Lose your love handles; call your Mom more often; get that promotion – if you’re like many of us, you’re already thinking over some New Year’s resolutions that will make you a better “you” in 2012. But how are the tech industries’ thought leaders approaching the new year? Stay nervous. Scott McNealy, Chairman, WayIn. December 28. December 29. MORE >>

Tweet This cartoon, by Hugh Macleod of  GapingVoid , pretty well sums up my last few years. The Internet has allowed me to self-publish at will and get connected to a growing network of people, several of whom I have had opportunities to collaborate with. There are no more hierarchies between creation and collaboration. Communities InternetTime MORE >>

Accountabilty is the willingness to acknowledge that we have participated in creating, through comission or ommision, the conditions that we wish to see changed. Without this capacity to see ourselves as cause, our efforts become either coercive or wishfully dependent on the transformation of others. . It's also well worth continuing to ask. . MORE >>

Yesterday I appeared on the Australia national breakfast program Today , talking about what we can expect in social media and technology in 2012. was on holidays in Melbourne so spoke from the studio there. You can see the clip below, or on the Today Show Video page , under the title Social Trends for 2012. MORE >>

While 2011 was a very busy year for the technology industry, the constant rate of innovation and activity in the market shows that things probably won’t slow down in 2012. AT&T’s $39 billion bid to buy T-Mobile. Facebook makes its data center details public. Google and Facebook battle for the social networking crown. billion. MORE >>