Sherry Turkle on the Colbert Report. I will be reading the book soon, but i presume that digitally fluent folks know how to "put technology back in its place." 

While i don't really agree with Lynda's assertion that the job of middle manager will "disappear," i do agree that the nature of the job is already changing, because some of the original reasons for the necessity of professional managers has changed. I've written about this here: http://www.socialens.com/2009/11/12/recalibratingrule-of-thumb-vs-scientific-management/

Interesting thoughts on heightened consumer reactions to re-branding in the age of "Cognitive Surplus" (Shirky) or "Participatory Culture" (Jenkins)

Wired interview with Sherry Turkle about her new book "Alone Together." What she is talking about here (though she does not say it explicitly) is the need for fluency - to know when and why to use digital technology as opposed to just how and what. 

Winona Ryder claims that she is afraid of the Internet. While she may be partially joking about her fear that by using Google she may end up accidentally becoming part of Al Qaeda, it is an interesting example of how people's mental models can get in the way of developing digital fluency.

Very useful thinking about social media ROI. In my experience with business analytics, the "last mile" tends to be the toughest--getting the stakeholders to use metrics to make actual decisions. 

If you haven't (yet) read Coase's "The Nature of the Firm" (and you should), this article explains why his thinking in 1937 lends strong insights into the impact that digital communications technologies are having on today's organizations and markets. 

While this is an interesting article, i don't think it provides sufficient nuance to be useful. A person's ability to operate in a situation (their digital fluency, for example), the types of tasks that they are doing, and the intensity of the attention they need to apply in a situation should determine the degree to which they attempt to multitask. The more fluent people we've seen know when to shut down their laptop or crackberry when they know they won't be able to pay attention, and when the context calls for them to keep it open.

Study highlights the importance of hiring people of good character