Science confirms women prefer romance | NEWS.com.au
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» New Neurons: Good News, Bad News « Brain Fitness Revolution at SharpBrains
he obvious question that doesn't always get asked is, "What good are new neurons if they don't survive?". And that's where learning, enrichment, mental exercise, are critical.
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http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/04/25/new-neurons-good-news-bad-news
he obvious question that doesn't always get asked is, "What good are new neurons if they don't survive?". And that's where learning, enrichment, mental exercise, are critical.
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http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/04/25/new-neurons-good-news-bad-news
Openness as a Function of Incentive
The shortest distance to achieving victory for openness is via incentive. You want to encourage openness and participation? Find the right carrot, or, if need be, the right stick. Incenti...
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http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/000744.html
The shortest distance to achieving victory for openness is via incentive. You want to encourage openness and participation? Find the right carrot, or, if need be, the right stick. Incenti...
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http://www.redmonk.com/sogrady/archives/000744.html
Active Democracy : Citizen Participation in Decision Making
Information which individuals, groups or organisations can use to enhance citizens' involvement in the activities of local, state or federal government.
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http://www.activedemocracy.net
Information which individuals, groups or organisations can use to enhance citizens' involvement in the activities of local, state or federal government.
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http://www.activedemocracy.net
Dunbar, Altruistic Punishment, and Meta-Moderation
In any group process look for the commons, allow participants to participate in identifing defectors; determine what the costs are for such identification [...] and encourage participatio...
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http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/03/dunbar_altruist.html
In any group process look for the commons, allow participants to participate in identifing defectors; determine what the costs are for such identification [...] and encourage participatio...
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http://www.lifewithalacrity.com/2005/03/dunbar_altruist.html
Software Development as a Spectator Sport
Enrollment in computer science is declining. We need some way to get the general public excited about computers again.
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http://ideas.web.cse.unsw.edu.au/index.php?module=articles&func=display&ptid=1&aid=471
Enrollment in computer science is declining. We need some way to get the general public excited about computers again.
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Microsoft probably mulling music store futures
Either Microsoft will sell the store outright to someone else, or Microsoft will turn the store into a multi-tenant e-commerce architecture that can be private labeled by anybody [...] a...
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1579&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
Either Microsoft will sell the store outright to someone else, or Microsoft will turn the store into a multi-tenant e-commerce architecture that can be private labeled by anybody [...] a...
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=1579&part=rss&tag=feed&subj=zdblog
Sun plans to make all its software free
Sun Microsystems president and COO Jonathan Schwartz on Thursday cited the company's plans to eventually offer all of its software for free as a way to build communities around its techno...
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1750204966;fp;16;fpid;0
Sun Microsystems president and COO Jonathan Schwartz on Thursday cited the company's plans to eventually offer all of its software for free as a way to build communities around its techno...
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http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1750204966;fp;16;fpid;0
Final Words on Viral (for now)
a viral campaign is something that people want to send to their social network for any reason whatsoever. The motivation of the sender is irrelevant, providing that the message itself spr...
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http://www.mobile-weblog.com/50226711/final_words_on_viral_for_now.php
a viral campaign is something that people want to send to their social network for any reason whatsoever. The motivation of the sender is irrelevant, providing that the message itself spr...
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http://www.mobile-weblog.com/50226711/final_words_on_viral_for_now.php
Untested Assumptions May Have a Big Effect
Numerous, often hidden, assumptions underlie the mental models or mindsets of senior leaders. These assumptions inform the design of specific business practices [...] that define an orga...
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http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/lead_pfeffer_assumptions.shtml
Numerous, often hidden, assumptions underlie the mental models or mindsets of senior leaders. These assumptions inform the design of specific business practices [...] that define an orga...
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http://www.gsb.stanford.edu/news/research/lead_pfeffer_assumptions.shtml
Innovation Best Practices
Visible senior executive sponsorship, diversity within teams and across the initiative, cross-business participation, latitude granted to the innovators – acceptance of failure, adequa...
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http://www.ottergroup.com/blog/_archives/2005/6/29/983898.html
Visible senior executive sponsorship, diversity within teams and across the initiative, cross-business participation, latitude granted to the innovators – acceptance of failure, adequa...
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Hitting the High Notes
The software marketplace, these days, is something of a winner-take-all system. [...] The lagniappe that you get from the really, really, really talented software developers is your only ...
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HighNotes.html
The software marketplace, these days, is something of a winner-take-all system. [...] The lagniappe that you get from the really, really, really talented software developers is your only ...
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http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/HighNotes.html
Renminbi Blowback
Chinese companies are developing a whole new set of management techniques to foster rapid incremental innovation. [...] Revaluation of the renminbi will [...] intensify [the] sense of urg...
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http://edgeperspectives.typepad.com/edge_perspectives/2005/07/renminbi_blowba.html
Chinese companies are developing a whole new set of management techniques to foster rapid incremental innovation. [...] Revaluation of the renminbi will [...] intensify [the] sense of urg...
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http://edgeperspectives.typepad.com/edge_perspectives/2005/07/renminbi_blowba.html
Open source leadership
[The project leaders I talked to] had strong ethics, were humble, were extremely sensitive of the needs of their community and lead more through coordination and management of processes t...
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http://joi.ito.com/archives/2005/08/12/open_source_leadership.html#comments
[The project leaders I talked to] had strong ethics, were humble, were extremely sensitive of the needs of their community and lead more through coordination and management of processes t...
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How Economists Really View Health Insurance
Moral hazard would lead an insurance company [...] to provide incentives for preventive care. [...] Health care programs for the poor, such as Medicaid, ought to be structured to encourag...
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http://www.techcentralstation.com/082605E.html
Moral hazard would lead an insurance company [...] to provide incentives for preventive care. [...] Health care programs for the poor, such as Medicaid, ought to be structured to encourag...
