Category: Event Notes
Posted by: scott
Other Categories: Event Notes , Pedagogy , Education Facilities , Design and Management , Business , Innovation
I have been invited to speak and lead a workshop at the Design Thinking Symposium, November 18th and 19th in Singapore. I will be giving a talk on design across communities and leading a workshop on designing the future library.
Click the image for more details and see the following links
http://www.designthinking.sg/
http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg/Event.aspx?EventID=30576
http://www.designthinking.sg/
http://golibrary.nlb.gov.sg/Event.aspx?EventID=30576
10/16/09: What's bigger than global?
Category: General
Posted by: scott
Other Categories: General , Pedagogy , Business , Innovation , Information Visualization , Social Netizens , Information Resources
According to this article one of the problems with graduates of computer science programs is that they don't think big enough. They don't think at what is known as "Internet Scale". Internet Scale is not just BIG - rather, it is the confluence of incredibly small sub-bits of data - in amazingly large numbers - over huge areas - impacting an almost unfathomable number of stakeholders. That said - this article is for *everyone* - so don't shut your brains off just because it doesn't explicitly speak to your interests.
The point of this article is that students are graduating without the skills to think about the broader, systemic issues related to their work. So what does "internet scale" mean in your domain, topic - and to your stakeholders? Are you thinking big enough?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/technology/12data.html
Training to Climb an Everest of Digital Data
By ASHLEE VANCE
Published: October 12, 2009
Google and I.B.M. are offering help to universities to get students to cope with vast amounts of data.
The point of this article is that students are graduating without the skills to think about the broader, systemic issues related to their work. So what does "internet scale" mean in your domain, topic - and to your stakeholders? Are you thinking big enough?
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/12/technology/12data.html
Training to Climb an Everest of Digital Data
By ASHLEE VANCE
Published: October 12, 2009
Google and I.B.M. are offering help to universities to get students to cope with vast amounts of data.
Category: Things Fall Apart
Posted by: scott
Other Categories: Things Fall Apart , Business , Innovation
From Twitter @MargaretWallace: The Depressing Reality Of Venture Capital, As Told Through Very Sad Charts: http://tinyurl.com/yeadlv6 .
TFA for sure - but is there a silver lining to the glum 'tude of those money mavens? Seems to be that if they need to put their money somewhere, funded ideas cannot be the typical 'fully funded folly'. Dare I say that there must be real fundamentals behind the ventures that get funded? Perhaps some real, non-derivative value?
TFA for sure - but is there a silver lining to the glum 'tude of those money mavens? Seems to be that if they need to put their money somewhere, funded ideas cannot be the typical 'fully funded folly'. Dare I say that there must be real fundamentals behind the ventures that get funded? Perhaps some real, non-derivative value?
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