1. Vietnam is likely to control blog contents
I wrote on my Web 2.0 presentation posted on this blog a few weeks back about government control can be one of the challenges for the development of Web 2.0 in Vietnam. Just a few days after, a piece of news on VietnamNet confirmed this. Vietnam is likely to control blog contents.
Controlling contents will cost Web 2.0 service providers human resource to review all contents. Registration data is not effective since there is no way to verify the real identify. On the other hand, controlling media contents is currently not technically possible. This means strict moderation will slow down time to post to Web 2.0 sites, and foreign sites that don't comply with this regulation (I see no reason why they will) will be banned.
After all, openness to new forms of media will undermine the power of the "official" ones, something that institutions may not like. Though I knew this would happen, I still feel sad.
2. The power of repetition in team context
The PsyBlog has an interesting post about a study result that "we can tell that three different people expressing the same opinion better represents the group than one person expressing the same opinion three times - but not by much. In fact, if one person in a group repeats the same opinion three times, it has 90% of the effect of three different people in that group expressing the same opinion."
This reminds me of the basic math of the communication:
3 x 3 = 3 (3 ideas, repeated 3 times, people will remember all 3)
9 x 1 = 0 (9 ideas but mentioned only once each, people will not remember anything).
3. Forrester Study 1B+ computer worldwide by end 2008 and 2B+ by 2013
In line with one of the the themes of this blog, "technology is everywhere", Forrester recently predicted:
"By the end of 2008, there will be more than one billion personal computers in use worldwide"... "With PC use growing rapidly in emerging markets and high-profile programs in place to reach previously untapped markets, Forrester predicts that there will be more than two billion PCs in use by 2015, representing more than 12 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2003 and 2015.
While it took 27 years to reach one billion PCs, Forrester says it will take only five years to reach the next billion, due to advancing technology, lower prices, and global demand on the part of a technology-aware population. According to Forrester, the emerging Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC) market will account for more than 775 million new PCs by 2015."
An implication of this prediction is the influence of the way computer, and in the same manner, Internet and cellphone, is used in these emerging markets will influence the whole industry trends. One interesting fact is 3 out of 4 BRIC countries use a different language than English.
4. Nielsen/NetRatings: Bandwidth influence media consumption and advertisement
Another proof that low bandwidth is a barrier to Web 2.0 adoption as pointed out in Nielsen/NetRatings' April Australian report:
"In recent years, faster connection speeds through increased broadband adoption has led consumers to develop a far greater appetite for viewing video and audio content online. Inevitably, this has gained the interest of advertisers, which created the need for accurate and independent measurement of online audio and video activity to support business and advertising strategies."
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