http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/10/07/is-the-connected-age-eliminating-the-reality-of-the-information-age/ Interactive marketing and e-commerce strategy blog for the local, mobile, social web Sat, 22 Nov 2008 09:42:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/10/07/is-the-connected-age-eliminating-the-reality-of-the-information-age/#comment-2057 Open question: What are you reading? (Book review of the week-ish) Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:17:53 +0000 http://timpeter.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=301#comment-2057 [...] from knowledge worker to web worker and what that means for business and their employees. Anne and I have debated this point from time to time, though she makes a compelling case in the book. Check back in a couple of weeks and I’ll let [...] […] from knowledge worker to web worker and what that means for business and their employees. Anne and I have debated this point from time to time, though she makes a compelling case in the book. Check back in a couple of weeks and I’ll let […]

]]> http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/10/07/is-the-connected-age-eliminating-the-reality-of-the-information-age/#comment-163 Tim Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:42:32 +0000 http://timpeter.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=301#comment-163 You know, Anne, that's a really great point. What's evolutionary and what's revolutionary depend - at least in part - on context. For instance, the level of web work that I experience daily (largely the Web, email and IM) haven't changed much in the last six or seven years. Twitter? Sure, but it's really just like IM to me in many ways. Rent-a-coder? Definitely different, but feels like sourcing contract employees via Monster did back during Web Boom 1.0 (yikes! web versioning alert!). I still work for a corporation and go to an office most days, though, whereas the lives of folks who work remotely might be more revolutionary. But even the items with more revolutionary impact to me - the social aspect via Facebook, LinkedIn and especially blogs - feels like a (deeper, more robust) form of Usenet, IRC or message boards. Still, I have to credit your metaphor for providing a nice, tidy package around the ongoing changes, regardless of whether they're revolutionary or not. You know, Anne, that’s a really great point. What’s evolutionary and what’s revolutionary depend - at least in part - on context. For instance, the level of web work that I experience daily (largely the Web, email and IM) haven’t changed much in the last six or seven years. Twitter? Sure, but it’s really just like IM to me in many ways. Rent-a-coder? Definitely different, but feels like sourcing contract employees via Monster did back during Web Boom 1.0 (yikes! web versioning alert!). I still work for a corporation and go to an office most days, though, whereas the lives of folks who work remotely might be more revolutionary. But even the items with more revolutionary impact to me - the social aspect via Facebook, LinkedIn and especially blogs - feels like a (deeper, more robust) form of Usenet, IRC or message boards. Still, I have to credit your metaphor for providing a nice, tidy package around the ongoing changes, regardless of whether they’re revolutionary or not.

]]> http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/10/07/is-the-connected-age-eliminating-the-reality-of-the-information-age/#comment-164 Anne Truitt Zelenka Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:32:19 +0000 http://timpeter.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=301#comment-164 Evolutionary vs. revolutionary? I don't know... but in my own life the switch from knowledge work (work in the hierarchy of Oracle building business applications) to web work (cobbling together a livelihood with various projects bottom up, with fluid and ad hoc relationships) is revolutionary. Evolutionary vs. revolutionary? I don’t know… but in my own life the switch from knowledge work (work in the hierarchy of Oracle building business applications) to web work (cobbling together a livelihood with various projects bottom up, with fluid and ad hoc relationships) is revolutionary.

]]> http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/10/07/is-the-connected-age-eliminating-the-reality-of-the-information-age/#comment-165 Tim Peter Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:31:38 +0000 http://timpeter.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=301#comment-165 Anne, Generally, I agree with your point of view on this. Things *have* changed. The part I'm working my head around us how much is evolutionary vs. how much is revolutionary. I find your metaphor is very useful, though. Anne,
Generally, I agree with your point of view on this. Things *have* changed. The part I’m working my head around us how much is evolutionary vs. how much is revolutionary. I find your metaphor is very useful, though.

]]> http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/10/07/is-the-connected-age-eliminating-the-reality-of-the-information-age/#comment-166 Anne Truitt Zelenka Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:30:20 +0000 http://timpeter.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=301#comment-166 I don't really know whether Peter Drucker foresaw this shift or not [snip] ... My purpose with the idea of the connected age is to tell a story that helps people (including myself) see the shifts taking place as the web makes us so much more connected. I don’t really know whether Peter Drucker foresaw this shift or not [snip] … My purpose with the idea of the connected age is to tell a story that helps people (including myself) see the shifts taking place as the web makes us so much more connected.

]]> http://www.timpeter.com/blog/2007/10/07/is-the-connected-age-eliminating-the-reality-of-the-information-age/#comment-167 Tim Tue, 09 Oct 2007 02:26:53 +0000 http://timpeter.dreamhosters.com/blog/?p=301#comment-167 Due to a configuration issue (that's a euphemism for me saying I screwed up the configuration), some folks were unable to leave comments. Anne Zelenka and I continued the dialogue on this post via email. With Anne's consent, I am recreating the thread below. I have edited out some parts of each email not relevant to the discussion. Any error in transcription is mine. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts below... Due to a configuration issue (that’s a euphemism for me saying I screwed up the configuration), some folks were unable to leave comments. Anne Zelenka and I continued the dialogue on this post via email. With Anne’s consent, I am recreating the thread below. I have edited out some parts of each email not relevant to the discussion. Any error in transcription is mine. Feel free to chime in with your thoughts below…

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