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• Why New York’s rise as a startup haven is sustainable | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from VentureBeat: Foursquare, Mashable, and 10gen. What do a major social network, happening news website, and a rising database company have in common?  They are all ‘Made in New York.’ Just a couple of days ago, Techcrunch announc…

• How Yammer Makes Itself Disruption-Proof | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Why did Blockbuster get disrupted Because of its organizational structure Yammer CTO Adam Pisoni explains. He tells Fast Company how to avoid such a… plerudulier‘s insight: The role …

• Should Schools Still Teach Cursive? | MindShift | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from E-Learning and Online Teaching Today: The decline in teaching cursive handwriting, the rise of the keyboard, and the introduction of the Common Core State Standards that do not require children to know cursive all question its re…

• Sandy Weiner: What Makes a Man Sexy Over 50? | Things I grab, motley collection

  For those whose lives are single and back to dating; just like many as Martha Stewart, and others I thought to pass this article for all of us to gain better perspective of our own selves and how we should be presented. I do look for those certai…

• Mean streets: A bike lover braces for cycling in the city | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Grist: As any kid with a brand-new two-wheeler could tell you, riding bikes is fun. It’s also cheap, healthy, and non-carbon-spewing, yes, but fun is the keystone principle here. I love riding my bike. I love cruising around, tra…

• Time-Squished Photos Turn Random Moments Into Patterns | Raw File | Wired.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  Pelle Cass has put a new spin on people-watching and taken street photography to another level with his project Selected People. For each photo in the series, he essentially crushes time-lapse photography into a single frame.To achieve this, Cas…

• How the Rest of Us Can Build the Internet of Things | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Ayla Networks isn’t going after the cream of Silicon Valley with its cloud-based platform to connect everything from dog bowls to light switches to the internet. plerudulier‘s insight…

• Luciana Castellina : “Changer 
le monde, quoi de plus beau ?” | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres ENTRETIEN. Figure historique du communisme italien et fondatrice d’Il Manifesto, Luciana Castellina, témoigne, à partir de son journal tenu de 1943 à 1947, de toute une vie militan…

• Goofing Off On The Job And Loving It | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT plerudulier‘s insight: ‘Low performers often end up with the easiest jobs because managers don’t ask much of them,’ he said, so they’re under less stress and they’re more satisfied wi…

• Urban Collaborative Spaces Can Provide Many Benefits for People with Disabilities | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Collaborative spaces within the city are more than just rising hotbeds of innovation; they can serve as social equalizers to disenfranchised populations, s plerudulier‘s insight: Alt…

• Limite et puissance du Big Data appliqué aux ressources humaines chez Google | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres Les promesses des Big Data appliquées à l’emploi sont à la fois stimulantes et terrifiantes, soulignions-nous il y a peu. plerudulier‘s insight: Google a également observé commen…

• Plants can do math | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Grist: British scientists just realized plants do math to mete out their food overnight so they don’t starve. (It’s kind of like how you try to save at least ONE crummy bottle of wine for later in the party.) So the next time you…

• High School Open On-line Courses (HOOC): A Case Study from Italy | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The first implementation of complete high school, open on-line courses (HOOC) aiming to support the training and basic scientific knowledge of young students from the Liceo Ginnasio Da…

• Wayne Losey on Making Toys with 3D Printers | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from MAKE: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myNiD0v9M7g A couple years ago, Wayne left a career in the toy industry when he got “tired of the game”, and co-founded Dynamo Development Labs to find new approaches to creating toys. Around…

• A Brief History of Applause, the ‘Big Data’ of the Ancient World | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The Atlantic recently published a very interesting article on the development of applause from ancient times to the present, comparing it to today’s Facebook like buttons and such othe…

• LE CLIP C’EST CHIC ! ::: Emile Sornin, clipper des temps modernes | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres Il parait qu’il y a eu une génération MTV, tellement le clip a changé leur vie. Va savoir… Aujourd’hui MTV a abandonné ce fardeau, vestige d’une époque où le disque était une indus…

• Students from London’s Architectural Association have suspended a giant wooden cocoon | Things I grab, motley collection

   

  The Cocoon by AA Design & Make.

  Filed under: creation, curation, design Tagged: Architecture, cocoon, construction, Design, habitat

• [Innovative City] Involving Citizens as Researchers, Co-creators and Testers of the Smart City | L’Atelier: Disruptive innovation | Things I grab, motley collection

  Speaking at the 5 Plus City Forum in March, Carlos Moreno, scientific advisor to the president of GDF Suez Group subsidiary Cofely Ineo, underlined the importance of the ‘citizen-centric’ approach, which consists of designing services to suit ci…

• When it comes to digital news trends, a Reuters Institute study says some stereotypes ring true » Nieman Journalism Lab | Things I grab, motley collection

  People in the U.S., France, Japan, and Brazil are all consuming more of their news digitally than ever before. But whether they will pay for a national news story — or post that article on Facebook once they find it — varies widely, and national…

