The hackers and engineers of Y Combinator are doing what hackers and engineers do to any industry, they’re efficiently and ruthlessly disrupting the traditional model of venture capital and are going to destroy far more more wealth for their contemporaries than they create for themselves, as broadband did to entertainment, Craigslist did to newspapers, and Amazon did to traditional retailers. This is what outsiders, by definition, do.
– On the Evolution of Investing — Matt MullenwegCloud computing is advancing faster than our ability to secure systems. Companies are rapidly moving their most critical data and information from file cabinets and secured servers to shared servers on the Web. Cloud computing provides significant cost savings and operational advantages. But it also unleashes a Pandora’s box of security concerns.
– Five tech industry predictions for 2012 | VentureBeatthe party’s over for investors and startups in this space. The big growth is behind us. Revenues from social media have not lived up to the promises, and the vast majority of those thousands of startups are either dying or on th
– Five tech industry predictions for 2012 | VentureBeatFacebook, which has more than 800 million members and is expected to go public next year, currently employs some 3,000 people Sandberg said Facebook had plans to dramatically expand its overall workforce. “We will be adding thousands of employees in the next year,” she said.
– Facebook to hire thousands of employees over next year - The Economic TimesDella crisi, del governo tecnico e del fallimento della politica
E’ morto il Re, evviva il Re!
Siamo tutti concordi nel riconoscere che il nostro martoriato Paese ha bisogno di un governo tecnico che rimetta a posto il disastro, figlio della crisi internazionale e di anni di malgoverno bipartisan.
Ciò detto, l’entusiasmo con cui molti politici salutano l’avvento del professor Monti e degli esperti che il professore sceglierà come ministri, a mio avviso suggerisce alcune dolorose considerazioni. Oggi, infatti dobbiamo fare i conti ancora una volta con:
- il fallimento della politica, che riconosce la propria incapacità di gestire la cosa pubblica accogliendo a braccia aperte i veri competenti;
- l’ipocrisia della politica, che accoglie a braccia aperte un governo tecnico perché sa che, non dovendo dare conto a nessun elettorato capriccioso e irresponsabile, avrà finalmente il coraggio di dare agli italiani le legnate che meritano. Un deus ex machina che interviene alla fine dei giochi, si spera risolvendo i problemi e contemporaneamente togliendo alla nostra classe dirigente le castagne dal fuoco;
- il fallimento, in ultima analisi, del sistema democratico, dovuto alla manifesta incapacità e alla costosa inutilità dei rappresentanti del popolo che poi il popolo neanche elegge direttamente, in quanto scelti dai partiti resi onnipotenti da una scellerata (e furba) legge elettorale.
Viene da chiedersi, a costo di essere tacciati di qualunquismo da qualche professionista della politica e della retorica, a che diavolo serva la “casta” se non rappresenta più nessuno, porta solo costi vivi, non è all’altezza dei compiti cui viene chiamata e, quando la situazione precipita, finisce sempre tristemente col necessitare di una “supplenza”.
“Google and Facebook would have you believe that you’re a mirror,” he said, “but in fact, we’re more like diamonds.” - multi-faceted.
Chris Poole
– 4chan’s Chris Poole: Facebook & Google Are Doing It WrongUse the platforms but don’t let them have the keys to your community center.
Every social media program needs a community center or hub. This is the place where public feeds move to private conversations, connections become relationships, and your company holds the access keys. Your hub may have several connection points such as the corporate blog, website, email access, and call center. How people get to it doesn’t matter as long at the access is integrated and your team is working together. Effective social media strategies guide people to the hub from the different platforms. Changes to social media sites have little effect on the big picture when the paths are properly configured. Platforms will come and go over time. Terms of service and features will change. Companies that allow others to hold the keys to their community center will always struggle to adapt to the changing environment. Companies that hold their keys control their own destiny. Who holds the keys to your community center?
– Who Holds the Keys to Your Company’s Community Center? | Social Media TodaySu di me
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