lolcats
Recently Jason Jordan called me on my limited ways of thinking. ARE YOU SUGGESTING IT CANNOT BE BOTH? RT @kcarruthers: @jasonjordan but. but. it's already Caturday. #cakeday — Jason Jordan (@jasonjordan) December 23, 2011 Then I realised that he's right. It can be both #caturday and #cakeday
future
As we come up to the year 2012 many prognosticators are predicting the end of the world. I suspect that this will not come to pass. But I do think that we are seeing the end of the world as we've come to know it during the latter
ethics
No, I'm not talking about social media. This is about real life. And I think that Gandhi summed up a lot of what the #Occupy movement is on about in his note on the Seven social sins. Naturally, the friend does not want the readers to know these
ideas
lolcats
HT to @jim_croft and thanks to Boing Boing. BTW this bears out my notion that Why LOLcats are important. [vimeo 33318759 w=400 h=300] I can has language play: Construction of Language and Identity in LOLspeak from Lauren Gawne on Vimeo.
future
The old style company, that is the company circa 1880-2000, had firm boundaries and fixed hierarchies in order to function efficiently. But with the advent of digital technology and the consumer social computing revolution there is a seismic shift in how technology is used within companies. There are also significant
ideas
This video is from the Beagle Freedom Project who describe their mission: "Beagle Freedom Project began in December 2010 when Shannon Keith received information that beagles who were used for animal experiments in a research lab were to be given a chance at freedom. Our mission is rescuing and
ethics
I came across an article in Wired Science by Jonah Lehrer titled Do Nice Guys Finish Last?. It had plenty to get me thinking. Apparently: "... levels of 'agreeableness' are negatively correlated with the earnings of men" Then: "There are six facets to agreeableness: trust, straightforwardness,
ideas
social computing & social media
Spoke at the amazing #140conf in New York City, hosted by the amazing Jeff Pulver, recently about Twitter: Activism and Real Life Relationships in the context of Social Innovation Sydney.
social computing & social media
Friction is one of the more important concepts in the world. Many things are either made possible or impeded by friction. Strike a match and the friction creates a flame. Yet that same kind of friction stops other things from flowing smoothly. Perhaps the best description of the challenges that
lolcats
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