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Has Twitter Really Changed How WE Communicate?

March 21, 2011 By Jeff Turner 12 Comments

5 ways Twitter changed how we communicate: 1: Made a fast flow of information faster. 2:Removed the celebrity filter 3: Created “thought leaders” 4: Strengthened the “second screen” 5: (Over)simplified the conversation via CNN.com. This leaves me wondering who the “we” they refer to really is. As we celebrate Twitter’s 5th birthday, and I approach my […]

The Implications Of Curated Search with Dan Green And Gahlord Dewald

March 18, 2011 By Jeff Turner 6 Comments

Before I went to bed last night, I sent this message out on Twitter. respres Jeff Turner New Facebook Patent: the Huge Implications of Curated Search http://bit.ly/hLGnhL (@gahlord have you seen this?) I was hoping it would find Gahlord Dewald fresh and rested and ready to dig in. My plan worked. I got up at 4:15am […]

Recovering The Seriousness Of The Child At Play

March 18, 2011 By Jeff Turner 2 Comments

The struggle of maturity is to recover the seriousness of the child at play. – Nietzsche via The Virtues Of Play. The article from Wired was based on studies done with preschool children, stating that “unstructured play turns out to be one of the most important aspects of Pre-K education.” I’ve always felt that way, so […]

What Happens Once We Forget We’re Creating Content?

March 17, 2011 By Jeff Turner 2 Comments

If Web 2.0 was the moment when the collaborative promise of the internet seemed finally to be realised – with ordinary users creating instead of just consuming, on sites from Flickr to Facebook to Wikipedia – Web 3.0 is the moment they forget they’re doing it. via SXSW 2011: The internet is over “Web 3.0 […]

Values Are The Dark Matter Of Human Relationships

March 16, 2011 By Jeff Turner 15 Comments

We can learn a lot about life from science. I have what I would call a “casual interest” in science, especially quantum physics and chaos theory. I’m not even close to be conversant with anyone that’s really studying these topics, but I enjoy them. So I dabble. A little over a year ago, I was […]

Chasing The New Is Getting Old

March 14, 2011 By Jeff Turner 13 Comments

Only when an innovation is dead can the real work begin. That’s when people who are seeking leverage get to work, when we can focus on what we’re saying, not how (or where) we’re saying it. via Seth’s Blog: Bring me stuff that’s dead, please. In the past, I’ve been guilty of being part of the […]