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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
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
More on Mashups
I don’t think I’ll ever get used to how long it takes to get articles published, and even less so, how I make it worse by taking much too long in letting you know when they are. However in spite of the delays, I’m delighted to finally let you know ... Read More
Past Meets Present to Create the Future of Easter Island
I am as remiss as I am delighted to be able to finally get around to sharing some of the fascinating work taking place on one of the world’s most remote locations, Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, and to introduce you to some of the even more fascinating ... 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
Snowstorm of Chat, Conversation and Content
As many of you would know from past posts, podcasts and talks, my fellow snowflake Erik and I are working on developing and sharing our thoughts and passion around what we call The Snowflake Effect, which is our vision of a world designed for the uniqueness of ... Read More
Loving Lexicographical Learning
Related to my theme of languages, but through pure serendipitous discovery via my addiction to watching TED Talks, check out this TED talk by Erin McKean on Redefining the Dictionary. ... Read More
Arthur C. Clarke: Discovering the Limits of the Impossible
Today (March 19, 2008), this world lost a great mind and great person with the passing of Arthur C. Clarke. I suspect another world gained an equal or greater amount. While I am not personally a big science fiction reader or watcher, I have long been fascinated by and most ... Read More
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