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Linus on source code, developer craziness, and the makings of successful projects
Encourage them to make things configurable, so that the system integrators and distributors can [combine the parts into] a more unified whole. Maybe it won't be totally unified, but what ...
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2005/12/linus_on_source.html
Encourage them to make things configurable, so that the system integrators and distributors can [combine the parts into] a more unified whole. Maybe it won't be totally unified, but what ...
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2005/12/linus_on_source.html
Needs, wants, nice to haves
What is ugly about marketing is that they prey on weaknesses to con us into believing we need something we don't. As a result, it is in the interest of the marketers of crap that we do no...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/10/08.html#a1296
What is ugly about marketing is that they prey on weaknesses to con us into believing we need something we don't. As a result, it is in the interest of the marketers of crap that we do no...
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http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/10/08.html#a1296
Climate Stability Bonds
[An ideal climate policy] would use markets, the best way yet devised of allocating society’s scarce resources, to channel people’s self-interest into the solution of the climate chan...
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http://socialgoals.com/ieakyototext.html
[An ideal climate policy] would use markets, the best way yet devised of allocating society’s scarce resources, to channel people’s self-interest into the solution of the climate chan...
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http://socialgoals.com/ieakyototext.html
Oregon's Mileage Tax: A Truly Bad Idea
The mileage tax is a poor substitute for the gas tax. It has all the negative features of the gas tax, but does not have the positive impact of causing consumers to buy less polluting cars.
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http://economics.about.com/od/taxesandeconomicgrowth/a/mileage_tax.htm
The mileage tax is a poor substitute for the gas tax. It has all the negative features of the gas tax, but does not have the positive impact of causing consumers to buy less polluting cars.
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Equality of Opportunity is the Central Principle of Distributive Justice
If there is an amount that we could reallocate to the development of primary capacities that is smaller than the value that would thereby be created by the productive expression of those ...
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http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/17/equality-of-opportunity-is-the-central-pri...
If there is an amount that we could reallocate to the development of primary capacities that is smaller than the value that would thereby be created by the productive expression of those ...
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http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2006/03/17/equality-of-opportunity-is-the-central-pri...
How business pays for university education
the most sensible way for business to pay for education is for the student to make the initial investment, and then charge business for the benefit of his or her knowledge.
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http://badanalysis.com/catallaxy/?p=1634
the most sensible way for business to pay for education is for the student to make the initial investment, and then charge business for the benefit of his or her knowledge.
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http://badanalysis.com/catallaxy/?p=1634
Pushback on "Fair Use" for Patents
Invention is one part inspiration and 99 parts perspiration. I think it is important to protect the perspiration. I think that protecting the inspiration ends up leading to perverse resul...
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http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2006/03/pushback_on_fai.html
Invention is one part inspiration and 99 parts perspiration. I think it is important to protect the perspiration. I think that protecting the inspiration ends up leading to perverse resul...
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http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2006/03/pushback_on_fai.html
In defense of the university
[Creative freedom and lack of accountability] are two sides of the same coin. If most of the value added comes from the superstars, the gains from their freedom may exceed the losses from...
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http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/04/in_defense_of_t.html
[Creative freedom and lack of accountability] are two sides of the same coin. If most of the value added comes from the superstars, the gains from their freedom may exceed the losses from...
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http://www.marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2006/04/in_defense_of_t.html
The Power of Dialogue
Dialogue is a powerful technique. It lays a foundation for deep change. Like most informal learning, it operates under the radar. [...] It deserves a place in the technology tool kit of a...
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http://internettime.com/wordpress2/?p=555
Dialogue is a powerful technique. It lays a foundation for deep change. Like most informal learning, it operates under the radar. [...] It deserves a place in the technology tool kit of a...
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Five Reasons to Stop Saying "Good Job!"
The bad news is that the use of positive reinforcement really isn’t so positive. The good news is that you don’t have to evaluate in order to encourage.
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The bad news is that the use of positive reinforcement really isn’t so positive. The good news is that you don’t have to evaluate in order to encourage.
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The growth of growth theory
Despite the caricature, [Solow] did not intend in his 1956 model to deny that innovation is often dearly bought and profit-driven. The question is whether anything useful can be said abou...
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http://economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6943519
Despite the caricature, [Solow] did not intend in his 1956 model to deny that innovation is often dearly bought and profit-driven. The question is whether anything useful can be said abou...
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http://economist.com/finance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=6943519
The Incentive to Participate in Social Networks and Enterprise 2.0
Web 2.0 technology not only improving knowledge management and sharing processes, but it also has the ability to motivate people beyond their current levels of participation.
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http://jasonkolb.typepad.com/weblog/2006/04/the_incentive_t.html
Web 2.0 technology not only improving knowledge management and sharing processes, but it also has the ability to motivate people beyond their current levels of participation.
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http://jasonkolb.typepad.com/weblog/2006/04/the_incentive_t.html
Learning and video games: Understanding the dynamics behind design considerations
Learning environments need to be planned in such a way that they are engaging and lead to real and meaningful applications.
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http://elgg.net/csessums/weblog/72156.html
Learning environments need to be planned in such a way that they are engaging and lead to real and meaningful applications.
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What Baseball Can Teach Those Who Dream of Creating the Next Silicon Valley
trying to make some town into the next Silicon Valley by attracting the best scientists is rather like trying to start a new baseball team and turn it into the New York Yankees.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/business/17scene.html?ei=5090&en=55b1bb5b1f632573&ex=13134...
trying to make some town into the next Silicon Valley by attracting the best scientists is rather like trying to start a new baseball team and turn it into the New York Yankees.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/17/business/17scene.html?ei=5090&en=55b1bb5b1f632573&ex=13134...
