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Snowflake Minds! Uniqueness Not Unanimity!
Here is a quote I came across from Christopher Morley that nicely captures the spirit of my ranting and raving about all of us being snowflakes: Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. ... Read More
I Did It My Way!
One of the main tenets of the Snowflake Effect is that of mass customization and ultimately, personalization. As such, I try to follow trends that would indicate if things like mass customization are actually starting to happen and if William Gibson’s great line that “The future is already ... 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
Time to “Tearn”?
For a number of years, I’ve been pondering how the Snowflake Effect1 could influence learning. For those who are new to this concept of the Snowflake Effect, in essence it’s about the transformation of society from a model of mass production to one of mass personalization. Think of it as ... Read More
Great Thoughts
Here's another posting derived from my ever growing list of items to blog about. This one springs from an article I read in the IEEE Spectrum back in Jan 2007. Did I mention I’m behind in my postings and the list is growing? However on 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
Mashups in Miami Beach
I’m in Miami today finishing up my most recent set of business trips around the planet and catching my flight back to El Salvador. I had the great fortune of spending last night and this morning with a business colleague who lives on the waterfront of the always interesting Miami ... Read More
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