Stephan Spencer's Scatterings

The Scattered Wisdom of a scientist turned web marketing virtuoso

March 2010
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Future of Search

I spoke on The Future of Search on Tuesday at Search Engine Strategies San Jose. It was a fun panel. Not only did I get to pontificate (which I love to do), but I also got to be really 'out there' -- not my typical presentation style, which is typically… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 08/14/2009 | Permalink

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Lifelong learning

I just got an email from one of my (Netconcepts') first clients (circa 1995) that he's now completed his MBA, doing it while still working full-time as a marketing exec. It takes a lot of courage to get an MBA after being in the workforce for several dec… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 03/19/2006 | Permalink

Comments (0)| Comments RSS | Filed under: General, Podcasting accelerating change, it conversations, learning, lectures, open courseware, podcasts, professional development, video            

What an amazing time to be alive!

I love this description of the World Wide Web of today, from Kevin Kelly in his recent Wired article We Are the Web: The scope of the Web today is hard to fathom. The total number of Web pages, including those that are dynamically created upon request a… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 11/13/2005 | Permalink

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Accerelerating into the "Diamond Age"

I've finished reading the book The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson. It is a novel about a brave new world that we could face in this century, when nanotechnology is pervasive. I quite enjoyed the book. It is clear that the author really did his homework o… more »
Posted by Stephan Spencer on 04/20/2005 | Permalink

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