• How to Daydream | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Sleep with better-looking people. Have intercourse in trees. plerudulier‘s insight: THERE is nothing wrong with spending vast quantities of time fantasizing about imaginary realities…

• Germany outsources elder care – Le Monde diplomatique – English edition | Things I grab, motley collection

  It costs too much to take care of the western world’s old and frail in their own homes or care homes. German is beginning to export the work to low-wage service economies. by Heike Haarhoff Mrs T, who is 87 and a widow, lives in a big house in…

• How Angry Is Brazil? Pelé Now Has Feet of Clay – NYTimes.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  SÃO PAULO, Brazil — It has long been a source of unparalleled pride, a common bond uniting a disparate nation, something Brazilians could always point to — even in times of economic ruin or authoritarian rule — that made them the best in the wor…

• Star Trek ou la genèse d’une série aux idées progressistes | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres Sorti le 12 juin dernier en France au cinéma, Star Trek into darkness, réalisé en 3D par J.J. Abrams, est le douzième film inspiré de la série originale des années 60. plerudulier…

• How Is ‘Experience’ Valued In the Sharing Economy? | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT What is the value of “experience”? That’s not an idle question for companies in the sharing economy. The experience–or how the person experiences the company–is the differentiator from…

• U.S. Seemingly Unaware of Irony in Accusing Snowden of Spying : The New Yorker | Things I grab, motley collection

  “These charges send a clear message,” the spokesman said. “In the United States, you can’t spy on people.” via U.S. Seemingly Unaware of Irony in Accusing Snowden of Spying : The New Yorker. Filed under: curation Tagged: Double standard, NSA, …

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• You Didn’t Have Any Lions to Run From, So You Clicked on This | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The evolutionary causes of the Internet’s inescapable charisma plerudulier‘s insight: So here you are, once again, on the Internet. (Hello, there. Welcome back, friend.) Here you are…

• Want To Be Part Of The World’s Largest Brainstorm? | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT A new social learning community wants to start generating the world’s largest brainstorm. WikiBrains is on a path to do just that. The post Want To Be Part Of The World’s Largest Brain…

• Remembering Ed Iacobucci | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from David Strom’s Web Informant: Another great tech manager has left our ranks this week, Ed Iacobucci. Ed lost a 16-month battle with pancreatic cancer. I last saw him two years ago when I was transiting Miami, and he was good enoug…

• When Teaching Large Classes, Think Like a Tutor via @juandoming | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Faculty who teach large classes dream about working one-on-one with students. But you can’t tutor individual students when faced with 100 of them. Or can you? plerudulier‘s insight: …

• Common Core + Project-Based Learning = Deeper Learning | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Curriki’s Blog: By Janet Pinto, Chief Academic Officer, Curriki We recommend you take a look at the free key tools and resources for Project-Based Learning (PBL) which have been placed on Curriki by Thom Markham. These are for t…

• A Tiny Cell-Phone Transmitter Takes Root in Rural Africa | MIT Technology Review | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Rural areas could benefit greatly from a rugged outdoor base station. plerudulier‘s insight: Worldwide, at least a billion people don’t have access to cellular communications because…

• A WordPress child theme made easy… and easier | Things I grab, motley collection

  On a previous post I stated that it was very easy to create a WordPress child theme from an existing theme. We also saw on that post that a child theme is a perfect solution to ensure that your modifications to the theme will never get lost aft…

• Why We Should Rethink the Eight-Hour Workday | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Ask anyone how long a workday is, and they’ll probably say eight hours. How did that become the standard? Is eight hours beneficial for productivity, or should we rethink that number? …

• Amazon launches Storyteller to turn scripts into storyboards — automagically | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from VentureBeat: Upload your script, choose some backgrounds, and magically create a professional-looking storyboard of your movie. Or the graphic novel version of your text-based anything. Amazon Studios released Storyteller today …

• Station to Station: Artist Transforms Train Into Experimental Cross-Country Studio | Underwire | Wired.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  If there’s one thing experimental artist Doug Aitken knows how to do, it’s make a scene. He rolls with famous friends, projects cinematic experiences onto whole blocks of Manhattan, and generally makes big ideas happen. And now, he’s taking his …

• Caregivers love the web but developers could do more to engage them | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from GigaOM: As the father of an 11-year-old with Crohn’s disease, Justin Vandergrift is often in search of information that can help him better understand his daughter’s illness and give her the best support. When she was prescribed …

• Solar Power to the People | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The Midwest Renewable Energy Association fair offers ideas for sustainable living, like how to mix your own house paint. (Tip: Don’t use sour milk.) plerudulier‘s insight: Here is th…

• Solar Power to the People | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres The Midwest Renewable Energy Association fair offers ideas for sustainable living, like how to mix your own house paint. (Tip: Don’t use sour milk.) plerudulier‘s insight: Here i…

• JACQUES DEMY ::: L’enchianteur | Gonzai | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres Gonzaï est un e-magazine culturel qui pratique l’art de connaître beaucoup sur peu de choses. Car dans un monde globalisant et réducteur, seul le détail compte. plerudulier‘s insi…

