Worth thinking about: Seven social sins (not about social media) | via M. Gandhi
Kate Carruthers 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…
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Kittehs and ice skating – adorableness multiplied
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X0WQ7_xlTt8&w=420&h=315
GOLD! The academic linguistics of LOLspeak
HT to @jim_croft and thanks to Boing Boing. BTW this bears out my notion that Why LOLcats are important. I can has language play: Construction of Language and Identity in…
A tech revolution that changes the way we organize work & the danger of digital serfdom
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…
Freedom is important even for beagles – check out this poignant video
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…
Leadership, personality traits, and success: Do nice guys really finish last?
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…
#140Conf New York
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.
Friction, hypereconomics, and social intercourse
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.…
Vive la difference
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