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