7. 6. The Internet is enabling conversations among human beings that were simply not possible in the era of mass media . 7. Hyperlinks subvert hierarchy . 9. These networked conversations are enabling powerful new forms of social organization and knowledge exchange to emerge. 11. Participation in a networked market changes people fundamentally. People in networked markets have figured out that they get far better information and support from one another than from vendors . 95 Theses of Cluetrain Manifesto (1999) www.cluetrain.com
9. Can you capture something you see on your screen and paste it into Word or PowerPoint? Do you have a blog ? Can you open a link you get in an email message? Do you read more than five blogs a day? Do you have a signature in your outbound email? Do you have an RSS reader ? Can you generate a PDF document from a Word file you're working on? Do you know how to build and share a simple spreadsheet using Google Docs ? Do have a shortcut for sending mail to the six co-workers you usually write to? Are you able to find what you're looking for on Google most of the time? Do you fall for internet hoaxes and forward stuff to friends and then regret it? … Can you imagine someone who works in a factory that processes metal not knowing how to use a blowtorch? How can you imagine yourself as a highly-paid knowledge worker and not know how to do these things ... If you don't, it's not hard to find someone to teach you. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2008/10/the-growing-pro.html The growing productivity divide
14. Users can ‘subscribe’ to RSS feed enabled websites so that they are automatically notified of any changes or updates in content via an aggregator such as Google Reader or Bloglines. Built in RSS reader in Firefox and IE 7 RSS Syndication
15. If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants Sir Issac Newton
16. If I have read and learnt more it is by subscribing on those giants RSS feeds Web 2.0 David Winer & Robert Scoble http://www.flickr.com/photos/podtech/354321832/
25. Facebook: Barack Obama: 2.43 million fans. John McCain: 620,000 fans. MySpace: Obama had 665,000 more "friends" than McCain. YouTube: Obama: posted 1,800 videos since November 2006; 114,000 subscribers to his uploads; videos viewed more than 18 million times. McCain: posted 329 videos; 28,000 subscribers; two million views. Irish Times 14/11/08
