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Executives: Don’t try to change the Net Generation(0)

January 12, 2010

Bob Mason and I conducted a study about how executives in organizations perceive the entrance of the “net generation” into the workplace. Researchers (see Tapscott for example) refer to the Net Generation as the generation of people born between 1978-1994. They label them as such because of the researchers’ perceptions of this generation as growing [...]

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10 Recommended Gov 2.0 Blogs

Wired to Share posted their recommendations to follow the following 10 Blogs that deal with Gov 2.0 issues:
Maxine Teller – MiXT Media
Ari Herzog – AriWriter
Steve Radick – Social Media Strategery
Jefferey Levy – Government 2.0 Beta
Mark Drapeau – Cheeky Fresh
Gwynne Kostin – On Dot-Gov
Andrew Kryzmarzick – Generation Shift
Nick Charney – CPSRenewal
Craig Newmark – CNewmark
Marylin Clark – [...]

About the Ephemeral Nature of Twitter

This week research conversation featured Kathy Gill who talks about Twitter and its integration in the classroom context, but her talk went into lessons learned from usage of Twitter by people and specifically by politicians.
Gill’s motivation to research Twitter is derived from attempt to understand how technology impact society. While  looking at the presentation Twitter [...]

A “bear cub” hug, but still a hug

ICANN (The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) signed a new affirmation of commitment document with the US government (see the video clip). The document is another milestone in a series of reforms that ICANN started six years ago. The goal of this reform to transform ICANN to a more independent entity (in other words, less dependent on the U.S), more transparent (there were many complaints around this issue), and more egalitarian (i.e., its board will be more global).


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