Technology changes, humans don’t. – Web 2.0 NY Second keynote

I needed a rest from my opening keynote review NY Tech 1995-2008. Opening Web 2.0 Expo NY Keynote but a few siginificant points from The Death of the Grand Gesture by Deb Schultz.

  • An interesting site is Visual Complexity showing graphical representations of many social networks.
  • All the binary communication becomes white noise — Information Overload.
  • “Technology changes, humans don’t” – Deb Schultz
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