May 22, 2013

• LUIS SUAREZ | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013
  	The Future of Work by 2020 'Fascinating topic, don’t you think? And here we are, still in 2013, and already thinking about what the workplace of the future would be like by 2020. Well, one thing for sure is that it won’t be anything like we have today or what we may have had over the course of the last 50 years. They have never been the same. Or not. MORE >>

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• TED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

  Further reading on what makes a good end of life 'Judy Macdonald Johnston speaks at TED University, where audience members from TED2013 get the chance to speak. What would be a good end of life?” Judy Macdonald Johnston asks in today’s talk , given at TED2013. Second, recruit advocates who have “the time and proximity to do this job well” and can thrive under the unique pressures of this task. MORE >>

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• JAY CROSS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013
  	The Tale of Two Cultures 'Effectiveness,  Chief Learning Officer magazine, June 2013. This is the article as submitted; the printed version may vary. Most columnists in CLO magazine advocate something they’re sure of. This column is different: it’s about an issue I’m not at all sure of but I think it important and would enjoy getting your opinion.   . Wikipedia). Picasso. MORE >>

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• BETH KANTER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013
  	Book Review: Cause for Change 'I’m getting a jump on my summer reading!    Colleagues Kari Dunn Saratovsky and Derrick Feldmann have published a new book called Cause for Change:  The Why and How of Nonprofit Millennial Engagement. The book is a great read for nonprofit leaders of all generations. Focus on the 3 R’s  (Recruitment, Retention, and Recognition). Books MORE >>

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• DOC SEARLS | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

  2013_05_22 link pile 'How the Decline of the Traditional Workplace Is Changing Our Cities , by Emily Badger. American ISPs are now hated even more than airlines , By Brad Reed. Hollywood studios attempt to censor Pirate Bay documentary. High plains aquifer running out. Graphic. Google tweaks search. And That’s The Problem.) , in The Liberty Crier. MORE >>

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• TED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013

  TED news in brief: Esther Perel on female libido, an update on Henry Markram’s supercomputer brain, and more 'Below, take a look at some of the TED speakers and Fellows who are cropping up in the news this week. Esther Perel: The secret to desire in a long-term relationship Lybrido, a drug to treat women with low libido, is in clinical trials and could be presented to the FDA for review as early as this summer. This mix-up is a bad omen for sex. Seriously. MORE >>

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• TED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 2013
  	TEDxSydney sets up at the Opera House: A timelapse 'On May 4, a TEDx event took place in one of the most architecturally recognizable sites in the world — the Sydney Opera House. Here, with the help of The MilkBar , the organizers of TEDxSydney captured the event from dawn to dusk and compressed it all into 78 seconds. Watch talks from the event ». MORE >>

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May 21, 2013

• DONALD CLARK PLAN B | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
  	Report on 6 MOOCs turns up 10 surprises 'Great report from the University of Edinburgh on their six 2013 Coursera MOOCs. The report has good data, tries to separate out active learners from window shoppers and not short on surprises. It’s a rich resource and a follow up report is promised. Large no of enrolments (309,628) 2. Age spread 3. Huge subject-sensitive gender range (13-87%) 4. MORE >>

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• HAROLD JARCHE | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
  	Networked individuals trump organizations '2005 was the year when more than 50% of US workers’ occupations involved non-routine cognitive work, that long-awaited milestone. Stowe Boyd. “Work has become distributed, discontinuous, and decentralized, hence, 3D” , says Stowe. As hyperlinks subvert hierarchy , so does work fragmentation subvert organizations. – Ross Dawson. MORE >>

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• CLARK QUINN | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
  	JSB #astd2013 Keynote Mindmap 'John Seely Brown spoke eloquently on extreme learning for coping with extreme change, e.g. now. He talked about how extreme learning resembles play and challenged us to create environments where imagination could flourish. meta-learning social strategy MORE >>

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• TED | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
  	A library revolution, started in part by Jane McGonigal’s TED Talk 'Libraries are generally where you go to check out books; not where you go if you want to write one. This is an old assumption that Librii — a concept for a community-based, digitally-enhanced series of libraries in the developing world — would like to flip on its head. It will even generate revenue for the community. MORE >>

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• ROSS DAWSON | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

