The Revolution in Analytics–Fraud, Waste, & Abuse

Viva The Revolution in Analytics! Viva Performance Analytics! A Shameless Parody Warning: This parody is a shameless exploitation of Bogart’s “Treasure of Sierra Madre” and Hemingway’s “Old Man & The Sea.”  It pokes fun at the rising elite of consulting, i.e. those involved with performance analytics or “the revolution in analytics.” Yet it raises serious …

Builders of the Next Net

this is the second post in a series to highlight the people and projects coming together at this year’s Contact Conference, Oct 20, 2011 in NYCOne of the big areas we’ll be highlighting at Contact is ‘next net’ technologies – hardware and software tools that bring people internet access and the ability to connect, communicate …

Afghanistan Ground Truth: Deja Vu & Nested RECAP

The Lost Villages Saying goodbye to a once-friendly land, now taken without a fight by the Taliban. ANNA BADKHEN, Foreign Policy, 03/06/11 BALKH PROVINCE, Afghanistan — The villages fell without a battle. Read full article…. See Also: Open Source Insights Into the Taliban New Army Chief of Staff: Out of Touch? NEW: Blistering Bullshit Flag …

Nuclear/Climate Change: CLOSED 17 May 2011

ROLLING UPDATE from Beginning of Crisis SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/PBI-Japan-Update 16 May 2011 ALL:  Study: Seaports unready for climate change CANADA:  Climate change threatens arctic coastlines CHINA:  China’s Nuclear Arsenal: Status and Evolution EUROPE-SPAIN:  Spanish Quake Jolts European Nuclear Debate GERMANY-JAPAN-USA:  Nuclear Nations Turn To Natural Gas And Renewables INDIA:  Manmohan Singh takes stock of country’s …

4 Trends Shaping the Emerging “Superfluid” Economy

4 Trends Shaping the Emerging “Superfluid” Economy Venessa Miemis | May 9, 2011 This post originally appeared on CNN.com’s Global Public Square. Humanity and technology continue to co-evolve at an ever increasing pace, leaving traditional institutions (and mindsets) calcified and out of date. A new paradigm is emerging, where everything is increasingly connected and the nature …