Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Momentum, by Allison H. Fine

From Nonprofit Online News: Current News: A review by Michael Gilbert

"Momentum, by Allison H. Fine


Just as with my online resources and software reviews, I generally confine myself to reviewing books from my own perspective. But every now and then, I have to take a slightly broader perspective in order to do a book justice. Such is the case with Allison Fine's Momentum: Igniting Social Change in the Connected Age. This book is meant for a broad audience and toward that end it succeeds admirably.

. . .

The book hits pretty much every important point that needs to be made in order to orient the interested newcomer to the field of activism in the age of networks, including many that are of particular interest to me. Here are my favorites: (1) Networks reward organizational authenticity by enriching conversations and human connection. (2) The idea that there are "too many organizations" is really a reflection of funders' desires for fewer choices; people are not overserviced, they are oversolicited. (3) Organizations lack institutional memory first and foremost because they are terrible listeners. (4) Pushing power to the edges doesn't reduce the power of organizations. (5) Understanding our connections is the first step in any communication technology initiative."

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Sunday, June 17, 2007

Future of Media Video: Google Takes Over the World by 2050

Ran across this in the Read/WriteWeb blog


Written by Richard MacManus / June 14, 2007 / 23 comments

Davide Casaleggio sent a tip to Read/WriteWeb about a video his company produced exploring the future of media. It is a very cool 6-minute video, which takes some educated (and imaginative) guesses at how the Web and media will evolve over the next 40-50 years. In the short movie, Google, Amazon.com and Second Life are the big winners - with Google buying Microsoft, Amazon buying Yahoo, and Second Life becoming the dominant virtual world.


The core future media concept is the Agav - an Agent-Avatar, which "finds information, people, places in the virtual worlds". Here's where it gets interesting. In 2022 Google launches Prometeus, the Agav standard interface, and Amazon creates 'Place' - a company that replicates reality. Then in 2027 Second Life evolves into 'Spirit', where people can become who they want to, via avatars. And then finally, the 'Google overloads' moment - when Prometeus buys Place and Spirit! By 2050 virtual life is the world's biggest market and Google/Prometeus reigns supreme.


Of course it may turn out different, but the video does make you think about where the Web is headed. Check it out...


Source: readwriteweb.com

This reminds me of an earlier video "Epic 2015", that covers similar territory, I commented there that "I came across this a couple of years back and I've
never been able to tell if this is the end of the world or the
beginning, complete fascism or absolute freedom.
" and I'd have to say feelings have not chnaged.

これはPrometeus新世界です。

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Wednesday, June 6, 2007

Idealware: Resource Roundup 6/6

Idealware: Resource Roundup 6/6: "Wednesday, June 06, 2007
Resource Roundup 6/6

Google and Salesforce Tightly Integrate Adwords Products (TechCrunch)
Google and Salesforce annouce a partnership that will allow nonprofits to track what Google Adword inspired each donor or activists to action.

A beginner's guide to Facebook for non-profits (Wild Apricot Blog)
A nice overview, with screenshots, of how to get started in Facebook

Two of the eight article in Idealware: Resource Roundup 6/6

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Events from the Nonprofit Online Classifieds

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