Business Week attributes an increased interest in Open Source software to the shrinking economy. ReadWriteWeb cites a report conducted by Accenture that millenials (i.e. those born between ’77 and ’97) will ignore IT departments that don’t support their IT preferences and applications. That is to say, many emerging social apps like Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and [...]
Open Source, Social Media, and Open Government
December 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · OpenSource, policy, social
Tags:economy·government·Internet·open_source·social_software·Web
The end of the 20th Century
September 24th, 2008 · No Comments · economy, policy, politics
The current economic malaise will mark the end of the 20th Century. James Grant puts it in historical perspective in an opinion piece in today’s NYT.
Tags:economy·history·James.Grant·New.York.Times·NYT·political.economy
