This video provides a nice summary of some of the key computing and communication developments that we can expect in the near future. Whether MSFT will be a big part of that... who knows, but they did a great job with these videos; be sure to check MSFT Officelab's other cool stuff, here, as well - quite impressive, I think.
Entries categorized "Lifestreaming"
March 10, 2009
December 08, 2008
Rivers of Information: short video on how I use Friendfeed, Twitter, RSS
Image via Wikipedia
I know... it looks mad but it can be done - this is just a new kind of juggling that we need to do. And most importantly - use the OFF button. Go for a walk. Read the newspaper in a cafe ;)
November 23, 2008
An easy way to subscribe to my life/thought/idea - stream
Friendfeed is a great place to aggregate all social media services that I use or subscribe to. Now they offer an RSS feed straight from my Friendfeed page, and you can subscribe to it here. This way you can get all of my bookmarks, tweets (twitterpost), Facebook updates, blogposts etc etc, all in one go! You can also see my latest entries on my lifestream page on this blog (see icons above) but the RSS feed may make it easier.
Update: here is my Friendfeed realtime 'river'
For those of you that are still hooked on email you can also get an email update via Feedburner
November 09, 2008
October 19, 2008
Twitter has officially arrived at the Center of Pop Culture, Britney Spears now twittering and sharing content on new 'bloggy' site, and Ning Community, too!
Techcrunch reports on Britney's new site (which feels very 'blogg
y' and seems to focus on getting the users involved rather than just displaying static information) and her new Twitter account, aptly titled TheRealBritney. Surely this is a sign that Twitter has now officially 'arrived' - and any artist and / or content creator will ignore micro-blogging at their own perril. Guess what: now you have to provide more and more free content to pull people in before you can ask for their money. But there is plenty of so-called 'monetization' at the other end!
To me, Twitter is another important manifestation of the rapid rise of the broadband + mobile - driven Sharing & Participation Culture (* see more of my writings on that subject, here) that is quickly taking over from the broadcast-to-you-the-passive-consumer culture that was largely dominated by traditional television. 
I am not a Britney fan (as you may have guessed) but I do like the way her team is clearly emphasizing interactivity, user engagement and free content throughout most of what I see here (e.g. the Friend Britney Button) - good stuff!
Her Circusvip page (linked via the same button) is even more interactive - nice one. This page is apparantly build on the Ning platform which I have been busy telling many artists, managers and bands about - the perfect white label offering for building your own social network, quickly. In fact, I kind of like the Ning / CircusVIP site better than Britney's main site - and the 15335 people that have already signed up there seem to agree I guess. Engage, participate, share, have conversations - that clearly is the Future of Marketing. Yes, soon... blogs will become record labels. And major labels will become....? (you tell me)
October 01, 2008
September 18, 2008
If you haven't tried Twitter you really should - if you need an excuse, here's your chance
Update: Rohit Barghava has a nice blog post on using Twitter for Marketing, here
Twitter is an absolutely amazing tool for micro-communicating with people in your network. I use it both for streaming stuff that I am doing, as I do it (well, mostly stuff such as what I am researching, reading, blogging watching, liking, working on etc - not details about which coffee I drink ;), as well as for sharing some quick yet powerful realizations with my 'followers'
My regular twitter account is here, and below are my current stats
My so-called Daily Wisdoms tweets are here (this is where I share the nuggets-of-the-web ... nope, not just my own), and below are the latest stats
You can get all tweets and all on my new life-stream page, too (I know... it sounds kind of mad but it's easy to do so I figured I should try it).
Now, here is the key question: why should you try Twitter? What's the big deal? Here are some reasons:
- It forces you to be succinct and get to the point quickly - this is indeed a very good exercise, imho.
- It allows you to get into conversations with some very interesting people that you may have never met, otherwise - I have met some great people via Twitter, and Facebook and Friendfeed, and my network has mushroomed as a consequence (and yes, that does convert to 'business' eventually, as well - all good networks do!)
- It allows you to broadcast yourself and 'your brand' to people, but it does not interrupt them or forces them to listen, unlike, email (which is why I, personally, discontinued my email newsletters)
- As Steve Rubel says, the new web is not about sites - it's about services (and Twitter fits that category very well;)
- 100s of brands and companies are starting to use Twitter to send quick updates to people who 'like' them - seems like a great way to add value to a relationship that's based on merit and trust
- So...kill the press releases and the email blasts - switch to Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, Seesmic, Kyte - and start blogging if you want to talk to bloggers.
Enough reasons?
And if you think I am getting carried away with wasting my time on this... ouch - check out these Twitterholics!
Gerd Leonhard
Keynote Speaker, Think-Tank Leader, Futurist, Author & Strategist, Idea Curator, some say Iconoclast | Heretic, CEO TheFuturesAgency, Visiting Prof FDC Brazil, Green Futurist
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