OceansOfThought @ May 7, 2009 # One Comment
What is Web 2.0 ? Web 2.0 is more than technology; it’s about openness, sharing and relinquishing control. It is a fundamental way of thinking about data, in that the owner of the data, cannot possibly think about all the ways –good or bad- that data can be used, but with enough users, force […]
OceansOfThought @ May 7, 2009 # Comments Off on Understanding the Current 2.0 Moniker
Web 2.0 is itself a meme of the internet age, but it has spawned many others- Government 2.0, and Industry 2.0- which, as defined above, is a transition from the before to something new. But there is a greater definition which can be surmised and will be defined in this article. The Innovation Life Cycle[1] […]
OceansOfThought @ May 7, 2009 # One Comment
Executive Summary The “2.0” moniker was originally used to draw a line separating the state of the Web before and after the dot-com bubble burst in 2000. It has since taken on new meme[1], which is “An interconnected Web of services” and data manipulation.[2], The Term of Art[3], was original crafted in 2003 by […]
OceansOfThought @ October 1, 2008 # Comments Off on The Will of the Voter and Credit Crisis
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my country; corporations have been enthroned, an era of corruption in High Places will follow, and the Money Power of the Country will endeavor to prolong its reign by working upon the prejudices of […]
OceansOfThought @ September 17, 2008 # Comments Off on On Failing Large Companies and True Risk
Many people want the government to protect the consumer. A much more urgent problem is to protect the consumer from the government. – Milton Friedman In a capitalist society, big companies need to fail. It refreshes them, it refreshes the market, and it makes us stronger. However, let’s make it clear, these failures does not […]
OceansOfThought @ August 21, 2008 # Comments Off on On Living in the Past, Metaphysically Speaking.
The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.” -Albert Einstein Naturally, there was some confusion with this post; The one about time. What was I really saying? Let me clarify. The Speed of Light is awesome, but it limits our world and we’ve used it to limit ourselves. We’ve defined it as […]
OceansOfThought @ August 19, 2008 # One Comment
Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops does time come to life. ~William Faulkner In this plane of existance that we share and inhabbit.. time is the factor. The fastest thing we know allows us to see ourselves and relativeisticly […]
OceansOfThought @ July 14, 2008 # One Comment
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. – Abraham Lincoln Let us speak of protesting. Protesting is a something i believe in as strongly as breathing, just as a believe some of the things people in protesting are just plain dumb. I believe i have a right to this opinion […]
OceansOfThought @ June 25, 2008 # Comments Off on On European Mergers, Acquisitions and the European Commission
Executive Summary As the European Union (“EU”) grows to prominence, the European Commission (“EC”) confronts several issues; of the most important is the role of how it handles business within and without the EU’s respective boarders. One of the main areas of the EC direct oversight of business is Mergers and Acquisitions; and how the […]
OceansOfThought @ June 22, 2008 # 2 Comments
Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. – Abraham Lincoln A friend asked me about this post, the flow of invisible money, then asked me, which plan was better, was it, less […]