Category Archives: Fiber optic cables

Books and other Disruptive Innovations

Posted on August 9, 2017 by broodjejaap

(( Sept 5 Link added to HBR article about Disruptive Innovations)) ((August 20, 2017 Update: added a must see Video lecture of Tony Seba about Disruptions in Energy and Transportation)) Recently this “Big Books question” which was posed on Instagram … Continue reading →

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Title for my Next Book: #LightBenders

Posted on July 29, 2017 by broodjejaap

But do not hold your breath. I have finished outlining and composing its contents, but have only just started writing the text. Paypal me if you want me to speed up writing. You can invite me to lecture about it … Continue reading →

Posted in #7thSense, Collaboration, Collective Intelligence, Complexity, cooperation, Darwin 3.0, Fiber optic cables, FttF, Future of Internet, Global Brain, Network Infrastructure, Nowak's Law, Optic Fiber Cables, Optical Fiber Cables, P2P Collective Intelligence, Uncategorized | Leave a comment

‘Das Digital’1.0: Appreciation of internet and its Impact

Posted on May 29, 2017 by broodjejaap

Introduction Most public & media stories for the last decade or so about ‘the internet’ ; whatever that is; are alarmist and use ‘memes’ (look it up!) to attract attention. ‘Bad for children’, ‘harmful to your brain’, ‘incites sex and … Continue reading →

Posted in bandwidth, belief system, btwiener, Communities, ecology, Exponential growth, Fiber optic cables, Fiber-to-the-Farm, ICT Infrastructure, Internet Exchange Map, Internet Freedom, Internet success, Network Architecture, Network Dynamics, Network Effect, Network Infrastructure, Network Science, New Power, Optical Fiber Cables, P2P Commons, Platform cooperativism, resilience, social innovation, Tillevision Model, TransTribalCollaboration, Uncategorized, Wealth creation | Tagged | 3 Comments

Zoomable World Map of Internet Exchanges (IX’s), taken offline.

Posted on April 1, 2016 by broodjejaap

The zoomable map & text has been taken OFFLINE by me, in reaction to access today, May 17 2023, to this page by Orcs from #Mordor. jaap van till, TheConnectivist 

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Trailer of “The Connected Universe” Film

Posted on October 3, 2015 by broodjejaap

Very impressive and inspiring film trailer: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-connected-universe-film#/ ====== Do you know how you are connected to all 7, 273,405, 490 people in the world?     Do you understand the connection that you share with all living things and also which … Continue reading →

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(NP12) What Drives Broadband Access Demand ? (in the Dutch Language)

Posted on July 12, 2015 by broodjejaap

On June 11 2015 in Enschede (NL),  during the “NDIX Relations Day”, I presented a short lecture about why we will need 1 / 1 Gig bit/sec network access in offices and at home. The sheets are in the Dutch … Continue reading →

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L3 My keynote at the Open Source Developers Conference Australia 2014

Posted on November 5, 2014 by broodjejaap

Here are the slides of that lecture:  Lect3 KeynoteOSDC2014 JvTill7f And here is the video recording of it: https://theconnectivist.wordpress.com/2013/12/09/privacy-what-is-was-it/ Its objective was to inspire. Jaap van Till, Connectivist and #Btwiener

Posted in China, Corridoria, Exponential growth, ExtraOrdi, Fiber optic cables, flocking, Gaia's Necklace, Idea Killers, Internet success, Jobs, Megaregions, Optical Fiber Cables, Trias Internetica, Van Till's Principle, Wealth creation | Leave a comment

L2 My lecture about helping startups at City of Gold Coast QLD Australia

Posted on November 4, 2014 by broodjejaap

Here you can download the slides:  Lecture 2 City Gold Coast JvTill4f I launched the slogans ” Sharing is the new Having” and “To Share is to Multiply“. And the new word “Btwiener” which means a person who can connect … Continue reading →

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C9 7 Minute Lecture on CORRIDORIA : Chain of City Area’s (in the Dutch language)

Posted on October 4, 2014 by broodjejaap

On Thursday October 2, I presented  a “7 minute speech” (similar to the TED format) to the SURFnet user community (SURFnet Relatiedagen 2014) about the Corridoria Development Project of Tildro Research. The title of the speech is: “Corridoria: new backbone … Continue reading →

Posted in Corridoria, corridors, Fiber optic cables, Gaia's Necklace, Van Till's Principle, Wealth creation | Tagged , , , , | 1 Comment

Next Thing After ‘Big Data’ is ‘BIG NETWORKS’

Posted on December 7, 2013 by broodjejaap

Yes, the NSA & GCHQ snooping is done also by putting taps on fiber optic cables BETWEEN Data Centers. So changing the location of your company files from one centre/center say on the cloud in the USA to a location … Continue reading →

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