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DAVID WEINBERGER AUGUST 16, 2012 Authors don’t scale. Topics do. I suspect there’s a lot of truth in Richard MacManus’ post at ReadWriteWeb about where Web publishing is going. Richard cites two sites for this insight: Anil Dash and Joshua Benton at the Nieman Journalism Lab. Excellent posts. But I want to throw in a structural reason why topics are on the rise rise: authors don’t scale. | HAROLD JARCHE AUGUST 16, 2012 PKM is not a technology PKM is not a technology, an enterprise system, a piece of software, or a platform. If anyone is selling you a PKM system, they do not understand it. | | | | | | | | | | | -
TED | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012 A TED Prize wish — 100,000 posters later JR’s art isn’t meant to be hung in an ornate frame in a museum or gallery. For more than a decade, the street artist has printed poster-sized photographs and pasted them on city walls to dramatic effect, always with a social point in mind. In 2011, JR was selected for the TED Prize and was granted $100,000 to enact one wish to inspire the world. MORE >> -
NINE SHIFT | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012 Welcome August Nine Shift Readers! Here's a guide to our top stories this summer. Just click on the Month and click back to see them. Then make a comment and tell us what you think. We are glad you are here. Only Old People Oppose Trains, July 25. Suburbs in Decline, July 2. Driverless Car Insane, July 7, June 21, June 20, June 19 and June 18. MORE >> -
TED | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012 New TED Book: When I’m 164 How long do you want to live, and why? These are the questions that bestselling author and science writer David Ewing Duncan asks as he surveys the emerging science of radical life extension — from genetics and regeneration to machine solutions. Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I’m … ”. Culture TED Books David Ewing Duncan MORE >> -
ROSS DAWSON | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012 Launch of We’re Looking For Talent – the foundation of a crowd business model We have just launched our new recruitment site We’re Looking For Talent. Crowd business models are a major theme for us in our publishing and events. They are also at the heart of the AHT Group business model. As we build our businesses we want to see how far we can take the use of distributed work. Key principles. Pay and rewards. Location. MORE >> -
TED | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012 5 designers working hard to save babies’ lives Designer Timothy Prestero loves a flashy concept car. But he would much rather create objects that will actually be of use to real people. Thus, Timothy and his team designed the NeoNurture “car parts” infant incubator, a space-age looking device that landed in the pages of Time magazine as one of the “ 50 Best Inventions of 2010.”. GizMag ]. MORE >>
- A Call for Change at United: A Statement from Annie and Perry Klebahn BOB SUTTON | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- The case for a Nikola Tesla museum TED | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- Memories from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics IRVING WLADAWSKY-BERGER | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- Social & Collaborative Learning in the Workplace JANE HART | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- 4 emotionally intelligent signs from the road DAN PINK | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- From finger painting to intercontinental missiles: Highlights from TED@Tokyo TED | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
- 4 emotionally intelligent signs from the road DAN PINK | THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2012
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