December 2010
17 posts
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“UK is the worst developed nation in which to be a child.”
– Unicef
Dec 23rd
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Dec 21st
3 notes
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Dec 20th
10 notes
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Dec 19th
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Dec 18th
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“What if someone in perfect health happened to be here [apparition site in...”
– Jean-Dominique Bauby
Dec 17th
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WatchWatch
Excellent talk on how collaboration and online social networks reduce waste. Think all your books that you are not going to ever read again, or your DVDs, or your idle car in the garage.
Dec 17th
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Dec 12th
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“It is a mathematical impossibility to maintain a large and functional database...”
– Ross J. Anderson
Dec 12th
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Dec 11th
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Dec 10th
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Dec 9th
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“We live in a world bloated by data, yet starved for wisdom.”
– Elizabeth Lindsey
Dec 7th
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“While MasterCard and Visa have cut WikiLeaks off you can still use those cards...”
Dec 7th
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“In its landmark ruling in the Pentagon Papers case, the US supreme court said...”
– Julian Assange
Dec 7th
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Dec 4th
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The disconnect
Sitting in a lecture and listening to a former pharma CEO talking about the importance of networks and networking in business. The lecturer made it very clear that being a member of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and others is a complete waste of time and just plain stupid. Notice that there is no perceived distinction between the three, which clearly shows complete lack of knowledge on the...
Dec 1st
November 2010
21 posts
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“Charity, vertical, humiliates. Solidarity, horizontal, helps.”
– Eduardo Galeano
Nov 30th
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