Creating the Foundation for the Creative Molecular Economy
December 29th, 2008 at 8:37 am
Technology, Disabled, Social Networking--Making Connections to
Learn about and Solve Problems
Interesting article in New York Times on collaboration being
made at different levels within our business and social fabric. Interviewed
participants recognize the importance of social networks to helping solve
problems on a number of fronts. I would submit that we are starting to lay the
foundation for our creative molecular economy.
“Imagine a specialist Facebook or MySpace-type social
network in which users would be involved in designing the tools they want and
need,” said Stephen A. Lee, a British software developer who operates
Fullmeasure.co.UK and is a director of Project:Possibility. “Students would
talk to users and work on projects that meet needs as well as be exciting.”
He estimated that “an active online community may well take six or more
months to organize, as there is inertia and shyness to overcome.” There will
also be costs to create such an online community, he said, “for Web hosting,
associated technology costs and set-up labor.”
