Two interesting items re privacy. A poll released last week by the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion revealed that fully half of Americans who have a profile on social networking sites such as Facebook and LinkedIn are worried about their privacy. And the publication of results from a clever study of shoppers in a [...]
I was speaking at the recent Google Zeitgeist conference in London. On one panel, a privacy advocate argued that she was against transparency, and that all this talk about openness was frightening. She argued that anyone who favors privacy should oppose transparency.
I for one, am both a transparency advocate and a privacy advocate. Transparency is [...]
I first met Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg a few years ago at a World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland. He and his partner Matt Cohler wanted my advice on how to take their fast-growing company to the next level. I gave my views: The way to make a successful business with massive revenue was [...]
I’ve just read an incredibly depressing Fast Company piece on InnoCentive and the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The story reports on a recent blog posting by Dwayne Spradlin, President and Chief Executive Officer of InnoCentive.
If you’re not familiar with InnoCentive, here is a thumbnail sketch: It is a global, online marketplace where organizations in [...]
Two weeks ago I was on a panel in London as part of Google’s Zeitgeist 2010 event. Also on the panel was Carl-Henric Svanberg, Chairman & non-executive Director of BP. The moderator asked what I would recommend to solve BP’s PR problems. I said that BP has more than just a PR problem; it needs [...]
I recently watched a video of Jack Dorsey’s presentation to The99percent conference, which you can see here. In it, Dorsey shares three core takeaways from his experiences in conceiving and building Twitter. 1) Draw: get your idea out of your head and share it, 2) Luck: assessing when is the right time to execute the [...]
As an author of many books, I’m thankful for the hard work of my publishers, but I also I’m fascinated by changes in the publishing industry.
An author self-publishing his or her book — also known as the “vanity press” — has traditionally been viewed with a bit of disdain. It usually meant that the author [...]
The Net Gen Education Challenge deadline has been extended to midnight, June 6. This is the second year for the Challenge, where students are asked to produce a video illustrating how the social web nurtures teaching, learning, collaboration, and innovation for the 21st century. Read my post from March 13th for the Challenge details. [...]
A new report says that a growing portion of adult internet users are concerned about their digital online identity. More than half (57%) of internet users over age 18 say they have used a search engine to look up their name and see what information was available about them online, up from 47% who did [...]
I should apologize and explain why I haven’t posted anything for a number of weeks. I’ve been working around-the-clock with co-author Anthony D. Williams on the final draft of MacroWikinomics. This morning the book went into production, meaning it’s pretty much out of our hands and up to the publishers to bring to market.
It’s been [...]
