Work, Media, and their collision on the web.

Posted by Colin Clark on Oct 19th, 2009 | Comments home title

I watched this video today about Google Wave and it really got me thinking.

Work

There are tons of tools on the web that make work easier. We have Basecamp (project management), Google’s suite of tools (Docs, Email, Chat, Video, etc), Salesforce (CRM), and many many other tools that allow us to work smarter.

Media

We live in a time where we can no longer question whether this is the most prolific time for media that the world has ever known. Youtube, blogs, podcasts… you can publish your own content for very little money, very easily, very quickly.

The Collision

Tools like Wave make me ask the quesiton, ‘Is it work or media?’ There is so much collaboration on the web and the tools are so easy to use. There is also a ton of media being created, and much of it can be created collaboratively.

Where does the line exist?