Supernova Hub

Broadband Strategy Week’s Interview with Verizon’s Paul Brigner

kevin@werbach.com — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:56:33 +0000

David Weinberger’s Broadband Strategy Week interview with Paul Brigner from the Supernova Conference.

Brigner, in Weinberger’s summary, “says what he would tell the Broadband Strategy Initiative: Build on our this country’s current success providing access to the Internet. Do no harm (= beware of Net Neutrality). And question the research that shows that America has fallen behind other countries in the ubiquity, price, and speed of broadband.”

Linda Stone on Inspiration Replication

kevin@werbach.com — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:51:35 +0000

From David Weinberger’s interview with Linda Stone at Supernova, the idea of how to replicate inspiration across this country.

Esme Vos on Broadband Competition

kevin@werbach.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:26:51 +0000

In this video, David Weinberger interviews Supernova attendee and MuniWireless founder Esme Vos on
“the benefits of competition among access providers, and what we’ve learned from countries that have enforced a structural separation between those companies that provide access to the Internet and those that provide content and services over the Internet.”

Elliot Noss and David Weinberger on Broadband Strategy

kevin@werbach.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:21:50 +0000

Elliot Noss of Tucows

In this video from David Weinberger’s Broadband Strategy Week, Elliot talks about the lessons that we in the US can learn from Canada on the Broadband initiative.

This is sourced from David’s blog.

David Weinberger and Anil Dash on Expert Labs

kevin@werbach.com — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:21:14 +0000

At Supernova, David Weinberger interviewed Anil Dash about his new project, Expert Labs.

David’s original post is over here.

Alec Ross on Innovation in Diplomacy

kevin@werbach.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:37:29 +0000

Alec Ross is Senior Advisor to Secretary of State Clinton at the State Department, and is in charge of maximizing the potential of technology and innovation in service of America’s Diplomatic and Development goals. He is trying to “take advantage of the innovation in connectedness and use the tools of the 21st century to create the best possible outcomes and solve age-old problems.”

In our talk, he describes a villager in a small town in Africa who’s as connected with his cell phone as many of us are, showing that the world has changed, and it is up to us to pay attention and adapt.

Alec also talks about how to break down the traditional high wall between government and the innovation and tools of the technology industry.

Update:
David Weinberger also grabbed an interview with Alec Ross, posted here from his blog.

Deborah Schultz on Data in the Network Age

kevin@werbach.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:34:02 +0000

Deborah Schultz, partner in the Altimeter Group, discusses the value of Data in the Network Age. As someone who’s been working with top consumer packaged goods companies, Deborah has good clarity about what data is out there about customers. In this segment she looks 3-5 years out to a time when companies as well as customers can analyze customer behavior, to the benefit of both. There will be real time and stored data access to let us learn more about what we buy, how we act and how to save money or get better things for our money.
Deborah also discusses innovation design, bridging the gap between cutting edge technologies and companies that are just becoming ready to adopt them.

Umair Haque on the Economic Value Crisis

kevin@werbach.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:27:59 +0000

Umair Haque spoke on the first day of Supernova, and appeared on the “Crisis? What Crisis? Strategies for a Connected World” panel on day 2.
In our talk, he summarizes his talks, giving us understanding of his theories about thick and thin value created by companies. He also discusses the way that companies can create more thick value – in other words, how they can be more productive for the company as well as society as a whole.

Doc Searls on Telecom and Project VRM

kevin@werbach.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:32:16 +0000

Doc Searls, Fellow at the Berkman Center at Harvard, moderated the panel on Telecom as Software at Supernova on Day 3. Doc observed that it is still very early in the current cycle of telecom innovation, and even though we are able to treat some calls as data, most are still a challenge. He asks why we can’t switch carriers and networks when there’s connectivity on one but not the other.

Doc also describes the project he’s working on at the Berkman center, project VRM, which stands for Vendor Relationship Management. He tells us a little about what VRM means, and how it affects the relationships between customers and companies.

Harriet Pearson of IBM on Privacy in Enterprise Social Media

kevin@werbach.com — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:55:55 +0000

Harriet Pearson,Vice President, Security Counsel & Chief Privacy Officer at IBM, discussed Social Media in the Enterprise and how employees must consider both their public and corporate social media presences. There are challenges for security and corporate information as well as for brand reputation.

IBM started codifying their policies for blogging and participation in 2005. They continue to encourage employees to participate online, and have simple rules for engagement.

Recently IBM commissioned a survey with over 3000 people in 5 or 6 different countries, to see what they think about security, privacy, trust and the social web. Harriet covers some of the results in our discussion.

She also discusses the balance between sharing and being private online.