Wisdom Networks
Countries have struggled to implement a single health record despite the compelling advantages of doing so. The solution to the key barriers to creation of a patient medical record is to make available a Web 3.0 network that allows the patient (or their representative) to manage a patient profile which can accept invitations to link content from other participants in the health industry.
The Health Industry 3.0 plus patient health record network allows organisations (including hospitals), health care providers (including doctors) and patients to see all information in the industry and collectively self-publish, match, learn, validate and consume 20+ types of health care information. It is a platform for a global audience and provides a costless and immediate means to distribute information, facilitate collaboration, exchange content and facilitate transactions. The system provides applications to enable participants in the health industry to do what they do everyday in an open, transparent internet platform. Each participant simply agrees to “link” and “share” content with other participants to create a patient medical record.
Comprehensive health information is distributed direct amongst organisations, providers and patients in real-time, rather than slow, labour intensive, opaque channels in regional markets. Patients can publish all their health information at one location. Providers can find patients in different regional areas matching their speciality and volunteer their time to patients in less fortunate markets. Hospitals can reduce patient demand on their infrastructure by coordinating care remotely, possibly using remote monitoring devices. This Web 3.0 online networks delivers a globally transparent market with instantaneous exchange of comprehensive information using Web 3.0 principles. Market participants can find each other using tag based search in hours, rather than use 3rd parties for labor intensive searches.
The screenshot of Health Industry 3.0 plus patient health record below provides an overview of the content, structure and purpose of the network:
How is this idea innovative? (new or different from what already exists)
Existing health care is essentially a cottage industry with asymmetric information flows between potential patients, insurers, hospitals and providers. As such health care is expensive and health care outcomes can be less than what they could be. Many patients find it very difficult to access correct skills while the full universe of providers is not fully utilized. It is designed to be applicable globally and delivers new levels of accessibility and transparency in health care.
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The first few steps in the marathon battle for the search user will transform into the battle of online social networks toward 2010
The “battle for search” users is likely to move very quicky to a battle of online social networks in key market verticals. These verticals will be based around information with intrinsic value in existing industries.
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LAMP (Linux/Apache/Mysql/PHP) powers the web and empowers the entrepreneur
The global economy is 70% services based. Broadband penetration is growing. The opportunities for open source technology to change the status quo are staggering. LAMP is the technology which underpins most of the major web sites in the world today. It will be a key tool for the social and commercial entrepreneurs of tomorrow and underpin the the .NET boom.
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Buyer and seller settling transactions under the digital tree?
Markets of buyers and sellers will come “full circle”. Thousands of years ago, “transactions” between buyers and sellers were negotiated “under a tree” and face to face. As markets became larger and global, industry constructed proprietary and closed systems to match buyers and sellers. In an era of the internet, much of this infrastructure is redundant. A global internet displaces regional and proprietary communications systems. The internet will significantly impact many industries. We are likely to return to negotiating “under a digital tree”. The internet and the emerging “semantic” web will bring the people together in the global market place.
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Could Skype application sharing accelerate changes in how we work?
Skype made internet telephony popular. It added video functionality to Skype last year. It has now added remote desktop or application sharing. As the worlds most popular internet telephone software, this will have a significant impact on the number of people that work together over the internet. Could Skype make application sharing popular just like it did for internet telephony?
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Moore’s law likely to continue and power entrepreneurial opportunities in a service oriented world
If Moore’s law continues, then the cost of hardware will continue to decline and the ability to run a bank from a desert island a reality. The ability of software to take advantage of these hardware advantages may be limited. The advances in hardware and emergence of Utility computing will overcome much of the limitation. The result will be unpredented opportunity for entrepreneurs to create applications to global audiences in an increasingly service oriented world. Linux is likely to be best placed to take advantage of advances in hardware.
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The rise of Online Industry Networks
Industrial use of the internet is at an early stage. Existing corporates have used the internet to reduce costs by distributing information in a lower cost means. However, there are few examples of industries that have been completely transformed. The primary purpose of some major industries is distribution of information between market participants. They have significant economic rents for taking information from one market participant, mildly transforming it and delivering it to another market participant. The internet offers free (almost) distribution and the ability to find other market participants. These significant economic rents for distribution seem redundant in an age of the internet.
