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”
“Apache was not created to host subversion but in those early days its main value...”
– Apache considered harmful
“for me the definition of an artist is “to animate the magic inherent in the...”
– Emily’s Playground
“I didn’t have to think of myself as a visual artist to be an artist. Being an...”
– Emily’s Playground
“when somebody tries to measure something intangible—like the value of...”
– The Value of Content, Part 2: Nobody’s Perfect « Brain Traffic Blog
“Learning code is not about numbers and mathematics. It’s more like architecture,...”
– Learn to code, get a job - CNN.com
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“CNBC-ized news emphasizes speed over depth, immediacy over context, internal...”
– A Narrowed Gaze : CJR
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
“digital technology has chopped the audience up in to little pieces and...”
– What newsrooms should learn from Kodak | yelvington.com
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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...
“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
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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
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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.
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“Putting ideas down on paper is the first step toward creating something – once...”
– “Put your ideas to paper” ─ revolutions.is
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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
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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
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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
“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
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...
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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
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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
“In the short term, Eastern Europe’s most important innovations won’t necessarily...”
– Eastern Europe: Innovation’s hidden hub - The Washington Post
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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)
“The study of word processing may sound like a peculiarly tech-minded task for an...”
– A Literary History of Word Processing - NYTimes.com
How Charles tried to oust Isaac from Cambridge. |... →
via @tcarmody
“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
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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
“Because an organization’s structure and how its groups work together may have...”
– Why Companies Fail to Innovate | Fast Company
Sounds like newspapers
“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
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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
“The problem isn’t that specialised companies lack the data they need, it’s that...”
– A Data State of Mind | Think Quarterly
“It’s like a great concert: you need a Mozart or a Chopin to write wonderful...”
– A Data State of Mind | Think Quarterly
“Meteorologists are one group that has a ready grasp of this idea. They receive a...”
– A Data State of Mind | Think Quarterly
“People unable to focus are more likely to consider information that might seem...”
– Jonah Lehrer on Distractions, ADHD and Creativity | Head Case - WSJ.com
“What goals can be set that people find interesting? What skills can people learn...”
– Can you thrive on a sinking ship? « Scott Berkun
“If technology is one of the major sources of power in the world, then it is...”
– Jonathan Stray » Making Things out of Fire
“the real value might be found not in publishing more news on increasingly less...”
– Nieman Reports | An Antidote for Web Overload
“the size of an organization is rarely a deciding factor: it’s the organization’s...”
– Can big organizations innovate? Yes. « Scott Berkun
“The hard part of professional journalism going forward is writing about what...”
– Seth’s Blog: The new lazy journalism
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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
“people who think the Web is killing off serendipity are not using it correctly.”
– stevenberlinjohnson.com: Anatomy Of An Idea
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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
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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
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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.”