Idea Blazer Kevin Kelly Challenges Us To Imagine The Direction of Evolution
After having spent some time enjoying the blog of author Kevin Kelly, I couldn’t resist posting about his recent tour de force, Ordained-Becoming. I shamelessly admit to not reading everything Kevin has written (I failed to find the time to even complete the first of two parts of Ordained-Becoming!). When I
do find a moment to read his work, I find it’s best to take a single post of his and carefully dig in. Although I have chosen to touch on only a few of the concepts from that work, should you have any interest in the subject of evolution at all, I highly recommend the read. You can find it in my current favorite of his blogs, The Technium (although I’m still fascinated with his series on The Swarm). The story told discusses a potential direction for evolution. (more…)
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Ad Money Will Play “Follow the Leader” to the King of Links
What any advertising campaign ultimately wants to achieve is an
improvement in company profits.
Historically this has been done with banners to interrupt and saturate potential customers with brand recognition. A small percentage of viewers will feel compelled to purchase the product. In the modern (ever changing) business landscape this is usually achieved by being in the right place, at the right time. Say I’m web browsing for great fishing rods in San Francisco, if you showed up at the top of Google you’re in a prime spot to further your business goal of making the connection between your business and me (an interested and willing buyer). (more…)
It more than makes sense for Google to acquire twitter, it makes money
It appears I jumped the gun some time ago with my post twitter is on the verge of eating Google for breakfast, here’s why. Google is well aware of it’s “breakfast” and is more than likely to make a YouTube like deal with twitter. Google is actively tweeting with it’s account, “acknowledging” the service (Oprah’s tweeting why not). Here are just a few reasons why it’s a match made in heaven: (more…)
twitter is on the verge of eating Google for breakfast, here’s why
The web landscape is constantly changing, and with it our navigation tools are advancing. To support the hypothesis it’s important that we first review a brief history of the internet. Initial communication networks were hubs set up with mainframes controlling information and terminals allowing access to that information. Separate localized computer networks developed and finally adopted a common network protocol merging information flow into what is now known as the Internet (From wikipedia) . (more…)