The next wave of internet companies are likely to target the distribution of information with a commercial value. These are Online Industry Networks. These networks will simply break down existing labour intensive interactions and coordinate them in the internet. They will rely significantly on user generated content and each user assuming responsibility for the distribution of that information. The current intermediaries are unwilling to sacrifice the high economic rents for distribution by adopting new business models. Only new entrants will apply new business models to take advantage of the internet to deliver products and services at significantly less cost, in less time and without needing to visit a specific retail location. These businesses will facilitate the exchange of information from people to business. Freelancers from all around the world will manufacture the information and deliver it directly to the end user. An online industry network promote products and services of the community. Service providers can find customers and customers can search for service providers. The consumers of the information may have access to products and services previously denied by closed distribution channels.
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2 cores, 4 cores, 16 cores … how about 80 cores to introduce a revolution in computing
There have been concerns that Moore’s law may not continue. Recent innovations have solved problems in manufacturing, power consumption and heat generation. It appears that a further innovation may not only see that Moore’s law continues but introduce a revolution in computing. In simple terms, it is the ability to put 80 cores on a single chip.
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Phase in online networks … phase out intellectual property
The patent system emerged to motivate business to organise people to develop new technology. Without providing an exclusive opportunity for profit, business would not assemble the structure and people necessary to create new technology. Technology means ways of doing things. This includes information technology, biotechnology and healthcare. If the global objective is the creation of new technology, then there is another way to organise.
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The rise of online political networks – individual contribution and mass participation
The reasons underlying the rise of online political networks are similar to the rise of industry networks. Technology advances have not been applied to distribute the quality of information demanded by each individual. A significant proportion of the community is dissatisfied with the quality of information they receive, or the operation of governments. These individuals will be inspired by recent events to establish, participate or contribute to online political networks.
There are, arguably, online political networks. Many are staffed by small groups of volunteers. My reference to online political networks refers to a Linux type network which uses the available technology to capture the interest and energies of their audiences and direct them toward a singular purpose. I can not think of an online political network which meets this criteria. Online political networks rivaling the Linux community will emerge. The kernel for many of these networks are likely to be an existing web site or small group. These online political networks will only prosper if they service the unique needs of their constituents and apply principles of “open source” and “free software”.
Online political networks will increase supply by encouraging more “representative” behaviour from elected representatives and may be a means for new politicians to acquire political support without need for corporate fundraising. Online political networks are likely to deliver improvements to all political systems in use today. For representative democracies, they are likely to make the systems more “representative” of their constituents.
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Peak leadership: is the demand for leadership outstripping supply?
The world confronts key challenges. Demand is outstripping supply of food, oil and water. Many countries are insolvent through unrestrained consumption, unserviceable debt and unfundable promises. Countries are unable to communally agree on measures to reduce environmental impact of human activity. The action that needs to be taken is generally agreed by independent experts, but political leadership is keen to defer implementation for a few more years, or require others to bear a disproportionate burden. Like Peak Oil and Peak Food, the global community suffers from Peak Leadership – a rapidly increasing demand for leadership, and declining supply.
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Online networks may overcome labour shortages and integrate a global pool of talent
Companies in developed countries will need access to the 33 million university educated professionals working in the developing world. Immigration can only solve a proportion of the problem. Online networks will be an essential tool to find and coordinate delivery of talent from the developing countries to global projects. This international talent pool will deliver services to every industry on every continent. Organisations will need to know how to participate in, or build, an online network to access this resource.
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The potential of collective innovation and open source to reshape our world needs to be demonstrated
The potential of open source software, open source principles and collective innovation is significant. They could change the world. They should, at the very least, change information intensive industries. These assertions are largely an intellectual argument. The thoughts of an individual. The compelling value of open source and collective innovation as a solution needs to be demonstrated.
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Hackers shall inherit the earth
My definition of the word hacker has evolved. From programmers cracking computer security (called crackers) to my modest efforts to improve my golf and, now, to skilled people contributing to online networks that reflect their passions and interests. A hacker has the tenacity and persistence to solve problems, often for the sake of solving it. They have the vision of architects, the skills of engineers and empathy of a mother with her upset child. They make significant sacrifices in pursuit of their goal. They navigate around, or though, barriers in their path. They do not rest (if inspired) until the problem is solved, or the challenge is overcome. If only my golf, could be described in these terms.
Online networks will be an essential tool of hackers. The will capture and focus the unique contribution of other hackers. Collective talent, energy and innovation will reshape industrial, social and political frameworks over the next decade.
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User generated industries will combine user generated content and infrastructure
The next evolution in economic development and the evolution of the internet is likely to be user generated industries. This will move beyond user content to valuable industries which distribute valuable information. Online industry networks will facilitate collaboration and distribute information. Small groups may specialise in the manufacture of information. They will rely on online networks to distribute it. Consumers of information will increasing source their products from online networks.
