Posts with keyword: networks

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Networks vs Hierarchies

Fri Dec 13 16:41:00 2013

Good talk from Fred Wilson on how networked systems are changing business and how we all interact with one another.
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Pagerank for Event Graphs

Fri Aug 24 10:15:00 2012

Using an event graph can help us understand relative connectivity in a decentralized network of event-based applications.
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Dave suggests that we not use "graph" when we mean "network." To that end, I think we should further dismiss the confusion of the word "web" and avoid that in usage as well since it's less descriptive than "network" and not even technically correct. From now, on, no more "World Wide Web." We'll talk about the World Wide Network. Hmm, maybe not...
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Doc Searls and the Giant Zero

Tue Mar 13 09:35:00 2007

Last week, Scott Lemon and I had a very enjoyable conversations with Doc Searls about a concept he's calling The Giant Zero. The concept is simple. In Doc's words: The metaphor is a play on the meaning of both World of Ends (which I co-wrote with fellow Berkman fellow David Weinberger) and The Stupid Network, by Berkman alumnus David Isenberg. (David is also my given name, by the way. Coincidence?) The origin of the metaphor, however, is Craig Burton, who was the first to observe that an end-to-end architecture in which every point is essentially zero distance from every
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Will Vonage Die?

Wed Jun 28 13:32:00 2006

This analysis from Art Reisman says that Vonage is going to die. Art's claim is that once the incumbent players decide that VoIP is a real challenge there's nothing to keep them from offering the service more efficiently at the same price-points. I don't disagree with this view to a degree. I've looked at VoIP as a business in some depth on some prior business deals I was considering and there's nothing about what Vonage is doing from a technology or business standpoint that offers significant competitive advantage. What's more, this is a business where margins are thin and
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MeshForum Presents Manual Lima

Sat Jun 17 20:17:00 2006

This week IT Conversations published the first show from the MeshForum conference held in May. The show was Manuel Lima of VisualComplexity.com speaking on Mapping Complex Networks. In this keynote address Lima identifies key characteristics of a good network map and highlights some of his favorite projects. The whole line-up of shows from MeshForum looks outstanding and I look forward to listening to them.
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