Anthony Cortese's opinion piece in Fast Company about the need for a new kind of higher education (Healthy + Just + Sustainable) was interesting and insightful. I think it makes sense to integrate climate and sustainability into education/research because students of the 21st century will learn how to value world's natural resources and act responsibly. Period.
Useful links:
www.secondnature.org
www.presidentsclimatecommitment.org
www.campusgreenbuilder.org
Friday, January 29, 2010
The Lady Gaga Story
Lady Gaga's music style is a unique case study. She is a new kind of an artist. Her visual theatrics and fashion is different. As they say in the industry, the business needs more Lady Gagas. Check it out.
Useful link:
www.ladygaga.com
Useful link:
www.ladygaga.com
Adrian David Cheok Viewpoint
Interesting thoughts. I think AR (augmented reality) can make really new kinds of learning immersive and inspiring. Thanks Steve Mollman for sharing the info.
Useful links:
www.adriancheok.info
www.mixedreality.nus.edu.sg
Useful links:
www.adriancheok.info
www.mixedreality.nus.edu.sg
Michael Landy
In the name of art. Over the next six weeks, hundreds of works by artists both famous and unknown will be dumped in the Art Bin at the South London Gallery. I wish I was/were there.
Some of this stuff is worth a lot in the outside world, but in the bin then it has no value, it has no worth. In the outside world there is a certain hierarchy. In the bin there is no hierarchy, so everything is treated the same.
- Michael Landy
Useful links:
www.art-bin.co.uk
www.southlondongallery.org
Some of this stuff is worth a lot in the outside world, but in the bin then it has no value, it has no worth. In the outside world there is a certain hierarchy. In the bin there is no hierarchy, so everything is treated the same.
- Michael Landy
Useful links:
www.art-bin.co.uk
www.southlondongallery.org
A World Of Connections
The Economist was spot on. I think this is just the beginning of an exciting new era of global interconnectedness that will spread ideas and innovations around the world faster than ever before. Thanks Economist for the insightful report.
Useful links:
www.facebook.com
http://home.live.com
www.myspace.com
www.baidu.com
http://twitter.com
www.orkut.com
http://hi5.com
www.qq.com
www.linkedin.com
www.deviantart.com
Useful links:
www.facebook.com
http://home.live.com
www.myspace.com
www.baidu.com
http://twitter.com
www.orkut.com
http://hi5.com
www.qq.com
www.linkedin.com
www.deviantart.com
BioBlu™ 27
BioBlu27 = the world's most superior contemporary metal used for the first time in jewelry. Check it out.
Useful links:
www.scottkay.com/skcobalt
www.cartech.com
Useful links:
www.scottkay.com/skcobalt
www.cartech.com
Random Thoughts
TheEngagementClub.com is a place to laugh, learn and start your journey. I created the site because I know getting engaged is an entire process; it can be stressful and sometimes overwhelming. So, check it out, have some fun, a laugh or two, share your thoughts with others, and learn from industry experts. I hope to see you there.
- Josh Kaufman
www.theengagementclub.com
Brilliant!
- Josh Kaufman
www.theengagementclub.com
Brilliant!
Chaim Even Zohar Viewpoint
Chaim Even Zohar was spot on. Good governance/corruption within diamond-producing companies is a relative phenomena. The Debswana story was interesting. Thanks Chaim.
Useful links:
www.diamondintelligence.com
www.debeersgroup.com/debswana
Useful links:
www.diamondintelligence.com
www.debeersgroup.com/debswana
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Millennium Village Project
Innovative model. Simple solutions. Improved technology. Sustainable growth. Check it out. www.millenniumvillages.org
Random Thoughts
Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know the things he thinks he knows.
- James Bryce
So true!
- James Bryce
So true!
Jim Drain
Jim Drain's bright + pixellated patterns/colors + combination of low-tech and high-tech / old tech + new tech were simply brilliant. I really liked them. Check it out. http://greenenaftaligallery.com/artist/Jim-Drain
iPad Tablet
It's phenomenal to hold the Internet in your hands.
