The Third Wave: Farms, Factories, Floppies
- The First Wave was the Agricultural Revolution.
- The Second Wave was the Industrial Revolution.
- The Third Wave is the Information Revolution.
Some people get it, some people don't.
Click here for more about the Third Wave.
The Internet.
We like to think that the Internet is something new under the sun. Actually, the Net was first described in a 1947 article by Vannevar Bush, President Roosevelt's WWII technology czar.Click here to read V. Bush's 1947 article.
Read an article or a book about Bush.
Data, Information, Knowledge.
We fill our systems with Data, Information, and Knowledge.They are three very different things.
We often treat them as if they're the same.
It's important to understand the differences between them.
Click here to see a journal article we recently
published on Data, Information, and Knowledge.
Information Design.
Cars, buildings, cities, websites:Some are easier to use than others.
Design makes the difference.
Succesful business websites must incorporate an architecture
and a design that makes the site user friendly.
About the picture of the Wave.
The image is from Hokusai's "The Great Wave". What happens when a great wave hits?- The Great Wave will swamp some people, thrust some forward, and raise others up only to set them back where they began.
- The Information Revolution (the Third Wave) is the same way. Some businesses will be swamped, some will be thrust forward, and some will be passed by.
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