These are the laments of the contemporary professoriate, daily confronted with a generation of digital natives whose work practices and patterns of attention appear to be multifocal, multivocal, and driven to distraction. As Mark Edmundson has recently commented, "University students now are virtual Hamlets of the virtual world, pondering possibility, faces pressed up against the sweet-shop window of their all-purpose desiring machines. Outside of the subject’s ability to filter external stimuli, the world was utterly incomprehensible. 2008 ]. Arendt. Dowler. MORE >>

Jason Lackey Not sure that I want the likes of Zuck to be playing the role of LDAP server for the world. see the traditional web site security and authentication models in need of a re-look at what has been the typical implementation pattern to date. Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Home About Speaking Research Media Contact Subscribe via RSS Connect with Jeremiah: twitter friendfeed linkedin flickr technorati Connect with Jeremiah on twitter A few years ago, critics said Blogging was a fad. Registration pages go away …much to the approval of consumers. Expect more now. MORE >>

These tools help true data analysts derive meaning from patterns, and how it influences large scale commerce. Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang Home About Speaking Research Media Contact Subscribe via RSS Connect with Jeremiah: twitter friendfeed linkedin flickr technorati Connect with Jeremiah on twitter A few years ago, critics said Blogging was a fad. Social data is overwhelming. More customers, buyers, and consumers are creating content everywhere they go. Companies cannot scale to match this in a 1:1 basis, and most companies are in early phases of the 8 Stages of Listening. MORE >>

Various companies provide cases of cyber-stalking (involving adults) follow the pattern of repeated actions against a target. Although Naked managing parter Adam Ferrier will bravely front up to the Twitterati at Social Media Club Sydney, it would seem that the agency – which brought the world the girl with the jacket video hoax – does not have a universal love for everyone in that particular community. What is a cyberbully? Can adults really be bullied by pixels? Surely it’s a case of sticks and stones? Or should we speak up? That is not cyberbullying. Power Corrupts. MORE >>

If the “private line&# was cut or damaged between Melbourne and Adelaide, the TV station went off the air and the test pattern… Please Stand By. So, dear digital natives, you can f**k off, with your “you don’t understand our world&# prattle. Virtual Worlds: My Second Life… (0). Telstra has done a deal with National Broadband Network Co (or a heads of agreement which is not quite the same thing). You can read about it here. And an analysis of it here. In the early 1980′s I worked for  the then Telecom Australia. end rant. MORE >>