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Leadership From Below by Software Developers

By trond-arne.undheim on September 17, 2009 4:35 AM

Developers have some core attitudes that are deeply shaping contemporary society. They foreshadow a society built on leadership from below, where leadership is less hierarchical. In this new, somewhat individualistic world, paradoxically, collaboration and standardization lay the foundation for the...

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The Software, Standards and Society in 2020 Series: 1. The Internet changed everything

By trond-arne.undheim on May 18, 2009 4:18 AM

The Internet changed everything. Much like Television changed one viewer at the time—at the same time—the Internet changed societies in one go, although one could equally say that society shaped the Internet. After all, what is it in the end,...

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The Future of the Internet - Part I

By trond-arne.undheim on November 14, 2008 10:21 AM

Yesterday I attended the event "Towards the digital world in 2025” at the European Parliament, an European Internet Foundation meeting in the European Parliament with Commissioner of Information Society and Media Viviane Reding and a bunch of Parliamentarians. MEP Erika...

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The Case for Open Standards

By trond-arne.undheim on November 1, 2008 4:02 AM

Yesterday, I presented to the OFE Executive Council in London about the work of OFE's Standards Special Interest Group, with a very clear message: there is a good case for Open Standards. 31oct2008 SigpublicView SlideShare presentation or Upload your...

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