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One Web Day Septemer 22nd

Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:40:40 GMT

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Clip Source: www.onewebday.org

OneWebDay, Sept. 22, is an Earth Day for the internet.

It’s easy to take the web for granted. But it’s worth taking a moment to reflect on what the web could mean to humankind in the future. That’s the purpose of OneWebDay, held each September 22.

There are substantial threats to the free flow of information online, all over the world. Many governments censor online content. (see opennet.net). Many people in developing nations can’t get online at all. We need to ensure that the internet used by future generations will be open and empowering — access to the internet is central to the future of humanity.

The idea behind OneWebDay is to encourage people to think of themselves as responsible for the internet, and to take good and visible actions on Sept. 22 that (1) celebrate the positive impact of the internet on the world and (2) shed light on the problems of access and information flow.

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Elton John wants to Shut Down Internet

Fri, 03 Aug 2007 15:47:42 GMT

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clipper's remarks: This is ridiculous. Is he serious!

Clip Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Web rant ... Sir Elton says the internet is destroying music

POP legend Sir Elton John wants the internet CLOSED DOWN

He claims it is destroying good music, saying: “The internet has stopped people from going out and being with each other, creating stuff.

“Instead they sit at home and make their own records, which is sometimes OK but it doesn’t bode well for long-term artistic vision.

“We’re talking about things that are going to change the world and change the way people listen to music and that’s not going to happen with people blogging on the internet.

“I mean, get out there — communicate.

Hopefully the next movement in music will tear down the internet

“Let’s get out in the streets and march and protest instead of sitting at home and blogging.

“I do think it would be an incredible experiment to shut down the whole internet for five years and see what sort of art is produced over that span.

“There’s too much technology available.

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2007 Social Media Predictions by ITtoolbox

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 21:49:45 GMT

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Clip Source: blogs.ittoolbox.com

This is going to be an interesting year for web 2.0. Its just about reached the mainstream and the full introduction is going to be painful.

Sometime this year somebody is going to be killed/kidnapped/assaulted/outed and their internet activity is going to be central to the crime. Somebody's myspace+flickr+blog account is going to be used against them and the media is going to go nuts. Front page stories about the dangers of having information online. Panicky editorials, local news anchors breathless about the dangers of online communities. This is going to be huge in the large swaths of America that arent on the cutting edge of technology.

Myspace will suffer the most as scores of parents try to yank their kids information off of myspace. But the story of personal information on the internet is going to dominate the American media for a good chunk of 2007. The openness of web 2.0 type communities is going to finally make it into the mainstream of American life and it is going to freak people out. Something will trigger a long national hysteria.

I'm betting a picture on flickr will become the iconic image of some event. Think the Iwo Jima Flag Raising but taken by a passerby who happened to wipe out their camera. No idea what, but its going to happen and its going to spark a mainstream interest in web 2.0.

Both of the above things point to the biggest theme of the year for the internet. Right now 'Web 2.0' is still a technophile's niche. Youtube and Myspace are changing that, but both of those are primarily youth markets. But mainstream America is going to be exposed to Web 2.0 and its going to have to spend some time chewing it over. The discussion that results is going to have a huge impact on internet companies, internet communities, and the internet itself.

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