• Rampant Plagiarism in Two Journals | The Scientist Magazine® via @hervelc | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT An investigation by The Scientist reveals blatant misuse of open-access articles. plerudulier‘s insight: Two journals appear to be involved in plagiarizing scientific articles that h…

• BBC Radio 4 – The Media Show, 19/06/2013 #MediaShow | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Jon Snow on reporting from Iran, the future of the TV licence fee, and the Guardian USA. plerudulier‘s insight: C4′s Jon Snow was one of the few foreign reporters in Tehran for the r…

• The Social Networks of Myths | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT A mathematical examination of the social networks in three mythological narratives reveals a degree of historical reality for each tale. plerudulier‘s insight: Archaeological evidenc…

• Badges of honour | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from E-Learning Provocateur: “Will I get a certificate for this?” No matter how much we try to cultivate an informal learning culture within our organisations, this question pops up time and again. It’s a symptom of the way workplace…

• Shimon Schocken: Le cours d’informatique auto-organisé | Video on TED.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  Shimon Schocken and Noam Nisan developed a curriculum for their students to build a computer, piece by piece. When they put the course online — giving away the tools, simulators, chip specifications and other building blocks — they were surprise…

• Simulating… all the way | Simuler … complètement | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT I read an article I (probably, … certainly) tweeted about some time in last April. It was about EconoU, a sort of spin-off of SimCity only applied to University : in place of a city, y…

• AT&T to Introduce Solar-Powered Charging Stations | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The portable chargers for wireless devices will rotate among areas in New York City until October.     plerudulier‘s insight: “We view this as a commitment to being a part of the New…

• The secrets of body language: why you should never cross your arms again – – The Buffer Blog | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT What can I do to improve my body language with some simple, actionable tips? The latest research reveals the best tips to improve your body language easily: plerudulier‘s insight: Bo…

• Social Learning: the changing face of workplace learning | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT

  Keynote, ICELW, New York, 12 June 2014

  See on fr.slideshare.net

  Filed under: curation

• The Whistleblower’s Guide to the Orwellian Galaxy: How to Leak to the Press | Wired Opinion | Wired.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  Editor’s Note: An earlier version of this article ran in Wired Opinion last month (“Hear Ye, Future Deep Throats: This Is How to Leak to the Press”). It has been updated given recent events and reflects the author’s new findings about government…

• Who Will Pick Up Where WordPress Left Off? ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community | Things I grab, motley collection

  When WordPress was first released, it was a blogging platform. It existed for the same reason as LiveJournal, but the difference was that it was Open Source, allowing you to host a blog on your own domain–a valuable distinction. Over the years p…

• The Limits to Panic | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT We often hear how the world as we know it will end, usually through ecological collapse. plerudulier‘s insight: The genius of The Limits to Growth was to fuse these worries with fear…

• Le paradoxe de Twitter en diplomatie | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres La lecture de la semaine provient d’un site du nom de Apuntes internacionales, qui réfléchit sur l’état et l’avenir des médias. Il reçoit des contributions en langues anglaises et …

• JOHN GREEN: Make gifts for people | Things I grab, motley collection

   

   A few good reasons why …

  JOHN GREEN: Make gifts for people.

  Filed under: curation Tagged: generosity, gifts

• A Great Digital Citizenship Poster for Your class ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning | Things I grab, motley collection

   

  A Great Digital Citizenship Poster for Your class ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning.

  Filed under: curation Tagged: digital citizenship

• Archivists in France Fight a Privacy Initiative – NYTimes.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  SERRAVAL, France — As a European proposal to bolster digital privacy safeguards faces intense lobbying from Silicon Valley and other powerful groups in Brussels, an obscure but committed group has joined in the campaign to keep personal data flo…

• Using Minecraft to Engage and Challenge Your Class | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Using Minecraft in class is an amazing way to engage students and have them apply their knowledge in authentic and challenging ways. plerudulier‘s insight: I recently used Minecraft …

• Trading Faster Than The Speed Of Reality | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from TechCrunch: Editor’s note: Michael Wellman is a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Michigan College of Engineering.  At 1:07 p.m. on April 23, a hijacked AP Twitter account falsely reported an att…

• Top 10 Hiring Mistakes, #6: Freezing Out Your Team | LinkedIn | Things I grab, motley collection

  As a leader you don’t have to agree with every impression, but having the opinions of the people you trust always helps you shape your own. On the other hand, if the team feels excluded from the hiring process, they may feel like you don’t have …

• The Music Industry Might Tell Us More About Inequality Than Alan Krueger Thinks It Does | Beat the Press | Things I grab, motley collection

  “We are increasingly becoming a ‘winner-take-all economy,’ a phenomenon that the music industry has long experienced. Over recent decades, technological change, globalization and an erosion of the institutions and practices that support shared pr…

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Weekly blog posts (weekly)

• The Filter Bubble | Things I grab, motley collection

  Here’s the challenge: as more and more people discover news and content through Facebook-like personalized feeds, the stuff that really matters falls out of the picture. In the Darwinian environment of the hyper-relevant news feed, content about…

