http://delicious.com/mattmcalister bookmarks posted by mattmcalister 2009-07-05T08:41:39Z http://broadstuff.com/archives/1780-9-Key-Activations-from-Activate-09.html mattmcalister I'm going to talk about my highlights, and specifically 9 Key Activations - things that I intend to look into in more detail guardian activate09 2009-07-03T22:17:17Z http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2009/07/stephen-hawking-the-planet-has-entered-a-new-phase-of-evolution.html mattmcalister "I think it is legitimate to take a broader view, and include externally transmitted information, as well as DNA, in the evolution of the human race," information science stephenhawking evolution dna singularity future culture 2009-07-03T13:22:06Z http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=rXVr_FH0DQFziXiOfRghfmw mattmcalister rss newspapers research 2009-07-03T13:22:06Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/jul/01/amazon-cloud-computing mattmcalister When Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos launched the services three years ago, it was seen as a risky move, but more companies, including computing giant IBM, are moving into this space. guardian activate09 amazon cloudcomputing wernervogels 2009-07-03T13:22:05Z http://onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/07/01/newspapers-turn-off-your-rss-feeds/ mattmcalister rss newspapers research 2009-07-03T13:22:05Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jul/01/web20-medicine-socialnetworking mattmcalister "It's cut out ineffiencies and used the efficiency of the internet to solve problems." He estimates the platform will cut a doctor's overhead cost from 65% to 25%. "It's a game changer." guardian activate09 healthcare 2009-07-03T13:22:05Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jul/01/arianna-huffington-activate-conference mattmcalister Huffington was speaking at the Guardian's Activate 09 conference, looking at how technology and the internet are changing society. guardian activate09 ariannahuffington media 2009-07-03T13:22:04Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/activate-conference mattmcalister guardian activate09 2009-07-03T13:22:04Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jul/01/activate-conference-barack-obama mattmcalister Thomas Gensemer, the managing partner of consultancy Blue State Digital, built mybarackobama.com, Obama's social network and campaign site and told the audience at the Guardian's Activate conference how website and traditional campaign methods were used to build his campaign. guardian activate09 politics barackobama 2009-07-03T13:22:04Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jul/02/google-maps-government-data mattmcalister mapping will become so commonplace in everyday life, Parsons predicts his 12-year-old daughter "will never know what it's like not to know where she is". guardian activate09 google maps location 2009-07-03T13:22:04Z http://www.redmonk.com/jgovernor/ mattmcalister the fact is the hard work starts now and a return to the status quo would be crass. We need new ways forward. Activate is unashamedly targeted at makers and doers, people that will build things…. such as the future. guardian activate09 events 2009-07-03T13:22:03Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jul/02/google-software mattmcalister At the Activate conference in London, we spoke to Google product management VP Bradley Horowitz about what unifies the company's disparate products, about the freedom enjoyed by an organisation that doesn't have "to make next week's payroll," and, of course, about Twitter. guardian activate09 bradleyhorowitz google 2009-07-03T13:22:03Z http://www.cookinrelaxin.com/2009/07/interesting-things-at-activate-09.html mattmcalister Go and read something from all the people mentioned above, it'll do you good, and if we actually do or make some of these things that would be even better. guardian activate09 2009-07-02T11:11:44Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jun/24/live-books-talks-performance-gladwell mattmcalister Up to 60 lecturers will speak for precisely 18 minutes each on subjects ranging from the eastern European mafia to whether solar-powered aeroplanes will ever (ahem) take off. Tickets are going for £2,750 each (although the hard-up get a £1,225 concessionary rate) and only 30 of the 700 are left. guardian events ted presentations 2009-07-02T10:47:14Z http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/pda/2009/jul/01/activate-conference-internet mattmcalister Comments at the Activate '09 conference show the strategic schism between Labour and the Conservative parties in their online campaign plans activate09 guardian politics