Future of Facebook: Technology [video]
. Facing fierce competition, Facebook is working nonstop to gain users, add features, monetize more effectively, and embed its platform anywhere and everywhere. The “Future of Facebook: Technology” is the fifth video in a six part series exploring the implications of social networking technologies on our lives. Using the Open Foresight model, we’ve generated forecasts by combining expert [...]
Future of Facebook: Environment [video]
. Will the distinction between the online world and the offline world soon dissolve? Might our physical world soon have a Facebook-powered augmented reality layer? Will we become nodes and sensing objects in a new kind of location-based web experience? And what role will social networks play in climate change? The “Future of Facebook: Environment” [...]
experimental highlight video 1: unMoney Convergence 2012
. Here’s a short video assembled from some clips I took at the unMoney Convergence unconference in San Francisco in April. I’m trying to get into the habit of filming and interviewing wherever I go now, with the intention of getting into more video-based production. This might evolve into a once a week ‘show,’ highlighting [...]
Birth of a Meme: The Rise of Culture Tech
I’ve been tracking emerging trends for a while now, exploring the co-evolution of humanity and our technologies, and building visions of the kinds of futures I’d like to see. Lately, I’ve found myself a bit restless, wondering “what’s next?” The conferences and gatherings I’m attending are beginning to feel stale, the conversations needing new framings [...]