• A View From Inner Turmoil | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Struggling with bipolar disorder that would not be diagnosed for years, Robert Herman took to the streets of New York to photograph the loneliness of a city where so many people live b…

• Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Many don’t understand why they should be concerned about surveillance if they have nothing to hide. plerudulier‘s insight: Suddenly, it feels like 2000 again. Back then, surveillance…

• Why ‘I Have Nothing to Hide’ Is the Wrong Way to Think About Surveillance | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres Many don’t understand why they should be concerned about surveillance if they have nothing to hide. plerudulier‘s insight: Suddenly, it feels like 2000 again. Back then, surveill…

• Inventor Of Oculus Rift: The Future Of Virtual Reality Is Social Networking ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community | Things I grab, motley collection

  “Right now you have very abstract social networks. So it will be really interesting to see what happens if virtual reality ever progresses to the point where you can have a very realistic way of interacting,” via Inventor Of Oculus Rift: The Fu…

• When You’re Not The Star: What You Can Learn From The Backup Singers | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT A new documentary, 20 Feet From Stardom, tracks the singers who, despite huge talent, didn’t take center stage but filled a supporting role. Filmmaker Morgan Neville talks about what w…

• A Visual Guide To Every Single Learning Theory | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT This detailed analysis and chart of every single learning theory is worth zooming in and studying. The post A Visual Guide To Every Single Learning Theory appeared first on Edudemic. …

• Calculate The Pathetic Amount Your Personal Data Is Worth | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation | Things I grab, motley collection

  Financial Times has used the prices paid by data brokers to create an interactive calculator. The results are somewhat disappointing: It turns out I’m worth about 15 cents. via Calculate The Pathetic Amount Your Personal Data Is Worth | Co.Exis…

• Study Gauges Value of Technology in Schools – NYTimes.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  With school districts rushing to buy computers, tablets, digital white boards and other technology, a new report questions whether the investment is worth it. In a review of student survey data conducted in conjunction with the federal exams kno…

• The Secret to a Video-Game Phenomenon | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Eschewing grit and realism for creativity and simplicity, Minecraft has heralded a new era in which bedroom programmers can bypass publishers and still see their creations become globa…

• A l’aube d’un séisme politique nommé singularité | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres Il semble particulièrement léger de ne pas questionner l’idéologie motrice des changements qu’augure la singularité technologique, et encore plus imprudent de ne pas chercher à pré…

• Three Beards | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT In my life I have grown three beards, covering many of my adult faces. My present hairiness is monumental, and I intend to carry it into the grave. plerudulier‘s insight: “Despite th…

• Des outils pour créer un webdocumentaire | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Choose Your Own (real) Adventure: Pour ceux qui sont nuls en programmation (comme moi!) voici une liste d’outils destinés spécifiquement à la création de webdocumentaires: Conducttr propose la création d’oeuvres interactives bas…

• How do you build a culture of innovation? | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Pour ne pas mélanger les langues ni les genres How does a successful company maintain a climate in which new ideas and risk-taking are encouraged? In this video from Yale Insights Tim Brown, CEO of the design consultancy IDEO, …

• We really, really want one of these gorgeous human-sized bird’s nests | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Grist: The director of the Big Sur Spirit Garden, Jayson Fann likes to make people feel at home. He’s a nester. Literally — he makes giant, human-sized nests for people to hang out and sleep in and eat in and LIVE IN FOREVER AND…

• Edward Snowden Didn’t Have a BA–Why That’s the Future of the Tech Industry | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT NSA leaker Edward Snowden’s formal education stopped with a GED, a fact that the New York Times’ David Brooks and others have spun into a caricature of him as a loner or outsider. ple…

• Energy department withholding details on multibillion-pound projects ? | Things I grab, motley collection

  Key information about the progress of many of the UK governments most costly projects is being withheld by the energy department, the Guardian has found.In contrast to all other government departments, the Department of Energy and Climate Change…

• Muddy today? This beautifully simple bike fender can be installed and removed in seconds | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Grist: It might be rainy. It might be muddy. You might speed through a disgusting puddle on your bike. But if you took a few seconds to slap on a Musguard fender, you and your clothes will be protected from the tell-tale tracks o…

• Students: it’s your duty to have fun and to save the world | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT From womens liberation to the campaign against apartheid, throughout history students have led the way in changing the world, says veteran student activist Adam Ramsay “Go to the stall…

• Bits Blog: Big Data Sleuthing, 1960s Style | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT An I.B.M.computer made for the National Security Agency, delivered in 1962, shows how intelligence agencies have long been among the most demanding of customers for advanced computing,…

• Urban ag-tivists take over San Francisco condo construction site | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Grist: San Francisco is currently undergoing an unusual and sometimes uncomfortable growth spurt. The San Francisco Business Times calls it “the biggest burst of apartment construction” since the early 1970s, set to “dramatically…

• 1: The Charted Cheese Wheel | Infographic: How To Tell The Difference Between 66 Varieties Of Cheese | Co.Design: business + innovation + design | Things I grab, motley collection