  We are on track for 518% global economic growth this half-century 'Yesterday I gave an executive briefing to a senior team tasked with generating major new revenue opportunities for their organization. My presentation delved into the drivers of change in economic structure, individual and societal behaviours, the shape of cities, the role of government, and the implications for the elderly of demographic change. MORE >>

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• TED | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

  Responding to the petition to disinvite George Papandreou from TEDGlobal 'An  online petition  was posted early this past weekend, asking that “the TEDGlobal conference organizers remove George Papandreou from the speakers list.” ” Papandreou is the former prime minister of Greece. He was prime minister in 2009, when the euro crisis flared up. That’s why we invited him to TEDGlobal. What MORE >>

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• DAN PONTEFRACT | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
  	Let’s N-Screen the Classroom 'I used to be one of those educators. There was a time when I wanted singular focus — an unadulterated fixation on my scintillating sermon — from every set of eyeballs when I was on stage in the classroom. was raised to believe the educator was the ‘ sage on the stage’ Maybe you were too? Maybe you still are? Get over it. MORE >>

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• TED | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

  Crowdsourcing limitations: How you can become a part of Phil Hansen’s latest art piece 'As an artist, I’m always interested in looking at the defining moments in our lives, understanding how these moments affect us and finding different ways to represent them. Phil Hansen: Embrace the shake We all face limitations. had the amazing opportunity to share my story at the TED conference this year. And what kind of insights would we have? MORE >>

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• BETH KANTER | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

  Heartland Pride: Winner of the #npfail Little Bets Contest 'Last month, during the  Nonprofit Technology Conference plenary session on placing little bets and learning from failure ,  we  issued a challenge to 1,000 nonprofits  in the audience. Let’s do more than just give failure lip service,  let’s put it into practice and share learning from a failure or placing a “Little Bet.” 13ntcbets ow.ly/k24ok. MORE >>

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• TED | TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013

  The World on its Head: A Q&A about the ideas behind this exciting TEDGlobal session 'TEDGlobal 2013 guest curators Nassim Assefi and Gabriella Gomez-Mont share how they created the session, “The World on Its Head,” which will make you rethink the global order. Session 6 of TEDGlobal 2013 has a captivating title: “The World on its Head.” Where did the theme “The World on Its Head” come from? MORE >>

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May 20, 2013

• HAROLD JARCHE | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
  	Social tools or tools that are social? 'They might all be called ‘social networks’, but Facebook is very different from Twitter, which is very different from Instagram, which is very different from Foursquare. The logic of business simply dictates it. – Dmitry Valyanov (Venture Beat). Is there a need for a wide variety of enterprise social tools? CMS Wire. ” - ZDNet. MORE >>

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• DONALD CLARK PLAN B | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

  Futurelearn MOOC: 10 Qestions: When, who, what, cost, funding, courses, look, pedagogy? 'Paid top dollar to attend a MOOC conference by UK Universities in which Martin Bean (Vice Chancellor of Open University) and Simon Nelson (CEO of Futurelearn) were to give talks. Although the conference was about MOOCs and online learning, most of Simon’s talk was about the BBC. That was fine but not entirely relevant. When’s it coming? MORE >>

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• DOC SEARLS | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

  Flickr to Pro customers: no change 'Flickr has updated its service. For me, this appears in the form of index page copy that begins, Dear Doc, as a Pro member continue to enjoy the benefits of unlimited space, an ad free experience and stats. For non-paying users, there is this, from the index page as it appears on a browser that doesn’t know I’m a Pro member: Smile. MORE >>

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• TED | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
  	20+ resources for better giving and living a more altruistic life 'Peter Singer explains the “effective altruism” movement at TED2013. Photo: James Duncan Davidson. Every day, most of us do something morally indefensible — we go about our lives without sending help to the 6.9 million children under the age of 5 who will die this year from poverty-related disease. asks Singer. Of those 6.9 MORE >>

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• DOC SEARLS | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

  What’s right with QR codes 'I first heard QR codes called “robot barf” yesterday, when  JP  said it. Got a good laugh out of it too, because: yeah, if a robot could barf, that’s what it would look like. Digging back, it looks like the first source of the joke is Andy Roberts here , or Jon Mitchell here, both of whom posted on 27 October, 2011. Go read it. MORE >>

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• TED | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

