Anthony Bradley

I cover how enterprises can build better IT solutions by capitalizing on Web 2.0 and SOA. The common thread here is really on gaining better sharing including both content and capability sharing. SOA, social solutions, cloud, and mashups all demand sharing and reuse. You’ll never achieve significant success in any of them without developing a [...]

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Unfortunately, the Web 3.0 propaganda machine is well underway (upcoming Web 3.0 conference). We knew it was inevitable. The powerful uptake of the Web 2.0 moniker made the lure of 3.0 irresistible. Watch as they try to make Web 3.0 appear out of thin air.
It is critical to remember that Web 2.0 was not a [...]

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I posted this response to a Mashable article on Nine Inch Nails giving away their music and now video of concert performances:
You say that “they’re paving a new way of treating their
fans and understanding how the Internet works and how it
can be used to your advantage.” How is it that they “get
it?” You don’t go [...]

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This very interesting post by Aaron Swartz examines who actually adds the value to Wikipedia. It is very worth the read, as are the comments. He takes issue with the assertion by Jimmy Wales (Wikipedia founder) that it is a small set of core (less than two thousand) knowledge experts that add the most value [...]

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My prayers to those who suffered in the Mumbai attack. Social technologies were used by some present to give a minute by minute account of what was happening. Yesterday the blogosphere and media outlets were full of accounts on how Twitter, Blogs, Wkipedia, etc. were employed to drive awareness of the tragedy. This highlights the [...]

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I just had a good vendor briefing with Paul Pluschkell the CEO of Spigit. Here are some interesting points spurred by the briefing.
1. Spigit is a great example of the evolution of the social software market from best of breed tools (best wiki, best blog, etc.) to social software suites (Jive Software, Awareness, Drupal, etc. [...]

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I’m back. If you are wondering why my blog has been a little stale over the past week or so it is because after Fall Symposium in Orlando I took a week off and then this week I have been traveling.
One of my travels was presenting on enterprise mashups at the The Council of Information [...]

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