Category: Trends

  • FIR Interview – David Kirkpatrick, Fortune magazine: July 2, 2007

    Fortune magazine’s iMeme 2007 conference in San Francisco on July 12-13, 2007, will bring together top thinkers in technology to share the ideas and digital memes that will drive the future. Co-chaired by David Kirkpatrick, the conference will address the…

  • Today’s social networked world

    This is the world of social networks according to gossip blog ValleyWag citing data from Alexa. Although the map’s colours make it a bit difficult to see clearly which network is prevalent in which part of the world, you can…

  • No more fun in the Valley

    If you read about Silicon Valley these days, you’ll notice quite a bit of opinion out there that a new dot-com bubble is building. A sense of dot-com deja vu, some say. One of the Silicon Valley movers I give…

  • Understanding climate change and what to do about it

    Climate change is a hot topic much in the news these days with increasing messages from our governments telling us we need to act now to save the planet. We’re hearing new phrases like ‘carbon neutrality,’ ‘carbon footprint,’ ‘personal CO2…

  • Social media growth driven from Asia, apparently

    Social media and blogging is soaring with Asia a key growth market, according to research conducted by Universal McCann as reported by Brand Republic on May 11. While I have some concerns about this story (see below), some of the…