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HTML5 program promises to be game changer [Mermigas] & 10 Hypotheses for Technology Investing [McNamee]

On 11/17/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, convergence, disruption, Google, Microsoft, mirroring and/or multiple devices, mobile technologies, tablets, television, trends, by Daniel Christian

HTML5 program promises to be game changer — from mediapost.com by Diane Mermigas

Also see:

Elevation Partners Director and Co-Founder Roger McNamee [Video-based presentation]
Chapters (full program: 52 min 22 sec)
01. Introduction
02. Demise of Microsoft means opportunity
03. Google in a tough spot
04. Creativity rules in HTML5
05. Apple domination in tablets
06. Access from any screen
07. The social wave is over
08. TV the last protected media
09. Economic context and seed investing
10. Why Apple supports HTML5
11. Privacy regulation
12. HTML5 implications for content protection
13. Investment in Forbes
14. Ringback tones
15. Money in the music industry
16. Subscription television

10 Hypotheses for Technology Investing — by Roger McNamee

#1: “Next” web architecture = Hypernet + Hyperweb

#2: The decline & fall of Windows unlocks revenue

#3: Index search is peaking

#4: Apple’s model threatens web

#5: HTML5 is game changer for publishers
HTML5 is not just a programming language; enables new models of web experience
– Developers will embed audio and video directly in web pages, replacing Adobe’s Flash plug-in; enables much greater differentiation in sites, advertising, etc.
– Content publishers will redesign their sites to reduce power of Google, ad networks
HTML5 will be disruptive in ways we cannot imagine today: pendulum swinging to favor content creators and publishers. Imagine Amazon or eBay storefront as an ad.
– Everything can be an app . . . every piece of content . . . every tweet . . . every ad
– Ads: create demand and fulfill it at the same time . . . without leaving publisher’s page
– Other tech (e.g., Wordnik) enables publishers to protect and monetize text onsite and off

#6: Tablets are hugely disruptive

#7: First wave of “social web” is over

#8: Smartphones in US: Apple + 7 Dwarfs

#9: Wireless infrastructure is a competitive threat to US

#10: Integration of TV & Internet could be disruptive

From DSC:

A recommendation that caught my eye:
Focus 100% on companies that are cloud + multiscreen; HTML 5 as proxy.

Tagged with: A/V • Apple • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • convergence • disruption • Google • HTML 5 • Microsoft • mirroring / multiple devices • mobile technology • tablets • trends • TV

Some items re: jobs in the United States (though principles may apply elsewhere as well)

On 11/14/2011, in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, career development, corporate / business world, cost of getting a degree, economics, future, pace of change, trends, workplace, by Daniel Christian

Also see:

Future of Work Survey Findings: Focusing on the Future? –– from thefutureofwork.net
How Technology Is Eliminating Higher-Skill Jobs — from NPR.org by Chris Arnold
Difference Engine: Luddite legacy — from economist.com
Excerpt:
There is a good deal of truth in that. But it misses a crucial change that economists are loth to accept, though technologists have been concerned about it for several years. This is the disturbing thought that, sluggish business cycles aside, America’s current employment woes stem from a precipitous and permanent change caused by not too little technological progress, but too much. The evidence is irrefutable that computerised automation, networks and artificial intelligence (AI)—including machine-learning, language-translation, and speech- and pattern-recognition software—are beginning to render many jobs simply obsolete.
This is unlike the job destruction and creation that has taken place continuously since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, as machines gradually replaced the muscle-power of human labourers and horses. Today, automation is having an impact not just on routine work, but on cognitive and even creative tasks as well. A tipping point seems to have been reached, at which AI-based automation threatens to supplant the brain-power of large swathes of middle-income employees.

Addendum on 11/22/11:

The Coming Jobs War — by Jim Clifton
New Data Set Reveals Health of U.S. Economy — from tuck.dartmouth.edu
Professor Matt Slaughter talks about a newly released data set that won’t get much media coverage, and yet paradoxically is one of the most important indicators of the health of the U.S. Economy.

Tagged with: AI • career development • corporate / business world • cost of getting an education • economics/business • future • higher education • pace of change • perfect storm • trends • United States • workplace

Going the distance: Online Education in the United States 2011 [Babson & Pearson]

On 11/11/2011, in distance education, higher education, online learning, strategy, trends, United States, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: distance ed • higher education • online learning • strategy • trends • United States

Item ultimately impacting “learning from the living room”: Connected TVs to outsell games consoles for first time this year [Kastelein]

On 11/09/2011, in 21st century, A/V -- audio/visual, Daniel S. Christian, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, social learning / networks, social media, television, trends, by Daniel Christian

Connected TVs to outsell games consoles for first time this year — from appmarket.tv by Richard Kastelein

Also see:

Cable Companies Battle Digital Divide With $9.95 a Month Broadband

Tagged with: 21st century • A/V • Connectivism • Daniel S. Christian • learning from the living [class] room • social learning • social media • trends • TV

Insights from #DevLearn 2011 [Simbeck Hampson]

On 11/07/2011, in collaboration, corporate / business world, corporate universities / corporate training, disruption, elearning, informal learning, innovation, mobile learning, training / L&D, by Daniel Christian

