1. The document discusses the speed of technological change and the transition to Web 2.0, noting the rise of user-generated content and social networking sites. 2. It provides examples of how the internet is evolving from traditional top-down media to a more collaborative "fifth estate" driven by sharing and user participation on sites like Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook and blogs. 3. The document advocates for making the internet a safer and more meaningful experience and discusses challenges around privacy as technology continues to rapidly change and advance.

1. Ken Leebow WOW! – Wonders of the Web Author, Speaker, TV Personality Qwest’s Incredible Internet Guy Moving Faster Than Ever – Challenges and Opportunity www.IncredibleInternet.com Speed of Technology Change

2. Simplifying Technology & the Internet

3. The speed of change has become a defining characteristic of the information age. School of the Future www.microsoft.com/Education/SchoolofFutureVision.mspx

4. “ We need to create a process to identify these opportunities early.” -- Philippe Dauman Viacom’s new head Philippe Dauman says his goal is to find the next MySpace or YouTube before the price tag balloons. Business

5. I’ve Got a Secret!

6. “ We rarely simplify things, no matter how hard we try.” “ Gadgets are fun, and they may perform tasks we find beneficial, but they don’t actually simplify our lives: they make our lives more complex.”

7. Sir Tim Berners-Lee . . . “ I think Web 2.0 is of course a piece of jargon, nobody even knows what it means. If Web 2.0 for you is blogs and wikis, then that is people to people. But that was what the Web was supposed to be all along.” The “New” Internet

8. The next generation of leaps, if you will, in technology, will all come from the fact that people are always . . . online connected communicating sharing information

9. It’s All About We . . . The Fifth Estate

10. Now, we have the tools to share our. . . Passion Expertise Information Communities Collaboration Communication Lives – Privacy

11. And It’s All Converging Very Quickly . . .

12. Free

13. Share

16. Examples of the “New” Internet Wikipedia – World Book YouTube – Boob Tube MySpace/FaceBook – Water Cooler Blogs – Traditional Media Craigslist – Newspaper Classified Ads

18. Sharing on the Internet Flickr – Photos Del.icio.us – Bookmarks Digg – User Based News Ranking SecondLife – Our Lives

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22. Word Processing – Writely Spreadsheets – Google Email – Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail Video – YouTube and many others Leebow’s Predictions – The Year Of . . . 2005 – Blogs 2006 – Online Video 2007 – Web-based Applications Everything is Moving to the Web

26. Everyone’s Got An . . .

27. . . . Opinion

28. Push-Button Publishing

29. Web Site Reverse Chronological Order Passionate Expert Blog?

32. “ It’s a way to maintain my discipline as a scholar and a writer. If I’m blogging daily about Lincoln, then I'm thinking daily about Lincoln, and this helps me develop new ideas.” -- Brian Dirck Why Do You Blog?

33. It’s Wiki . . . . . . Wacky World

37. wikiHow is a collaborative writing project to build the world's largest how-to manual. With your contributions, we can create a free resource that helps people by offering clear, concise solutions to the problems of everyday life.

38. Imagine a world in which every single person is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing. And we need your help. WOW!

44. Boob Tube becomes . . . . . . YouTube

46. MySpace – 1.4 Billion 2. Yahoo – 812 Million YouTube – 649 Million Source: comScore Media Metrix Videos Watched – July 2006

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62. Your Space . . . . . . is MySpace

72. Making the Internet a safer more and meaningful experience. www.IncredibleInternet.com + =

73. “ You have no privacy. Get over it!” Scott McNealy, Former CEO Sun Microsystems www.aclu.com/pizza Privacy

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