Category Archives: theory

The useful convergence of data

Posted on January 3, 2008 by

I have only one prediction for 2008. I think we’re finally about to see the useful combination of the 4 W’s – Who, What, Where, and When. Marc Davis has done some interesting research in this area at Yahoo!, and … Continue reading →

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The problem with being popular (part 2)

Posted on November 19, 2007 by

One of the more interesting sciences, in my mind, is how information relevance is both determined, surfaced and then evolved. In Fred Wilson’s recent Cautionary Techmeme Tale he argues that making news popular takes away its social context and therefore … Continue reading →

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Is attention finite?

Posted on December 7, 2006 by

John Hagel explores the economics of attention and describes the issues for today’s business leaders: “Attention economics starts with the observation that, as products and information proliferate, attention becomes the scarce resource … we each have only 24 hours in … Continue reading →

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Designing for the future

Posted on July 29, 2006 by

There’s a great presentation by William McDonough speaking at the Bioneers Conference back in 2000 about designing for the future available via Google Video (thanks Metafilter). He has a revolutionary perspective on how humanity needs to think about its current … Continue reading →

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Leadership lessons from China

Posted on May 30, 2006 by

There are some interesting leadership and management lessons from some of the Chinese manufacturing systems that can be applied at all levels of an organization to make it more innovation-friendly. The contrast between leading and managing may be subtle to … Continue reading →

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Media needs to reflect attention, not collect attention

Posted on May 26, 2006 by

The “Edge” economists generated a swirl of activity over the last couple of weeks inspired by an attention economy paper apparently written in 1997 and referenced by Esther Dyson in a WSJ article. Photo: eva8 In this paper, Michael Goldhaber … Continue reading →

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