social computing

The recent flap at and about Digg, which first pulled then allowed community-generated posts w/ a key for breaking DVD encryption, is an example of one way social computing and the user generation of ‘content’ (hate that word) can lead to conflict. Jevon MacDonald has written about the flap on the FASTf0rward blog.
Is it a […]

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Dion Hinchcliffe’s post with the above title is too useful for you to rely on my summary. All the same, here is the key point, as I see it. Hinchcliffe notes that
“business “culture… often holds back what’s possible in terms of information technology — certainly for good reasons at times — but just as often […]

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The blogospherical (not to say circular) conversation continues about Tom Davenport’s post questioning the impact of Enterprise 2.0, Andrew McAfee’s response, and the ensuing opining by moi and others here and elsewhere.
Jon Husband agrees with both Tom and Andrew. He also concurs with others who have weighed in that Enterprise 2.0 will have long-term effects […]

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My post on Tom Davenport’s skeptical response to “Enterprise 2.0″ has drawn an interesting response from Bill Ives on the FASTforward blog. There is not enough difference among any of us to allow for a real debate, but I want to clarify a point from my post.
I’m a big fan of Tom Davenport. As a […]

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Tom Davenport recently wrote a think piece to explain why social software won’t transform the enterprise. Andrew McAfee, who coined the phrase “Enterprise 2.0″ to describe this kind of software, replied. In comments on their two posts, a lively debate ensued.
Tom describes Enterprise 2.0 as “the widespread adoption of social media and participative technologies in […]

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