Archive for the ‘Future of Work’ Category

To fully appreciate the impact of the most recent technological revolution and its impact on how humans interact, relate to the world, and form groups, it is instructive to look back to the fifteenth century, when Johannes Gutenberg’s invention of the moveable type printing press forever changed how people were able to communicate across geographies [...]

Reflecting on CrowdConf

Posted: October 6, 2010 in Future of Work

It’s amazing how a one-day conference eats up three days of your life … well, when the conference is in San Francisco and you live in Orlando. But this conference was well worth the time in transit. Now, sitting on the plane somewhere over New Mexico or maybe Texas, I am reflecting on CrowdConf 2010 [...]

It’s been a while since I’ve updated my blog, but today I feel inspired! Because today, in San Francisco, over 400 people convened at the St. Regis Hotel for this first-ever CrowdConf, a conference focused on the future of (distributed) work. So what IS that? (this link takes you to a clever little video on 5min [...]