for the internet as a social mechanism.
This video addresses a lot of questions about how we should be thinking about the “new” internet, in a very thoughtful and clever manner. Enjoy.
(hooray, code embedding fixed!)
It’s very “meta”, whatever THAT means….
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Tags: video, web20, social web, meta
The cool cats at shopify got my name up in lights. Thanks guys!
Now get that API out the door, and beef up your tax tables. Our team cant wait to use you again!
Tags: shopify, shamless self promotion, api
Eston Bond, the creative mind behind some of the myspace related material I’ve blogged about in the past, just made a beautiful observation in his post about virtual collaboration. He explores the next potential iteration of online collaboration through the means of tools like “Second Life“. It’s true that the walls of our offices have been literally torn down by the increased ease of sharing information instantaneously. Should we be surprised that the next round involves building those walls back up, but this time, anyone is invited? With all of the focus on community and conversation being the drive behind everything2point-oh(tm), doesn’t it make sense to open those communities (or, that community, since the entire internet is really just one big community) up to the world, removing distance as a boundary, removing language as a boundary, and leaving only one thing between us and our goals: enough time to make them reality!
Reality. It’s wacky to think about how futuristic the Matrix seemed only a couple of years ago. The plug-into-the-brain machines aren’t quite there yet, but the lines between reality and virtual reality are pretty blurry these days. I have “friends” that I’ve never met. I write here and in my other blog to audiences that I can’t see. I have been to meetings without ever leaving my bedroom. And now, I can start up a business, hold meetings, and make real, spendable MONEY in virtual space.
So back to that last remaining boundary: time. When is someone going to figure out a way to virtualize that? Is it an east-coast thing that we feel like we never have enough time to do that next big thing? Why does it seem like time slows down for Silicon Valley. All of the tech hotshots that I follow have time to blog daily, design and prototypes, podcast, screencast, answer fan-mail, do their primary job function (oh yeah) , AND lead happy and fulfilling lives with their family and friends? I don’t squander my time, and our testimonials will tell you that we’re fast, efficient, and reachable. But still, I ask myself often: how do these super-men (and women) get it all done? Are you one of them? Care to share your time-expanding secrets?
In the mean time, I’m going to put off getting a Wii for fear of my ability to bend time will be severly overtaken by a newfound ability to swing a Wii-mote around in my living room.
Tags: virtual workspace, second life, eston bond, community, time management
Tara has posted on the CitizenAgency blog a great, thought provoking piece on the topic of “Finding your higher purpose“. This one really hits home hard for me, as it’s something I’ve been thinking a lot about lately.
Not only knowing but understanding my goals on the level described in this article is something that I’ve always felt was important to my own success. Friends and family around me know that I’m excruciatingly goal and success oriented. Big picture thinking has gotten me this far, if I can further hone in on what PART of the big picture is mine to own, in theory, I’m unstoppable.
The question more specifically on this for this blog (and for the consumption of its readers) is how does WeKnowHTML fit into the big picture. For us, it’s a venue to serve the industry that we are products of. That kind of give/take relationship is what makes our involvement in the industry such a passionate one. Our mantra is to take the things we love and find ways to make them better, with the ‘betterment’ goals stemming from our own personal experiences.
How can our ‘higher purpose’ help you today?
Tags: tara hunt, higher purpose, goal setting