Future of the web
This chart from 2007 shows the trajectory of the web future moving in a straight line from where we are now (or were in 2007) to the future of web 4.0 and beyond. But I don't think that the future of the web will such a simple
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News is really changing
There has been much talk of the death of mainstream media and the impact of the blogosphere on news gathering and journalism. People have pontificated long and loud about the rise of citizen journalism.
But it seems that many have failed to see the breadth of this change. Thus not
Hard work beats talent
I have seen many young, fit, intelligent people with a fine education, sound values and good family behind them. But they do not realise that what they make of them every day from now is up to them.
Many people with those advantages do nothing with their lives. It is
Stages in the Learning Journey
Speaking with friends who are educators of the young ones, thing has become apparent. The idea that learning is achieved by building foundations or layers of knowledge is passe. The MTV generation want their learning pre-packaged and easily digested. No more learning the basics and practising them to become
The coming integration of IT and biotechnology ...
I just saw Susan Greenfield - a.k.a. Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield - on a television chat show. She is a pioneering scientist, entrepreneur, communicator of science, policy adviser, and an extremely interesting presenter of complex ideas. She seems to be intelligent, vivacious and wears makeup and nice clothes. All of
2004 Commencement Yale Class Day Speech, by Ken Burns
Ken Burns makes some excellent points in this speech, I've picked out some highlights - click here to see the entire text (in PDF).
Now more than ever we in the western world should heed speakers like this. Ken speaks of a United States that has inspired many over
Australia is a Broadband Backwater
Daniel's points are all too true! Australia is a broadband backwater and it is all due to the incompetence of Telstra. They have a number of practices that have worked against take-up of these solutions. So much for the clever country?
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