Unplugging from the Network

Lots of folks have looked at integrating online identities, and there are various types of “single sign-on” (cite) systems around.  Thought experiment for today:  what would single sign-off look like?  In other words, what would happen if an individual had the ability to conceptually “unplug” from the Network?

Nov 4: Privacy and Data Security in the Network Age

Network Age Briefing:  Privacy and Data Security in the Network Age
Noon EDT / 9am PDT (60min)
Wednesday, November 4
(347) 945-6578

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Can we still have “privacy” in the Network Age?  How do individuals, as well as services such as Craigslist, Facebook and Twitter, protect themselves and their information online?  What can we do about it, if anything?  Join us on November 4 to discuss “Privacy and Data Security in the Network Age” with noted expert Samir Jain.

Update

About Samir Jain:

Samir Jain is a partner in the Communications, Privacy, and Internet Law group at WilmerHale, where his practice involves litigation, regulatory work, and counseling on a wide range of cutting-edge e-commerce, privacy, and… Read More

Oct 29: Google App Strategy in the Network Age

Network Age Briefing:  Google App Strategy in the Network Age
Noon EDT / 9am PDT (60min)
Thursday, October 29

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For this week’s Supernova Network Age briefing, we spoke with Google’s Bradley Horowitz about how business and personal productivity applications are changing in the Network Age.  Why types of solutions lend themselves to being either highly networked, or delivered over the network?  What types of organizations are embracing web-based applications for their critical infrastructure — and what are the points of resistance?

About Bradley Horowitz: Bradley oversees product management for Google Apps, including Gmail, Calendar, Google Talk, Google Voice, Google Docs, Blogger and Picasa. Before joining Google, Bradley led Yahoo’s advanced… Read More

The creative class: Networked, high performing and disillusioned

Not surprisingly, employee morale and commitment has worsened during the recession — and in response to company actions to cope with the downturn. A recent survey finds that high-performing employees have been substantially more affected than the rank-and-file.

Lin Grensing-Pophal, Human Resource Executive Online, October 2009

… the creative class: a fast-growing, highly educated, and well-paid segment of the workforce on whose efforts corporate profits and economic growth increasingly depend. Members of the creative class do a wide variety of work in a wide variety of industries—from technology to entertainment, journalism to finance, high-end manufacturing to the arts. They do not consciously think of themselves as a class. Yet they share a… Read More

Oct 22: Scott Blake Harris on Energy Policy in the Network Age

Energy Policy in the Network Age Briefing
1pm EDT / 10am PDT (60min)
Thursday, October 22

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This week’s Supernova Network Age Briefing featured Scott Blake Harris, General Counsel of the U.S. Department of Energy. We spoke first-hand about topics as far ranging as current “Smart Grid” efforts, how technology is changing our thinking about carbon sequestration and nuclear energy, and how cybersecurity intersects with our country’s energy policy.

About our guest: Scott Blake Harris is the General Counsel of the Department of Energy. He was nominated for the position by President Barack Obama in March, and was confirmed by the United States Senate in May, 2009. Mr. Harris has practiced… Read More

Using knowledge networks to shift the way business absorbs change

Deloitte, under the leadership of John Hagel III and John Seely Brown, earlier this year released what I believe is a landmark study: The 2009 Shift Index. “Measuring the forces of long-term change,” this work uncovers a new way to think about shifts in business and society and absorb them to maximum benefit for the organization. What’s more, the study illuminates the pressing need for business leaders to alter the way people interact inside the organization as well as with stakeholders, and it outlines a better way to measure performance. Beyond product and service, the distinguishing characteristic of corporate output will be the way the knowledge of its people is… Read More

October 8: Network Age Briefing with Laura Fitton and Tantek Çelik

Show date: Thursday, Oct 8, 3pm EDT / Noon PDT

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We are moving from a web of pages and sites to a rich and continuous stream of interactions.  Historically, we often thought of the web using a metaphor of “real estate,” with accompanying lexicon of “sites” and “locations.”  However, as the Network Age has evolved, we now are beginning to realize that the web has duality, and also has characteristics of a real-time flow as well.

On October 8, please join us at 3pm EDT / Noon PDT for a Network Age Briefing with Laura Fitton. Laura “@Pistachio” Fitton is leading the charge of sussing out… Read More

Interview with Internet Guru John Patrick

I recently had the fortune of sitting down to discuss the current state, and the future of the Internet in the network age with John Patrick. Patrick is President of Attitude LLC and former vice president of Internet technology at IBM, where he worked for thirty-eight years. During his IBM career John helped start IBM’s leasing business at IBM Credit Corporation, and was senior marketing executive for the launch of the IBM ThinkPad brand. Starting in the early 1990s, John dedicated his time to fostering Internet technologies.

John is considered one of the real visionaries of the Internet age, and we discussed how what is popular today always seems to be… Read More

Broadband Strategy Week- David Weinberger and FCC’s Blair Levin

Supernova is thrilled to be a small part of David Weinberger’s new efforts to document the FCC’s broadband initiative. His new blog at Broadband Strategy Week has it’s first interview. This week David talks with Blair Levin, who’s the Executive Director of the FCC’s broadband “Omnibus initiative.”

David and Blair discuss the “Broadband Strategy strategy” and what this program is actually about. Very worth checking this out.

The Future of the Internet (and How To Stop It)

Jonathan Zittrain will be speaking at Supernova 2009 on December 1.