Why asynchronous communication scales, and what we can do with that power.
by Terry Jones
| @terrycojones
| 26 October 2010
Terry Jones examines the core differences between synchronous and asynchronous communication, and he looks at how technology has given asynchronous methods tremendous reach. (Part 1 of a 2-part series.)
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by Ben Lorica
| @dliman
| 25 October 2010
Since the first-ever Mechanical Turk meetup a year ago, there has been an explosion in crowdsourcing services and a well-attended conference in San Francisco. I remain enthusiastic about crowdsourcing, but the number of companies has me worried about quality of work. Fortunately specialization is already occurring, so for particular tasks there are companies out there ready to provide high-quality service....
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Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle discuss "points of control" in a free webcast.
by Mac Slocum
| @macslocum
| 25 October 2010
Tim O'Reilly and John Battelle will examine the people, organizations, and chokeholds shaping the Internet Economy during a free one-hour webcast, being held Wednesday, Oct. 27 at 1 pm PT / 4 pm ET.
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URL shorteners have upside, but they also raise issues around stability, privacy, and performance.
by Leigh Dodds
| @ldodds
| 25 October 2010
Link shorteners have become part of the web's social fabric, but is that a good thing? In this piece we take a look at the key issues surrounding shorteners: stability, obfuscation, performance and privacy.
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Lisa Gansky on why businesses need to embrace sharing and open systems.
by Mac Slocum
| @macslocum
| 22 October 2010
Closed systems and applications have big supporters, but the push for sharing and openness has momentum as well. Author and Web 2.0 Summit speaker Lisa Gansky calls this movement "The Mesh," and in this Q&A; she explains how an open mindset creates a competitive advantage.
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Why governments need to start with mobile sites, not native apps.
by Alex Howard
| @digiphile
| 22 October 2010
Are .gov apps "empowering the empowered"? The consensus of a recent Gov 2.0 conference was clear: governments should start by building mobile sites and HTML5 apps to ensure access for the greatest number of citizens.
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