  With age and maturity must necessarily come more discerning tastes. Sooner or later, you’ll have to graduate from beer to wine, from Shining-Kubrick to Barry Lyndon-Kubrick, from Safran Foer to anyone else. And, of course, from cheddar to Stilto…

• On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk | Things I grab, motley collection

  We followed Wednesday’s story about the NSA’s bulk telephone record-gathering with one yesterday about the agency’s direct access to the servers of the world’s largest internet companies. I don’t have time at the moment to address all of the fal…

• Chances Are You Won’t Finish This Article | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT According to new data from Chartbeat, online articles rarely get read in full. But that doesn’t stop people from tweeting them. No one expects you to read the entire Internet every day…

• Grandma’s Experiences Leave Epigenetic Mark on Your Genes | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Your ancestors’ lousy childhoods or excellent adventures might change your personality, bequeathing anxiety or resilience by altering the epigenetic expressions of genes in the brain. …

• How Sensors and Social Data Can Improve the Office | MIT Technology Review | Things I grab, motley collection

  Can we use data about people to alter physical reality, even in real time, and improve their performance at work or in life? That is the question being asked by a developing field called augmented social reality. Here’s a simple example. A few …

• How Google and Silicon Valley Screw Their Non-Elite Workers | Alternet | Things I grab, motley collection

  Silicon Valley sparks the imagination. Its wealth of tech jobs, flashy startups and new media goliaths seems to point toward a better future, beyond post-industrial doldrums and slack labor markets. Work on Google’s idyllic Mountain View campus …

• A Food Sharing Club To Help The Elderly And Vulnerable | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation | Things I grab, motley collection

  Food sharing is a great way to meet your neighbors and make a few friends, as we said here and here. Could it also help re-connect the elderly and vulnerable? That’s the idea behind Casserole Club, a food sharing network in the U.K. that links …

• Ivory keys on Bechstein Louis XV piano dismay environmentalists | Music | guardian.co.uk | Things I grab, motley collection

  It is undeniably impressive with its intricate woodcarving, abundant gold leaf and stunning miniature paintings in the style of Watteau, but should a grand piano produced in 2013 have real ivory-topped keys? The debate has been sparked by what …

• Designer turns city fixtures into instant playgrounds | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Grist: Sometimes you need a side of whimsy and delight to go with your cynicism. Dutch designer Thor ter Kulve creates tweaks for everyday city fixtures, temporarily imbuing them with childlike zest. A boring light pole becomes …

• Opinion: How Not to Be Alone | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Technology may make it easier to communicate electronically, but more difficult to do so emotionally. plerudulier‘s insight: Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retre…

• We Asked For This | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from TechCrunch: There is a certain jollity in the reactions of the webby class to news that the NSA has been, first, spying on Verizon communications for years, and second has approached multiple information-gathering startups, hat i…

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• A Good iPad Fluency Graphic for Teachers | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Developing and maintaining a productive workflow while using iPad is not an easy thing to do. It does not only take knowing and installing all the necessary apps, students need to buil…

• Les entreprises adoptent les outils sociaux mais ne changent pas | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Une étude récente sur la “social collaboration” en Europe montre que les entreprises françaises adoptent massivement les technologies dites “sociales” mais sans opérer les changements …

• If you’re trying to change how your company works, you probably won’t | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from johnstepper: If you’re trying to make work better, you may be feeling, as Margaret Wheatley writes, “exhausted, overwhelmed, and sometimes despairing even as you paradoxically experience moments of joy, belonging, and greater res…

• Stowe Boyd on why the future of work is cooperative | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from The art of life and work: As I’ve shared here before, about a week ago I participated in the Social Now event where I got the opportunity to finally meet face-to-face Stowe Boyd, one of the best thinkers about the future of busin…

• MOOCs: Education’s “The Emperor Wears No Clothes” Moment | libcom.org | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Flexibility Enables Learning: See on Scoop.it – Massively MOOC The recent backlash against MOOCs has tended to romanticize an ideal of public higher education. Yet, education has always been tied up with systems of domination, a…

• James Somers – Web developer money | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT In today’s world, web developers have it all: money, perks, freedom, respect. But is there value in what we do? plerudulier‘s insight: When I go to the supermarket I sometimes think …

• Andy Kessler: Professors Are About to Get an Online Education – WSJ.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  Anyone who cares about America’s shortage of computer-science experts should cheer the recent news out of Georgia Tech. The Atlanta university is making major waves in business and higher education with its May 14 announcement that the college w…

• The rising tide of data journalism | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Data journalism, in a modern format, has a rich history steeped in sociology, the growth of cities and rapidly changing culture. Journalists have long poured over reams of data, often…

• Leadership in a Networked World – The Case of Massive Multiplayer Online Environments | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Learning Change: MMOGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Games) and MMORPGs (Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) are considered to be complex, ever increasing systems with a full range of social and material practices, where…

