The Jeff Pulver Blog: How Asynchronous Communications became the new Synchronous:

Link: The Jeff Pulver Blog: How Asynchronous Communications became the new Synchronous:.

Jeff always has some good nuggets.Like this:

"While I still rely on telephones and email to stay connected with some people, the summer of 2007 has taught me other ways to create a parallel communication experience..."

My comment: same thing is happening to me right now... based on Facebook.

Jeff: "As real-time social media continues to evolve, I will know where my friends are, what they're facing, if and when they need help, when they have discovered something interesting and many other things they care to share at any moment. The people in my social media communications circle represent a group of people I feel much closer to than some other people whom I’ve known for a long time but never really have gotten to know. Sort of the difference between a well developed character in a novel as compared to someone whose character never gets really developed.  Overall, I believe what is in front of us is a very valuable communications tool with some incredibly useful modes. Modes which will become more evident over time. And modes which will eventually be commercialized by many people. Turns out, what appears to be “fun and frivol” to some people, can be the next big thing for someone else. It all depends upon your Peripheral Vision. :-)"

My comment: totally agree. In a way, the same is happening in media - killer apps for some, horrors for others. I don't twitter but 1000s of others may love it (and apparently do) but I don't watch MTV either. The world is becoming more diverse and more eclectic every day now.  For media, the big question is no longer how to maintain control (i.e. some sort of scarcity) but how to monetize un-control (i.e. ubiquity).  omg... I can feel another book idea rising (btw - my next book, The End of Control, is coming very soon - announcement coming up!!).