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By: Where Does Online Video Go From Here? « @ the intersection

Where Does Online Video Go From Here? « @ the intersection — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:47:10 +0000

[...] newspaper industry. Clay Shirky, an internet and media consultant and professor at NYU, recently suggested that the television industry faced the same disruption in its business models as newspapers are [...]

By: News Armageddon? « Tami Le

News Armageddon? « Tami Le — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:50:20 +0000

[...] Clay Shirky wrote in his recent blog post this month: “When the value of complexity turns negative, a society plagued by an inability to react remains as complex as ever, right up to the moment where it becomes suddenly and dramatically simpler, which is to say right up to the moment of collapse. Collapse is simply the last remaining method of simplification.” [...]

By: Important Business Article (to me at least)

Important Business Article (to me at least) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:47:02 +0000

[...] Important Business Article (to me at least) I’ve come back to this article many times since it’s been written. Sometimes I find it inspiring, other times I find it terrifying. But it seems to be very true. The Collapse of Complex Business Models Clay Shirky [...]

By: The Last Remaining Method Of Simplification « Bulldozer00's Blog

The Last Remaining Method Of Simplification « Bulldozer00's Blog — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 05:03:00 +0000

[...] } In this blog post, The Collapse of Complex Business Models, uber-thinker Clay Shirky predicts the impending instantaneous implosion of many (all?) [...]

By: The Four Rules of Big Ideas (Tom Slee on Clay Shirkey) « Te Ipu Pakore

The Four Rules of Big Ideas (Tom Slee on Clay Shirkey) « Te Ipu Pakore — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 20:31:27 +0000

[...] model is Clay Shirky’s essay, “The Collapse of Complex Business Models,” which reiterates the Shirky Principle: “Institutions will try to preserve the problem to [...]

By: Subverting Social Roles « in over your head

Subverting Social Roles « in over your head — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:19:19 +0000

[...] that learn to do it go up the ladder fast, because they are doing a form of simplifying complex business models that is based on doing what’s needed to find results, instead of going through the usual [...]

By: Bookmarks for April 26th from 15:30 to 15:30 | LVDV

Bookmarks for April 26th from 15:30 to 15:30 | LVDV — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 14:13:48 +0000

[...] The Collapse of Complex Business Models « Clay Shirky – interesting piece by Clay Shirky [...]

By: Planner Reads » Blog Archive » Take Down

Planner Reads » Blog Archive » Take Down — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 05:00:43 +0000

[...] around the echo chamber. Over at his blog Whimsley, Tom Slee was kind enough to do just that to Clay Shirky’s “Collapse of Complex Business Models” essay. The money quote comes towards the end, “Complexity is not going away. It’s just moving [...]

By: Qui a peur de la complexité? « La partie immergée de l'iceberg

Qui a peur de la complexité? « La partie immergée de l'iceberg — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 15:02:54 +0000

[...] et de leur inévitable effondrement en raison même de cette complexité. Clay Shirky en fait une démonstration dans un billet où il explique comment l’industrie de la production audiovisuelle américaine, [...]

By: Planner Reads » Blog Archive » The Collapse of Complex Business Models – Clay Shirky

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:31:10 +0000

[...] The most watched minute of video made in the last five years shows baby Charlie biting his brother’s finger. (Twice!) That minute has been watched by more people than the viewership of American Idol, Dancing With The Stars, and the Superbowl combined. (174 million views and counting.) via shirky.com [...]