June 2012
63 posts
Visual Turn: Where are the "responsive learning... →
visualturn:
With all of the new learning management systems popping up in the last few months like mushrooms after a spring rain, I keep wondering why none of them have yet announced a core platform built on responsive web design principles.
There is an opportunity here to open up a big shift toward mobile…
The big shift: cloud, connectivity and innovation →
ibmsocialbiz:
JP Rangaswami, blogging as “confused of calcutta,” writes about the “big shift” to social enterprise:
The concept of the Social Enterprise is underpinned by the cloud: a public digital infrastructure based on open standards, scalable and elastic. In effect, it represents the Foundation “wave” of the Big Shift.
The core of the Social Enterprise is connectivity, bringing about...
Celluloid no more: distribution of film to cease... →
unexpectedtech:
A recent report from IHS Screen Digest, a company that analyzes trends in digital media, says that movie studios will cease producing 35 mm film prints for major markets by the end of 2013 (the US, France, the UK, Japan, and Australia are considered ”major markets”). IHS predicts studios will stop producing film for the rest of the world by 2015.
The death of traditional...
5 mind-bending facts about dreams
As scientists become increasingly able to probe deeper into our minds, they are beginning to shine some light on the mysteries of what happens when we sleep.
When your head hits the pillow, for many it’s lights out for the conscious part of you. But the cells firing in your brain are very much awake, sparking enough energy to produce the sometimes vivid and sometimes downright haunted dreams...
“Systems thinking is difficult for those that have been educated to always apply...”
– How ‘systems thinking’ is making the cloud transparent | Cloud Computing News (via shaneguiter)
For an Isolated Tribe, Time Follows the Terrain,... →
neuroticthought:
by Carl Zimmer
When we say “I knew him way back when,” or “the best years are still ahead of you,” we’re using space to set up a timeline, with the past trailing behind us and the future stretching forward. Scientists long assumed that all people envisioned time that same way. But more recent studies have shown that’s not the case: Mandarin Chinese speakers may refer to the...
Watchalexanderpf:
Ecological Footprint creator William Rees on ‘Why We’re in Denial’
From The Extra-Environmentalist:
Dr. William Rees is a professor emeritus at the University of British Columbia and former director of the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP). He is the originator of the “ecological footprint” concept and co-developer of the method. In this interview he speaks with...
Watchfuturescope:
Robot ethics: Morals and the machine
via 33rd Square:
As robots grow more autonomous, society needs to develop rules to manage them. A recent piece in the Economist explored the issue of robot ethics and some of the dilemmas that autonomous machines present.
[more @33rdSquare & @The Economist]
“One of the teachers of the law came and heard them debating. Noticing that Jesus...”
– Mark 12:28-31 (NIV)
Watchfuturamb:
urbalize:
The Stockholm Resilience Centre has organized the “Cities and Biodiversity Outlook” (CBO) to research links between urbanization, biodiversity and ecosystem services.
(via @nrahford)
How we build and develop our cities becomes more and more important for many aspects of our lives - even from an environmental perspective.
Watchfuturescope:
Quantum Levitation at the World Science Festival
via popsci:
Enthusiastic crowds jostled to get a better view of the quantum levitation display at Innovation Square on Saturday, a day-long celebration of science held at MetroTech Plaza in Brooklyn as part of the World Science Festival. Run by Boaz Almog, an inventor and physicist at Tel Aviv University, it was the first public...
“Enlightenment is always accidental. That does not mean that you have not to try...”
– Osho (via lazyyogi)
SkepTV: LIVE- IIG Paranormal $50k Preliminary... →
skeptv:
June 10, 4pm PDT [7pm EDT / 11pmUTC]
via virtualds:
The IIG will undergo a preliminary test by “seeing” into sealed envelopes. The protocol has been designed with months of discussions between the IIG and the claimant. Before the test can begin the claimant must sign off on the…
Joyful Abandon: The Selling Points →
lazyyogi:
Everything tries to sell you by telling you that you are lacking. Not sexy enough, not social enough, not rich enough, not smart enough. But if you buy this then BAM! You’ve got what you needed…for now. Until they just hook and reel you in using another insecurity.
People love to blame…
10 Ways to Cheat-Proof Your Classroom →
