Archive for June, 2008

First day at reboot – mini summary

Great first day at reboot – blogged, twittered, chatted and talked with a lot of people. Now looking forward to more chats and mingling. Alas, this is still on the slate: “How do I know what I think until I’ve said it out loud in public and wasted everyone’s time?: Babbage’s Noise with David Weinberger. [...]

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reboot 10 – some first notes on openness in design

It’s a week of heavy travel and conferencing, yesterday the International Forum on Enterprise 2.0 in Varese, now I’m at reboot 10 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Started well with a cozy welcome and “conferencing package”: Talks started off with Howard Rheingold, then it’s Molly Wright Steenson with a talk on Responsive architecture and open society. Interesting blog [...]

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Open notebook science

On Science Blogging, in IT Conversations: Jean-Claude Bradley, an associate professor of chemistry at Drexel University, is a pioneering practitioner of open notebook science. On this edition of Interviews with Innovators, Bradley explains to host Jon Udell that he believes scientific research happens better and faster when the entire process is transparently narrated online (mp3).

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Firefox 3

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Marissa Mayer on how Google works (and some UX stuff)

Found more interesting things on usability and design – check out this video of Marissa Mayer’s keynote at the Google I/O Developers Conference. Whoa, she’s fast and smart.

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Pirate’s Dilemma

Matt Mason, author of The Pirate’s Dilemma has arranged with his publisher to release his book as a free download. He’s doing a Radiohead, i.e. readers can decide freely if and how much they want to pay him. Recommended book by the way, so go D/L and read Matt’s blog too. By treating the electronic [...]

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Stumbled on some podcasts …

Long list – but you’ve got time on a weekend, don’t you? Jon Udell speaks to Ledeen and Lewis (blog), co-authors of Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion, reflecting on the rapid and sweeping changes internet technologies bring (mp3). BusinessWeek Columnists Jack & Suzy Welch say that Web Age [...]

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