Sean O'Driscoll has a new blog that I think will be a really good one. Sean is the General Manager of Community Support and MVP, and I work closely with him and his team. He has a post up on community transparency and the driving forces behind it. He looks at three things:

  • A new generation (Gen “Y”)
  • Sarbanes-Oxley
  • Web 2.0

 as helping to drive this. The first and third items meld well with a few things that I've been saying in lectures and hallway discussions lately.

One thing I find interesting about Web 2.0 is that in general it's an individual-driven system that is moving into corporations. In other words, most software (word processing, accounting, etc.) began in corporate venues and migrated to things individuals used at home.

Web 2.0 technologies are the opposite and are causing the "Enterprise 2.0" transformation. I find that fascinating. Hadn't thought of GenY and how they apply to this - though it's clearly a big part of it.

As far as "Google Gen" goes - I worked with some interns who built an app and the first screen was just a search box - and it would search customers, inventory, orders, etc., and bring up appropriate ones. Very few menus - unlike in my day. Very interesting also.