The web? TV but better...

Kevin Kelly on the next 5,000 days of the web

Since this video was made it has been 1/3 of the way through the next 5000 days of the Internet and Mr Kelly certainly has left us with enough food for thought.  He was right on the money with his prediction of Cloud Computing and with GPS playing a bigger role in social media with the likes of Foursquare becoming extremely popular.

Kevin Kelly strikes me as someone at the forefront of web technology thinking, from a quick look at his blog and seeing (image below) it confirms to me that he has finger on the pulse of the subject.



With this in mind it leads me to rethink the old African proverb "It takes a village to raise a child", actually I think it takes the web to educate our young........Boom! :p

Is it really better to have all this easy accessed information...?

Make up your own mind..:P

Benefits of using social networking for students

Landing a top job is all about who you know these days and sadly less about what you know.  This fact won't be told to you by recruitment agents but if you ask anyone in industry I am sure they will agree with it.  This practise is common in China, it is known as Guanxi which is very controversial. 

How many students are every going to get the chance to meet the president of a large corporation? Try slim to none.  This is where the likes of Linkedin comes in, You start by talking to their friends. You ask your associates if they know someone who is connected with him, and on and on.  You connect with company and build a relationship with them before you meet them.  Here is a step by step guide to landing a job via Linkedin:



In case you didn't see the epic Oprah special on Twitter recently, here is a great video on how to utilise the site.


Social Networking - Twitter from Stephen Baugh on Vimeo.

The personal benefits I feel that twitter has is being able to connect to people that are currently discussing areas of your study and so being able to connect with them and form solid business contacts.

Connect with me please =)

Twitter
Linkedin
Xing

and sure you might as well be my friend on Facebook too :)


Having said all that, consider this!!! =)