A neat article in Salon, by Garrison Keillor – America is cool: > “The world expects us to elect pompous yahoos and instead we have us a 47-year-old prince from the prairie who cheerfully ran the race, and when his opponents threw sand at him, he just smiled back. He’ll be...
Scott Kirsner of the Innovation Economy blog, as well of the Boston Globe says that: > “To me, the biggest way to make Boston more competitive and innovative right now is to do a better job connecting students wi...
[On Tuesday, Chris and I volunteered for Barack Obama. I got a very interesting perspective on the election process in the US, and to tell you the truth, it wa...
I am not at all sure what to make of this. But a friend of mine pointed me to some of the following postings and reports which are interesting, and if true, highly disturbing. - Attorney Cliff Arnebeck on how the [Ohio Election was/might have ...
Check out this weird new practice called 5S: > “5S is a key concept of the lean manufacturing techniques that have made makers of everything from cars to candy bars more efficient. The S’s stand for sort, straighten, shine, standardize and sustain. Lately, 5S has been moving from the plant floor to the cubicle at hundreds of offices around the country, adding desk cleaning to the growing list of demands on employees.” fromWall Street Journal I am so happy that I don’t have to work in such an environment! http://s.wsj.net/media/swf/main.swf
Check out this post Field notes from a Nature Conservancy meeting: > “First, the Nature Conservancy has a strongly science-based policy for making land-purchasing decisions. They take into account...
Check out this post Evidence of a Global SuperOrganism: > “So far the proposition that a global superorganism is forming along the internet power lines has been treated as a lyrical metaphor at best, and as a mystical illusion at ...
This has been my all time favorite conference. Unfortunately I can’t make it this year. However, here it is, streaming LIVE from Camden. Wish I was there! Click here to see the live stream from Pop!Tech
This has been picked up all over the place, so you might have already seen it. I thought it was good. There are many sections that are quotable, I pick just one. You should just read the whole thing, as I said, [picked up](http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2008/10/17/hedge-fund-manage...
Halo, from HP. Really? Unfortunately it is outrageously expensive. Can’t find the number online but I heard 50-100K. > “The Halo studio—designed by DreamWorks Animation in partnership with HP—provides life-size, real-time, eye-to-eye conferencing with outstanding audio and no delay. Halo gives the sense of being in the same room together. And best of all, it’s right down the hall.” (from Introducing Halo)