  North Korean defector Hyeonseo Lee reunited with the man who saved her family 'TED speaker Hyeonseo Lee (right) meets Dick Stolp (left), the kind stranger who gave her a wad of cash to help get her family out of jail four years ago. Photo: SBS. total stranger helped Hyeonseo Lee pay her mother and brother’s way out of jail as they fled from North Korea. With the money to use as a bribe, Lee’s family was able to escape. MORE >>

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• BETH KANTER | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013
  	Trainer’s Notebook: The Art of Good Openings and Closings 'Sunrise on Sacred Maori Land outside of Auckland, NZ. ” I started with a full-day workshop outside of Auckland called “The Networked NGO in New Zealand,” this workshop was for activist organizations and focused on strategy, measurement, and best practices for managing and implementing social media as a network. Walking Debrief. MORE >>

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• TED | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

  Turning Haiti, Tunisia and the West Bank inside out: A documentary on JR’s worldwide participatory art project to air on HBO tonight '“We use images like a weapon to fight for social causes,” says a man in the trailer for INSIDE OUT: The People’s Art Project , a new documentary that airs on HBO tonight. To date, more than 130,000 INSIDE OUT posters have been pasted in more than 100 countries. Now it’s people—Tunisians.”. MORE >>

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• JANE HART | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

  How to organise a formal online social learning experience for the workplace – aka a corporate-mini-c-MOOC! 'Online social workshop at the Social Learning Centre starts Monday 27 May. ¦ [.]. Social learning MORE >>

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• PSYBLOG | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

  How to Pick a Winner: A Psychological Trick to Improve the Odds 'Does thinking too specifically about a bet make you more likely to lose? I''m not, as they say, a betting man; but if I were I''d put down the form book and spend my time studying a new paper by Yoon et al. 2013) published in Psychological Science. In their first test of the idea they looked at 1.9 of the time. The experiments. to 53.5% to 50.4%. MORE >>

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• The New Yorker Caption Contest is making me an embittered, broken man DAVID WEINBERGER | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

• Fuel cell symphonies and art from gift bag wrappers: The Reimagine Project launches with the TEDActive 2013 artists-in-residence TED | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

• [misc] The loneliness of the long distance ISBN DAVID WEINBERGER | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

• Organising a formal online social learning experience for the workplace JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | MONDAY, MAY 20, 2013

May 19, 2013

• DOC SEARLS | SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013

  What can people do with data that companies alone can’t? 'After six years on the VRM case, it seems obvious to me that individuals need to be the points of integration for their own data — and of data about them, held by companies. So, to help with that, here are a few starters: Quantified self data. The list goes on, and can get very long — especially when you integrate it with the other stuff below. MORE >>

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• TED | SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2013

  New playlist: The big picture 'Ready for a Sunday binge that will make your head spin? Twelve speakers take on our biggest issues: shifting global powers, the value of democracy, climate change, time, the human race. It’s not all bad news, but it’s likely you’ll end up with more questions than answers. Global Issues playlist MORE >>

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May 18, 2013

• DONALD CLARK PLAN B | SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013

  MOOC on Human-Computer Interaction: 7 fails in screen design 'Enjoying Stanford’s Coursera MOOC on Human-Computer Interaction but (oh the irony) the screen design and pedagogy of the many videos, is awful. Don’t get me wrong, it’s easy to use, has good content and I’m getting what I thought I’d get. It is very video heavy, which is OK, let’s face it most HE courses are lecture heavy. Read the research guys. MORE >>

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• LUIS SUAREZ | SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013
  	How Social Networking Can Improve Work Meetings 'I am not too sure whether meetings lower our IQ or whether they make us all more stupid, as my good friend Stowe Boyd reflected on a recent blog post , but I can certainly confirm they do take a toll on your own productivity. But perhaps enough is enough. And here is the funny thing. Well, that’s not really accurate. . Or, perhaps not. . MORE >>

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• TED | SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013

  TED Weekends investigates why we judge others 'Rebecca Saxe speaks at TEDGlobal 2009. Photo: James Duncan Davidson. Above and slightly behind your right ear, exists a part of your brain many scientists believe is specifically dedicated to thinking about other people’s thoughts – to predicting them, reading them, and empathizing with them. Rebecca Saxe: Learning to Read Someone Else’s Mind. MORE >>

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• DOC SEARLS | SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013

