I recently attended Webcom 2009 in Montreal and talked about blogging in the age of twitter. More on that later. This event attracts a large number of traditional media people and there was a lot of discuss about old versus new (or social media). I attended an excellent session on Who killed the Rocky Mountain [...]
“technology…processes by which an organization transforms labor capital, materials, and information into products and services of greater value.”
Clayton Christensen, The Innovator’s Dilemma
Technology?
The term “technology” is as misused as the word “diet”. Anything you eat makes up your diet. You can’t go on a diet, you’re already on one. You can, however, go on a “restricted [...]
See below for a final update to the list of the excellent interviews conducted by Josh-Michéle Ross at FASTforward’09.
(Interested in more of the same or comparing commentary from years past to the interviews from the 2009 conference? Josh carries on the proud tradition of outstanding discussions hosted at FASTforward conferences – by Jerry Michalski in [...]
Below is a collection of the many excellent interviews conducted by Josh-Michéle Ross at FASTforward’09.
(Interested in more of the same or comparing commentary from years past to the interviews from the 2009 conference? Josh carries on the proud tradition of outstanding discussions hosted at FASTforward conferences – by Jerry Michalski in 2008 and David [...]
Speaking as a certified member of the “Joe” population, I have to admit I’ve been basking in all the attention Joes have been getting lately.
This past US presidential election season, of course, we had “Joe the Plumber” as John McCain’s poster boy for overtaxation. (Even though it turned out Joe was only his middle name, [...]
Be sure not to miss our interview series with several dozen attendees of FASTforward'09, including all the contributors to this blog, as well as Clay Shirky, Charlene Li, and many other notable thinkers and doers. The interviews are tagged and can be accessed by topic.
Check out the first of a series of guides to the 2.0 world from the contributors of the FASTforward Blog. This and future FASTforward Blog guides aim to deepen understanding about topics we think critical to the future of the enterprise and how people and organizations communicate, collaborate, innovate, and more.
On September 29 from 1-2 p.m. EST, the FASTforward blog hosted a great conversation with Beth Simone Noveck, US Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Open Government and Andrew Rasiej, the co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, an annual conference and website covering the intersection of politics and technology.
Highlights of the discussion, which touched on issues of transparency, collaboration, risk management and more, are available here.
Be sure to catch dozens of great interviews from last year's FASTforward. Among the topics discussed between host Jerry Michalski and the speakers, panelists, attendees, and contributors to this blog: enterprise 2.0, search, the user revolution, the future of content, and much, much more.
This site is a companion blog to the FASTforward conference and summit series and is sponsored by FAST, A Microsoft Subsidiary. The blog, like the conference series, aims to drive and deepen conversation about how today’s companies can use technology to place users in control of information, and is home to ongoing discussion about the user revolution and Enterprise 2.0 opportunities and challenges. More info here...
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