- Steve Jobs
Useful link:
www.apple.com/ipad
See for yourself.
- Steve Jobs
Useful link:
www.apple.com/ipad
See for yourself.
Art Market Update
Check out the fine treasures that make up New York’s Winter Antiques Show.
Useful links:
www.winterantiquesshow.com
www.historicnewengland.org
www.eastsidehouse.org
www.christies.com
www.sothebys.com
www.bonhams.com
Useful links:
www.winterantiquesshow.com
www.historicnewengland.org
www.eastsidehouse.org
www.christies.com
www.sothebys.com
www.bonhams.com
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Small Business Competitions
Business-plan competitions are brilliant venues to test the waters. It gives the contestants a real world experience that's priceless. Thanks Maureen Farrell for sharing the info.
Useful links:
www.mit100k.org
www.mitcep.org
www.mootcorp.org
http://bplan.berkeley.edu
www.oregonnvc.com
www.kauffman.org
www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/RBPC.asp
http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/berkley/bpc.cfm?doc_id=6306
Useful links:
www.mit100k.org
www.mitcep.org
www.mootcorp.org
http://bplan.berkeley.edu
www.oregonnvc.com
www.kauffman.org
www.alliance.rice.edu/alliance/RBPC.asp
http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/berkley/bpc.cfm?doc_id=6306
Random Thoughts
No meals will be served in El Bulli in 2012 and 2013. It is clear that when we return things won't be the same. But listen, these are not going to be years of sabbatical. With a format like the current one it is impossible to keep creating. In 2014, we will serve food somehow. I don't know if it will be for one guest or 1,000.
- Ferran Adria
www.elbulli.com
Time for total internal reflection, really. I think that's the right thing to do.
- Ferran Adria
www.elbulli.com
Time for total internal reflection, really. I think that's the right thing to do.
Luke Johnson Viewpoint
Luke Johnson was spot on. After all, no role is for life; even while you are at the wheel, be mindful that the journey is temporary. So true! Thanks Luke for your insightful essay.
In the 21st century, it helps to be multi-skilled and multi-faceted in your occupation. We shall mostly have to keep earning until we are 70 or more, so traditional working patterns have become outdated. And anyway, who wants to do the same sort of thing for 50 years or longer? Better to try new fields, acquire new knowledge and keep stimulated, than slump into a semi-comatose state of boredom, stuck in the same position through fear of the unknown.
- Luke Johnson
Useful links:
www.lukejohnson.org
www.riskcapitalpartners.co.uk
www.channel4.com
In the 21st century, it helps to be multi-skilled and multi-faceted in your occupation. We shall mostly have to keep earning until we are 70 or more, so traditional working patterns have become outdated. And anyway, who wants to do the same sort of thing for 50 years or longer? Better to try new fields, acquire new knowledge and keep stimulated, than slump into a semi-comatose state of boredom, stuck in the same position through fear of the unknown.
- Luke Johnson
Useful links:
www.lukejohnson.org
www.riskcapitalpartners.co.uk
www.channel4.com
New Diamond Research
I thought the report in ScienceDaily about the strength of diamond at extreme conditions was educational/insightful. Thanks for sharing the info.
Most natural diamonds are formed at high-pressure, high-temperature conditions existing at depths of 87 to 120 miles in the Earth's mantle. Carbon-containing minerals provide the carbon source, and the growth occurs over periods from 1 billion to 3.3 billion years (25 percent to 75 percent of the age of the Earth).
Useful links:
www.llnl.gov
https://lasers.llnl.gov
Most natural diamonds are formed at high-pressure, high-temperature conditions existing at depths of 87 to 120 miles in the Earth's mantle. Carbon-containing minerals provide the carbon source, and the growth occurs over periods from 1 billion to 3.3 billion years (25 percent to 75 percent of the age of the Earth).
Useful links:
www.llnl.gov
https://lasers.llnl.gov
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