The digital trust divide

Movie theaters solved the problem of cell phones ringing during films by running humorous reminders to turn off phones. Schools (at least in the world’s biggest public system here in New York City) have forbidden cell phones in class and left trust out of the formula. So, enforced education has created yet another discipline problem. Today’s article here in the New York Times describes how kids are using a high frequency ringtone (that most adult ears cannot hear) to operate their phones during class. Here is part of the story from the Times:

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KM & Web 2.0

How’s that for a geeky title?

Anyway, I took the time yesterday morning to listen to Jon Husband’s podcast interview with Dave Snowden. Let me say that this is worth your time if you’re interested in how knowledge management (KM) can be accomplished in our current technological surround. I intend on listening to this podcast again (thanks, Jon).

I took a few notes but there’s a lot more than this in the interview. Here’s what struck me [my comments in brackets]:

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