gapingvoid: cultural & technological alignment – how implementing some technological solutions impacts the company culture; an oft-ignored side effect, though company culture is ignored enough on its own.
frontline: merchants of cool: interviews: dee dee gordon and sharon lee | PBS – “At the top of the triangle, there’s the innovator, which is like two to three percent of the population. Underneath them is the trendsetter, which we would say is about 17 percent…Underneath them is an early adopter–it’s questionable exactly what their…more
IT Conversations: Malcolm Gladwell – Human Nature – phenomenal talk by Gladwell on why we can’t trust people’s opinions; often we say we dislike new things because we don’t yet have the vocabulary to describe them, and thus couldn’t justify our decision to like it.
Marginal Revolution: Status, Stress and Sex Ratios – high-status families have more sons; or rather, pregnancies with boys receive more nourishment when the father has high status; low-status families are more likely to have girls (who are able to marry into status more easily).
Unique gifts that help end world hunger | Heifer International – give a goat to help a family run a business off it; they promise to “pay it forward”
Paul Saffo at PARC October 28 (next Thursday)
How humans lived, live and will live throughout history – where, how, etc. from an evolutionary standpoint
lifeEXPERIENCES – the ultimate gift – give experiences instead of goods; trips, dates, etc.
Entity Relationship Modelling – 2 – fantastic ER tutorial; step-by-step how to create a database diagram from your situation. Good for general business strategy as well? Worth a shot…