I think the Danish jewelry law of taking migrants’ possessions was inhumane.
Saturday, January 26, 2019
Global Cities Talent Competitiveness Index
Washington, D.C. has been crowned as the city that's leading the way in talent competitiveness, thanks to its ability to attract and nurture entrepreneurs, whilst meeting the needs of being a strongly-connected, "global" city.
"Its steady economy, dynamic population, outstanding infrastructure and connectivity, highly-skilled workforce and world class education are all characteristics which contribute to making the city such a talent hub," a statement released alongside the Global Cities Talent Competitiveness Index (GCTCI) said this week.
Friday, January 25, 2019
Fossilized Insect In Opal
Writing in a blog post for Entomology Today, Brian Berger explains that he recently purchased an opal originating from the Indonesian island of Java. Dotted with a rainbow of colors—from amber-esque shades of yellow and red to neon green and dark blue—the gemstone is impressive in and of itself. Add in the insect seemingly entombed within, however, and the opal transforms from a precious stone into a significant scientific discovery. Take a look.
Podcast Apps Keep Pushing Toward The Money
The evolution will continue.
Useful link:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90284955/pump-up-the-volume-podcast-apps-keep-pushing-toward-the-money
Useful link:
https://www.fastcompany.com/90284955/pump-up-the-volume-podcast-apps-keep-pushing-toward-the-money
SpaceKnow
Founded in 2013 in San Francisco, CA, SpaceKnow’s mission is to provide transparent access and analysis of satellite imagery to the world. SpaceKnow’s team of imaging scientists and software engineers measure and anticipate events by analyzing patterns in the imagery data. SpaceKnow’s capabilities include developing products for monitoring economic activity for a wide variety of both consumer and enterprise clients across all major industries.
Original Miami Beach Antique Show
Sunshine and jewelry. Original Miami Beach Antique Show (OMBAS). January 26–29, 2019 at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Don't miss.
Cube Satellites
High-altitude surveillance was once the domain of global superpowers. Now, a growing number of start-ups are turning it into a business, aiming to sell insights gleaned from cameras and other sensors installed on small and inexpensive cube satellites. Satellite imagery business is becoming a narrow niche.
Random Thoughts
Cake art has the ability to capture the imaginations of the most hardened and serious of adult souls and briefly transport them back to the magic of childhood.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Alexis Gambis
Alexis Gambis: AG uses his background as a scientist to make narrative films that discuss scientific phenomena in compelling ways. Take note. Many thanks to Fast Company.
One Planet, Divided Under Global Warming
We are living in interesting times.
Useful link:
https://www.axios.com/climate-change-will-divide-the-world-c4c62b4f-fae8-4432-9cd2-47c17adce24a.html
Useful link:
https://www.axios.com/climate-change-will-divide-the-world-c4c62b4f-fae8-4432-9cd2-47c17adce24a.html
The Quiet Ways Automation Is Remaking Service Work
The change is definitely coming.
Useful link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/automation-hotel-strike-ai-jobs/579433
Useful link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2019/01/automation-hotel-strike-ai-jobs/579433
Podcast: Good Holiday, Bad Holiday
The first Rapaport Diamond Podcast Short looks at the holiday season just gone.
Juliette Collection
Hearts On Fire will be introducing new engagement rings designed with oval, pear, and marquise shapes at the upcoming Centurion show in Scottsdale, Arizona, Jan. 26–30, 2019.
The Boston-based diamantaire isn’t unveiling proprietary versions of the oval, pear, and marquise diamond—that’s a product-development undertaking that could take forever. Instead, the Juliette collection is a perfectly proportioned clustering of multiple Hearts On Fire stones within a single oval, marquise, or pear-shape halo. Many thanks to JCK.
Random Thoughts
Adopt jazz great Charlie Parker’s philosophy: Master your instrument, master the music, and then forget all that shit and just play.
When Cancer Meets The Internet
Get to know Dr. Lidia Schapira, medical oncologist at Stanford University Medical Center. She is editor of the very reliable site, www.cancer.net, that provides clear, scientifically vetted information about cancer and its treatment for patients, their families and friends.
Future Of Retail
Comments and insights on retail tech strategy, leadership, and the economy. NRF 2019: Retail’s Big Show
Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Random Thoughts
Consistency is more reflective of long-term success than winning. Striving for consistency allows you to look at the bigger picture instead of getting caught up in the highs and lows of wins and losses. I think the most important thing is to be able to maintain it.