  2013_05_19 link pile 'Data. The Man Who Turned Off Cookies In Firefox Doesn’t Care If It Hurts Advertisers. Dynamic pricing vs./+ savvy consumers. Mozilla stalls on privacy patch: ‘needs more work’ A shortage of privacy engineers , by Lorrie Faith Cranor and Norman Sadeh, both of CMU. Big Data makes the movies. Little Data Makes Big Data More Powerful. MORE >>

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May 17, 2013

• DAVID WEINBERGER | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013

  Lobby for FaceBook, Yahoo, NewsCorp and Elsevier opposes the White House Open Access order, among others 'Peter Suber points out that FaceBook, Yahoo, Elsevier and Yahoo have joined the NetChoice.org lobby that has issued a clarion call against open access that blurs the line between lies and gibberish. Peter blows the statements apart, leaving nothing but clean air and a whiff of ozone. But they have it all bollixed up. MORE >>

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• ANDY MCAFEE | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  	The Modern Mantra: “Instrument, Analyze, Tune” 'An interesting article by James R. Hagerty  in the  Journal  yesterday tells how lots of manufacturers, including Raytheon, GE, and Harley are installing tons of gear to monitor every element of their processes, from the speed of fans in a paint booth to the number of times a screw is turned as it’s being inserted. MORE >>

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• TED | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013

  Our thoughts on using Google Glass so far, plus videos that show what it can do 'Sergey Brin shows a demo video of Google Glass at TED2013. In today’s talk, he reveals the big idea behind the project. Photo: James Duncan Davidson. As Google heads into day three of its I/O developer conference in San Francisco, and as members of Congress express concerns about the new technology , it’s an especially fitting talk for today. MORE >>

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• TED | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013

  From appalled to applauding: Reactions to Meg Jay’s controversial talk about 20-somethings 'Meg Jay’s talk on 20-somethings from TED2013 has started some very intense conversations online. Here, excerpts. Photo: James Duncan Davidson. Monday’s TED Talk, “ Meg Jay: Why 30 is not the new 20 ,” has been a runaway hit: five days later, it has nearly 600,000 views and almost 200 comments on TED.com alone. So what’s going on? MORE >>

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• TED | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013

  Your weekend reading: The case against empathy, gorgeous photos from the NatGeo contest 'If you can only digest six awesome pieces of Internet content this week (plus one congrats), look no further. Here’s a round-up of the best stories on the webs this week. Paul Bloom: The origins of pleasure. The New Yorker ]. 42 truly stunning photos from the 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest. The Atlantic ]. New Yorker blog ]. MORE >>

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• TED | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013
  	An in-office TED all about design 'Paola Antonelli, MoMA’s design curator, talks about why she acquired 14 video games for the museum’s collection at an event in our office called “Design is Everywhere.” ” Photo: Ryan Lash. Whether we’re conscious of it or not, design affects us in hundreds — if not thousands of ways — each day. MORE >>

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• TED | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013

  Only connect!: Fellows Friday with Erik Hersman, on the rise of his go-anywhere modem BRCK 'Five years ago, the non-profit tech company  Ushahidi exploited existing technology to create a powerful platform that allowed users to crowdsource crisis information sent over SMS. Now the Kenyan company is set to do the same with the BRCK , a wireless, rugged, battery-powered modem ready for any environment. Same thing with the BRCK. MORE >>

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• TED | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013

  Giving It Away: TED Radio Hour examines generosity and philanthropy 'How can we give in better and smarter ways? This week’s new episode of TED Radio Hour explores the effects of giving – of your money, your time and your love. As our consciousness of philanthropy is shifting towards crowdsourcing and justice-centered discourse, people begin to self-organize around the causes they are passionate about. MORE >>

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• TED | FRIDAY, MAY 17, 2013

  X marks the spot: TEDx event brings hope after bombing, plus this week’s TEDx Talks 'The TEDxBahrialUKarachi show went on, despite a bombing in the city the day of the event. To give hope. Photo: TEDxBahrialUKarachi. The city of Karachi, Pakistan, was on lockdown after bomb blasts claimed 57 lives in the midst of a tumultuous election. And on the day of TEDxBahriaUKarachi , yet another bomb shocked the area. Filmed at TEDxSydney.). MORE >>

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May 16, 2013

• EUEN SEMPLE | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

  The Internet is an energy management system '"My friends, family and acquaintances are all on Facebook, where they add up to a bustling community I enjoy being part of. More than any particular feature that Mark Zuckerberg and company have cooked up, it’s the people in my life that make Facebook, well, Facebook. The conversations are less warm, personal and interesting. MORE >>

