What’s Next Now

Every once in a while, I read something that kills any doubt I have about the need for me to help people find the best ways, based on their existing skills and interests, to employ Social Media tools in their businesses.

Here’s one:

A founding father of the web says it’s come a long way, but its potential for worldwide change can and will be greater still | Comment is free | The Observer.

We’re nearing the tipping point for mobile computing to deliver timely, geographically and socially relevant information. Researchers in Japan recently proposed using data from vehicles’ windscreen wipers and embedded GPS receivers to track the movement of weather systems through towns and cities with a precision never before possible. It may seem academic, but understanding the way severe weather, such as a typhoon, moves through a city could save lives. Further exploration can shed light on demographic, intellectual and epidemiological phenomena, to name just a few areas.

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