Archive for December, 2006

Hans Rosling COO’s Leading Thinker of 2006

Friday, December 22nd, 2006

Over the last year we have sought out new voices to share with you on COO.

It seems fitting that our last post of 2006 relates to Hans Rosling.

Hans is Professor of Health at Karolinska Institute and co-founder of GapMinder.

Professor of International Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. Discoverd konzo, an new epidemic paralytic disease when working […]

ITU Internet Report 2006 : digital.life

Sunday, December 10th, 2006

ITU launched its 2006 annual report titled digital.life this week.

Prepared especially for ITU TELECOM World (December 4-8 2006 in Hong Kong), the 8th in the series of ITU Internet Reports, entitled digital.life, begins by examining the underlying technologies for new digital lifestyles, from network infrastructure to value creation at the edges. In studying […]

Identity and Identification in a Connected World

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Graham Bowley’s insightful article on Danah Boyd has started a number of conversations.

Through her observations, Boyd has become one of the chief thinkers of the MySpace age. Her work tells us about the people who inhabit this new world, what they do there, and why. Boyd says online social networks have become a vital space […]