The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
OPEN, Force Is. Open Source Design Tools for Human Rights Activists Deji Olukotun Global Voices Advocacy, 25 January 2013 The world’s premier human rights organizations often have entire communications teams with dedicated graphic designers to celebrate their work. But not every organization can afford to have a designer. Even those organizations that do have design …
Hybrid, force is. A Bill of Rights and Principles for Learning in the Digital Age Hybrid Pedagogy, 22 January 2013 On December 14, 2012, a group of 12 assembled in Palo Alto for a raucous discussion of online education. Hybrid Pedagogy contributors Sean Michael Morris and Jesse Stommel gathered together with folks from a diverse …
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In the tar pit, the mammoths are. There Is No Publishing Industry All models are wrong, some models are useful – statistician George Box The mental model we share of this thing we call the publishing industry is no longer useful. Most of us think of the publishing industry’s product as “books”. That’s like thinking that Amazon …
Beautiful, force is. Functional Beauty and User Experience Catalina Butnaru Beauty is one of the oldest and most powerful concepts in human history—inspiring artists and lighting up cultural movements, philosophical debates, and, in modern times, curious scientific interest. Beauty is a desirable feature of the products we buy, with the power to shape consumer choices …
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To be Jedi is to face the truth, and choose. Give off light, or darkness, Padawan. Be a candle, or the night. –YODA, Dark Rendezvous China’s Urban Air Kills Rural Plants As people in Beijing and northern China struggle with severe air pollution this winter, the toxic air is also making life hard for plants …
Korean DPA Faults Google’s TOS Changes: Global Privacy Implications? By Graham Greenleaf, Whon-il Park (Privacy Laws & Business International Report, Issue 119: 22-25, October 2012) Abstract: The first decision of Korea’s Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) has borne out the perception that Korea’s new Personal Information Protection Act (PIP Act) is ‘Asia’s toughest data privacy …
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Human, force is. Twitter’s human-powered search is the present and future of AI Summary: Twitter’s use of actual human intelligence to make sense of its search results, points to the mundane reality that even with machine learning and lots of data, sometimes humans are the best source for insights — something those trying to create …