• EdX Wants YOU To Improve Their Online Learning Platform | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT From Physics to History to Computer Science, many of the world’s largest universities and colleges have come together to use the edX online learning platform. plerudulier‘s insight: …

• How Do You Develop A Brand Around Doing Good Business? | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation | Things I grab, motley collection

  Lane Wood inspires connections and action. Drawn to helping others through his work with charity: water (an NGO fighting to end the global water crisis) and Warby Parker (the successful buy-a-pair, give-a-pair eyewear enterprise), Wood has made …

• Teacher-Led Professional Learning: The Latest Revolution In Education | Edudemic | Things I grab, motley collection

  I’m both in awe and encouraged at the current trend of teacher-led professional learning occurring across our country. Our nations’ teachers are taking control of their own learning and are using a wide variety of social media platforms to do so…

• Art That Exposes Weird Glitches In Google Maps | Co.Design: business + innovation + design | Things I grab, motley collection

  The cartography world has likely seen more changes in the past decade than ever before, thanks to Google Maps. The era of using cumbersome printed maps that crowd the passenger seat, or robotic GPS systems to navigate a road trip has passed. Now…

• MOOCs – massive open online courses: jumping on the bandwidth | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The idea of massive open online courses is becoming increasingly popular. plerudulier‘s insight: The idea is noble: use the internet and advanced technology to enroll huge numbers of…

• Being Digital Demands You Be More Human – John Winsor – Harvard Business Review | Things I grab, motley collection

  The halls of every marketing organization are filled with rumors about the new crop of hires — computer scientists, math majors and big data experts. For them, consumers are a mass of 0s and 1s that represent online behavior that can be collecte…

• “Now You See Me” Harvard-Educated Magician And Puzzle Maker On Magic As Storytelling | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce | Things I grab, motley collection

  In an age of CGI, why bother with a magic consultant? The early moments of Now You See Me answer this question–when the movie audience becomes the foil in a real magic trick. After a few seconds of spirited card deck cuts and shuffles, an illus…

• Meet the squee-iest ancient primate ever discovered | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Grist: Years ago, in eastern China, a farmer dug up what turned out to be one of the oldest — if not the oldest — primate skeletons ever discovered. This guy, now named Archicebus achilles, lived 55 million years ago, weighed j…

• Introducing the Connected Knowledge Lab | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT In the post-job economy we help Knowledge Workers take control of their professional lives and careers. Join us at http://seek-sense-share.com See on fr.slideshare.net Filed under: c…

• Your Childhood Dream Home: The Extreme Treehouses Of “Treehouse Masters” | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce | Things I grab, motley collection

  The first thing that comes to mind when you hear treehouse is probably a haphazardly nailed lean-to perched in an oak tree, filled with scrappy 8-year-old boys with bb guns. But that’s not what the treehouses in the new Animal Planet show Treeho…

• Digital in France: “Making great strides, but there’s still a lot to do.” | L’Atelier: Disruptive innovation | Things I grab, motley collection

  L’Atelier: Where do you consider France to be in its transition to digital? Gilles Babinet:The whole issue of digital is one to which it’s extremely difficult to find an answer. France is a country with a strong scientific culture and this know…

• This tiny house uses mushrooms as insulation | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Grist: Usually you do not want fungi in the walls of your home. But Ecovative is building a home in which having fungi in the walls is the entire point. The “Mushroom Tiny House” will use mycelium (the mass of threadlike “roots” …

• Is Barefoot-Style Running Best? New Studies Cast Doubt – NYTimes.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  Barefoot-running enthusiasts long have believed that running without shoes or in minimalist footwear makes running easier, speedier and less injurious. But a surprisingly large number of new studies examining just how the body actually responds …

• A murder, a media frenzy, and the rise of a new form of local news » Nieman Journalism Lab | Things I grab, motley collection

  Editor’s note: Our friend Dan Kennedy has a new book out, and it’s right up Nieman Lab’s alley. The Wired City: Reimagining Journalism and Civic Life in the Post-Newspaper Age takes as its subject local journalism in cities where new online outl…

• Sustainable urban design: lessons to be taken from slums | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT We should not romanticise slums, but informal settlements can teach us a lot about society and the economy of resources Alfredo Brillembourg is enthusing about Zurich’s blue recycling …

• 5 Tumblr Resources Educators Should Know About | Edudemic | Things I grab, motley collection

  Yahoo recently purchased the blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion. Here is Yahoo’s official press release. Tumblr may be best known to the general public as a haven for animated gif files, humor and short-form self-expression. The Tumblr u…

• If you don’t feel like cooking your own bugs, opt for an insect energy bar | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Chapul Look, the U.N. wants you to eat more insects, because it’s a more sustainable way to get protein — and you want to do what the U.N. says, right? Well, maybe you don’t if it mean…

• Data Mining Wikipedia in Real Time for Disaster Response | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from iRevolution: My colleague Fernando Diaz has continued working on an interesting Wikipedia project since he first discussed the idea with me last year. Since Wikipedia is increasingly used to crowdsource live reports on breaking n…

