Ted Shulman: Ganib Open Source Organization and Collaboration Tool

Among its functions, all free: GET STARTED. Import MS project files and edit them online. Copy paste from spreadsheets. Manage advanced tasks with dependencies, constraints, Gantt chart views. TIMESHEET. Know your team members daily billed hrs for the month. Filter them by account or project you are interested in for billing, invoicing or meeting purpose. …

Reflections on the Ecuador Initiative — Open Source Everything Combined with Ethical Evidence-Based Decision-Support 1.1

Michel Bauwens, founder of the Peer to Peer (P2P) Foundation and one of my personal pioneer heroes, is deeply engaged in Ecuador with a Presidential initiative. This endeavor could be world-changing, first in Ecuador, then across South America, and ultimately around the globe starting with the BRICS and the rest of the Southern Hemisphere. I …

Jon Rappoport: Obama Delivers State of the Onion — the Unpublished Truthful Version Leaks

Obama and the State of the Onion Address Apparently, the President had ingested some kind of weird drug, because when he stepped to the podium he didn’t look at the teleprompter. He just started talking. “…like every other recent President, when I take to this platform I’m expected to tell a certain number of lies …

Stephen E. Arnold: Drone Identification Guide – Symbol of Today’s World

Identify Drones from Below with this Handy Guide A guide brought to our attention by Popular Science highlights the dilemma of living in areas where drones of unknown origin may fly above you, your loved ones, or your home at any time. Reporter Kelsey D. Atherton shares “A Guide to Spotting and Hiding from Drones” …

SmartPlanet: The world’s top universities — still no “smart nation”

Western universities still dominate the upper reaches of the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. But a power shift is underway and the east is beginning to rise through the ranks. The Times Higher Education World University Rankings powered by Thomson Reuters judges research-led universities on teaching, research, citations (research influence), industry income and international …

Sreeram Chaulia: Russia-China-India “Strategic Triangle”

A new power triangle The relative decline of America’s military, economy and soft power has led to new possibilities for restructuring leadership. Russia, India and China have been grasping at these new horizons. The Asian Age, 22 October 2013 Two back-to-back diplomatic summits this week between India and Russia, followed by India and China, are …