October 2008
October 8, 2008 | article by Ken Thompson in Social Networking (29)
The current focus on 'social networking' might make us think we should spend most of our efforts warming up distant relationships and creating new ones. However it would be a big mistake to neglect the relationships we already have. We can learn a lot about relationship ecosystems from Jim Henson the inventor of the Muppets.
October 5, 2008 | article by Ken Thompson in Case Studies in Collaboration (20)
Mobile teams, who spend much of their day on the road, face communication challenges that cannot be solved by web-connected laptops alone. This case study shows how the Intermediate Care Team at DaisyHill Hospital addressed these challenges with a Bioteams approach supported by integrated mobile phone and web "swarm" technology.
October 3, 2008 | article by Ken Thompson in News & Media (152)
Kevin Kelly gives a fascinating talk on TED on the next 5,000 days of the web arguing that it has currently about the same processing power as a single human brain. However over the next 30 years Kelly suggests it will rapidly grow to the power of 6 Billion human brains and exceed the total combined processing power of the human population.
October 1, 2008 | article by Ken Thompson in News & Media (152)
Be ye content with thine own content! The UK Daily Telegraph reports that bloggers have been given Ten Commandments by a recent Christian conference in response to how quickly religious blogs can descend into vitriol. Maybe they should apply to all bloggers?