• A stupidity-based theory of organisations – a paper review | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Eight to Late: Introduction The platitude “our people are  our most important asset”  reflects a belief that the survival and evolution of organisations depends  on the intellectual and cognitive capacities of the individuals wh…

• The social network wars are over. The winner: email! – Computerworld | Things I grab, motley collection

  Computerworld – Email is old and in decline. Chat, texting and social networks are how people interact now, right? Well, not so fast. With every new social network and social service, with every new instant and not-so-instant way to communicate…

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Weekly blog posts (weekly)

• Subtask wants to fuse mind-mapping with project management | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from GigaOM: There’s a healthy market right now for project management tools, from Wunderlist Pro to the now-venerable Basecamp. And then we also have mind-mapping tools such as Mindmeister and Mindjet, which use diagrams in order to …

• After Your Job Is Gone | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from TechCrunch: Do you have a job? Do you like having a job? Then I have some bad news for you. The Guardian is worried “today’s technologies are going to remove people from economic activity completely.” Techonomy says “America’s re…

• Local economies, global responsibility: A vision for the next great American century | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Grist: The following is excerpted from the new book America the Possible: Manifesto for a New Economy. If we manage well, we can achieve a higher quality of life both individually and socially. Life in America the Possible will …

• Google Is Learning How Smartphones Impact In-Store Shopping ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community | Things I grab, motley collection

  Seventy-nine percent of smartphone owners are what Google calls “smartphone shoppers,” meaning that they use their smartphones at least once a month in stores. That’s a lot of people. If there are 130 million smartphone users in the U.S., then a…

• Big Question for Wearable Computing: Is It Ready for Consumers? – NYTimes.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  “There are lots of gadgets in this space right now, but there’s nothing great out there,” Mr. Cook said. “None of them are going to convince a kid that hasn’t worn glasses or a band to wear one.” He added that the space is “ripe for exploration….

• What The Hell is… Big Data? | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Big Data is THE biggest buzzwords around at the moment and I believe big data will change the world. Some say it will be even bigger than the Internet. What’s certain, big data will im…

• Europe : l’

  La schizophrénie de la France à l’égard de l’Europe. L’édito du Monde http://t.co/bcxWkIC5aG via @lemondefr

• An alternative way of corresponding | Une façon alternative de correspondre | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Above is a screenshot of me exchanging with … someone using Etherpad, or its equivalent since Google bought it out (and later released as open source). Excerpt from Wikipedia reads : ”…

• Microsoft’s cloud moves pay off: Office 365 Home Premium surpasses 1M users | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from VentureBeat: Microsoft’s decision to aggressively push its flagship Office software into the cloud looks like a smart move now that Office 365 Home Premium has passed 1 million subscribers. “The new Office is officially the best…

• ‘French Kiss’ is Finally a Real Word in France | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from NewsFeed: In the language of love, the verb “galocher” — to kiss with tongues — has been elevated from gauche street slang to official recognition in Le Petit Robert 2014 French dictionary, which comes out today. ‘La galoche’ is…

• Research for Practitioners: Does Information Structure Affect Learning? by Chris Atherton : Learning Solutions Magazine | Things I grab, motley collection

  “The really interesting finding was that participants’ level of knowledge about the topic interacted significantly with the different learning conditions to affect how well they scored in the test. Crucially, linearly presented information appea…

• EMPATHY: What is it, anyway? | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The Center for Creative Leadership did a study with data from 6,731 managers from 38 countries. Their study found that the ability to understand what others are feeling is a skill that…

• Why part-time study has a great future | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional | Things I grab, motley collection

  There is an increasing groundswell growing right now in favour of part-time education. There are references in social media, in university magazines and wherever people gather to talk about students and their chances in life. I know about this b…

• 1 | Redesigning Schools For Learning, Discipline, And Safety | Co.Exist: World changing ideas and innovation | Things I grab, motley collection

  Marine Science Magnet High School, in Connecticut, a building JCJ worked on (see images). It is made to feel like a “working waterfront building”, suiting its mission, and the machinery of the building is deliberately exposed, so the kids can un…

• Mapping How Cities Smell, Block By Block | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Sight is just the most obvious way to navigate a city. Your nose is also constantly being stimulated. What do you know about your city’s “smellscape”? We map most aspects of cities the…

• 35 Useful Apps And Web Tools For Math Teachers | Edudemic | Things I grab, motley collection

  If you’re content with a chalkboard and an abacus as a math teacher, that’s cool. But have you seen all the apps and web tools just aching to make a difference in your classroom? They’re robust, built just for you, and most are completely free. …

• Life and Death of Tweets Not so Random After All | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Researchers have created a model to quickly predict how many times a tweet will be retweeted. Neat. plerudulier‘s insight: The researchers’ findings were explained in a paper submitt…

• Google wants to starve pirates of revenue instead of outright blocking them | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from BGR: Google is getting sick and tired of the entertainment industry stamping its feet and demanding that it do more to block pirates from its search results. TorrentFreak reports that Google’s U.K. policy manager Theo Bertram sai…

