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Looking back at what Living Networks got right 20 years ago

Trends in the Living Networks

For many years my reputation and credibility as a futurist has been significantly supported by my 2002 book Living Networks , which anticipated many developments of the last two decades, including pointing to the rise of social networks and micro-messaging before any of today’s social platforms existed.

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RIP, Xbox Live (2002-2021)

Gizmodo

You’ll still be able to play Xbox games online, but the suite of Xbox’s online services will now be known as “Xbox network,” Microsoft confirmed today to The Verge. The name “Xbox Live” is dead. Read more.

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A GPS-Based Bug Could Roll Back Your Devices to 2002

Gizmodo

No one needs low-rise jeans to come back. Or capri trousers. And though they were supremely comfortable for their time, the Juicy Couture tracksuit can stay in the vault we put it in. Time has to stay synced precisely to the second, to prevent there from making a comeback. But a bug in the time rollback checking code… Read more.

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Reality check: intelligence agencies have been using social network analysis since the 1990s

Trends in the Living Networks

I fail to understand why this is big news, since US intelligence agencies have been using social network analysis (SNA) for domestic purposes since the 1990s, and likely even before that. I have been focused on networks since long before I wrote Living Networks in 2002. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S.

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Amazon e-commerce competitor Wayfair opening Seattle office with plans for 200 tech roles

GeekWire

There are 28 jobs listed for Seattle on the Wayfair site right now, including roles such as software engineers, product managers, experience designers, analytics, and data scientists. as part of its logistics network that includes 18 fulfillment and 38 delivery centers across the U.S., Germany, and the U.K. Germany, and the U.K.

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Haunted by repeated breaches, Microsoft is ‘putting security above all else,’ vows CEO Satya Nadella

GeekWire

Microsoft halted its internal software development temporarily and made security its top priority under the “Trustworthy Computing” initiative that Bill Gates instituted in 2002. The company has been here before, more than two decades ago. “It would be transparent about breaches. .

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Reviewing my map of the 2010s at the end of the decade

Trends in the Living Networks

As organizations shift to networks, transcending workplaces, success will be driven by how well they can attract the most talented, those who can choose where, how, and why they work. Real-time translation software will enable true multi-cultural teams. ORGANIZATIONS TO NETWORKS. GLOBAL TALENT. Talent is everywhere.

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