Social Media is a Revolution in Internet Affairs

I am a firm believer in the idea that we are seeing a revolution in technology occurring right now. That revolution is called the rise of social media. Others have called it Web 2.0, Web 2.5, and even Web 3.0, but whatever the label, the Internet is moving from a static collection of “dead” content to a living, breathing, human experience that is more about connecting people and their ideas rather than anything else. Communication is becoming the purpose of going online.

I am especially fond of collecting extremely good examples of people explaining technology in effective ways. There have been many videos, presentations, and speeches made available that support my idea above, but few that I found as good as the one that I would like to highlight today.

The video below was first brought to my attention by a colleague who sent me a link to the video on YouTube. It is by Socialnomics09.

Enjoy this video:

The evolution of the Internet from a data collector, to an information repository, to a knowledge management device, and eventually to a wisdom generator requires it to move through the same incremental maturity steps of its creators: us. The social landscape that is being templated onto the Internet as we watch by Facebook, Twitter, FriendFeed, Posterus, Google Reader, and MySpace is that growing-up process. My Information Technology Thought of the Day is simply to watch it in awe and agree with the sentiment of this show in full. I tip my hat to its creators and hope that everyone will pass it along to the naysayers and non-believers out there.

How has your organization responded to this revolution? Have they buried their heads in the sand and hoped that it would all just go away, or has it been embraced by leadership, the technical gatekeepers, and users? What examples of effective implementation do you know of? Do you know of other videos or sites that explain this as well as the above video did? Please share.

That is my Information Technology Thought of the Day (ITTOD) for September 2, 2009.

Image credits: real-techguy.com

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