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Social Networking (the Shorter Version) Past, Present, Future

Both Sides of the Table

In most instances news is now breaking on Twitter and then being picked up by news organizations. The one major thing that Twitter doesn’t seem to have figured out quite yet is that platform thing or at least how to encourage a bunch of 3rd-party developers to build meaningful add-on products. If you look at the power of Bit.ly

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INNOVATION - A Scientist's Perspective

AeA Los Angeles Council

The government is a Byzantine, reactive organization plagued by its self-imposed hierarchy. Innovation in the end is about creating products, but largely the federal government doesn't make products; it buys them. One very encouraging note these organizations are trying to use "Web 2.0" John Culberson (R-TX).

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What the Past Can Tell Us About the Future of Social Networking

Both Sides of the Table

In most instances news is now breaking on Twitter and then being picked up by news organizations. The one major thing that Twitter doesn’t seem to have figured out quite yet is that platform thing or at least how to encourage a bunch of 3rd-party developers to build meaningful add-on products. Now I don’t get any.