This week’s links are a reminder that technology is tearing its way through our universe. It happens fast, takes no prisoners and has no guaranteed winners.
It’s amazing how quickly the term disruption morphed from meaningful to noise. In the traditional view of information, the evolution goes noise=>data=>information=>intelligence=>insight. In the trajectory of buzzwords, however, there is an inevitable return to noise.
A distinction becomes clear. It’s useful for a while. Then, the doe-eyed repeaters of trendy terms beat it to death.
This weeks links are a reminder that technology is tearing its way through our universe. It happens fast, takes no prisoners and has no guaranteed winners.
- Outbox vs. USPS: How the Post Office Killed Digital Mail
Your ‘disruption’ just might be my ‘you’d better think twice’. Disruption is never, ever void of political ramification. When you think the system that you want to change is recalcitrant, try seeing it from their perspective. Disruption is the infection. The status quo is the white blood cells. - A Eulogy for Twitter
An IPO, kajillions of users and a clever approach to communications don’t guarantee anything. “The publishing platform (twitter) that carried us into the mobile Internet age is receding. Its influence on publishing will remain, but the platform’s place in Internet culture is changing in a way that feels irreversible and echoes the tradition of AIM and pre-2005 blogging. A lot of this argument comes down to what we feel. Communities can’t be fully measured by how many people are in them. So as we suss out cultural changes, relying on first-hand experience is a first step. “ - It’s All About the Experience
Count us in the 6 pixels fan club. In a few short paragraphs, Mitch Joel lays out the real challenge of a mobile universe. - Five Key Ingredients To Make Your App Go Viral
File this under ‘irritating crap that makes the impossible sound easy’. Characteristics of viral apps:
– Effortless Design
– Reward for use
– Give users control
– Bring them back (return visits)
– Actually useful to a lone individual - How One Woman Hid Her Pregnancy From Big Data
From the outside, diligent attention to your own privacy looks just like you are up to no good. This is a useful how to.
Bonus Link
- The Changing Forces Driving Hispanic Population Growth
I’d like Pew Research to be looking into everything I care about. Who des this sort of work in Europe, India, Asia, Africa, Australia?
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- Ken Haigh, COO PeopleMatter May 9, 2014 Add to Calendar
- Felix Wetzel May 30, 2014 Add to Calendar
- Dwaine Maltais June 13, 2014 Add to Calendar
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Events (I’ll be there):
- PeopleMatter Users Conference – Charleston – May 7-9, 2014 Add to Calendar
- Solid Conference – San Francisco – May 21-22, 2014 – The internet of things means that hardware and software are merging. This O’Reilly conference is the first to cover it. Amazing selection of front end thinkers. Add to Calendar
- iRecruit – Amsterdam – June 5-6, 2014 Add to Calendar
- JobG8 Job Board Summit – Orlando – June 26-27, 2014 Add to Calendar
