January 2012
23 posts
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“The underlying theme or premise of a lot of my work is that people have a hard...”
– The Future Is a Faded Song: Douglas Rushkoff on the Groundbreaking “ADD” < PopMatters Interesting commentary on real-world “operating systems”
Jan 28th
“Apache was not created to host subversion but in those early days its main value...”
– Apache considered harmful
Jan 24th
“for me the definition of an artist is “to animate the magic inherent in the...”
– Emily’s Playground
Jan 18th
“I didn’t have to think of myself as a visual artist to be an artist. Being an...”
– Emily’s Playground
Jan 18th
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“when somebody tries to measure something intangible—like the value of...”
– The Value of Content, Part 2: Nobody’s Perfect « Brain Traffic Blog
Jan 17th
“Learning code is not about numbers and mathematics. It’s more like architecture,...”
– Learn to code, get a job - CNN.com
Jan 17th
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“CNBC-ized news emphasizes speed over depth, immediacy over context, internal...”
– A Narrowed Gaze : CJR
Jan 16th
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“When designs fail to provide an appropriate next step for users it stops them in...”
– Designing for the Next Step « « Bokardo Bokardo
Jan 16th
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“If you’re a tech company or a marketer, your goal is to be the first thing...”
– Seth’s Blog: The first thing you do when you sit down at the computer
Jan 12th
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“Always approach a problem on its own terms. Do not trust your first perspective...”
– Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking | Psychology Today
Jan 11th
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“You do not see things as they are; you see them as you are. Interpret your own...”
– Twelve Things You Were Not Taught in School About Creative Thinking | Psychology Today
Jan 11th
Jan 10th
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“- Every meeting must have one clear decision maker. If there’s no decision...”
– How Larry Page Changed Meetings At Google After Taking Over Last Spring
Jan 10th
“digital technology has chopped the audience up in to little pieces and...”
– What newsrooms should learn from Kodak | yelvington.com
Jan 8th
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Predicting the Future of Computing - Interactive... →
Since no supercomputer can yet predict the future, we need your help. Readers are invited to make predictions and collaboratively edit this timeline, which is divided into three sections: a sampling of past advances, future predictions that you can push forward or backward in time (but not, of course, into the past), and a form for making and voting on predictions. The most prescient prophet might...
Jan 8th
“Apart from coding, what better way is there to get kids excited about computing...”
– What I learned about the future of computing from delving into IT’s past - Silicon.com Mobile
Jan 7th
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“Network analysis is not just about maps. Once a map is drawn, you can measure...”
– Revealing Economic Terrorists: a Slumlord Conspiracy
Jan 6th
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“Welcome to Social Dimension, a blog devoted to the math behind understanding...”
– Welcome to Social Dimension | Wired Science | Wired.com I think I’m really going to like this blog.
Jan 4th
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“Putting ideas down on paper is the first step toward creating something – once...”
– “Put your ideas to paper” ─ revolutions.is
Jan 3rd
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“We’re working with a bunch of other organizations to make sure 2012 is the year...”
– Resolution: Learn to code in 2012. Here’s how you can start | VentureBeat
Jan 2nd
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“We’re not trying to encourage longer stories, per se,” says Harris,...”
– Cowbird: An Anti-Facebook For Sharing Stories, Not Just Updates | Co.Design
Jan 2nd
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“The truth about building something you’re not used to making is that it forces...”
– An expansive definition of design – The Society for News Design – SND
Jan 2nd
“We get our ideas from what I’m going to call for a moment our unconscious — the...”
– John Cleese on the Origin of Creativity | Open Culture
Jan 1st
December 2011
31 posts
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“The scientific method has changed life, culture and everything, and set the...”
– THE GREATEST INVENTION IS THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD | More Intelligent Life I agree with everything Highfield says, except for his conclusion. You have to deconstruct even further and more fundamental for the truly greatest invention, which Tom Standage says was writing. That instantly resonated with...
