The Doerentrup Story

Villagers text to light the way
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7795492.stm

Brilliant idea. Thanks Steven.

Useful link:
www.doerentrup-lippe.de

(via Wiki) Dörentrup is a municipality in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has an area of 49.79 km² and c. 8,600 inhabitants (2007).

Global Business @ BBC

Peter Day's World of Business interview with talented John Kao @ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/global_business.shtml was insightful. Thanks Peter. The really intriguing story was the use of jazz improvisation to gain insights into the tricky business of corporate (and country) innovation.

Useful link:
www.johnkao.com

Asian Civilisations Museum

Pictures That Were Worth a Thousand Calling Cards
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/23/arts/design/23show.html?_r=1&ref=arts

Useful link:
www.acm.org.sg

Thanks Sonia. A glimpse of the past revealed. A must visit.

Silent Light

(via Wiki) Silent Light is a 2007 film written and directed by the Mexican filmmaker Carlos Reygadas. Filmed in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, a city in the north of Mexico, the film is set in a Mennonite community and tells the story of a married man who falls in love with another woman. The dialogue is in Plautdietsch, the language of the Russian Mennonites.

Useful links:
www.luzsilenciosa.com
www.imdb.com/title/tt0841925

A simple story. You can see the total internal reflection of the characters in the movie. Be patient while watching it.

Kuzumaki

A Japanese Town That Kicked the Oil Habit: CoCo Masters opinion piece in Time magazine of the little Japanese town of Kuzumaki @ http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1867805,00.html was interesting. Inspiring. Thanks CoCo.

Useful link:
www.nedo.go.jp

Simon Reeve

Simon Reeve is an author and broadcaster + the presenter of Tropic of Capricorn and Equator. The documentaries were brilliant. I loved it. Thanks Simon.

Useful links:

www.shootandscribble.com

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/equator/5264140.stm

Freedom From Fear

Freedom from Fear: The American People in Depression and War, 1929-1945 by David M. Kennedy is a wonderful book on history of the Depression/World War II. Enjoy. In my view whatever we are going through now, it is nothing compared to the hardships of those times, really.

Useful link:

www.pulitzer.org

Akoha

Akoha (play it forward model) = World’s first social reality game where you earn points by playing real-world missions. Go to http://akoha.com for further info + perform a random act of kindness.