personalization
List with a Twist: my Best Learning Books in 2009?
I am always looking for the next great book to read and thought I’d tap into the collective intelligence, the annual end-of-the-calendar-year trend for lists, and the power of new tools such as Twitter to find the next great book to read. Below is some of the why, ... Read More
What if the Impossible Isn’t?
As I mentioned in my recent post “Reflective Reduction Sauce”, returning to my work universe after months at sea has led me to reflect upon some themes I encountered as a result of my attending the Learning 2009 conference. One theme I’m delighted to see more attention on is ... Read More
Snowstorm of News (Continued)
In my last posting, I noted a recent example of mass personalization or the Snowflake Effect taking hold of news. I just ran into another and perhaps even more significant example, which some are referring to as “printernet”, described as custom printing for newspapers, magazines, and even wikis. ... Read More
The Snowflake Effect on News
I’m seeing a virtual snowstorm of recent products and services that are trying to find ways to “snowflake” their offerings. My fellow Snowflake Effect partner (and one of my favorite snowflakes) Erik Duval recently posted an example “Snowflakes at Time Magazine” showing how publishers are sticking their toes into ... Read More
The Snowflake Effect and “Just Right for Me” Decision Support
Here’s another Snowflake Effect example of how sites are starting to catch up on ways to help people deal with the abundance of choice and on providing what I like to refer to as “decision support”—helping all of us to make “just the right” choice and decisions at just the ... Read More
Where Is Value in the Economy of “Free”
Seems like one of my recent postings “Good Luck Trying to Copy a Snowflake” on the Long Slow Chat, resonated with many of you. The Long Slow Chat is a blog that Erik Duval and I are using to focus more on the Snowflake Effect. ... Read More
Babelfish Requires Babbling Too
For those of you who were around then, remember the arguments for Esperanto back in the 1970's? According to Wikipedia, "Esperanto is by far the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language in the world. " Developed in 1887 by Polish physician Ludovic Zamenhof, Esperanto as stated ... Read More
Happiness is the Snowflake Effect on Spaghetti Sauce
As Erik Duval, my fellow "snowflake" knows all too well from my incessant ramblings over the years, I’m of the sincere belief that the purpose of life is happiness. By this I mean happiness or joy of the very deep, profound kind: experiencing great joy in your own life ... Read More
Trust, Decisions, Communities, and Snowflakes
Trust still matters! Surely it should come as no surprise to us that there are some basic characteristics that have always been and will probably always be required for successful human interactions, including those augmented by technology. One of these attributes—at the top of the list, some might argue—is ... Read More
Happy 50th Birthday, LEGO™ blocks!!
Those who know me, have heard me speak, or have read my writings know that one of my longtime favorite models and metaphors is that of LEGO blocks. ... Read More
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