The Fellowship Of The Ring Finders
An unusual experience.
Useful link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/01/wedding-ring-hunters/580132
Useful link:
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/01/wedding-ring-hunters/580132
Daniela Villegas Collections
Get to know Daniela Villegas. Take a look at her imaginative jewelry designs.
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Random Thoughts
Maintaining your humanity is the most important thing you can do in life. If you let go of that, what else do you have?
Courbet 200th
Ornans, a picturesque town on the Loue river in eastern France, is celebrating the bicentenary of the birth of its most famous son, realist painter Gustave Courbet. There are several sites to visit in “Courbet Country”: the Gustave Courbet Museum and the painter’s studio, both in Ornans; the Courbet family farm in nearby Flagey; the source of the Loue, which he painted many times; and eight walking and cycling trails in the Loue valley. Activities to mark the bicentenary include displays of Courbet’s drawings (15 Feb-29 April) and a Courbet-Ferdinand Hodler exhibition (31 Oct-5 Jan 2020); the Franco-Chinese painter Yan Pei-Ming in residence in Courbet’s studio (from March); and two bike races in his honour (17 and 18 Aug). musee-courbet.doubs.fr
Many thanks to The Guardian.
Scribbles Collection
The idea behind British designer Solange Azagury-Partridge’s new Scribbles collection. Take a look.
Monday, January 21, 2019
Shrinking Chocolate Bars And Brexit
Shrinking chocolate bars and loaves of bread are leaving U.K. consumers dealing with stealth price rises, according to the Office of National Statistics.
Between September 2015 and June 2017, 206 products in the U.K. shrank in size and 79 increased, according to ONS research published Monday. Prices tended to remain unchanged as the sizes changed, “consistent with the idea that some products are undergoing “shrinkflation,” the ONS said. Take note if you are in the UK.
New Technologies And Techniques
Gemology's evolution continues.
Useful link:
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/fall-2018-speakers-new-technologies-techniques
Useful link:
https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/fall-2018-speakers-new-technologies-techniques
China’s Billions Are Powering Latin America’s Tech Boom
The Chinese are the new risk takers.
Useful link:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/guess-who-s-behind-latin-america-s-tech-boom-china-of-course?srnd=premium-asia
Useful link:
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-08/guess-who-s-behind-latin-america-s-tech-boom-china-of-course?srnd=premium-asia
Billionaire Fortunes
Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year – or $2.5 billion a day - while the 3.8 billion people who make up the poorest half of humanity saw their wealth decline by 11 percent, reveals a new report from Oxfam today. The report is being launched as political and business leaders gather for the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
‘Public Good or Private Wealth’ shows the growing gap between rich and poor is undermining the fight against poverty, damaging our economies and fuelling public anger across the globe. It reveals how governments are exacerbating inequality by underfunding public services, such as healthcare and education, on the one hand, while under taxing corporations and the wealthy, and failing to clamp down on tax dodging, on the other. It also finds that women and girls are hardest hit by rising economic inequality. Many thanks to Oxfam.
Sunday, January 20, 2019
Prado 200th
The Museo del Prado opened in Madrid on 19 November 1819, and is marking its bicentenary with a series of special exhibitions. These include a review of its history with treasures by El Greco, Murillo and more (to 10 March); and individual exhibitions on Bartolomé Bermejo, Velazquez, Giacometti and other artists. The On Tour Through Spain initiative will see paintings from the Prado’s collection loaned to provincial Spanish galleries for a month at a time. For example, A Blind Hurdy-Gurdy Player by Georges de La Tour is at the Atlantic Centre of Modern Art in Gran Canaria (4-30 June) and the Museum of Menorca (8 July-4 Aug) – well worth a visit for holidaymakers to the island. museodelprado.es. Many thanks to The Guardian.
Antwerp's Diamond Industry
For decades, the Belgian city of Antwerp has had a near-monopoly over the world's diamond market. But amid international competition and the onslaught of e-commerce, Antwerp is seeing its position weaken. It has only 500 stonecutters today, compared to 40,000 in the 1970s, and has lost nearly 200 diamond merchants in less than seven years. There could be more surprises ahead.
