Last week, I was asked to give a guest lecture at Singularity University on the topic “The Future of Social Networking”

To frame the discussion, I chose to walk through the following structure:

• Web 1.0 vs. Web 2.0
• Social Networking as a disruptive platform
• LinkedIn as an example of a social platform
• Mobile as a disruptive accelerator for social platforms
• Thoughts on future disruptions

On a personal note, I hadn’t actually been back to visit NASA Ames Research Center since my internship during my senior year in high school (21 years ago).  Back then, I was helping develop simulation software for fluid dynamics simulations in Fortran.  Thankfully, no one asked me to code in Fortran during the Q&A.

The team at Singularity U was incredibly gracious, and I appreciated the opportunity to talk to the class.