A user generated industry combines user generated content and user generated infrastructure to distribute products and services from individual manufacturers to individual consumers. There are significant economic and social benefits for the individual manufacturers and consumers of information. Individuals can focus on their unique speciality, work from home and be their own boss. Customers obtain the convenience of online delivery and lower costs. Organisations that have only served the community by distributing information are likely to be rendered redundant by technology advances. These will need to find other means to add value to the global community if they are to survive. Some will not.
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The next four stages of online networks – from tools and solutions to new structures and economic development
The objectives of open source will change over time. As open source evolves and proves its capability, it will move beyond technology, beyond specific industries, to all other aspects of our society. This has been suggested in the past. However, existing organisations are not sufficiently motivated to apply advances in technology to promote development. Business, social and political entrepreneurs that establish online networks are likely to be the primary force for change.
This article outlines the first four stages of the development of online networks and the .Net boom. The objective of the online network in each stage is identified.
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What if Moore’s law rates of innovation could be applied to the world’s problems?
What if we did have cars that cost $25 and got 1,000 miles to the gallon? What if the Moore law rates of innovation and improvement could be applied to the world’s problems. What if Moore’s law rates of improvement applied to aircraft engines, car engines, carbon dioxide emissions, industrial pollution, cures for disease, energy and minerals usage, education and leadership. Our world is evolving. Advances in technology present new ways to organise. Online networks are likely to be a step forwards. An expansion of intellectual property laws is likely to be a step backwards. If there was a new way to deliver greater rates of innovation, we have a compelling need to solve specific global problems. We need to question that our underlying assumptions of how to organise.
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Build an ebusiness on your desktop and drag it onto Amazon’s elastic cloud
Amazon web services are pioneering essential building blocks for economic development. These blocks will provide a foundation for the next phase of online networks which will pioneer new structures. They reduce processing power and information storage to basic utilities, just like telephone, gas and electric supply. The storage service (S3) and web hosting service (EC2) cost less than 50% of traditional approaches and are more flexible and simpler to use.
Hackers can design their online network at home and simply drag and drop it onto the Amazon cloud. The conventional approach would require a large number of employees or consultants to deliver equivalent functionality. Ofcourse, a significant amount of time was required to raise capital from investors to pay for it. Today, a hacker can create an application on the (free) Linux desktop and an open source development platform. A major ebusiness could be built by a hacker with less than US25k in external development. If you are not a hacker, then you will need to raise some serious capital because you will need significant support to navigate unfamiliar ground and achieve your outcomes.
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How to participate, contribute and prosper in an online network
Prosper means different things to different people. It may mean more income, peer recogntion, more time with family or a sense of satisfaction in making a contribution. The ability to prosper in an online network has one common attribute – the ability to generate traffic. Traffic will reflect your participation and contribution to online networks. It will, ofcourse, also reflect the value of your service offering and demand by customers.
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Need a solution … it is in the clouds
Open source communities have developed a critical mass of tools and are beginning to morph into the development of solutions. Amazon’s elastic cloud is a critical building block that will support the next wave of economic development. Moore’s law has been improving information technology at a rapid rate for more than 40 years. In isolation, each technology advance represents a rapid advance in a technology area. The combination of these technologies can now deliver a paradigm shift which presents new opportunities for economic development. This article is focussed on how elastic clouds and open source communities can provide virtual building blocks for business and social entrepreneurs building tomorrows disruptive structures.
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Information can now be free to make humanity wealthier
Information technologies which capture, store, process or transmit information double in performance or halve in cost every 18 months. Moore’s law has been working patiently for 40 years. In an information economy, this should have had a dramatic effect. However, political, industrial and social structures largely remain the same. Advances in technology have not changed the fundamentally way that our society or economy has operated. The right information in the right place at the right time will transform the world. This transformation will only start now. This article will discuss why such a process should only begin now and what role information is likely to have.
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An example of an online network for drug development in the pharmaceutical industry
Online industry networks could develop pharmaceutical products using open source principles. The Tropical Diseases Initiative is an example of an “open source” online network developing drugs for tropical diseases. It operates in a niche that is uneconomic or unviable for the pharmaceutical industry. It has been allowed to survive as a result. It demonstrates the potential of online networks in the pharmaceutical industry. A description of the Tropical Disease Initiative is provided below.
