Journal: Google Wave–Good, Bad, & Ugly
Watch the Video (1.3 Hours) Good on Background, Hop in and Out for Screen Shots) Robert Steele’s Notes:
Journal: Tom Atlee Needs Your Help
Tom Atlee is the single most important person responsible for introducing Robert Steele to the emerging concepts of Public Intelligence and Collective Intelligence. Apart from all the books (Smart Mobs, Here Comes Everybody, Groundswell, Army of Davids , Here Comes Everybody, etcetera), it is Tom Atlee who has been the catalyst for convergence across all …
Journal: Stronger Signals–Naked Virginia Police Chiefs
+++++++Phi Beta Iota Editorial Comment+++++++ We’ve seen quite a few stupid, abusive policemen–generally in Third World countries, struggling to make a living, treating corruption as a form of life insurance. What we have not seen ourselves in Virginia, is stupid, abusive police chiefs and ignorant abusive “undercover” officers who go after citizens whose only crime …
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2009 Arnold Google: The Digital Gutenberg
Robert Steele, the #1 Amazon reviewer for non-fiction, considers Stephen E. Arnold to be the single most professional analyst of emerging information technologies and their social meaning. His “Google Triology” may well be the most significant body of work of practical significance not just to the information industry, but to civil liberties, capitalism, civil society, …
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Looking for Anomalies in All the Wrong Places
What does maritime domain awareness mean, and does it represent a flawed analytic agenda?
2009 Homeland Security Today: Vet with a Vision
Anthony Kimery surprised me with this article. I was moved, for I have never seen, other than Alvin Toffler’s much shorter overview in 1993, a more profound appreciation for the public service that I have sought to render. Anthony did his homework, and the coherence, the integration, are the result of his talent at making …
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