As expected muslim hackers are active and mirroring the protest in the digital world. Roberto Preatoni from www.zone-h.org reports about and lists hundreds of sites been attacked, and the attacks seems to be continuing. This is just a confirmation that the digital world is just another plattform for our social activities. I commented about this … Continue reading Cartoon protests mirrored in the digital domain
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An oil price at $263 dollar?
In Davos, George Soros and Hermitage Capital's Bill Browder is talking about great uncertainties which could make huge impact on the oil price in the not so distant future. Bill Browder's scenarios worst case is $263/barrel. Read an the article about this in Fortune. There are a number of uncertainties mentioned in the article. Iran … Continue reading An oil price at $263 dollar?
New names for “Cyberspace” – another suggestion
The Future Now blog points to an article in Wired (because the blogger himself wrote it) which presents a number of new suggestions that would replace the word "Cyberspace". Institute For The Future have asked a number of smart people for their suggestions. To me this is a clear signal that the mythical place called … Continue reading New names for “Cyberspace” – another suggestion
The passed year – 2005
Happy new year to all! The future is of at least some interest to all of us, even if the majority is not as explicit about it as I am. But even I feel that it is valuable to reflect on what was once in a while. It is crucial to understand both the present … Continue reading The passed year – 2005
The podcasting revolution
Podcasting is exploding in it's use and both public service radio employees as well as individuals with something to say is participating in this frenzy. More and more people respond and rather downloads podcasts to their MP3 players rather than turning on the radio. It is like the pirate radio of the 21:st century, but … Continue reading The podcasting revolution
Are we futurists becoming popular again?
It is interesting when I hear several people comment on an article in Wired about the future and it's need for futurists and some even send me emails about it. Since some time ago I have been focusing more on consulting in general strategy issues, but maybe I shall turn back to where I was … Continue reading Are we futurists becoming popular again?
The rise of the “minipreneur”
The excellent trendwatching.com has recently noticed the trend minipreneurs. Minipreneurs are individuals using the available business, production and distribution platforms to run their small business. Some of them are picking together their platforms from parts available as building-block business services on the Internet, others are using the availability of free software and cheap web hotels … Continue reading The rise of the “minipreneur”
The end of drug wars
What I recently have been calling the chemistry revolution, is continuing to roll over us. Young kids are using drugs more than ever and markets seems to be growing. The difference in the future is that the drugs don't have to be illegally brought here from drug supplying countries. They can be made in a … Continue reading The end of drug wars
Citizen journalism and encyclopedias melt together
Blogging and mobile phones with built-in digital cameras reinforced a slowly growing trend of citizen journalism. During the tsunami this winter the trend really picked up speed since the fastest and most reliable sources for information was blogs in several levels which each collected, valuated and referred other sources of information. The next step is … Continue reading Citizen journalism and encyclopedias melt together
The Asian age is coming…
It is usually said that the Asian economy will grow enormously the coming decades. But how much and when? Business Week collected some predictions and showed these graphs that estimates how much. Could be wrong with quite much but is still indicating the coming of the Asian era... Anyone betting against? Read the Business Week … Continue reading The Asian age is coming…