Monthly Archives: January 2010

NGOs & Government
| 01/30/2010 | Don Tapscott

Global problem solving? Stephen Harper defends the status quo

Although Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s speech on Thursday in Davos was received well, many of the delegates that I spoke with told me they thought Harper’s vision was too blinkered. With the conspicuous exception …   Read more

NGOs & Government
| 01/28/2010 | Don Tapscott

Davos: Nike and Partners Launch The GreenXchange

I mentioned in an earlier post that the World Economic Forum in Davos can be a catalyst for great ideas, and one example is the GreenXchange conceived by Nike.  Nike formally launched the Xchange Wednesday …   Read more

NGOs & Government
| 01/27/2010 | Jeff DeChambeau

Canadians friend Democracy on facebook

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Many years ago I fearlessly founded the facebook group “Joining Facebook Groups is My Way of Changing the World.” This past weekend my sarcastic cause lost a bit of steam as facebook contributed in earnest …   Read more

Business & Economics
| 01/27/2010 | Don Tapscott

Digitizing Davos

Notwithstanding that some very good things will likely happen at this year’s World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, it’s tough to solve the world’s problems in a week. A couple of years ago the Forum’s …   Read more

Business & Economics
| 01/25/2010 | Don Tapscott

Davos 2010: The World is Broken

As a Fellow of the World Economic Forum, I’ve been attending the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland for a dozen years. But I’ve never anticipated the event more than this year (Jan. 27-31). The theme …   Read more

Business & Economics
| 01/21/2010 | Naumi Haque

What you need, when you need it: How context-aware machines will change how we access information

Getting the right information, to the right people, at the right time, requires a better understanding of the context in which information is shared. Sounds obvious, right? But, if you think about how enterprises manage …   Read more

Technology & Media
| 01/20/2010 | Tim Bevins

Carpong: Riding with your SMS on

“Have you ever wanted to say something to the driver of the car in front of you?  Maybe tell him he is a lunatic behind the wheel?” Yes. “Or tell that girl in the car …   Read more

Business & Economics
| 01/12/2010 | Naumi Haque

Democratizing credit card payments: The good, the bad, and the disruptive

A variety of technologies have recently been released that promise to democratize the receipt of credit card payments; Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s Square being the one generating the most buzz. Other notable entrants include Verifone …   Read more

Business & Economics
| 01/08/2010 | Don Tapscott

Naming the new book

Dear Friends of Wikinomics, As you may have noticed due to a technical glitch your posts just appeared in the last hour on wikinomics.com.  We have moved all these comments to the main discussion at …   Read more

Business & Economics
| 01/08/2010 | Tim Bevins

Age lines on Facebook?

Is Facebook fading in importance, in particular among the very people who used to be its target market: college students and recent graduates? I had a beer with my 25-year-old daughter Jen and Laura, her …   Read more