Wikinomics Articles
ClimateSpark – a new venture capital contest
Nov 3, 2010
Mark Twain famously said about the weather that "Everyone's talking about it but no one's doing anything about it." Now that's changing. Thanks to Web 2.0, the entire world is beginning to collaborate-for the first time ever-around a single idea: changing the weather....
OneBeep offers one-way connectivity to remote communities
Aug 24, 2010
In true Wikinomics spirit, every year Microsoft’s Imagine Cup challenges students around the world to dream up new ways to use technology to solve some of the planet’s toughest problems. Participation in the contest has soared from less than 1,000 student competitors...
We can't afford BP to go it alone
Jun 26, 2010
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,...
Your insights wanted at Save the Gulf discussion
Jun 17, 2010
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...
Twitter's users dictate what's happening
Jun 5, 2010
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)...
Young people are the most active online reputation managers
May 27, 2010
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...
It's a wrap on MacroWikinomics
May 26, 2010
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...
Google raises the bar
Feb 12, 2010
It’s been interesting to watch the reaction to Google’s announcement of open access Internet service to select American homes at a jaw-dropping 1 Gbps. That’s roughly a 100-fold increase in bandwidth from the maximum speeds offered by most of the larger internet...
My top ten themes from 2010 Davos, part 2
Feb 5, 2010
The World Economic Forum has wrapped up and the small town of Davos is being returned to the skiers. I’ve developed my top ten themes from the five-day event. I posted themes 1 – 5 yesterday. Here are themes 6 – 10. 6. The world needs better governments. Some...