Comments on: Wikinomics Book Launch

By: Richard

Richard — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 10:36:46 +0000

“Don Tapscott is a has been who hasn’t had an original idea in 15 years.”

So what? As Will says, he’s a translator and a diplomat. I read Growing Up Digital, and none of the ideas at the time were mind-blowing, but at least he was right, that kids understood computers as second-nature because they grew up with them. Not an original idea at the time, but there were still people who needed convincing that the Internet back then wasn’t necessarily a scary thing for kids to use.

I saw the book in the store and balked at the cover price, but I have it on reserve at the library. It’ll be interesting to see what a popularizer thinks of the tools and processes *I* consider second-nature.

By: Mike Dover

Mike Dover — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 23:13:30 +0000

Steve:

The book has got good reviews, even from the hardcore Toronto tech blog community.

It was based on a lot of serious research from a strong team including Joe Pine, Bruce Rogow, John Seely Brown, and many others.

I’m not asking you to buy a copy, but at least have a look at the free chapter that you can download from the New Paradigm web site.

(Full disclosure — I was the leader of said research team)

Mike

By: Stephen Pate

Stephen Pate — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:27:26 +0000

Don Tapscott is a has been who hasn’t had an original idea in 15 years. He just grinds out one tech book after another – look ma! I’m a techno John the Baptist.

Read his first book if you want a history lesson “Paradigm Shirt” – for a year everyone was saying Paradigm Shift this and Paradigm Shift that until only losers did.

By: Wikinomics pushes Web 2.0 mainstream » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work

Wikinomics pushes Web 2.0 mainstream » Mathew Ingram: mathewingram.com/work — Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:48:34 +0000

[...] Along with Toronto blogosphere luminaries such as David Crow of Ambient Vector and DemoCamp fame, Mark Kuznicki of Remarkk, ex-Flockster Will Pate (soon to be a Torontonian, I hear), Eli Singer of CaseCamp and Tom Purves of firestoker, I attended the launch of Don Tapscott’s new book Wikinomics — subtitled “How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything” — on Thursday at U of T. My first thought? Bob Rae looks a bit like a Muppet character. [...]

By: Mike Dover

Mike Dover — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 22:28:56 +0000

Hey Will:

I’m glad you made it…and don’t worry, most of us at New Paradigm are loathe to wear a suit…

Luckily Don only publishes a book every other year or so.

Mike

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» Wikinomics Launch: Web 2.0 for Business has gone critical — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:39:57 +0000

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