Category: Trends
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How to recognize the digital native
One theme Shel and I have discussed quite a few times on the FIR podcast is the different behaviours younger people exhibit in how they communicate compared to the traditional behaviours in the workplace. We have a terrific example –…
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Pay attention to Gartner’s hype cycle
IT industry analysts Gartner published their 2006 hype cycle for emerging technologies this week – their predictions on what they think will be hot technologies in the near future, and what won’t be. These predictions form part of the hype…
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Why the French blog
The French distinguish themselves, both statistically and anecdotally, ahead of Germans, Britons and even Americans in their obsession with blogs, says the International Herald Tribune. More than three million internet users, or more than 12 percent of those online in…
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11 percent of Britons are bloggers
Does anyone know of any recent stats on blog usage in Europe? I asked on Wednesday following the release of such stats for the US by the Pew Internet project. Yesterday, The Guardian provided some answers with news of Britons’…
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Latest blog trends from Pew Internet
It’s stats time again regarding blogging. Reuters is reporting new findings released today by the Pew Internet and American Life Project on Americans’ activities with blogs that indicate a number of interesting things. For starters, Reuters says, many people see…