Life as an information junkie What's happening is that we're learning to negotiate always-on connectivity. Some people are going to need more distance than others. Some are going to opt-out completely. But I think people who grow up with this sort of thing just take it for granted. in Public bookmarkswith presencetwitter
Twitter has the online world talking Twitter came together in two weeks of development, said its creator, Jack Dorsey of Obvious. Its premise is simple: In 140 characters or fewer, users tell Twitter what they're doing. They can type on the Web site, send an instant message or use their cell phone to send a text message. The text is posted to a user's Twitter Web page, viewable to the world. It can also be broadcast as a text message and added to the Twitter pages of "Followers" who want to know what their friends and Web acquaintances are doing, adding a MySpace-like element. in Public bookmarkswith austinsxswtwitter
Welcome to Conference 2.0 We've all been there: the dull business conference. A half-empty room of half-asleep attendees answer their e-mail on laptops and BlackBerries, while some hapless speaker lumbers through a PowerPoint speech. That scenario is about to change, thanks to the growing ubiquity of social media. in Public bookmarkswith conference20socialmediasocialwebtwitterunconferenceweb20