Author Archives: The End of Linearity

About The End of Linearity

Gary brings over twenty years of experience in business development and strategic leadership in both the public and private sectors with emerging growth and leading global technology companies. http://www.linkedin.com/in/garyleethompson

Building the Digital Fabric at the Heart of the Knowledge Navigator

Posted on August 19, 2012 by The End of Linearity

Gary Thompson, is not only the curator of The End of Linearity, but the co-founder of CLOUD, Inc. CLOUD will be the manifestation of much of the thinking embodied by the End of Linearity. Those posts that relate more to … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Leave a comment

The Texas Textbook Wars

Posted on March 10, 2010 by The End of Linearity

There is an interesting discussion underway on the “Texas Textbook Wars” over at FoxNews.com. Of course, when one posts a comment in these sorts of online venues, one always runs the risk of the emotional response to a substantive post. … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Reweaving the Fabric of the Internet

Posted on February 10, 2010 by The End of Linearity

Weaving is an art practiced since ancient times.  Fragments of fabric dating to 5000 B.C. mean  this art pre-dates the fabrication of papyrus in 3000 B.C. in Egypt.  The art of weaving, its cultural and economic ecosystem, and the tremendous … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Set the Default to Open

Posted on January 22, 2010 by The End of Linearity

Nowhere is the end of linearity more important than our individual rights, and Set the Default to Open takes a new look at this issue from both a legal and technology perspective. From the introduction to the article in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Leave a comment

Learning to Read – Books or Words?

Posted on April 16, 2009 by The End of Linearity

An interesting debate is unfolding in the Texas Legislature and with concerned citizens organizations regarding the funding of textbooks for our school children. Textbook funding is faced with a 25% cut and approval as a contingency rider, as opposed to … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Recession, Recovery or Great Reorienting

Posted on March 10, 2009 by The End of Linearity

Paul Wilkinson, former senior advisor to Chairman Cox at the SEC teases out some very interesting thoughts in his recent blog post on A Great Recovery (http://paulwilkinson.com/2009/03/08/why-not-a-great-recovery/)? As I think through Paul’s comments and the scenario in which we find … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics | Leave a comment

There is no There There on the Internet

Posted on June 24, 2008 by The End of Linearity

I am at the Personal Democracy Forum in NYC, and as the many great panels and conversations unfold, I realized that I needed to post some of my recent conversations around social networking into the public sphere. As more and … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | 4 Comments

Beyond Schools: A Foundation for Education in the 21st Century

Posted on April 4, 2008 by The End of Linearity

In late 2006, I had the pleasure of drafting an article on the future of education for the Texas Lyceum. At the Lyceum’s fall conference, “Harnessing the Lightening: Economic Growth Opportunities for Texas,” the fall journal presented a series of … Continue reading →

Posted in Education | Leave a comment

Networked Content, Networked Communities, Empowered People

Posted on March 31, 2008 by The End of Linearity

This past Friday, I had the pleasure of being a guest lecturer for a Digital Media class in the Department of Advertising at the University of Texas at Austin. The class is deep into the semester and about to begin … Continue reading →

Posted in Internet | Leave a comment