The Changing Face of Information Architecture in the 21st Century

The Information Technology Revolution is upon us. This is hardly an original observation, but the question largely remains, what form is all of this going to take, how is it going to affect me, how is it going to affect my job, the economy, politics, society and the world in general?

While there are no absolute answers to this (we are looking at an unfolding of new technology after all), there are a number of signposts – or writing on the wall – already available.

The next version of the internet(s) is already beginning to arrive. One of the most profound developments in Web 2.0 is going to be how we receive – and interact with - information of all kinds, including news and entertainment. As Bill Gates, the Chairman of Microsoft and Richest Man in the World, said at a meeting of business leaders in Davos Switzerland in January of 2007, within five years your TV, your computer, and the internet are all going to become one and the same. (See the full article at the Reuters link to the right.)

So what does all this mean? This blog will attempt to take a look at a number of different aspects of the Information Superhighway Revolution, including interactivity, business models, the rise and ubiquity of video, portable computing devices, effects on old or traditional forms of (usually) corporate media, as well as economic and political implications.

A lot to bite off, but hopefully some of where all of this is leading us will at least begin to take shape…