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• HAROLD JARCHE | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  	Shifting work 'Note: this is a synthesis of several previous posts. The death of middle class jobs ( Associated Press ): As software becomes even more sophisticated, victims are expected to include those who juggle tasks, such as supervisors and managers — workers who thought they were protected by a college degree. Today it is less than 10%. MORE >>

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• DAN PINK | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

  The 6 essential lessons of a satisfying, productive career 'Just in time for graduation season, Johnny Bunko  is here to remind you of the 6 essential lessons of any satisfying, productive career: 1. There is no plan. Make decisions for fundamental, not instrumental, reasons. Think strengths, not weaknesses. What do you consistently do well? What gives you energy rather than drains it? Leave an imprint.  . MORE >>

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• TED | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

  21 everyday objects you can hack, from a bacon sandwich to a pencil to your cat 'Jay Silver demonstrates how a cat’s water bowl can be rigged to take photos as the kitty drinks. Photo: Ryan Lash. MaKey MaKey — the kit that encourages you to rig a banana piano or control a video game with a pencil-etchings — was one of the most successful projects on Kickstarter in 2012. m going to use them a different way.”. MORE >>

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• ROSS DAWSON | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

  Economic structural change is NOT industry compositional change 'I am currently preparing a number of keynotes for senior business audiences over coming weeks. In preliminary conversations with one group I encountered a very common and deeply misleading view of how business is changing today. This perspective is prevalent with economists, who like to predicts shifts in industries over time. The first reason. MORE >>

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• TED | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  	Jamie Oliver gears up for Food Revolution Day on May 17 'Tomorrow is a holiday, and one you can celebrate simply by eating. Jamie Oliver's TED Prize wish: Teach every child about food Jamie Oliver, who won the TED Prize in 2010, has declared May 17 as Food Revolution Day. Anyone is also welcome to get involved by sharing a treasured recipe. Why Food Revolution Day? Me laid out!! MORE >>

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• CLARK QUINN | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

  Contextifying 'In creating a presentation for the Guild’s upcoming mLearnCon , I was thinking about ways we go wrong, and one is thinking that it’s just about content. Really, context is the new opportunity. So what are the opportunities? I thought of three possible ways in which we might use context: where, when, and what’s near. MORE >>

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• TED | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013
  	Talks to watch as you buy tickets for “Star Trek Into Darkness” 'Last night, many boldly ventured where no man had gone before: to see Star Trek Into Darkness , which opened in some theaters at midnight. The film, which is a sequel to JJ Abrams’ 2009 reboot of the classic series, has been highly anticipated ever since its lyrical trailer materialized late last year. MORE >>

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• TED | THURSDAY, MAY 16, 2013

  I used to think I couldn’t get out of hell: Chicago public school students react to TEDxYouth@Midwest 'Jullien Gordon, a founding partner of New Higher, says on the TEDxYouth@Midwest stage , “Our generation has two choices, we can hope or we can hustle.” Chicago’s public schools have been a fixture in the news lately. Twenty-four students were killed; 319 students shot. The speakers were so motivated to speak there.”. You are done!”. MORE >>

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May 15, 2013

• JANE HART | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  	Professional Development in Social Learning: 3 different skill areas 'I’m constantly asked by Learning & Development professionals where they can learn more about social learning. First of all I guess we need to be quite clear what we mean by the term “social learning:â?¦ Social learning MORE >>

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• IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  	Traditional Data Analysis and Data Science 'I recently participated in an industry panel on Redefining BI & Analytics in the Cloud at a conference in New York.  In my opinion, data science should be viewed as a multidisciplinary evolution from business intelligence and analytics.  Simple, linear systems, such as those found in classical mechanics , are much easier for us to deal with.  MORE >>

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• DAVID WEINBERGER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

  [meshcon] Ryan Carson of Treehouse 'Ryan Carson [twitter: RyanCarson ] of Treehouse at the Mesh Conference is keynoting the Mesh Conference. He begins his introduction of himself by saying he is a father, which I appreciate. Treehouse is an “online education company that teaches technology. We hope we can remove the need to go to university to do technology.” Really? MORE >>

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• CLARK QUINN | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  	Starting Strategy 'If you’re going to move towards the performance ecosystem, a technology-enabled workplace, where do you start? Partly it depends on where you’re at, as well as where you’re going, but it also likely depends on what type of org you are. A second step would then likely be performance support, helping people in the moment. itashare. MORE >>

