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OpenCommunity
TheFutureofConnecting
SayaneeBasu
Singapore
 
SubmissionforYouthDialogueChallenge:FutureSummit2010
ShareOpenlyGivePermissionsSpreadEducationCreateNetworks
Open Community
 
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Thefutureofconnectingisopen!Todaywearecomingtorealisethattheultimatepowercomesfromsharingknowledgeandnotfromsecretlykeepingit.Anopencommunitywillchampionthisnotion,constantlycreatingandsharingknowledgefreelywitheveryone.Theselooselyorganisedfocusgroupsthatareopenforalltojoin,willcometoplayapivotalroleintheultimatefutureofconnecting.Theworldoftomorrowwillbesoopen,thatitwillhaveheavily-networkedlocalgatheringsaswellasweb-basedsharingofamazingideasanddiscussions,allofwhichwillbecrucialtothefutureofconnecting!Barely2decadesago,in1989theCERNinitiatedanewprojectcalledthe“WorldWideWeb”
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.Withinanother5years,thegeneralpublicwasabletousethisglobalnetwork,calledtheInternet.Theplatformwasopen,non-profitandforthefirsttimeanyonecouldcreateandpublishtheircontentinstantlyandglobally.Thefirstrevolutiononconnectinghadbegunanditwastheopenweb,theInternet.Thenextrevolutionoccurredevenfaster.Beforetheturnofthemillennium,technologistscametorealisethepowerofsharingtheirprojectsforthegeneralpublictodevelop.In1998,NetscapeNavigator's
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sourcecodewasavailabletothegeneralpublicforfurtherdevelopments.PeoplebeganusingtheInternetnotjustforreleasingcontent,butalsoforcollaborativedevelopmentofideas,frameworksandtechnology.Thesecondrevolutionwasalreadyinfullswinganditwastheopensourceprojects.Anotherdecadelater,theInternetandtechnologycontinuetogiveeachofusagreaterabilitytocreateandsharecontenteasilyinalmostanyform.WecanchoosetoreleaseourphotosthroughFlickr,orvideosthroughVimeoorYoutube,expressourselvesin140charactersthroughTwitterorevencommentonourlong-distancefriends’statusinFacebook.With1.7billionInternetusers,eachday220billionemailsaresent,halfamillionblogpostsarecreatedandpeoplearemakingover2billionsearchesinGoogle
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.Theseastronomicalnumbersjustgotoshowthatwearestoppingatnothinginconsumingtheimmenselyavailableopeninformationandknowledge.Thistrendisevergrowinganditwillcontinuetogrowexponentiallyinthecomingyears.
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Wherethewebwasborn:http://public.web.cern.ch/Public/en/About/web-en.html
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NetscapeNavigator’sHistory(Wikipedia):http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape_Navigator#History_and_development3
BBC–InternetbyNumber:http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8552415.stm
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My paper on the Future of Connecting - Open Communities for the Challenge:Future Summit on 18 May 2010, Bled, Slovenia. Comments are welcome :)
05 / 18 / 2010
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Nayan_P_Gandhi replied:

Very Good Paper So Appreciable Keep on and alwaz share yor knwledge sure it will be beneficial for Innovative researcher
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