Pecha Kucha: TrendspottingW k Si l f th F tWeak Signals from the Future

Stephen Abramp

Internet LibrarianMonterey, CaliforniaMonterey, California

Oct. 22, 2008

The Real Economy of Funding

Yahoo!Yahoo!ZillowEndecaEtc.

Any LibraryDarling

QuadrillionDarlingThat’s Free

Priorities . . .

You can’t waitYou can t wait for everyone to change at once. . .once. . .

Weak Signals: Radio vs TVWeak Signals: Radio vs. TV

Blink, blink, blink, blink, blink, blink

Hey, that wink worked for Sarah!

“I can see Russia from my Porch.”D h f TV AdDeath of TV Ads… or not.

‘Flickr’ Freeze FrameFlickr Freeze Frame

“Quayle in a Skirt”Quayle in a Skirt

Olympics 2008 - Yahoo Trumps NBC H h?!NBC, Huh?!

My First TribbleMy First Tribble

Disney Kids on Social CrackDisney Kids on Social Crack

$700million – over 1 million kids

TechCrunch is the new F**k dCF**kedCompany.com

Gamers are oldGamers are old.

The Soccer Mom – Gamer, L TXT’ heLearner, TXT’er, hmmmmm

eLearning &gSingleMoms

Geocaching: Silicon Sally and GIS, M GPS d l l iMaps, GPS, and recalculating

PortabilityPortabilityIs that the Internet in your pocket or are

j t ll t?you just really smart?

AAMainlyMainly Mobile FFocus

Competitive AdvantageOn Target

Minus 25K!!!!!

Plus 20%

!!!!!

Global Change (China India EMEA)Global Change (China, India, EMEA)

Watching The KidsWatching The Kids

For “e”, just like Mom said: “Be Careful Wh Y Pl i h El i i ”When You Play with Electricity”