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• TED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  	10 stunning images from Liu Bolin, the disappearing man 'Hiding in New York No. 7 — Made in China, 2012. Photo: courtesy of Eli Klein Fine Art, © Liu Bolin. Liu Bolin’s images invite a game akin to Where’s Waldo? It’s for this that Bolin has been called “The Invisible Man.”. From the beginning, this series has a protesting, reflective and uncompromising spirit,” says Bolin.  16 and No. MORE >>

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• DAN PONTEFRACT | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  	Air Canada Isn’t Collaborating With Its Employees 'Early on in my career I took my first business trip to North Carolina where I participated in a ‘higher education’ conference. No, the conference wasn’t on the airplane although we were ‘higher’ Because it was North Carolina there was even a pig roast. Sadly, I couldn’t find an apple. was stunned. Do You? MORE >>

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• ROSS DAWSON | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

  The future of travel and tourism: safe adventures, real-time guidance, and new frontiers 'Last week, as part of the ongoing weekly future series on the Morning Show, I spoke about the future of travel and tourism. Click on the image below to watch a video of the segment. A massive rise in sustainable tourism , with low impact hotels and activities and the opportunity to observe rare species. MORE >>

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• TED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

  Bill Gates, designer? Yes. Public Interest Design honors 100 global thinkers who are designing social good 'Good design has the power to improve lives. Yesterday, Public Interest Design — a group dedicated to design for social good — released the Global Public Interest Design 100 , a list of 100 “designers” (including some people you really might not expect) who are designing for the good of all. Stay tuned. MORE >>

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• DONALD CLARK PLAN B | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

  Education Debate: Bun fight with Baker, Benn, rosen & Gibb 'A hostile and baying audience, of largely teachers, Nick Gibb (ex Minister for Schools), Kenneth Baker (Thatcherite turned vocational learning evangelist), Melissa Benn (critic of Govism) and Michael Rosen (Gove’s bête noir). Oh and he loves Latin. witnessed this ‘whole word’ madness in the primary school my own kids attended in the late nineties. MORE >>

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• TED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013
  	Urinalysis: There’s now an app for that 'uChek uses the iPhone’s camera to capture the color changes in commercially available urine dipsticks. Results of the test can be stored, emailed and analyzed over time. It may not be glamorous, but it’s true – each year, urinary tract infections lead to more than 9 million doctor visits in the United States alone. MORE >>

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• The Incredible Dating Power of a Guitar Case PSYBLOG | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

• Broccoli takes a magical journey in the trailer for Mary Roach’s new book TED | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

• Get the Scoop at the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Washington, DC in June #NCVS BETH KANTER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

• Lucky me DAVID WEINBERGER | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

• Professional Development in Social Learning: 3 different skill areas JANE HART'S PICK OF THE DAY | WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2013

May 14, 2013

• DOC SEARLS | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013

  Long-form never stopped working 'Fashions come and go. Verities do not. One verity respected by many old-fashioned writers and publishers is the simple fact that long-form pieces work better than short-form ones for the purpose of communicating in depth. Such has also been my ample experience at this game. Some examples from my own oeuvre : Saving the Net. Getting Flat, Part I. MORE >>

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• HAROLD JARCHE | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  	London Summer Picnic 'For the past 18 months, Jane Hart has been hosting the Social Learning Centre , offering a wide variety of resources, coaching, and workshops. have run several workshops as well, some alone, and others jointly with Jane. We have learned much in supporting social learning with hundreds of participants from around the globe. Online Communities. MORE >>

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• TED | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013

  7 talks that will encourage you to talk to strangers 'In today’s talk , Intel engineer Maria Bezaitis brings up a fascinating point: why is the phrase “don’t talk to strangers” such a part of our cultural zeitgeist? In today’s digital world, strangers are quite frankly not the point. The point we should be worried about is how much strangeness are we getting?”. But would you loan them your car? MORE >>

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• BETH KANTER | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013

  A Dog Named Red Helps Best Friends Animal Society Get Results on Facebook 'Note from Beth: Greetings from the Gold Coast in Australia. I’m here to keynote Connecting Up Conference,  While I am in OZ,  I invited Jon Stahl to share this amazing case study. Enjoy. For several years now, nonprofits have been investing time, energy and money building Facebook pages and working to engage supporters on Facebook. MORE >>

