We have an opportunity to reconcile economy with fabric of life.
Drucker: The Corporation as we know it is unlikely to survive [...]

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Howard on May 8th, 2006

Transportation networks – networks (like railroads) can’t easily be reconfigured  – you can’t turn a rail station to an airport.
We have fast, empty trains – we don’t think about empty trains when no one is there to use them. Bureaucracy runs trains regardless of who rides.
Ocean travel – Containers=packet switched networks. Longshoreman shut down west coast [...]

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Howard on May 7th, 2006

 Marc Senasac of Broadband Mechanics – user generated content using open standards as much as possible.
Examples – Structured Blogging, Our Media (as part of the Internet Archive).
People Aggregator project – different ways to connect to each other – groups, individuals and heirarchy rules – based on standards and open source. Will include structured blogging, multi-level [...]

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Howard on May 7th, 2006

Podshow, 18 months of growth, top 100 indie content creators, partnerships with Sirius and iTunes.
Audience creates or co-creates the content
movement will be driven not by tech but by consumer demand. The nature of the content people consume will change dramatically.
In Q4 2005 – hit shows had 500k per month, now they have 1.5 MM downloads [...]

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Howard on May 7th, 2006

Anil Dash:
when typepad started most people had ratio of blog to readers – 40:1 now it is closer to 1000:1 at Typepad.
LiveJournal – huge community – primarily or 2/3rd woman 18–24, very geographically and technologically disparate. Communities like this allow interest groups (That guy who loves cars can talk to car lovers) without boring people. Live [...]

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