Here is a great call for Open Linked Data by Ian Davis from Talis: Conjecture 1: Data outlasts code , therefore open data is more important than open source. Conjecture 2: There is more structured data in the world than unstructured, therefore people who understand structure matter. Conjecture 3: Most of the value in our […]
Here is a nice discussion worth reading about Silicon Valley, recession, disruptive products and successful platforms: He says that a platform ill be successful if it has three characteristics. It has to be able to commoditize a market. Secondly, it has to obey the 10x better/cheaper rule. Thirdly, a platform must allow you to add […]
Once in a while you encounter a novel way some one describes a book. It makes a deep impression. Here is how Scott Aaronson goes about describing a Math book: Princeton Companion to Mathematics a 1000-page volume that’s sort of an encyclopedia of math, history of math, biographical dictionary of math, beginners’ guide to math, […]
In Rendering Knowledge, Dave Snowden talks about seven aspects of knowledge: Knowledge can only be volunteered it cannot be conscripted We only know what we know when we need to know it In the context of real need few people will withhold their knowledge Everything is fragmented Tolerated failure imprints learning better than success The […]
I have seen something like this before. But I think it is good to go with the example. Here is the link to Why? Why? Root Casue Worksheet and the link that got me there.
Consider this the equivalent of Retweet. All I want to do is to point to some post and say I love it and point to others who read my blog and suggest, may be you should read it too. I love it because I do have similar Harmonic Convergences too and jot some ideas down […]
It is interesting to watch Twitter take off. Over the past few months, I have seen increasing adoption of Twitter. Here are a couple of trends worth mentioning. eZines on Twitter I think this is a great idea. I follow several ezines (the latest being IDG Connect). I found some of them through Twitter Search […]
What programming language should I learn, a link I found on Twitter (like most of the other things I seem to find, nowadays) is a nice list and a good map for some one who is learning languages and looking for experimenting more. I think for each language we can add a set of additional […]
Top 10 Social Networks for Creative People Besides the usual suspects like Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Twitter, Ning, there were a few I have not heard of – Behance Network, Shape Shifters, likemind etc. Twitter as a Tool for Business talks about how to go viral on Twitter and have your message, content retweeted. Medici Effect […]
Involving Students as Teachers can be an effective means of improving learning. You learn a lot more by teaching. This is being practiced in several places including the MIT TEAL program. This blog entry that led me to Edutopia has a different, rather innovative idea. Why not use the creative, imaginative power of students to […]