• Pew Research Center Finds U.S. Mothers Are Now The Primary or Only Breadwinners in Their Families In 40% of American Households | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from Emerging Truth: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332523/Record-number-women-breadwinners-family-40-percent-households-kept-afloat-mom.html Record 40% women are now the breadwinners in the family, finds Pew study By ASSO…

• A New Chance for European Politics by Javier Solana – Project Syndicate | Things I grab, motley collection

  After five years of financial and economic crisis, anti-European politics has come resoundingly to the fore in many EU countries – France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Austria, Holland, Finland, Greece, Portugal, and even Germany. Growing institut…

• Are Social Impact Bonds The Future Of International Development? | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT The financial mechanism that attaches a possible return to positive social outcomes is starting to take off in the United States. Will it work for non-wealthy countries? Some nonprofit…

• Structuring and Building Enterprise Collaboration Teams | Things I grab, motley collection

  How involved employees are can depend on all sorts of things, such as how much interest they have in the project and whether they have the time to contribute.   Also, these types of involvement groups are not mutually exclusive or permanent.  Em…

• Researchers bring in graphics supercomputer for a breakthrough in the fight against HIV | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from VentureBeat: Researchers have tapped a supercomputer with 3,000 Nvidia graphics chips to simulate the chemical structure of the HIV virus. The breakthrough, described in the scientific journal Nature today, will give scientists …

• Views Of The Hong Kong Sky, Framed By A Canopy Of Skyscrapers | Co.Design: business + innovation + design | Things I grab, motley collection

  For as long as he can remember, when Romain Jacquet-Lagreze has found himself walking in the forest, he’s always had the inclination to look up, searching for patches of sky poking through the foliage above. So when the French artist moved to Ho…

• How To Gamify Your Classroom In 6 Easy Steps | Edudemic | Things I grab, motley collection

   

  How To Gamify Your Classroom In 6 Easy Steps | Edudemic.

  Filed under: curation Tagged: classroom, gamification

• We are armed only with peer review (by Alice Bell) – The Guardian | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Science funding bodies should be opened up to the public, not just industry In 2007, a group of Climate Camp activists stood under a banner that read “We are armed only with peer-revie…

• A Platform To Help People Climb Out Of Poverty, Step By Step | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Creating a new model for giving, Benevolent helps you get money directly to the people in need rather than to a faceless organization. Large-scale disasters–poverty, war, disease–can b…

• The Age Of The Learner And A (Disruptive Mindset) | Things I grab, motley collection

  Reblogged from DCulberhouse: The constant influx of data, information, and ever-evolving knowledge has shifted our world from that of the expert…to that of the learner. For centuries we have relied on Experts (sustaining mindset) to provide …

• Gardening for Mental Health | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Community gardens for immigrant groups can provide familiar foods that are hard to find in the grocery store. They can also be a balm for alienation and depression.     plerudulier‘s …

• Battling Cancer Together | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Honesty, communication and affection are crucial for couples in this prolonged ordeal. plerudulier‘s insight: Recognizing the importance of honesty and communication when cancer stri…

• Disruptions: Privacy Challenges of Wearable Computing | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Fans of wearable computers can capture what is happening around them with a wink or a subtle click, which raises the question of whether bystanders have a say in being recorded.     p…

• Frank Rich on the History of Gay Rights and His Surrogate Parent Clayton Coots — New York Magazine | Things I grab, motley collection

  In a new century dominated by terrorism and recession, few would deny two big bright spots: the election of an African-American president and the expansion of gay civil rights. The first arrived nearly 150 years after the Civil War. The second h…

• David Karp Quit School to Get Serious About Tumblr – NYTimes.com | Things I grab, motley collection

  Now 26 years old, Mr. Karp never finished high school or enrolled in college. Instead, he played a significant role in several technology start-ups before founding Tumblr, the popular blogging service that agreed to be sold to Yahoo for $1.1 bil…

• BBC News – BBC poll: Germany most popular country in the world | Things I grab, motley collection

  Germany is the most positively viewed nation in the world in this year’s annual Country Ratings Poll for the BBC World Service. More than 26,000 people were surveyed internationally for the poll. They were asked to rate 16 countries and the Eu…

• Scoop.it integrates with Yammer to supercharge enterprise social media | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Be gone, irritating chain email about a fake virus scare that your head of HR sent out! Away, pictures of a random offsite meeting that no one actually cares about! plerudulier‘s insi…

• If My Data Is an Open Book, Why Can’t I Read It? | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Despite all the hoopla about an “open data” society, many consumers are being kept in the dark.     plerudulier‘s insight: Technophoria: For Consumers, an ‘Open Data’ Society Is a Mi…

• Arrêt sur images – Presse web : un rédacteur en chef nommé Google | Things I grab, motley collection

  See on Scoop.it – Things I Grab (Here and There): THgsIGrbHT Chaque jour arrêt sur images décrypte pour vous l’actualité des médias plerudulier‘s insight: Pourquoi les journalistes web re-titrent leurs articles à intervalles réguliers et y ins…

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