The Horizon Report 2008

I have now read my way through the Horizon Report and my first take was emailed to friends over the weekend. The Exec Summary will get you going and then it would be good to check out the section on 'social operating systems' ... there are some really key phrases in there that we should use when talking about web based apps.

There is a section here about Social Graphs ( a new one on me) :Thoughts on the Social Graph (Brad Fitzpatrick and David Recordon, August 17, 2007.)

This article discusses the need for a social graph that exists outside of systems like Facebook, so that applications can take advantage of the fact that you already know who your contacts are.

If you have time or the will ... this should get you thinking as it dwells on the very nature of Learning Platforms and begines to ask: Is a social Network a LP??

.... and from here ... read the bit about Collaborative Virtual Learning Environments.