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Network Society course (X). Carlos Domingo: Innovation in the Network Society (I) via ICTlogy October 17th, 2008 at 09:42

Notes from the course Network Society: Social Changes, Organizations and Citizens, Barcelona, 15-17 October, 2008. Geek Is GoodCarlos Domingo, Telefónica I+D Malcom Gladwell: Connectors Mavens: know everything’s that happening Salesmen The difference between the geek and the connected geek: for the first time in my life, more people greeted me for my birthday on social networking sites than “offline”. Being connected is becoming a must and a differential thing too. Big companies, understanding this, are hiring connected geeks so that they bring in new knowledge and, most important, new knowledge sharing practices. From greed is good to geek is good The (libertarian) philosophy of the Internet, cutting down transaction costs in open networks, is increasingly been...