The Revolution of Content Fueled by the Birth of Mobile

In full disclosure this is my post on the Huffington Post. Enjoy.

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Over the past decade there has been a fundamental and global change in who defines what information is on the Internet. Web 2.0 is nothing short of a revolution — a climate shift in which an everyday consumer has the potential to become a producer of content. We no longer lay wait impatiently for the next morsel of information. The Web 2.0 tools available to us – allow us to create, curate, distribute and comment. These tools are household names – Twitter, Facebook, the Huffington Post and Mashable just to name a few. These platforms have given us an alternative to the mainstream channels.

The consumption and production of content has become an infectious movement.

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O’Reilly Media’s Laurel Ruma on Open Government

Many of us have heard about open government — this is where government from all levels make their services available online. In addition to making these services available — government agencies are also democratizing public sector data and making it available online. This phenomenon is growing in part due our participation.

  • 46% have looked up what services a government agency provides
  • 41% have downloaded government forms
  • 35% have researched official government documents or statistics
  • 33% have renewed a driver’s license or auto registration
  • -Pew Internet

Please read the entire story at the Huffington Post…

Google Bringing High Speed to Your Home

Since at least 2005, Google has been purchasing dark fiber. This is fiber optic cable that has already been distributed but not yet in use. Here we are five years later and on February 10th, Google announces its plans to build an ultra-fast broadband network. This is a high-speed network that will offer speeds of 1Gbps to your house. Google explains that this is simply a small trial but the service will be at a “competitive cost.” As per Google’s announcement on Wednesday — 50, 000 to 500, 000 American homes will be participating in the trials.

Please read the rest at the Huffington Post…