Got an email from Hylton Joliffe at Corante last week about the FASTforward conference and the opportunity to contribute to the FASTforward blog in advance of the conference. The topics are squarely within my interests and I’ve had some good experiences with FAST through my ongoing interactions with the folks at Traction Software, so it [...]
I found this little experiment while tracking down a new blog reference out of a magazine column that I was reading while waiting for my laptop to boot. Serendipitous enough? Not entirely clear whether I will ever visit either place again, but in the interests of research (however loosely defined) here goes. Measuring the speed [...]
It’s always fascinating to look backwards every now and then to grasp just how far and fast things have come. A short review of the history of the web: 15 years. It really seems like the web has existed much longer – like it’s always been there. Link to 15 year history of the web…
The 20 minutes I spent watching this presentation from the TED conference last February is among the most useful 20 minues I have invested in the last months. Rosling is an extraordinary presenter and he conveys key insights about how the world economy and public health have been trending over the last 40 years. You should [...]
[Cross posted at Future Tense] Another excellent resource courtesy of James Robertson at Column Two. Good mental models are especially relevant in knowledge work arenas where so much of what we do tends to be invisible. This checklist should help you improve the models you make, whether for your own use or for broader consumption. [...]
I just want to reinforce this point. It may be the single strongest reason why I continue to blog. Is there anyone out there who doesn’t need some more new old friends? Picking up the Conversation Where We Left Off Shel Israel has a post today about one of the most gratifying and unintended consequences [...]
Bob Frankston has had several recent posts illuminating the long-term strategic blindness of competitors pursuing doomed approaches to Digital Restrictions Management (DRM). The short and sweet version: DRM vs the Bathroom. For those who found my recent DRM post too complicated I’ll put it more simply. There are those who believe that I must not [...]
Some interesting tidbits from Gates about computing in the educational arena. The Chronicle of Higher Education has nicely placed the interview outside of their usual paywall. The Chronicle Interviews Bill Gates. Bill Gates offered some predictions of the future and a defense of Microsoft’s security practices, in an exclusive interview with The Chronicle’s Andrea L. [...]
Shortly after last December’s tsunami, Dina Mehta and a group of fellow bloggers began what started as a blog (The South East Asia Earthquake and Tsunami Blog), grew into a wiki, and became an important experiment and case example of the power of new technologies to support and amplify bottoms-up organizational invention. She’s now written [...]
Is there some procedure in law school that surgically removes any shred of common sense or is it some on-the-job thing you pick up working in particular industries? It smacks of Aristotleian science where any attempt to observe the actual phenomenon was irrelevant in the face of authority. Or for those of a more New [...]
