About digital transformation, design, creativity and lifestyle in the Networked Society.
The web is the web – even though we consume it on devices of varying screen sizes. At work, we browse the internet using laptops; at home, we sit on a sofa in front of the TV and use iPads, and while waiting for the bus we use smartphones. We surf the internet all day... Continue Reading →
For the first time in history, the number of people living in cities is greater than the number living in rural areas, with more than1,900 people moving to the city every hour. How do you get your head around that? And are the lives of city dwellers going to become more complex because of it?... Continue Reading →
This year Gartner added the Internet of Things to their hype curve, along with other hyped words such as ’big data’, ‘gamification’ and ‘customization’. According to Gartner Research, the word Internet of Things is “on the rise.” This is the stage before the mass media hype begins. I think this analysis is spot on. The vision of Internet of... Continue Reading →
I’ve been writing a lot lately on Facebook, sharing the results of a recent study conducted by ConsumerLab looking at the behavior of Swedish teenagers. In the next installment of my Facebook posts, I explain how the platform is just as important to social life today as the village square was in the past. Read this post at: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/the-networked-society-blog/2011/10/27/is-facebook-the-new-village-square/
In my last post, I discussed how Facebook has expanded our contact circles and that the ‘new’ communication channels created by the social networking platform are used differently depending on who is being contacted. Today, I will describe what these channels are, and how they are used. Read more at: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/the-networked-society-blog/2011/10/24/part-two-facebook-and-the-new-communication-circles/
When researching consumer behavior, we have been using the concept of communication circles for about 10 years. The main change from then to now is that people today have a completely new tool to reach out and stay in touch: Facebook. The concept of communication circles is very simple. In the middle you have yourself. Then you categorize... Continue Reading →
Is understanding of the logics of the internet and coding the new English? The answer to this question is yes. This thought came to me while in New York, where I have been interviewing a number of creative people as part of a ConsumerLab project called Social Forerunners in the Digital Culture. We met some very interesting... Continue Reading →
Last week, I read an article in CNN’s series on “Our Mobile Society”, looking at the way mobile phones have changed the way we “work, play and communicate”. It seems a hot topic these days is mobile money – and what having a ‘phone’ will mean for us in the Networked Society. Read this post at: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/the-networked-society-blog/2011/10/13/mobile-phones-the-center-of-our-lives/
To continue where I left off yesterday, we also asked the participants of a ConsumerLab study among Swedish teenagers to describe different Facebook personalities. Here’s what we found. Read this at: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/the-networked-society-blog/2011/09/27/facebookstereotypes/
You are probably a Facebook member and have heard about all the changes the platform announced last week. But have you reflected about how new rules and manners are developing as the service matures? According to a recent study conducted by ConsumerLab among Swedish teenagers, a rulebook for Facebook is crucial. Read this post at: http://www.ericsson.com/thinkingahead/the-networked-society-blog/2011/09/26/social-manners-in-the-era-of-facebook/
Mikael Eriksson Björling 