2011 Year in Review (Part 3 of 3)

PDEC Recent News This is Part III, a review of PDEC news and specific issues in our work. PDEC folks and companies are highlighted in bold. Scroll below for news on these topics: Forrester Research Report covers Personal Identity Management Startup Circle News Startup Circle Company News World Economic Forum update Forrester Research Report covers […]

Personal Event Networks, Social Products, and Value

Over the past 15 years, the Web has profoundly and irreversibly changed our lives. Social products and services, or more simply social things, will affect us even more. Everything that can be connected to the Internet will be. We’re …

GooglePlus Makes me Feel Like a GoogleMinus

On day 1 of the Google+ launch, I joined as I was invited by a bunch of friends. I was pretty busy on that particular day and saw everyone buzzing about it, but didn’t have time to spend more than about 10 minutes setting things up.
The first thing t…

A sense of bewronging

“Social networks” are getting out of control. And I don’t mean their control. I mean your control and mine. Here’s an image to keep in mind while you read the rest of this post:

The calf is you or me. The cow is just one of our many social net…