Lynette Webb

September 16, 2010

The Future of Search Is Verbs

I like the simplicity of this statement. It’s a catchphrase for the concept that most of the time people aren’t searching for information just for the sake of it, but because they want help in making a decision or carrying out some action.

Lynette Webb, Sea, search, future

August 18, 2010

Startling Experiments Are Absorbed in a Day

This is a quote I came across 18 months ago, in a great article about the NY Times data visualisation/graphics team.

nymag.com/news/features/all-new/53344/

Lynette Webb, digital living

August 9, 2010

Replace Book with Internet and This Looks a Lot like Addiction

This was an interesting perspective I’d not thought about before. It especially rang true, since as a kid I can remember often being told to “get your head out of that book and go outside to play”. I wonder how many parents say that nowadays.

Lynette Webb, books, Internet, media consumption

August 4, 2010

Humans Generated More Data in 2009 than in Previous 5000 Years

This comes an interview with Cisco’s Chief Futurist, Dave Evans, as reported by ReadWriteWeb here:

www.readwriteweb.com/archives/cisco_futurist_predicts_int...

Lynette Webb, data, information overload, filtering

August 1, 2010

This Is the Perfect Moment for a Tweet

I was struck by the first paragraph in this article by Peggy Ornstein www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/magazine/01wwln-lede-t.html

Here it is in full:

Lynette Webb, digital living

July 28, 2010

True Nature of Technology Seen by What Enthusiasts Do with It

Interesting idea this. Broadly I agree. You can plan and theorise all you want, but it’s not till technology gets into the wild, and in the hands of users, that you can really see what it offers. And it is often the enthusiasts who lead... the ones who experiment, who knock off the rough edges, who show what is possible.

Lynette Webb, technology, technology usage

July 23, 2010

It's Possible to Think of Internet as Positive and Negative

Another great quote from Clay Shirky, as noted by Russell Brand.
russelldavies.typepad.com/planning/2010/07/clay-shirky-bl...

Clay has a real talent for summing things up in an eloquent, yet down-to-earth, way.

Lynette Webb, Internet

July 19, 2010

In Future Metric of Success May Be if 10000 People Read It

I like the concept of this - ie: metrics adjusting to reflect new realities. Plus it's nice to have an eg that is not so advertising centric. I suspect this is all a *long* way off happening though. :-)