Insights from #DevLearn 2011 — from Paul Simbeck Hampson

Tagged with: collaboration • corporate / business world • corporate training / universities • disruption • e-learning • informal learning • innovation • Mobile learning • social learning • training • trends

Special section from Education Week re: virtual professional development

On 11/03/2011, in K-12 related, professional development, teachers, teaching & learning, trends, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: K-12 • professional development • teachers • teaching & learning • trends

TV apps moving into the mainstream – #AppsWorld Europe

On 11/01/2011, in A/V -- audio/visual, convergence, Europe, future, game-changing environment, human-computer interaction (HCI), interactivity, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, pace of change, tablets, television, transmedia, trends, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: A/V • convergence • Europe • future • game-changing environment • human-computer interaction (HCI) • interactivity • learning from the living [class] room • pace of change • tablets • transmedia • trends • TV • Walmart of Education

IBM sends Watson supercomputer to business school – from wired.com by Eric Smalley

Excerpt:

There have been four waves of technological innovation that disrupted the labor market over the last two and a half centuries starting with the Industrial Revolution, and we’re beginning the fifth, said IBM Chief Economist Martin Fleming. “We’re now beginning to enter into, in my view, a period where the economy is beginning to open up opportunities for the deployment of very significant innovation … We’re going to see many new industries get created, radical new technologies being deployed, but being deployed in the context of new business models,” he said.

“This will have significant implications from an income and income distribution point of view.”

The MIT economists generally agree that we’re at the beginning of a technology-driven shift in the economy and ultimately the labor market will adjust. But no one had any good news for workers in the middle of economy during the transition. “The future is already here in many ways, in terms of what technology can do,” Brynjolfsson said. “But right now the benefits are not very evenly distributed.”

Tagged with: AI • career development • change • computer science • corporate / business world • disruption • economics/business • game-changing environment • Global learning • human-computer interaction (HCI) • MBA • new business models • programming • society • sociology • trends • vendors • workplace

Gartner adds Big Data, Gamification, and Internet of Things to its Hype Cycle [Brockmeier]

On 10/28/2011, in analytics, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, emerging technologies, internet, machine-to-machine communications, technology (general), trends, by Daniel Christian

Gartner adds Big Data, Gamification, and Internet of Things to its Hype Cycle — from readwriteweb.com by Joe Brockmeier

Excerpt:

Gartner is once again taking a look at the “hype cycle” for technologies and trying to assess where technologies lie along the bumpy road from technology trigger to productivity. This year, Gartner is adding big data, Internet of Things, gamification and consumerization to the Hype Cycle that weren’t present in 2010. According to Gartner, private cloud computing has reached the peak level of hype, and cloud/Web platforms are slipping into the “trough of disillusionment” in the face of Platform as a Service (PaaS).

Also see:

The Gartner Hype Cycle

Tagged with: analytics • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • emerging technologies • internet • machine-to-machine communications • trends

The Internet of Things from the user’s perspective [noemalab.eu by Pier Luigi Capucci]

On 10/28/2011, in 21st century, 24x7x365 access, cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related, Europe, internet, machine-to-machine communications, mirroring and/or multiple devices, Near Field Communication (NFC), personalized/customized learning, transmedia, trends, user experience (UX), by Daniel Christian

Excerpt:

We were asked to consider the Internet of Things (IoT) from the user’s viewpoint. Well, my viewpoint is exactly this, since I’m neither a company director nor a software coder or a hardware creator. From an user’s viewpoint I think we are undergoing a big transformation. The Internet of Things comes out from an evolution process which involves calculation power, connections, networking, personal technologies, and that can be resumed in four phases.

Tagged with: 1:1 • 21st century • 24x7x365 • cloud-based computing / apps / other cloud-related • customized learning • Europe • future • internet • machine-to-machine communications • mirroring / multiple devices • Near Field Communication (NFC) • personalized learning • transmedia • trends • user experience

Some updates on items that will ultimately impact “learning from the living room”

On 10/25/2011, in 24x7x365 access, A/V -- audio/visual, Apple, convergence, dangers of the status quo, Daniel S. Christian, innovation, Learning from the Living [Class] Room, New "Amazon.com" of Higher Education, television, transmedia, trends, vendors, by Daniel Christian

Apple plans to revolutionize your living room next, just as Steve Jobs wanted — from readwriteweb.com by John Paul Titlow

Excerpt:

“I finally cracked it,” Steve Jobs told his biographer Walter Isaacson just months before his death. He was referring to the design and functionality of television, something Jobs had long wanted his company to reimagine.

In the official biography of the late Apple founder that came out today, one of the last topics discussed before Isaacson touches on Jobs’ summer 2011 resignation is how he had hoped to revolutionize the television set.

From DSC:
Interesting thing about those who innovate…sometimes, others come to them in the hopes that the innovative company will create an X, Y, or Z product line. Jobs and Ives, by being known as two of the top heads of an innovative company, had an army of people contributing ideas to Apple (and many of them doing so freely through the years).

