Entries by Ross Dawson

Review of Day One of Enterprise 2.0 conference – Sydney 3 December

A quick review of Day One of IIR’s Enterprise 2.0 conference. After my opening keynote, including my six lessons on Enterprise 2.0, Steve Hodgkinson of Ovum addressed the question, ‘Does Your Organisation Need Enterprise 2.0?’ One of the great examples he used is fixmystreet.com, which allows individuals to submit work orders to their local council […]

Community quality and network leadership trump numbers: Digg loses contributors to Mixx

An interesting article on Techcrunch says Digg refugees may be heading to Mixx. Mixx is one of literally hundreds of community-based collaborative filtering tools that is competing with Digg, yet it is getting significant traction. It is particularly instructive to read what some of the “Digg refugees” are saying: “I have already had quite a […]

Regulation could shape the future of targeted online advertising… and of media

Reuters has just reported that the European Union’s advisory body on data protection intends to scrutinize targeted online advertising and its implications for privacy in 2008. The Facebook Beacon debacle this week has brought to public attention the ramifications of targeted advertising for privacy, and the EU is already taking this to heart. The EU’s […]

Launch of RossDawson.com

RossDawson.com is now launched! The website focuses on my individual work as a keynote speaker and strategy leader, which complements my organizational roles at Future Exploration Network and Advanced Human Technologies. I have quite a few websites for the organizations that I’m in involved with, plus the occasional book and blog. Since my work focus […]

Convergence 2007 in New York December 3: media becomes one

I’ve been a good friend and frequent collaborator with Business Development Institute since just after if was formed back in 2001. Since then it has become one of the best-established as well as one of the most innovative and interesting events and business development companies in the US. While their base is predominantly in New […]

The tidal wave towards free online news: New York Times online flourishes, Rupert shifts the playing field, Business Spectator challenges AFR

A few days ago Rupert Murdoch reaffirmed his previously stated intention to make the Wall Street Journal online free. At this point WSJ.com is the biggest-earning online subscription content site, so this in itself is a critical shift for the industry. He has been reported as seeking 10-15 million viewers for the site, compared to […]