Monday, June 24, 2002

The Blog as Disruptive Technology Great Article on how the blog acts as a new disruptive technology. The central metaphor, or story, is how IBM could not understand, from its context of a mianframe world, the real potential of the cheap PC - even though they invented it. I liked the way he also points out the dilemma - you have to close to your clients but if you are close to your clients you risk being overtaken by a new disruptive technology 9:27:52 PM    comment []

Blogging is not a fad? How will it affect education? I am sure that blogging will revolutionize journalism - and - I suspect that we can predict that it will do the same for education. Things are moving so fast now that formal schools cannot keep up. My son James www.presstube.com left NCAD after two years because only his Flash Community of Practice could keep pace. I can see that the same will be true for all types of learning that are essential in organizations - such as the Macromedia Blogs and that B Schools will made redundant by a new form of Blog apprentice/mentoship   8:55:28 PM    comment []

Profiles in Bureaucracy    NPR is now struggling publicly with the insanity of even having a "linking policy." Thanks to Ft. Boise for the link. Quote of the day    Dan Bricklin:   While large players and big media companies act like they are the main reason for the web and Internet and therefore should drive policy decisions, in actuality they are just "the biggest of the many small players" that make up the Internet. In fact, the controlling "stay within us" mentality some of them have is actually counter to the needs of the Internet for growth. The numbers show that the contributions of the myriad of small players -- individuals, non-profits, and small businesses -- are crucial to the vitality of the web and its value to people. Oink, cont'd    When I run down the list of Internet radio stations Apple kindy profides with iTunes, most of my favorites — Radio Paradise, KPIG, WOLFFM, Cowboy Cultural Society, RadioStorm (7 channels) TacoWagon, Richmond Underground Radio, Hot Hit Radio, MostlyClassical and all the Digitally Imported Radio streams — are still there. In fact, this graph from the Digitally Imported stats page shows listening is as strong as ever on all five of its channels, four of which carry music played by approximately zero commercial over-the-air stations in the U.S.:   But indeed, some stations are dying of CARP poisoning. In Big name webcasters pull the plug, Andrew Orlowski talks about the late SomaFm (which had a bunch of streams) and BlueMars. He concludes:   ... it's only when there's enough support for the notion that popular culture belongs to us, - and that to us as a society it really, really matters and that constitutional protection from the pigopolists, isn't just an option, but a necessity - that we'll be safe.   Andrew would like to know what other stations are down. I see GRRL Radio is gone, and Prom Radio along with it (commentary is here and here). Hmm... That's all I find for now. [Later...] Heres another one:   As of 2:00pm MST, Radio Free Tiny Pineapple will be closing its doors to the general public and will simply revert to what it was in the beginning: a way for me to listen to my CDs at work.   Meanwhile, here's a amazing piece from 1996 about the land-grab nature of radio history. Like I've been saying, what's going on here is different in only one respect: none of the corporate Big Boys are really interested in that land.   Yet. On the road again....    I'm heading out early Wednesday to speak on Thursday to an ethepeople gathering in New York. Naturally, I have a fantasy about repeating my London public wi-fi experience in New York, and would appreciate any pointers either to locations or to organizations doing for New York what Consume.net does for London.   NYCwireless looks like a good place to start.   Just re-found this interesting site. I believe this is where I fist homed in on Consume.net in London. [Doc Searls Weblog] 11:42:33 AM    comment []