Welcome to Informationized

This is the first post on this blog. Congratulations, you made it to the start! Welcome, and thanks for stopping by. My name is Phillip Baker and at the time of writing I’m awaiting approval of my thesis in order to graduate with a Masters degree in Management & Systems from New York University. Prior to NYU, I worked in the financial information industry at a large content company that sells information and a large financial institution that buys it.

I don’t want to dwell too much on what this blog will be about, I’d rather just get started and let it be defined by the themes that emerge over time. That said, I obviously want to give you a reason to care about what is written here so I will briefly talk about why I decided to start this blog.

It’s pretty simple really: I am fascinated by information and people. I’m interested in the ways we find information and the ways it finds us, the ways we use it in our work and our lives and the ways we create it, change it, and pass it on. I enjoy thinking about the ways technology and innovation fundamentally change markets and marketing for information. By extension, it’s hard not to also take an interest in how these trends affect and can improve education and all facets of government.

I decided to start this blog to share my thoughts on information in these contexts and I hope to be able to trade ideas with you, here and elsewhere on the Web. I’d like to take this opportunity right up front to encourage comments. I am here to learn from smart and engaged people and I will do my best to make this blog a two-way conversation.

I can be reached by email at phillip.d.baker@gmail.com if you want to contact me or comment privately on anything written here. This blog is powered by Wordpress and the impressive Magatheme by Brian Helmig amazing Thesis Framework. Since it’s a new blog there might still be some changes to the layout, please bare with me, I just couldn’t wait any longer to start posting.

Posted on March 5, 2009