Booklist 2.0: August 2008
Story byMartin Kloos
Martin works at a large consulting organization in the Netherlands as Web strategy consultant and evangelist. He studied information studies(show all)Martin works at a large consulting organization in the Netherlands as Web strategy consultant and evangelist. He studied information studies at the University of Amsterdam, conducting research on the effects of social software on knowledge management. Being passionate about almost everything evolved in Web 2.0 and Enterprise 2.0.
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Tribes: We Need You
The fact that I’m covering a book that is set to be published in October says it all… Can I consider myself part of the Seth Godin tribe? I think probably not, but this line seems to cover his entire book. According toSeth GodinTribesare “groups of people aligned around an idea, connected to a leader and to each other. Tribes make our world work, and always have.” Think Apple, Nelson Mandela, God. Probably Godin’s next bestseller and not to be missed…
Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion
Blown to Bits(not to be confused withBlown to bits), written by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen and Harry Lewis, is a book in line with theFuture of the Internet. The book seeks answers to questions the information age draws upon us and claims to give us the knowledge we need to help shape our own digital future. All written from an MIT / Harvard perspective. The book not only describes 10 truths about digital data it also describes the implications of choices our governments are making right now. The book got some outstanding appraisal from among others Lawrence Lessig and David Weinberger.
The Long Tail, Revised and Updated Edition: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More
The Long Tail, written byChris Andersonis probably one of the most popular books of our culture. Despite some recent critique on the Long Tail and an extensivewikipedia entrythat does a great job in investigating it’s relevance and statistical meaning, the book still holds a lot of value. The book describes how the digitization has transformed the future of commerce and culture from a hit driven economy, the high-volume head of a traditional demand curve, into an endlessly long tail economy. His revised and updated edition adds a new chapter about Long Tail Marketing and a new epilogue, which makes it even more worthwhile to read. A must own for the true fans.
