Entries Tagged as 'Ideas'
Dangerous Ideas (July 28th, 2010 - 933 views)
When Dave Pollard saw the Edge Foundation‘s bland, disconnected answers to the question “What is your dangerous idea?” he decided that he should put together his own list of ideas. “There are ideas that threaten deeply-entrenched ideas and strongly-held, widely-held beliefs. Because those who they threaten will do almost anything to prevent them becoming widely accepted. And [...]
Winter hibernation with Pareto (June 10th, 2010 - 593 views)
Gilligan’s Fish and Chips in Barwon Heads know that they do 85% of their sales over summer, so they have decided make the most of it by closing for 4 months of quiet winter hibernation! Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto observed in 1906 that 80% of the land in Italy was owned by 20% of the population, [...]
Networking Awesomely with people everywhere (May 14th, 2010 - 939 views)
The way I think about networking has evolved with the realisation that we have got people everywhere now. We are more connected than ever before and the new messaging networks we use mean that we are now linked with everything in the world through only a few degrees. These connections have always been there, but [...]
Minimalists blogging (April 30th, 2010 - 1,116 views)
the less constraints you have the more agile you can be. minimalism describes the pendulum away from the consumerist behaviour of today, towards a simpler way of living that steps more lightly on the world. it is about clearing non-essentials to gain focus and clarity. these five blogs from four bloggers have been writing some [...]
What have you done that’s interesting to me right now? (April 14th, 2010 - 449 views)
I have been particularly interested in how to search the collective consciousness and also in how we can mine these information flows for sentiment (tip: it’s not an easy task!) especially since they are all becoming realtime now. There is a huge amount of activity in the social web profile analytics space right now because [...]
