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VMG

As most of you know, for the past two years I’ve been out conducting a grand experiment of learning, living, and working from my sailboat most of the time, as I explore and experience this phenomenal planet of ours from the vantage point of the sea. I am currently anchored ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 2 Jun 09
   tagged as :change, competencies, interesting places, learning, marine, ocean, perspectives, strategic thinking, velocity made good

Wish Upon a Star(fish)?

In a previous posting on September 21, 2007 called “New Perspectives: Looking Down and Under”, I wished for a “sea” feature to compliment the “sky” feature Google Earth had recently added back then. While I have no illusion that I had anything to do with it, you can still ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 8 Feb 09
   tagged as :cool tools, discovery, education, marine, ocean, science, worth a look

Google Oceans: Another wish comes true!

While I  can neither take credit for nor claim any influence on Google's recent announcement, I'm pleased to say that some of the ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 19 May 08
   tagged as :change, cool tools, current affairs, education, marine, media, ocean, research, science

EOL and the power of MC2: Mass Contribution x Mass Customization

Some of my previous postings have focused on the need to dramatically increase the scale of our discovery of the unknown. I'm finding more examples all of the time that show a trend towards more mass participation and mass contribution by connecting everything and everyone together. The project we recently ... Read More

~ posted by John Hathaway on 7 Nov 07
   tagged as :change, competencies, discovery, learning, mashups, ocean, patterns, personalization, research, science, snowflake, worth a look

The Encyclopedia of Life and Exponential Change

The day after posting my thoughts on "New Perspectives: Looking Down and Under" and Third Wave, I serendipitously came across a New York Times article called That's Life, which reviews a new project called "The Encyclopedia of Life" or EOL. This project ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 1 Nov 07
   tagged as :change, current affairs, discovery, education, marine, mashups, ocean, personalization, research, science, snowflake, worth a look

New Perspectives: The Third Wave?

In my recent posts on New Perspectives: Looking Up! and Looking Down and Under, I reviewed a series of new initiatives and technologies ranging from several significant efforts to explore and document the great unknown of earth's oceans to the new capabilities of Goggle "Sky" and  the ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 24 Sep 07
   tagged as :change, discovery, learning, ocean, patterns, perspectives, science, strategic thinking, thought sparks

New Perspectives: The Benefits of Looking Up!

Alan Kay (sometimes referred to as the father of the PC, object oriented code, and much more) is credited with saying that "point of view is worth 80 IQ points". This is a catchy way of saying that consciously looking at problems and situations from multiple perspectives and ... Read More

~ posted by Wayne Hodgins on 19 Sep 07
   tagged as :change, current affairs, learning, mapping, marine, new technology, ocean, patterns, perspectives, recommended reading, research, science, thought sparks, web/tech, worth a look