Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

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"In de begindagen van de trein was er veel oppositie tegen dit nieuwe vervoersmiddel. De te ontwikkelen snelheid van wel 60 kilometer per uur zou b... (show more)

"In de begindagen van de trein was er veel oppositie tegen dit nieuwe vervoersmiddel. De te ontwikkelen snelheid van wel 60 kilometer per uur zou bij passagiers tot interne bloedingen, stuiptrekkingen en uiteindelijk de dood kunnen leiden. In het Engelse Lagerhuis werd veel gedebatteerd over een eventueel verbod op dit duivelse apparaat. Een lobby uiteraard sterk gesteund door het verbond van trekschuitschippers.

Of de komst van de eerste postzegel in 1840. Groot verzet; want tot die tijd betaalde de ontvanger voor de brief. Het hek zou toch van de dam zijn als door het simpel aanschaffen van een klein stukje plakkend papier zo maar van alles ongevraagd kon worden opgestuurd. Bijna was de postal reform van Rowland Hill van de baan.

Twee voorbeelden van verzet tegen een nieuw tijdperk, in dit geval de komst van het industriele. Tom Hayes, een veteraan uit Silicon Valley, noemt ze in zijn boek Jump Point. Een Jump Point staat hier voor een grote omwenteling die eens in de zoveel honderden jaren plaatsvindt en diepgaande gevolgen heeft voor de manier waarop we leven. Hoe groter de weerstand, hoe groter de impact van de verandering. Hayes richt zich op de overgang naar het digitale tijdperk. Uiteraard is deze al eerder in de jaren zestig ingezet, maar zoals hij betoogd is dit het decennium waarbij de veranderingen zich definitief zullen verankeren in de grote massa. De kern van zijn boek vormen de vijf discontinuteiten:
- De voortdurende strijd aandacht;
- Het permanente NU; 24/7 beschikbaarheid en toegang;
- De mash-up cultuur (voortbouwend op elkaar werk)
- Vertrouwen is het nieuwe geld
- Alles is mogelijk

Deze ontwikkelingen zijn al op verschillende manieren door vele auteurs geschetst. Wat echter Jump Point tot een zeer aanbevelingswaardig boek maakt, zijn de talrijke, zeer goed beschreven voorbeelden die Hayes te voorschijn tovert. Op treffende wijze vertaald hij strategische lange termijn ontwikkelingen naar gevolgen in de dagelijkse praktijk. Hoe Starbucks struikelt en bijna ten ondergaat door een knullige couponactie. Waarom Zara zo succesvol is. De komst van de bubble-generatie. De ondergang van de kranten. Bloggende directeuren, zich ingravende middelmanagers en ga zo maar door.

Echt een boek waarmee je direct achter je laptop gaat zitten. Zelfs de voetnoten zijn het uitvoerig lezen waard" (show less)

 

 

by Menno Lanting

No, it's a flop!

Interesting bits of information at times, such as gaining an understanding of the power law and the ways that a service such as twitter actually ad... (show more)

Interesting bits of information at times, such as gaining an understanding of the power law and the ways that a service such as twitter actually adds value as opposed to just being another meaningless way for young people to tell each other what exactly they are doing in real time; however, nothing new for someone who has been working in the IT industry during the information revolution. Shirky in his book gets a little boring for my taste. I was hoping for more philosophical or academic insight about meaning and added value rather than ramblings how revolutionary and fast the changes have been. I have watched some of Shirky's talks on TED and although the book may be a good read for someone who is not quite up to date on communication technology, I was more disappointed than thrilled. I had heard good things about it but for my purposes, the book could have been 100 pages instead of 300. (show less)

 

 

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  No what I expected at all. What should have taken 5 pages to convey a theory, the authors drags it out to an entire book. It was painful to read and painful to comprehend. One story trickled into 4 or 5. Nothing new was supported or suggested. If you've been a member of any social networking site, this book is useless. If you've not, the "how to" page and a 10 minutes of self reflection will save you the cost of buying what is now a coaster in my den.

  The author was not o... (show more)

  No what I expected at all. What should have taken 5 pages to convey a theory, the authors drags it out to an entire book. It was painful to read and painful to comprehend. One story trickled into 4 or 5. Nothing new was supported or suggested. If you've been a member of any social networking site, this book is useless. If you've not, the "how to" page and a 10 minutes of self reflection will save you the cost of buying what is now a coaster in my den.

  The author was not original and relied heavily on the stores of others to get his point across. In most cases he was a master of the obvious. 20 pages into the book, I was irritated and just wanted him to get to the point. Sticking with it will get you even more frustrated. There are much better books on the market that will get you where you need to be in a much shorter amount of reading. (show less)

   

  by Scott Gordon on Jul 20, 2009 at 03:04PM

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  It's good and well-written, but much more likely to elicit a "duh!" response if you've been watching the Internet, and how the ease of communication has changed the way we interact over the past couple of decades. He doesn't focus on any one particular technology but embraces several (cell phones, texting, IRC, email and other forms of near real time communication) in his examples.

  Even in its simplicity, I'd still recommend it, as it offers some important insights into how we a... (show more)

  It's good and well-written, but much more likely to elicit a "duh!" response if you've been watching the Internet, and how the ease of communication has changed the way we interact over the past couple of decades. He doesn't focus on any one particular technology but embraces several (cell phones, texting, IRC, email and other forms of near real time communication) in his examples.

  Even in its simplicity, I'd still recommend it, as it offers some important insights into how we as people interact with each other and how our social behaviors have not changed so much as our opportunities to interact. I will be curious to see how this book plays out over the years. While it makes no great predictions, it does make you wonder how these changes will effect us in the long run.

  As an added bonus, I highly encourage you to check out his lecture Gin, Television and Social Surplus http://blip.tv/file/855937/. I find it a much clearer illustration of the basic principles discussed in the book. (show less)

   

   

  by Noel Lynne Figart on Sep 24, 2009 at 12:56AM

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