Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Cooperation Commons

Monday, April 10th, 2006Cooperation CommonsHoward Rheingold, has a truly inspiring speech on what cooperation between individuals and communities could create and deliver, in an interconnected world.His belief is that nobody is as clever as everybody, by which he means collective intelligence created through ...

Surowiecki on harnessing collective intelligence

Sunday, April 9th, 2006sxsw surowiecki on the wisdom of crowdsJames Surowiecki spoke at the SXSW Interactive conference in Austin, Texas on Saturday 11th March 2006 about the ideas in his bestselling book The Wisdom Of Crowds. It's relevance to Web 2.0 ...

Networks of Palliative Care

Wednesday, April 5th, 2006I was listening to a radio 4 programme yesterday about Palliative care, something that unfortunately I do have a personal engagement with at the moment as my father-in-law is dying of cancer caused by Asbestosis.Tony lives with us, and ...

When push comes to pull: the new economy & culture of the networked society

Thursday, March 30th, 2006I have been reading the Aspen Institutes latest ouvre, entitled When push comes to pull. The new economy & culture of networking technologyWhich resonates deeply with Communities Dominate Brands.David Bollier the author states If the world seems a confusing ...

When push comes to pull: a new paradigm

Thursday, March 30th, 2006I have been reading the Aspen Institutes latest ouvre, entitled When push comes to pull. The new economy & culture of networking technologyWhich resonates deeply with Communities Dominate Brands.David Bollier the author states If the world seems a confusing ...

Commerce, Culture, Community, Connectivity

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006I was speaking at the MediaGuardian Changing Media Summit yesterday.One of the topics discussed was "finding new ways to connect with consumers in a collaborative world."Unfortunately, there was not enough time to really get stuck into the topic.Its interesting ...

Business, society and the nuturing of communities

Tuesday, March 28th, 2006I was speaking at the Media Guardian Changing Media Summit yesterday.One of the topics discussed was "finding new ways to connect with consumers in a collaborative world."Unfortunately, there was not enough time to really get stuck into the topic.Its ...

Children benefit from exposure to digital culture

Monday, March 20th, 2006Children benefit from exposure to digital culture Children need to participate fully in digital culture in order to develop the "skills, knowledge, ethical frameworks and self-confidence needed to be full participants in the world around them," MIT Professor Henry ...

Come together as one

Saturday, March 11th, 2006Today only about 5% of global advertising is online, yet 20% of media is consumed online.And so nobody is as clever as everybody "Collaborative usage of the internet is rising," said Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, a free ...

The economics of Group forming Network theory

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006I came across David Reed recently, who has done some very interesting work around networks and their economic value.Here are some highlights from Reeds paper on Reeds Law In networks like the Internet, Group Forming Networks (GFNs) are an ...

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