Reputation in the 2.0 World and the importance of being credible
In this new 2.0 World there are countless sources of information on almost everything. If, for example, you want to decide which movie to see this weekend, Google offers thousands of different sites where you can gather info to make up your mind: newspapers, specialized sites, social networks on cinema, blogs, etc. Which ones are you going to read? Whose opinion will you trust to make your decision?
At the precise distance from the unknown(s)
The use of the Web 2.0 opens new doors as it gives us the chance to meet a lot of unknown people. For a phobic like me, this is enough to crisp my hair.
Getting acquainted with strangers is not an easy task for me. For instance, I would never chat with someone I don’t know. But, you know what? In my 2.0 life I was twice surprised by this subject.
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The karma of being an “early adopter”
My will to embrace change makes me an “early adopter” in many areas. The use of 2.0 tools is one of them. Another is having a blog, while being an entrepreneur, an old guy and not a “techie”. Not one of my closest friends has a blog. They don’t even read them!
When I told them that I was starting with Risk and Reward, they didn’t say a word but I know they thought it was a stupid thing to do. When I tell them that even though this effort will not bring any economic reward, I am so enthusiastic as I reach my goals on the number of persons that read it and subscribe to it, they answer politely, but we all know they think I am a fool.
Identity 2.0 and the challenges to privacy
How private is your privacy today?
The fact that there is no danger in adopting 2.0 tools does not mean they are free from generating some serious challenges for our privacy. But, let me tell all those who wouldn’t show their photos or share their stuff, the following: our World today is such that it doesn’t matter whether we want to have our stuff online or not, it will be there anyway! More so, unless you live in a nutshell, mostly sure they are already in it. If you didn’t put your data there, a friend of yours did. Or, even worse, an enemy! Leer más…
The risks of social networks
Recently, I gave two conferences at Wordcamp and Buenos Aires 2.0 offering some of my ideas concerning social networks and the Web 2.0. In this post and in a few more to come I will try to share with you the main points I made there. First, a question: Is the use of social networks dangerous?
We frequently hear from those who are reluctant to the use of web 2.0 tools that they do not do so because they find them dangerous. Don’t upload your pictures to Flickr!, they say. Don’t publicize your activities on Facebook, Twitter or Friendfeed! -they add- as someone might use that information to harm you or even kidnap you!
In my opinion, this argument is senseless. At least in Argentina, where the probability of dying in a car crash is MUCH HIGHER than the chance to be kidnapped, let alone die as a result of a kidnapping. We all know that, yet nobody gives up using cars.
BizSpark, a nice hand by Microsoft for tech startups
Today I learned via Fabian Baptista that Microsoft launched a program called BizSpark to help new software development companies around the world.
As part of this program, they give you all development tools, platforms, tools for servers and technical support at no cost.
The love of technology: long live the Blackberries
In the World today there are two classes of people: those who love technology and those who reject it. There is no middle ground.
I clearly belong in the first group and therefore I cannot understand those who call being in an area without email and internet coverage “rest”. That is my definition of “stress”! To the lover of technology there is no bigger feeling of peace of mind than an empty Inbox for being up-to-date. That is why the Blackberry (or iPhone) is our best friend!
We geeks have a sense of humour too (but no one gets what we are laughing about)
Last week at Harvard University they announced the 2008 Ig Nobel Awards, an interesting version of the Nobel Prizes to recognize research where the funny subject “first makes you laugh, then makes you think”, organized by the journal ‘Annals of Improbable Research’.
The name comes from a pun with the word “ignoble” but there is nothing ignoble about the winners! I would say they are shameless geniuses.
As an example, two of last year’s winners: in Medicine it was won by two scientists who wrote a paper on: “Sword swallowing and its side effects”. You can see above the pic of the moment when they accepted the award.
The Peace award was given to a US Air Force Lab that researched to develop a chemical weapon nicknamed “the gay bomb” because it makes the enemy soldiers feel sexually irresistible to each other.
Let’s see some of this year’s winners, and then I will propose a contest:
Work of a Genius
From the day about five years ago, when I started using an iPod I always thought someone had to solve the problem of the Shuffle inconsistency: whether you listen to your own predesigned playlists (and end up listening always the same old stuff) or you use Shuffle but have to deal with absurd combinations (like going non stop from Rage Against the Machine to Peter Cetera!).
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My first time
The post I wrote last week about the future of Internet companies left me feeling a bit nostalgic. I remember my first time as it was only yesterday.
One of my best friends worked as an IT manager at a local Hospital. One Saturday night we were hanging around doing nothing and then he threw the fatal question: “Have you ever done it?”. And I, totally ashamed, answered with the truth: “No, never”. I was 24 back then.
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Riesgo & Risk & Reward is Santiago Bilinkis' blog. Santiago is a serial entrepreneur, who created this blog to ignite a discussion and share his experiences, thoughts and anecdotes.
The main subject will be Entrepreneurship, but he plans to cover a broad range of topics. The common ground will be Risk. Welcome to this adventure!
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