Economics and Design. Design (in every respect) is one of the major areas associated with web 2.0.

Many stories of the past few years are explained like this: web 1.0 idea + great design (usability + …) = success. Increasingly we’re seeing design fuel industry changing innovation across a wide range of markets. It’s only going to increase by an order of magnitude in the coming years. Here’s a good post on the 11 things you should learn about Economics and Design.

Don’t think so? Evan Williams discusses the importance of right brain creativity for creating breakthrough ideas with The Economist. Main points: constraints + experiment.

Finally, in a world of scarce attention the big myth is that content is king. Not so. Context rules the roost.

These are all big thoughts that I’ve been exploring and plan to discover with you this year.

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