The WEF posts a decent amount of material online following the main event in Davos. Away from the headlines there are usually a few fascinating reports to be found. I haven’t completed a full scan yet but I can across some interesting scenario work and…

I recently had the fortune to attend a seminar by David Orban on the ‘Internet of Things’ hosted by Singularity University at the NASA Ames Research Park. This subject is of deep interest with regard to the future collection of…

I was recently doing some work with everyone’s favorite linux live distro, BackTrack, and had an amusing thought. Wouldn’t it be interesting if cyber criminals (and even nation-states) began developing Armed Avatar Cyber Weaponry. What exactly do I mean by that? Today, many…

I have had some objections to the use of crowds to conduct information anaylsis but have never been able to put it quite as well as today’s editorial in the Financial Times:

Wisdom of nerds

There is little doubt that Israel is putting substantial effort into its information posture during the military action in Gaza, with dedicated efforts on Twitter and You Tube. Therefore, although winning an information war is hard to measure (and in fact is in…

Piece in the FT commenting discussing online censorship in the wake of Iran and China’s seemingly successful censorship campaigns. Virtual worlds and MMORPGs are not discussed in the article and I wonder if they are currently outside the grasp of…

How does one damage facebook to cause them serious monetary losses? I was recently posed this question and did not have an immediate response. It is an intimidating question considering facebook’s…

Alternate reality gaming (ARG) is a relatively new trend beginning to gain serious traction. At its fundamental core, an ARG is simply a communication rich, collaboration environment that coalesces the real world and virtual space. An…