Social Computing at IBM
Chris Luongo of IBM, along with his collaborative partner Jane Harris, have created a new YouTube video that helps to explain what ‘a smarter planet’ means to them. It is presented in an elegant and thoughtful manner, and breaks from all of the social media content my team has been producing on the subject to-date. I highly endorse this video and suggest you give it a look. And, thank-you Chris and Jane, for delivering such a great video.
I have just published my first podcast in the Building a Smarter Planet series here. The topic is traffic. From the blog post:
“Experts today look at causes such as human behavior and the effects that architecture, urban design and engineering have. Efforts such as electronic road pricing systems have been implemented in cities like London, Stockholm and Singapore, which reduces traffic and offers a wealth of digital information that can lead to important mathematical analysis of patterns toward further solutions. “
Hop on over to A Smarter Planet and give it a listen. Leave a comment too!
It’s an exciting time to be a part of the IBM Corporation. Our new corporate strategy has been unveiled, and it has me quite impressed if I may be so bold. One example is the ‘trillion connected objects’ (as the world is predicted to soon have) idea where the digital world can become more connected with the analog world – working together in ways that can help streamline efficiencies in so many places such as energy grids, traffic and congestion grids, healthcare systems, etc.
A speech given by IBM Chairman Sam Palmisano yesterday sheds light on the overall concept. I think it makes an inspiring read.
