Connections #049 – Emergence of the Wide Open Web
Ross Dawson is a global expert on Web 2.0, Social Networking and the Impact of technology on today’s society. He’s also our first encore guest – first appearing on the show over a year ago.
In this episode, Ross discusses the multitude of changes that have occurred since then, particularly the growing trend towards the Wide Open Web, through RSS feeds and Mash-Ups (made possible by the increasing availability of API’s) – and emergence of micro-communication tools, such as Twitter.
If you’re a fan of Social Networking, Web 2.0 or just the Internet in general – you’ll find this worth checking out.
Downloads:
Enterprise Social Network Strategy Report
Web Links:
Enterprise 2.0 Executive Forum 2009
Twitter
RossDawson.com
Future Exploration Network
Advanced Human Technologies
‘Trends in the Living Networks’ (blog)
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Thank you
Stan Relihan
Expert Executive Search: www.expertsearch.com.au
February 10th, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Another insightful discussion Stan, thanks to you and Ross Dawson for sharing this information. Its clear to me that Ross really understands that there is a huge opportunity for enterprises to tap in to the power of the connections we all have with others, now much more tangible thanks to the rise of online communities like LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter.
I agree with Ross that Twitter is the most compelling of these communities – insightful conversations are occurring there in near real-time and, as Ross says, the “discovery of information” being facilitated.
Notably, traditional IT vendors are starting to recognise the power of these social networks, for example LinkedIn’s recent announcement of their partnership with IBM – http://press.linkedin.com/linkedin-partners-ibm-lotus-notes
Such partnerships will drive further innovation in this space, making it easier for us to collaborate, find knowledge and build stronger, trusted relationships with our business and personal networks.
Another business benefit of being involved in these networks is in the deepening of relationships that can occur and the resultant trust, both on a personal and professional level. Naturally, we would prefer to do business with people we can trust and have a relationship with. How this is facilitated by social networks can be difficult to explain to enterprises and individuals not participating in them (not everyone is an early adopter!) I include a couple of examples from my own experience, to share with your listeners.
1. IBM blogger Ed Brill on good relationships being facilitated by Twitter:
http://www.edbrill.com/ebrill/edbrill.nsf/dx/new-zealand-herald-it-sellers-talk-up-social-links
2. From my personal blog, an example of how the social networks are building serendipity and community:
http://tonyhollingsworth.blogspot.com/2008/11/you-should-be-on-twitter-creating.html
Congratulations on upwards of 50 great podcasts – this is greatly appreciated and I look forward to many more. if I can ever be of any assistance to you don’t hesitate to contact me.
Best regards,
Tony Hollingsworth
http://www.linkedin.com/in/TonyHollingsworth
http://Twitter.com/Hollingsworth
December 8th, 2009 at 11:24 pm
great read, thank, i particularly liked the info on micro communication , twiiter etc.