ChangeMedium presentation made at StatusCamp Montreal to provide context of micro-bloggling's role in the future of society.

1. Advancing the medium of
change

2. 13,700,000,000 years ago

3. 4,450,000,000 years ago

4. 130,000 years ago

5. 7,300 years ago - Agriculture

6. 150 years ago - Industrial Revolution

7. We were powerful.

8. 1945 - Hiroshima

9. We were dangerous.

10. 1983 - Exxon Valdez Spill

11. 1994 - Rwanda

12. 2000 - Aral Sea dies

13. We thought we
were in control.

14. 2001 - 911

15. 2006 - Climate Change

16. 2008 - Global markets collapse

17. We were wrong.

18. “A flaw in the model...
...that defines how the world works.”

19. We’re making our
planet inhospitable.

20. We’re killing
each other.

21. We’re killing
ourselves.

22. We’re screwed.

23. But, there’s hope.

24. 1946 - First Computer

25. 1969 - Internet Launched

26. 1973 - Phones go ‘mobile’

27. 1991 - Web Launched

28. 1998

29. 1999

30. 2002 - Smartphone

31. 2003

32. 2004

33. 2005

34. 2006

35. 2007 - Wins “Best of Web” at SXSW

36. 2007

37. 2008

38. 4 billion people
connected together

39. through
a new medium

40. that’s open

41. that’s mobile

42. that’s social

43. that’s personal

44. that’s public

45. that’s spontaneous

46. that’s engaging

47. that’s practical

48. A medium of change.

49. ...the way we come together
#hohoTO – flash mobilization
600 person party, $25k + 2t food donated
no single leader – idea to event in 18 days

50. ... the systems of our society
#iranelections – the public vote
a global demonstration in-spite of political influence
surfacing the action for all to debate

51. ... our culture and mindset
#MyIdeaforCA – political engagement
Harnessing the collective wisdom of constituents

52. It’s our future.

53. It’s up to you.

54. Application
Development Research
bringing it together to build it better

55. Advancing the medium of
change