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• NINE SHIFT | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013
  	D.S.M.-5: From Disorder to Differences 'Psychiatry''s latest guide on mental disorders falls short, experts say. Even the chairman of the task force making the revisions to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (D.S.M.) of Mental Disorders found the new version wanting, according to a story in The New York Times by Pam Belluck and Benedict Carey.  Here''s why. It''s a new world. MORE >>

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• TED | TUESDAY, MAY 14, 2013

  Meet the translator: Khalid Marbou, who brings you TED Talks in Arabic 'TED translator Khalid Marbou at work in the nanotechnology lab. TED Talks are available in 100 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, thanks to the tireless work of our volunteer translators. Today, meet  Khalid Marbou. Where do you live and what do you do by day? What drew you to TED? It’s never ceased to inspire me to this day. And I did. MORE >>

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• DAN PONTEFRACT | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  	It’s Time to Revolutionize Corporate Learning 'I spend a lot of time thinking, writing, speaking and working in my own personal and professional venn diagram of: leadership development; social collaborative tools; and. all things related to learning. One of those pillars — the learning space — is where I started my career. From Slideshare you can download the full.pdf file. MORE >>

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• LUIS SUAREZ | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013

  Open Business – From Document-Centric to People-Centric Collaboration 'Lately, I have been thinking quite a bit around the topic of Social / Open Business Transformation. Something completely different to what we may have experienced so far in the last three to four years on living social   for the sake of social , which is perhaps what we pretty much keep seeing today all over the place. To quote: . How spot on! MORE >>

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• EUEN SEMPLE | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013

  "Most people" 'I love the ability the Internet has given us to share what we think with others around the world or around our organisation. Yet you would be amazed how often I get the reaction "Most people don''t want to have to think too much, especially at work". What would I have done in Nazi occupied Poland? What would I do if I had been born in Saudi Arabia? MORE >>

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• ROSS DAWSON | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013

  Can cyber-crime result in global financial systemic risk? 'On Saturday I was interviewed on SBS World News about the ATM heist that netted $45 million from 40,000 withdrawals over 26 countries. The video of the TV news segment (start at 09:05) is available online until 19 May. Not surprisingly there are strong safeguards around tampering with the limits on cards, yet the gang managed to circumvent these. MORE >>

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• TED | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013

  Space oddity, indeed: 18 talks from astronauts, including Chris Hadfield 'Chris Hadfield , the Canadian astronaut who’s become a YouTube sensation aboard the International Space Station, has showed us why tears won’t fall in space and the dangers of clipping one’s fingernails in zero gravity. But he has truly outdone himself with his latest video. ”) Watch it — it’s truly awe-inspiring. Stephanie D. MORE >>

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• PSYBLOG | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  	How to Help Other People Change Their Habits 'Three pointers on helping someone else change their habits. Having written a book on how to change your own habits , in interviews I was often asked: how can I change another person''s habits? Ultimately the same techniques apply; but when you are working on someone else, you''ve got to take a few steps back. Do they want to change? Reviews. MORE >>

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• TED | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013

  Thoughts from a twentysomething on Meg Jay’s talk on twentysomethings 'Meg Jay gave a talk at TED2013 suggesting that the 20s are a person’s defining decade — and it started a heated debate at the office. Here, a 20-something responds. Photo: James Duncan Davidson. m 24 and a woman, and that makes me a target for a lot of speculation and life advice. Everyone’s talking about me. Onward, millennials! MORE >>

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• NINE SHIFT | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013
  	Evidence Suburbs in Decline 'Here''s a great chart showing the decline of suburbs. Kat Cannella, NineShifter from Columbus, Georgia, sent us a link to a story on the decline of suburbs, with this nice compliment, "More evidence that the wonder futurist duo is on the money."   Thanks Kat! Here''s the story, with lots of charts and pictures MORE >>

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• TED | MONDAY, MAY 13, 2013

  Ron Finley inspires young gardeners across country 'David Lozano of San Antonio was inspired to plant a community garden after watching Ron Finley’s talk. Photo: courtesy of David Lozano. Ron Finley is motivating people across the country to pick up a shovel and “get gangsta” by planting fruits, vegetables and herbs in their neighborhood. He has things you would never see. Photo: David Lozano. MORE >>

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