August 29, 2008 – 11:08 am
I know I need to approach this topic with kid gloves because there are many of you out there that either perform good deeds entirely selflessly or many of those that truly believe that you do. I used to be part of the latter group. Then I read The Origins of Virtue: Human Instincts and [...]
By miss rogue
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Posted in community, insight, research, social capital
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Tagged akoha, austin hill, barcamp, carrot and stick, cruel2bkind, hero workshop, herocamp, incentives, jane mcgonigal, matt langdon, matt ridley, world of warcraft, wow
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August 23, 2008 – 10:57 pm
Some stuff I’m reading this week…
The Long Tail: I wish people would stop using economy as just a smart-sounding metaphor
Chris Anderson doesn’t really understand economics, but tries to put measurements on social economies.
How Much Time Should You Spend Networking?
And it’s a very dangerous thing in this world to not share information. People are paranoid [...]
August 13, 2008 – 6:49 pm
After a super successful and highly energetic first TransitCampBayArea, we decided to set the date for TCBA2 for September 13, 2008.
What has happened since #1? Well:
It was written up in Governing Magazine in their Wiki issue
Joe Hughes started a really active Transit-Developers Group that now has over 100 members working on really great apps for [...]
August 9, 2008 – 10:57 pm
Some stuff I’m reading this week…
Welcome! - TinEye
TinEye is an image search engine built by Idée currently in private beta. Give it an image and it will tell you where the image appears on the web.
A source is a source, of course, even when it’s free and turning an industry upside down | The Industry [...]
The last couple of times I’ve come across the border to apply for my TN1 Visa (NAFTA Visa between Canada and US), the border officers have Googled me. And, to my surprise, have actually told me that the results were good enough to back up the resume I handed them. One official actually said, “You [...]