#Occupy clustering and coping
Micah Sifry writes that “Rapid growth is going to stress the #OWS [Occupy Wall Street] movement,” and he talks about […]
Organization, Politics, Social Media
Cinema, Media
Roger Ebert: “a first-rate second-rate memoirist”
Maureen Dowd writes about Roger Ebert’s memoir, and about the disfiguring surgical failures that have rendered him unable to speak,
Business, Community, Consciousness, Environment/Climate, Sustainability
Worldchanging Interview with Jean Russell on Thrivability (2009)
In September 2009, Worldchanging published my interview with thrivability consultant Jean Russell. I’m republishing the interview here in its entirety.
Gamification, Science, Technology
Gamification of HIV Research
Online gamers playing a game called Foldit “cracked a key protein structure problem that has had scientists scratching their heads
Business, Media
Netflix fixes the wrong problem
Word on the street is that Netflix subscribers are fleeing because of recent rate increases; the company hopes to fix
Futures, Government, News, Organization, Politics, Science
Fires, storms, and the crisis of authority
Of course we’ve been tracking the fires in the Austin area, especially the massive complex fire in Bastrop, and I’ve
Technology
True cyborgs: “disabled patients mind-meld with robots”
Disabled patients are learning to use robot extensions directed by brain activity, currently in a limited way – but tests
4th Way, Science, Space
Tracks on the Moon
Nasa’s lunar reconnaissance orbiter caught a nice shot of the Apollo landing site, including tracks left by astronauts in 1969-72.
Freedom to Connect, Future of the Internet, Networks, Technology
How should the Internet be governed?
This piece hints at the politicization of the Internet and the complexity of its future. The Internet Corporation for Assigned
Social Media
The U.S. Navy has a clue about Google+
Google+ is my social tool of choice these days, feeling more functional and valuable than Facebook, Twitter, et al. This
Business, Futures, Teaching and Learning
1 Semester Startup
In the first decade of the 2000s, I was fired up about the potential for an energized entrepreneurial scene to
Aesthetic Bliss, Augmented Reality, Technology
Bruce Sterling: Augmented Reality and “Dead Drops”
Bruce Sterling’s been “Visionary in Residence” again this summer at the Pasadena Art Center, where he’s been in cyborg mode,
Economy
Notes on the financial crisis
John Robb connects the fall of the US Empire, like the fall of the Soviet empire, to central planning, but
Uncategorized
Thinking about the future of online marketing
Notice a lot of ads and marketing activity in your virtual ‘hood? Other forms of media are moving online, so