So I also give credit to those encouraging Apple to take certain approaches, for submitting potential ideas and suggestions, and for those employees/contractors/suppliers who are working at (or on behalf of) Apple who are working hard to bring those ideas/visions to fruition (Jeff Robbin comes to mind). Jobs most likely didn’t come to cracking this thing on his own.

Seven ways an integrated Apple TV could change everything — from forbes.com by Louis Bedigian

Sony expects “fight for the living room” — from warc.com

Excerpt:

TOKYO: Sony, the electronics group, believes it is in a “fight for the living room” not only with traditional rivals like Samsung and LG, but also with new players in the TV arena, such as Apple and Google.

PlayJam Closes Round A Financing for $5 million from Adobe, GameStop and Endeavour for Connected TV Games — from http://appmarket.tv by Richard Kastelein

One More Thing….Does Jobs Have a Final Trick Up His Sleeve? — from http://digitallivingroom.com

Apple Could Release TV Set in 2012 [REPORT] — from Mashable.com by Lauren Indvik

Tagged with: 24x7x365 • A/V • convergence • dangers of the status quo • Daniel S. Christian • innovation • learning from the living [class] room • transmedia • trends • TV • vendors • Walmart of Education

Transforming learning through analytics [Siemens]

On 10/24/2011, in analytics, research, student-related, teaching & learning, trends, by Daniel Christian

Sample slides/excerpts:

Tagged with: analytics • research • student-related • teaching & learning • trends

Online students vs. traditional students [onlinephdprograms.com]

On 10/19/2011, in face-to-face, higher education, online learning, trends, by Daniel Christian

Online students vs. traditional students — from onlinephdprograms.com; with thanks to Mr. Muhammad Saleem for this resource

Via: Online PhD Programs Blog

From DSC:
I’m not sure I would use the word versus here (or the abbreviation for it). Students can be involved with taking both types of courses — face-to-face and online — at the same time. So although some students might be taking most of their classes in a face-to-face manner, they might also be taking some of their coursework online (as the schools provide more online-based offerings and programs).

My advice to students new to online-based learning:

“Do an immediate assumptions and expectations reality check! Don’t think that online learning is easier. It isn’t. It will require more discipline and time than your face-to-face courses. But you will learn a great deal and you will be preparing yourself for the workplace. Stay on top of things — don’t fall behind.”

Tagged with: face-to-face • higher education • online learning • trends

Singularity Summit 2011 — videos, recaps, other

On 10/19/2011, in Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Deep Learning / Algorithms, computer science, disruption, emerging technologies, ethics, future, human-computer interaction (HCI), pace of change, programming, robotics, society, trends, by Daniel Christian

SingularitySummit.com — conference website

Excerpt:

The Singularity Summit is the premier dialog on the Singularity. The first Singularity Summit was held at Stanford in 2006 to further understanding and discussion about the Singularity concept and the future of human technological progress. It was founded as a venue for leading thinkers to explore the subject, whether scientist, enthusiast, or skeptic. The goal of the Summit is to improve people’s thinking about the future and increasing public awareness of radical technologies under development today and of the transformative implications of such technologies understood as part of a larger process.

Singularity Summit 2011 — from the nextbigfuture.com

Singularity Summit 2011 videos — from the nextbigfuture.com

What you missed at Singularity Summit 2011 — from technoverseblog.com

Excerpt:

David Brin (scientist and sci-fi novelist)
Ray Kurzweil (inventor, restless genius, and author of The Singularity is Near)
Stephen Wolfram (physicist, developer of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, genius)
Dimitry Itskov (founder of Russia 2045)
Michael Shermer (contrarian and founder of Skeptic magazine)
Riley “Red Balloons” Crane (post doctoral fellow at MIT Media Lab and winner of DARPA’s balloon challenge)
Sharon Bertsch McGrayne (writer, author of “The Theory That Wound not Die”)
Tyler Cowen (economist, George Mason University)
Jaan Tallinn (founder of Skype)
Ken Jennings (Jeopardy champion and loser to Watson)
Dan Cerutti (IBM executive charged with marketing Watson)

Addendum on 10/20/11:

Kurzweil responds to Paul Allen: Don’t underestimate the Singularity

Tagged with: AI • computer science • disruption • emerging technologies • ethics • future • global • human-computer interaction (HCI) • pace of change • programming • robotics • society • The Singularity • trends

Mary Meeker: Internet Trends [10-18-11 presentation]

On 10/19/2011, in business, content development, aggregation, repositories, corporate / business world, economics, global / globalization, internet, mobile technologies, trends, by Daniel Christian

Tagged with: business • Connectivism • content • economics/business • global • internet • mobile technology • trends

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Some items re: jobs in the United States (though principles may apply elsewhere as well)

Going the distance: Online Education in the United States 2011 [Babson & Pearson]

TV apps moving into the mainstream – #AppsWorld Europe

IBM sends Watson supercomputer to business school [Smalley]

Some updates on items that will ultimately impact “learning from the living room”

Online students vs. traditional students [onlinephdprograms.com]

Singularity Summit 2011 — videos, recaps, other

Mary Meeker: Internet Trends [10-18-11 presentation]

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