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Bauhaus 100
Germany is celebrating the centenary of Bauhaus, the revolutionary art school founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. The opening festival is already under way at the Berlin Academy of Arts, with a programme of concerts, plays and virtual reality installations (until Thursday 24 Jan). But visitors are encouraged to explore beyond the capital throughout the year on a self-guided road trip: the Grand Tour of Modernism connects landmark Bauhaus and modernist architecture in 100 locations across Germany. And three new Bauhaus museums, in Weimar (opens April), Dessau and Berlin (both due to open in Sept), will each hold a major anniversary exhibition. bauhaus100.com. Many thanks to The Guardian.
History Of Blue Zones
In a study published by the Journal of Experimental Gerontology, Gianni Pes and Michael Poulain identified Sardinia as the region with the highest concentration of male centenarians. Buettner, along with a team of researchers and demographers, found other regions where they determined that people lived longer, including Okinawa, Japan; Nicoya, Costa Rica; Loma Linda, Calif.; and a small, out-of-the-way Greek island called Ikaria.
A must visit. Many thanks to Washington Post.
Explorers Club
Explorers Club is the headquarters of one of the world’s most awe-inspiring field science institutions. A must visit.
Leonardo 500th
Museums and galleries across Europe are competing to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci’s death. Many events are taking place in Italy, of course, including exhibitions at the Ambrosiana) in Milan (until 17 March; the Museo Galileo in Florencefrom April; and the Museo Leonardiano in Vinci, his birthplace near Florence, from April to June, 2019.
The blockbuster show is in autumn at the Louvre in Paris, which aims to bring together as many of the 17 paintings attributed to Leonardo as possible. Many thanks to The Guardian.
Global Edible Insects Market
According to one analysis, edible insects will be a $710 million global market in the next five years—multiple species, ground into flour or sold as bars and snacks. But growing up all those insects will mean more space for unintended consequences. Take note.
Smartphone Touch Syndrome
Did you know that on average, we touch our smartphones more than 2,600 times a day. That’s on par with the number of times we touch our own face.
Friday, January 18, 2019
coParenter
Take a look at coParenter, an app aimed at helping families collaborate on custody arrangements, child support payments, holiday scheduling, and other issues without conflict. The app just launched on iOS and Android and integrates texting and calendar tools with AI.
World Economic Forum 2019
The 2019 event will focus on the theme, 'Globalization 4.0: Shaping a Global Architecture in the Age
of the Fourth Industrial Revolution'.
Date: 22-25 January, 2019
Location: Switzerland
Useful link:
www:https://www.weforum.org/events/world-economic-forum-annual-meeting
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_AM19_Meeting_Overview.pdf
Automation Has Come
Automation is redefining the skills in demand. The top five skills companies now seek, according to a LinkedIn analysis, are creativity, persuasion, collaboration, adaptability and time management. Take note.
Thursday, January 17, 2019
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Would You Pay $75,000 For Your Very Own Gold Mine?
Only for the thick-skinned.
Useful link:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6570569/Would-pay-75-000-gold-Remote-New-Zealand-hut-hits-market.html
Useful link:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6570569/Would-pay-75-000-gold-Remote-New-Zealand-hut-hits-market.html
A Report From The Field: Our Nigerian Sapphire Initiative
A must visit. A brilliant initiative.
Useful link:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/report-from-field-our-nigerian-sapphire-initiative-eric-robertson
Useful link:
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/report-from-field-our-nigerian-sapphire-initiative-eric-robertson
Random Thoughts
Read, read, read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read!
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
New Lab-Grown Diamond Company Claims Cheaper Process
Get to know Plasmability.
Useful link:
https://www.jckonline.com/editorial-article/lab-grown-diamond-cheaper
Useful link:
https://www.jckonline.com/editorial-article/lab-grown-diamond-cheaper
Responsible Sourcing Book
The new CIBJO Responsible Sourcing Blue Book will be presented to the industry by Responsible Sourcing Commission President Philip Olden at a seminar in Vicenza on January 19, 2019. The seminar, which is being held during the VICENZAORO January trade show, will open the symposium of the Federation for European Education in Gemmology (FEEG), in Hall 7.1–TIZIANO Room of the Vicenza Exposition Centre. It will be moderated by CIBJO President Gaetano Cavalieri.
Free Courses
400 free Ivy League university courses you can take online in 2019. Explore online courses for interesting lecture videos.
Monday, January 14, 2019
Sunday, January 13, 2019
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