Thinking about memory, association, and identification
A lesson in memory. I showed up ten minutes early for a meeting this morning at Sweetish Hill, paid for […]
Uncategorized
Democracy, Politics
Taking leave of our consensus
Tree Bressen, guest-posting at Dave Pollard’s “How to Save the World” blog, has a helpful summary of consensus process mistakes
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What you really need to know about the state of the world
Tying a few things together here, starting with the mysterious 8-foot Lego Man that “washed up” on a Florida beach.
Futures, Media
Apple’s convergent television: “I finally cracked it!”
We’ve been hearing for two decades now about television/computer/Internet convergence. Televisions sets today are advanced digital products, and we connect
Democracy, Politics
Call me Trim Tab
We’re packing for a move, and when you move it shakes out all the dust and skittering spiders in your
Community, Events, Futures, Teaching and Learning, Technology
Contact Summit: “It’s time to take back the net”
This week, on October 20, a diverse assortment of forward-thinking, Internet-savvy, solutions-oriented people gathered in New York City for Contact
Business, Design, Futures
Forward thinking about the competitive workplace
Earlier this week I attended a breakfast panel sponsored by Gensler (http://www.gensler.com), an architecture, design, planning and consultation firm that
Democracy, Economy, Futures, Politics
What #OccupyWallStreet is about
#OccupyWallStreet is just the sort of movement I’ve been expecting. It’s a true grassroots movement catalyzed and sustained by social
Economy, Politics
Occupy ABC’s This Week
Update: link to a transcript of La Greca on This Week at DailyKos DailyKos blogger Jesse LaGreca was eloquent and
Innovation, News, Technology
RIP Insanely Great Steve Jobs
When Steve Jobs left Apple recently, what seemed like premature obituaries started appearing, so he had the unusual opportunity to
Environment/Climate, Innovation, Sustainability
Alex Steffen at SXSW Eco: Carbon Zero
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Futures, Innovation
Neal Stephenson on Innovation Starvation
“The imperative to develop new technologies and implement them on a heroic scale no longer seems like the childish preoccupation