Cubic Zirconia Phenomenon

'Rock' Bottom
http://www.nypost.com/seven/04122009/news/regionalnews/rock_bottom_164082.htm

People are looking for inventive ways to cut costs. I think cubic zirconia is the best imitation gem around.

Chaim Even Zohar Viewpoint

CEN Workshop Revisited, 'Not An Official Standard'
http://www.idexonline.com/portal_FullEditorial.asp

Useful links:
www.diamondintelligence.com
www.cenorm.be
www.cibjo.org

Kind Of Blue

Kind of Blue: Pushing Boundaries with Miles Davis
http://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/6096.html

Useful links:
www.jazzcode.org
www.milesdavis.com

Radical simplicity. How true!

The Business Of Climate Change

The Business of Climate Change: A Call for Innovation
http://knowledge.wpcarey.asu.edu/article.cfm?articleid=1767

In periods of great flux and uncertainty, the people who love (change) are going to find opportunities.
- Andrew J. Hoffman

Useful link:
www.sustainableenterprise.org

Brilliant insight.

The Psychology Behind The Financial Crisis

Hope, Greed and Fear: The Psychology behind the Financial Crisis
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=2204

Bubbles occur when people are willing to buy something simply because they believe they can sell it for a higher price. (Bubbles) often have an aspect of mania.
- Richard Herring

It's a perennial human problem, to delay gratification. We all struggle, from little children to the oldest and wisest, with the problem of self-control.
- Angela Lee Duckworth

Useful links:
www.philanalysis.org
http://annenberg.usc.edu

Spot on.

New Start-Up Boom

The New Internet Start-Up Boom: Get Rich Slow
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1890387,00.html

Useful links:
http://motormouths.com
www.37signals.com
www.rentacoder.com
www.elance.com
http://ycombinator.com

Ideas are much easier to hatch than they are to execute, but I liked a little in, a lot out business model.

Peter Zumthor

Swiss Minimalist Peter Zumthor Wins Architecture Prize
http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1890858,00.html

Useful link:
www.pritzkerprize.com

David de Rothschild

Eco-warrior sets sail to save oceans from 'plastic death'
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/apr/12/david-de-rothschild-plastiki-pacific

Useful links:
www.adventureecology.com
http://ngadventure.typepad.com/blog/plastiki
www.exploration-architecture.com/section.php?xSec=37
www.charlesmoore.org

Brilliant project. What about the plastic soups that has been created in Asia, especially in India and China + other regions? Alarming, really.