The Knowledge Revolution
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The Knowledge Revolution Information Overload Mappers2011 Rob Hanna – STC Associate Fellow
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Keynote address for Mappers2011: first international Information Mapping (R) users conference in Houston, Tx.
Transcript of The Knowledge Revolution
The Knowledge Revolution
Information OverloadMappers2011
Rob Hanna – STC Associate Fellow
ROB HANNAThe SingleSourceror
Future of Technical Communication
• History of Information Technology• Information is Currency• Convergence
HISTORY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Based on a True Story
Prehistory of IT
• Ancient Cave Drawings• Hieroglyphics• Stone Tablets• Scrolls
Words on a Page
• Codex• Gutenberg• Typewriter
Digital Age
• Electronic Publishing• Hypertext• Structured Authoring• Social Media
Future State
• Visual Language• Semantic Ontologies• The Human Cognome Project
INSPIRATION #1Johnny Mnemonic
INFORMATION IS CURRENCY
Business Will Drive Knowledge Innovation
The Value of Information
• Businesses fail to value information• Information will overwhelm business• Companies struggle to manage
content• Something has to give…
INSPIRATION #2
Saul Carliner and the Society for Technical Communication
Intellectual Capital
• Accounting Methods fall back on Brick and Mortar
• “Goodwill”• Value of
Information• DotCom Bubbles
What is Money Anyway?
• Medium of Exchange• Unit of Account• Store of Value
Convergence
• Intelligent Content• Darwin Information Typing• Information Mapping• STC Technical Communicator
Certification• Enterprise Content Management• Business Valuation• User Evolution
