{"id":105,"date":"2009-11-22T06:37:12","date_gmt":"2009-11-22T14:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/2009\/11\/22\/communication-clouds-in-europe\/"},"modified":"2009-11-22T06:37:12","modified_gmt":"2009-11-22T14:37:12","slug":"communication-clouds-in-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/?p=105","title":{"rendered":"Communication Clouds in Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have a couple things on my mind today. \u00a0First is that I\u2019ve been thinking alot lately about just how much the internet has changed our world in the last 10 years. \u00a0Second, my time working in Europe and my frustrations. <\/p>\n

First, I read today about\u00a0Skype\u2019s awesome-ness<\/a>. \u00a0 And it got me thinking more about how the internet is basically taking over every communication modality that we used to experience\u2026 mail, newspaper, radio, fax, TV, movies, phone, and that\u2019s just off the top of my head. \u00a0As the article points out, soon, you maybe able to port your phone number to a skype number\u2026 meaning VoIP could really take off. \u00a0As the accessibility and infrastructure of the internet scales, it is slowly replacing every single communication technology that existed. \u00a0Its flexibility, low cost, and ubiquity on to different integrated platforms allows for this change to rapidly take place. \u00a0For some reason, today the future is NOW thing, really just hit me. \u00a0These communication patterns have already changed the world and it is so much different than it was 10 years ago, and is only increasing in change rate.<\/p>\n

I sometimes think of my mother\u2019s understanding of these technologies and \u00a0think about what was a \u201ccorrect\u201d lifestyle. \u00a0That kind of life or staying the same job, same home, blah blah, doesn\u2019t really exist anymore as a successful model. \u00a0The entire world has a cloud above it now and it\u2019s changed what it means for corporations to exist. \u00a0What it means for people to communicate and the quality of life in general.<\/p>\n

This leads me to the second thing: \u00a0working in Berlin vs. the valley. \u00a0I also\u00a0read this article this morning<\/a>. \u00a0In general, its a great summary of many of my frustrations since moving here one year ago. \u00a0I have been working with \u00a0Nokia for the last year on helping them redefine and rebuild their company. \u00a0While the work is interesting, the goals ambitious, and people quality, I\u2019ve really struggled with the difference in attitudes and work ethic. \u00a0While culturally, I think europe is often more open and accepting to a multitude of human behaviors, there is something still quite old about some of the centralized authority models. \u00a0I\u2019ve felt little autonomy, little ability to be emotionally vested, and hence have felt very detached from anything I am doing here. \u00a0In the end, it just isn\u2019t very satisfying.<\/p>\n

What I do\u2026 I do because I love it, I enjoy it, and I WANT to work at it and I want to be part of changing the world for the better. \u00a0It\u2019s not my job\u2026 it\u2019s my life\u2026 and it\u2019s mine to create. \u00a0My work is a large part of that\u2026 and I enjoy what I do because it is part of who I am and a message that I want to exist long after I am here. \u00a0That means, I want to produce things to the best of my ability because I believe they are valuable. \u00a0I want a structure that supports this ethic, that allows me to grow, that trust and builds my own decision making. \u00a0 I don\u2019t need 25 days of vacation, leaving work every day at 6pm, an \u201ceasy\u201d job, or someone who dictates to me what I am to produce. \u00a0I want autonomy, flexibility, and porous security. \u00a0I WANT to work because I like it, not because I need to.<\/p>\n

Anyways, there are still some older models here, that in the end, have been a really nice grounding lesson for me. \u00a0In the end, it\u2019s a great experience to understand where my values, ethics, and motivations lie \u2014 that I work in an ecosystem, not a company. \u00a0Taking myself out of the center of this value chain and thrown into a different one has made this all much clearer to me and makes me feel lucky to have an understanding of the world through a supportive community of innovators, artists, and entrepreneurs. \u00a0The valley might be a competitive place, but it\u2019s what I know and it\u2019s a part of who I am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I have a couple things on my mind today. \u00a0First is that I\u2019ve been thinking alot lately about just how much the internet has changed our world in the last 10 years. \u00a0Second, my time working in Europe and my frustrations. First, I read today about\u00a0Skype\u2019s awesome-ness. \u00a0 And it got me thinking more about […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/anitawilhelm.com\/thoughts\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}