How do we create and share value in a jobless economy?
Kate Carruthers Jeff Jarvis sparked my thinking on this recently with his post on The Jobless Future. As Jeff so bluntly stated: “We’re not going to have a jobless recovery. We’re going…
True dat: the internet is a series of tubes, and those tubes are full of cats!
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My Geek Origin story, what’s your story?
This post was inspired by Michael Kordahi, well known to many as @delic8genius, who put out a call encouraging to geeks to share their geek origin stories. My geek origin…
Business, boring jobs and social good
Over the past 150 years businesses have dealt with the challenges of increased scale by optimizing processes, resource allocation and expenditure. However, there is a limit to how much one…
Sometimes you just need to set your mind on happiness…
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Is ‘social’ the right term to use for everything online?
There is a tendency to put the word social in front of many other words to day to describe some new use of technology. I remain uncomfortable with the way…
Riots, desire, consumerism, community and values.
Want is a funny word. It can mean different things, such as: “absence or deficiency of something desirable or requisite” or“to be lacking or absent, as a part or thing…
The jobless future and social innovation
I have argued previously that capitalism is broken and that we need to find new approaches that are good for people, animals and the planet. Further I asked if social…
London riots: It was the best of times, it was the worst of times
It seems strange watching the sad events unfolding in the United Kingdom from such a distance. With the spreading riots, looting, and mob violence it is apt to recall the…
Google’s interesting social innovation
My buddy Anthony Baxter has been a Googler for a while and has worked on many fascinating projects. But what he’s working on now is not just interesting from a…