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The transition to online networks may take six months or 50 years
Online networks which embody every facet of industrial, social and politcal aspects of our modern society are inevitable. They simply offer a superior way to interact and transact. The transition to a global community based around online networks will take six months, sixteen years or fifty years. The timeframe will depend upon the outcome of three epic battles. The battles are economic development vs geostrategy, community knowledge vs intellectual property, and online networks vs closed systems. Online industrial, political and social networks which are involved in these battles could be delayed for decades.
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We need five online networks to solve the worlds problems by 2012 or we decline into conflict for generations
We need to deploy five online political, industrial and social networks to avert disaster by 2012. Existing structures that rely on proprietary ownership of information, distribution channels, institutions and regional approaches are unable to solve our most pressing problems. Even if they could solve the problems, they are simply unable to coordinate a global endeavour in a rapidly closing timeframe. I had previously written that online networks could be delayed for up to 50 years by three epic battles. In some aspects of our global community, we can wait 50 years (and there is only an opportunity cost). However, for some specific problems, online networks need to be built, acquire a significant audience, and achieve their objective by 2012.
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The era of transformative online social networks begins
The era of online networks which manage information of no value is ending. The era of online networks that manage valuable information and reshape industry is beginning. The foundation for online networks has been building for decades. The most recent milestone may have been 90% broadband penetration rates in the major economies. The next generation of online social, industry and political networks will deliver unprecedented transparency, liquidity and accessibility in all aspects of society.
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Online network building blocks: automatic scaling of web servers, persistent storage and MySQL management
Rightscale and Amazon Web Services now offers essential features not previously available – automatic scaling , Manager for MySQL and Persistent Storage. The Amazon Web Services platform empowered the entrepreneur, but advanced technical skills were still required to solve storage and scalability issues to create a truly scalable application. These latest developments are critical building blocks of transformative online networks and bring the power direct to the entrepreneur. This power is available by using the Rightscale dashboard/service. They charge USD2,500 to setup your server and USD500 per month to use the dashboard. This is a fraction of the cost of a comparable web hosting configuration five years ago, assuming a comparable web hosting configuration could be built. Competitive advantage can no longer be derived from the prohibitive cost of web hosting or ability to scale a web application. Unlimited storage and global scalability is now available to the entrepreneur (that is a hacker).
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Scalr is an open source server farm management application for Amazon EC2 and is a fraction of the cost of Rightscale
Rightscale offers to manage a farm of servers to automatically scale the processing and storage capacity of a web application to service growing, or declining, demand from internet users. Rightscale costs USD500 per month plus a USD2,000 setup fee (last time I checked). Scalr is an open source application that performs the same function as Rightscale. You can implement Scalr yourself from here or use Scalr’s USD50 per month paid version (with no setup fee).
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IBM report: Outperformers are very interested in industry and enterprise model innovation … online industry networks anyone?
IBM conducted a survey of 1,130 CEO s, general managers and senior public sector and business leaders from around
the world. I read with interest the comments that highlighted the potential application of online social and industry networks in facilitating collaboration, participation and information distribution in industries. We turnkey online networks for the financial markets and are also keen to contribute to open source software community that maintains an “Online network Solution” open source software project for any entrepreneur or organisation. I have extracted some interesting comments and recommend you read the full report. -
Make poverty history with Web 3.0 online social networks
Poverty is a complex issue. Poverty is a complex issue. It has a wide variety of causes that include trade, HIV/AIDS, unserviceable debt, investment capital allocation and immigration laws. Many efforts to change the situation rely upon influencing or changing opaque channels. This has proven to be ineffective. The Millennium Goals could be achieved if we act now. However, these goals won’t be achieved if we continue to try to influence Web 1.0 opaque channels. We need to transcend “opaque channels” by applying the key elements of a Web 3.0 online network to create online communities that focus and coordinate collective energy.
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How to build a web server on the Amazon cloud in 15 minutes
This article discusses how to create a virtual web server on the Amazon cloud and establish a location to install a new web site in less than 15 minutes.
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Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web 3.0 and Web 4.0 explained
Web 1.0 delivered the internet and connected large numbers of people. Web 2.0 demonstrated the technology to assemble and manage large global crowds with a common interest in social interaction. Web 3.0 will apply online network concepts to industry, economic development, climate stability, poverty and democracy. Web 3.0 online networks allow people to see through the community or market and facilitate collective matching, learning and consumption in hours (not months). Web 4.0 achieves a critical mass of participation in online networks that deliver global transparency, governance, distribution, participation, collaboration in key industry, political, social and other community endeavours. Web 4.0 delivers community sovereignty to channels and information.
