I try to keep up with what seem to be the most important and interesting new books that overlap online, business, research, and these days, Web 2.0 issues, and some that are really hyped, such as Wikinomics, I found a bit disappointing.
But what a great feeling it is to find a truly insightful, well-written book that both clarifies existing concepts and trends in how the Net is evolving, and raises our thinking to another plane. I found that to be the case with NYU Professor Clay Shirky’s Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations. It’s the best book on the Internet that I’ve read since probably Ambient Findability back in late ‘05!
So far, it’s my recommended “must read” for ‘08 for anyone trying to get a sense of the potential (and limitations) of today’s online networks, organization of knowledge and people, and social media…
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Thanks for the heads up, the title sounds very interesting. Yes, today’s plethora of social networks makes it seem like there is no organization, but there must be - things are getting found and ranked.
Comment by bookmarketing newbie — March 21, 2008 @ 6:53 am
there’s also a really interesting conversation between clay shirky and daniel goleman that was just published as a digital download by morethansound.net . they have free samples of it to listen to that are pretty interesting.
Comment by lewis — March 21, 2008 @ 8:59 am
Thanks for the comments “newbie” and lewis, and the referral. And there was a great audio interview today on Brian Lehrer’s show on WNYC. Lehrer is a great interviewe, and you can find the podcast on their site at http://www.wnyc.org
Comment by Robert Berkman — March 25, 2008 @ 2:26 pm