SKC SOFT SOLUTIONS

One of America’s top social software entrepreneurs, Gina Bianchini, 45, CEO of Mightybell, recently described the conversational climate on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter et al as “cesspool-like.”  That’s harsh, especially coming from a pioneer of community...

Quora is the Knowledge Exchange platform aimed at general users; it covers nearly every topic under the sun.  In contrast, SKC/Soft Knowledge Exchanges are developed for specific publishing and vertical market applications, which means they have a more...

Below are succinct conclusions derived from a career in technology management.  They’re relevant as the next generation of social technology arrives. Everyone is likely to have their own insights.  But I’d like to share mine:
Every level of conceptual improvement is based on an improvement in information gathering.  For example, economists had to think anew about how to measure productivity in the 1970s and ‘80s as the IT revolution accelerated....

The next generation of social technologies will impact education at least as much as it is  revolutionizing manufacturing, customer relations management, the news industry, and software design itself.
This “next generation” enables users to think together, to solve problems together—not merely to share information among themselves.  How does this capacity apply to education?...