December 2011
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Why the coming 20 years are going to look...
In this video Chris Martenson, economic analyst at chrismartenson.com and author of ‘The Crash Course’, explains why he thinks that the coming 20 years are going to look completely unlike the last 20 years. In his presentation he focuses on the so-called three “Es”: Economy, Energy and Environment. He argues that at this point in time it is no longer possible to view either one of those...
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IBM 5 in 5: Mind Reading is no longer science...
From the IBM Research Blog: “Editor’s note: This post about IBM’s 5 in 5 prediction of mind reading technology is by Kevin Brown of IBM Software Group’s Emerging Technologies. One of the many great things about working with the Emerging Technology Services team is that I am always focused on “what’s next.” For a long time speech recognition fitted into this category...
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Memristors and how they may change computing
By Glen Hiemstra | December 20th, 2011
I recently read a novelette by Bruce Sterling called Black Swan (A Cyberpunk Story). I was intrigued by what Sterling referred to as a “Memrister”. Within the context of the story, it was only clear that memristors were theoretical electronic devices with a lot of potential applications. After doing some research, I found out that Memristors are, in...
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Email Marketers Claim "Email is the New Social...
MediaBizBlogger Ed Keller writes: “As the trade press continues to focus on the year that was in 2011 and forecasts for the year to come in 2012, social media remains a hot topic of conversation. Two reports have come out recently making the case that email remains a big and effective part of the social story.
In his keynote address to MediaPost’s Email Insider Summit, Tynt CEO...
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The Quote: Here's to the Crazy Ones ...
Found on Jonathan MacDonald’s Blog. Click Image to display ion full length.
The Future of Marketing 2012 and Beyond
By Glen Hiemstra | December 16th, 2011
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The Future of Marketing from Laughlin Constable on Vimeo.
Glen Hiemstra is a futurist, author, speaker, consultant, and Founder of Futurist.com. To arrange for a speech, workshop or consultation contact Futurist.com.
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The Digital Music Year That Was: 2011 in Review...
Found on Mark Mulligan’s Music Industry Blog: “Following the disappointment of 2010, 2011 was always going to need to pack more punch. In some ways it did, and other ways it continued to underwhelm. On balance though the stage is set for an exciting 2012. There were certainly lots of twists and turns in 2011, including: disquiet among the artist community regarding digital pay-outs,...
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Defining Social Networks in Switzerland
Report #2/2011 by Relax In The Air in Lausanne.
Defining Social Networks in Switzerland 2011#2
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UK’s Largest Legal Technology Event Confirms an...
From Charles Christian and NetLaw Media: “The world’s most read legal technology commentator Charles Christian, in association with the UK’s most successful legal events organisation Netlaw Media, have today announced the final line-up for the biggest one day legal technology event ever staged in the UK.
With 2 Internationally renowned keynote speakers, 5 chairpersons, 40 expert...
The future for people with disabilities
By Glen Hiemstra | December 8th, 2011
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking to the annual conference of the Governor’s Council on People with Disabilities in the state of Indiana. More than 400 people had gathered, both people with disabilities and advocates, for a 2-day conference. The theme was Celebrating Community. More than two decades ago I had done quite a bit of speaking and...
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Will your privacy completely vanish? It depends...
As seen on Ross Dawson’s “Trends in the Living Networks”: “We recently launched our 12 Themes for 2012, shown below, in which the third of the 12 themes is ‘Privacy vanishes’.
2012: 12 Themes - What to expect in the year ahead
One of the drivers of privacy vanishing is the rise of facial recognition. As the 2012 themes document notes, while Facebook has prominently...
Flying construction robots
By Glen Hiemstra | November 30th, 2011
The construction industry is among the slowest to change among all business types. When I have worked with them anticipating longer term trends and possible disruptions to traditional ways of doing business, the topic of construction robots always comes up. Autonomous robots that scale walls and build buildings piece by piece, or even nanoscale robots that...
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The Hopeful Continent: Africa Rising
After decades of slow growth, Africa has a real chance to follow in the footsteps of Asia. The Economist, Dec 3rd, 2011, from the printed edition.
The shops are stacked six feet high with goods, the streets outside are jammed with customers and salespeople are sweating profusely under the onslaught. But this is not a high street during the Christmas-shopping season in the rich world. It is...
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Positioning Your Publishing Business for the...
Gerd Leonhard at the World e-Reading Congress May 2012 in London: “I am a longtime commentator on how the digital, mobile and social-media revolution has left Publishers reeling and in a state of total change or even disruption. This is a call to action to transform your business to embrace and conquer the digital age. Failure to do so will mean inevitable friction, market confusion and...
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The 3 Pillars of Content Curation
Found on Neil Perkin’s Only Dead Fish: “Curation is already becoming an overused word but it’s an increasingly important one. Not least because the way in which we discover content that we like or find useful, and how it gets in front of us or gets our attention, is changing radically. With an explosion of choice and noise, and attention becoming the new scarcity, how we...
Top 10 Reasons to (not) Avoid Social Media
By Glen Hiemstra | November 30th, 2011
Tongue in cheek, Allegis Group Services recently posted the top 10 reasons that HR and other professionals in companies should avoid social media. Read the whole piece, but here are the 10 reasons…
1. You’re a Global Company That Does Not Want to Maintain a Uniform, Worldwide Corporate Culture.
2. You Want to Ensure That Leadership Has no Casual...
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Infograph: Seven Billion
Section from an interesting infograph by ResearchMatters, found on Jonathan MacDonalds blog, looking at the future of the population on our Planet.