|
|
The Tech Trends series is an exploration of the issues and trends in technology teaching and learning. The events are free
and open to all faculty, staff, students, and the public.
The series is sponsored by the Information Technology Committee, the Office of the Executive Vice President and the Office
of the Chief Information Officer.
 |
Technology Trends and Web 2.0
Erick Schonfeld
Business 2.0
Thursday, March 22, 2007
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
206 Bowen-Thompson Student Union
The first attendees to arrive at the presentation will receive a copy of the Business 2.0 magazine and a copy of The Long Tail book by Chris Anderson
A reception for Erick Schonfeld will be held in the lounge area outside BTSU 206 immediately following the presentation.
Presentation |
PRESENTATION:
In his talk, Technology Trends and Web 2.0, Erick Schonfeld will provide an overview of the defining characteristics of Web
2.0, a look at some of the startups leading the way, and their larger impact on the business landscape. He will discuss the
Next Net 25 list selected by Business 2.0 Magazine, which include social networking sites StumbleUpon, Bebo, Meebo, Slide,
Wikia, Video sites such as Joost, Blip.tv, Dabble, Metacafe, Revision3, applications for Mobile phones Fon, Loopt, Mobio,
Soonr, and Tiny Pictures, Advertising Web 2.0 services Turn, Adify, AdMob, Spot Runner, ViTrue, and Enterprise Web 2.0 applications
SuccessFactors, Rearden Commerce Janrain, Logoworks, SimulScribe.
Erick Schonfeld's blog, the Next Net can provide a further sense of the topics to be covered: http://blogs.business.com/business2blog/
|
ERICK SCHONFELD BIOGRAPHY
As editor-at-large, Erick contributes to the editorial development of Business 2.0 magazine, writes feature stories, runs
the daily Business 2.0 blog, and pens Future Boy, a biweekly online column, from New York.
Prior to Time Inc.'s acquisition of Business 2.0, Schonfeld was an editor-at-large for eCompay Now and a contributing editor
for Fortune, where he wrote about technology and investing over a seven-year period. In 1999, Schonfeld won the prize for
best information technology submission at London's Business Journalist of the Year Awards, and in 2001 he won the prize for
best space submission at the Aerospace Journalist of the Year Awards in Paris. In 1996 and 1997, Schonfeld was recognized
in the TJFR Business News Reporter's list of the "best and brightest financial journalists under the age of 30".
He appears regularly on CNBC, CNN, and NY1, and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences. Schonfeld graduated magna
cum laude from Cornell University in 1993.
|
|
|
Return to Tech Trends Web Page
|
|
