I believe that the financial and economic crisis is accelerating the change from the industrial to the information society. The magnitude of the change is likely to be on par with or greater than the transition from agricultural to industrial society (I am intentionally saying “society” instead of “economy” because the change affects all parts of how we live). This is scary if you are stuck in the old and exciting if you are helping invent the new. Take the automotive industry. There is a dis...

I believe that the financial and economic crisis is accelerating the change from the industrial to the information society. The magnitude of the change is likely to be on par with or greater than the transition from agricultural to industrial society (I am intentionally saying “society” instead of “economy” because the change affects all parts of how we live). This is scary if you are stuck in the old and exciting if you are helping invent the new. Take the automotive industry. There is a dis...

As part of Internet week, there is an event tonight organized by SoundCtrl to talk about music and the net. Here is what I am planning to say at the event: The other day my 9-year old daughter came up to me and said “Daddy, when you were a kid, what were your favorite web sites?" I had to tell her that when I was young there was no Internet. She looked at me as if I were putting her on. She simply could not imagine that all this information, all these web sites, just did not exist at all. I t...

As part of Internet week, there is an event tonight organized by SoundCtrl to talk about music and the net. Here is what I am planning to say at the event: The other day my 9-year old daughter came up to me and said “Daddy, when you were a kid, what were your favorite web sites?" I had to tell her that when I was young there was no Internet. She looked at me as if I were putting her on. She simply could not imagine that all this information, all these web sites, just did not exist at all. I t...