Digital Revolution Alert issue 22

[anna balint]

Digital Revolution Alert
Issue 22 – September 12, 2001

Resources to help you understand the digital future

To subscribe contact the editor, Michel Bauwens
michel.bauwens at belgacom.be

Content

DIGITAL LIFESTYLES	3
·	THE NEW POLITICS OF TIME	3
·	ELECTRONIC SMS ACTIVISM: PHILIPPINE STYLE	3
·	MMORPG'S ARE THE NEXT BIG THING!	3
·	ELEADERSHIP DEFINED?	3
BUSINESS TRENDS	4
·	THE CREATIVE DESTRUCTION OF THE INTERNET	4
·	EMAILTISING:  WORTH A LOOK	5
·	WHY SALON AND THE STREET SHOULD BECOME 'LITTLE MAGAZINES'	5
·	MARKET RESEARCH THROUGH CORPORATE SPONSORED FORUMS AND CHATROOMS	5
TECHNOLOGY TRENDS	5
·	VIRTUAL REALITY MEETS THE WORLD, FINALLY	5
·	LINKING CONTENT, COMMUNITY AND DESIGN	6
·	VIDEOCONFERENCING TAKES FLIGHT (FINALLY?)	6
·	UNIFIED MESSANGING ON YOUR TV	6
TELCO/ISP/CONTENT TRENDS	6
·	WILL ENITION'S "NET TOLL" REVOLUTIONISE ECOMMERCE?	6
·	BROADBAND: NOT YET THE ROAD TO RICHES	6
·	WAP'S ANSWERS TO I-MODE	7
·	ALMOST NOBODY INTERESTED IN ITV FEATURES	7
BEYOND THE INTERNET	8
·	THE  U.S. ARMY'S CULTURAL ADAPTATION TO THE DEMANDS OF THE DIGITAL AGE	8
·	THE  POWER OF THE (SF) IMAGINATION: WHITHER SPACE TRAVEL?	8
·	ROBOTICS REVIEW	8
·	THE STATE OF AI	9
POTPOURRI	9
·	BOOK OF THE WEEK: IS THE NEW ECONOMY BUSINESS STYLE SUSTAINABLE?	9
·	PRODUCTIVITY RESOURCE OF THE WEEK: WHAT TO READ?	9
·	EVENT OF THE WEEK: FIRST EVER ECULTURE FAIR	9
·	DIGITAL PERSONALITY OF THE WEEK: TONI NEGRI	10
UPDATE ON THE GLOBAL RECESSION	10
·	TOWARDS LONG DEFLATION: ENTERING THE DOWNWARD KONDRATIEFF CYCLE	10
SPECIAL: SEPTEMBER 11 EVENTS' TECHNO-IMPACT	11