Dec 30th
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“The greatest invention of all must surely be writing. It is not just one of the...”
– WRITING IS THE GREATEST INVENTION | More Intelligent Life
Dec 30th
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“I was thinking about the three-year rule while reading about Malcolm...”
– Do something new every three years - The Long Tail - Wired Blogs
Dec 29th
“In the short term, Eastern Europe’s most important innovations won’t necessarily...”
– Eastern Europe: Innovation’s hidden hub - The Washington Post
Dec 29th
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““Growing and learning often involves failure and can be embarrassing,” Owens...”
– Humble leaders are more effective and better liked: study - Indian Express (via Annie Murphy Paul)
Dec 28th
“The study of word processing may sound like a peculiarly tech-minded task for an...”
– A Literary History of Word Processing - NYTimes.com
Dec 28th
How Charles tried to oust Isaac from Cambridge. |... →
via @tcarmody
Dec 28th
“The real problem with the DIKW pyramid is that it’s a pyramid. The image that...”
– The Problem with the Data-Information-Knowledge-Wisdom Hierarchy - David Weinberger - Harvard Business Review
Dec 28th
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Dec 27th
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“students typically will ask this question: what is a useful for? And if a child...”
– To Make Algebra Fun, Rethink The Problem : NPR
Dec 27th
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“Because an organization’s structure and how its groups work together may have...”
– Why Companies Fail to Innovate | Fast Company Sounds like newspapers
Dec 27th
“The best books always give us an opportunity to organize our...”
– Malcolm Gladwell Has No Idea Why “The Tipping Point” Was A Hit | Fast Company
Dec 26th
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“In any business, finding a supply chain inefficiency and coming up with a...”
– Disruptive Innovation—One Pair of Glasses at a Time | Inc.com
Dec 26th
“The problem isn’t that specialised companies lack the data they need, it’s that...”
– A Data State of Mind | Think Quarterly
Dec 26th
“It’s like a great concert: you need a Mozart or a Chopin to write wonderful...”
– A Data State of Mind | Think Quarterly
Dec 26th
“Meteorologists are one group that has a ready grasp of this idea. They receive a...”
– A Data State of Mind | Think Quarterly
Dec 26th
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“People unable to focus are more likely to consider information that might seem...”
– Jonah Lehrer on Distractions, ADHD and Creativity | Head Case - WSJ.com
Dec 25th
“What goals can be set that people find interesting? What skills can people learn...”
– Can you thrive on a sinking ship? « Scott Berkun
Dec 25th
“If technology is one of the major sources of power in the world, then it is...”
– Jonathan Stray » Making Things out of Fire
Dec 25th
“the real value might be found not in publishing more news on increasingly less...”
– Nieman Reports | An Antidote for Web Overload
Dec 25th
“the size of an organization is rarely a deciding factor: it’s the organization’s...”
– Can big organizations innovate? Yes. « Scott Berkun
Dec 25th
“The hard part of professional journalism going forward is writing about what...”
– Seth’s Blog: The new lazy journalism
Dec 25th
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“Before we talk about how to measure content, let’s talk about measurement...”
– The value of content, part 2: Nobody’s perfect
Dec 25th
“people who think the Web is killing off serendipity are not using it correctly.”
– stevenberlinjohnson.com: Anatomy Of An Idea
Dec 25th
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“Being a great workplace is the result of a long-term investment in their...”
– What Great Companies Know About Culture - Deidre H. Campbell - Harvard Business Review
Dec 25th
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“In science, as in many other areas, words matter. Words are metaphors that put...”
– The New Meanings of How and Why in Biology? | A Blog Around The Clock, Scientific American Blog Network
Dec 19th
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“if you do what Apple does — pay extraordinary attention to user experience; make...”
– inessential.com: The Readable Future via Andrew Spittle, who shared this line: “No app built for reading starts with the premise that the publisher has done an acceptable job.”
Dec 15th