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University of Minnesota Communicators Forum
“The Matrix," or Communicating in a Web 2.0 World
Teaser excerpts from Aki Spicer KeynoteJune 25, 2008
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“The future is here.
It’s just not evenly distributed yet.”
William GibsonWriter and Futurist
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The problem with judging the future: we canonly evaluate it in context of our immediatepast.
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…this is why today’s automobile is still valued in“horsepower”.
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Consider that our early motion pictures weredeveloped using the language and conventions ofthe stage shows which immediately preceded it.
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…early television was first operationalized asmerely radio vaudeville, brought into our livingrooms.
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Every new media is hostage (at first) to theexpectations of old media.
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This is why the best offering on Joost,interactive TV, is vintage episodes of old TV.
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And in this age of unbridled access andparticipation, the model for mass interactivityis still a souped up game show.
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“We look at the present through a rear-view
mirror. We march backwards into the future.”
Marshall McLuhan
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This is the dilemma that today’s advertisersfind themselves: c/rudely imposing old rulesupon a new game.
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And so, expect that we are alwaysunderutilizing the fullest potential oftomorrow’s technology until we can completelysever our old expectations.
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The social media opportunities for your brandswill not be unlocked without some radicalshifts from the old way of communications.