Experts
Clay Shirky
NYU Interactive Telecommunications Professor
A conversation with the writer and NYU Interactive Telecommunications Professor. Read More
The Internet allows the adults of the developed world to collectively pool their trillion hours per year of free time. Read More
The primary value of participation is the positive sense of self that comes from personal and public action. Read More
Like the personal computer, e-mail and instant messaging, social networks are now vital for businesses—even if they are also distractions. Read More
''I don’t believe that there’s any work coming in which the telecommuting model becomes the normal case for most workers.'' Read More
Our two great visions of leadership -- the grand visionary and the micro-manager -- no longer make sense. Read More
More and more people are going to make fairly formal calculations to reward spaces and services that offer privacy as an option. Read More
From U.S. elections to fishing markets in Kenya to baby names, Internet technology is changing our choices and behavior daily. Read More
An Internet addict warns that a large number of people already suffer from social network addiction. Read More
Mark Zuckerberg's company has a long history of intruding on users' privacy, apologizing, and then scaling back. But it never scales back all the way. Read More
The new media consultant brings us his not-so-rosy outlook for media. Read More
The new media consultant explains why companies should not be afraid of total transparency. Read More
The new media consultant discusses the next phase of online media. Read More
The new media consultant credits Barack Obama with the surge in social media. Read More
The NYU Professor and author of "Here Comes Everybody" advises business leaders on how to be innovative in the new media landscape. Read More
About Clay Shirky
Clay Shirky is a writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He is an adjunct professor at New York University's graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). His courses address, among other things, the interrelated effects of the topology of social networks and technological networks, how our networks shape culture and vice-versa. He has written and been interviewed extensively about the Internet since 1996. His columns and writings have appeared in Business 2.0, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review and Wired.