Sometimes you just need to set your mind on happiness...
This one is thanks to @Damana - happy Caturday!
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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 we have plonked the word 'social' in front of so many other things, for example; networking, media, computing,
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 necessary to completeness", or
"to feel a need or a desire for; wish for&
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 innovation might be part of that new approach.
The world is facing an unprecedented financial crisis that is creating a
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 words of Charles Dickens describing turbulent times past:
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of
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 technology perspective, it is interesting from a social innovation perspective too.
He's working on the Google
Local Food or Less Meat?
A while back I did a Live Local Challenge, attempting to consume only food produced within 100 kilometres of my home for a week. You can check out the results and learnings from the process in a series of blog posts from 2009.
Since that time I've been