This short talk is to be delivered to the IBM Smarter Workforce – Government Leadership Forum on 9 September 2009.
“Every dystopia is a utopia turned inside out… The problem isn’t in the basic idea, it’s in the arrogance of implementation. It’s in the idea that we will get it right the first time.”
- Steven Lloyd [...]
February 7, 2009
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While I’m behind on the main session posts as I type this (three sessions behind now…), this is worth highlighting.
One of the unique things (and there are many) about TED@PalmSprings is the opportunity for audience members to get on stage and share their ideas worth spreading.
This morning, a bunch of us did just that. And [...]
February 6, 2009
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Things got better for me in this session. The kickoff speaker, Nina Jablonski had what I think was the best stage presence so far. Others will disagree, but I really liked her – I’d totally study Anthropology if she was one of my professors.
Nina Jablonski
this month is the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth
Origin of [...]
The Australian today is running a story claiming that Innovation Minister, Kim Carr favors a regime whereby recipients of grants will be required to make their research findings publicly available. This represents a revolution in the Australian research space and something that has been sorely needed for a long time.
In the address, to be given [...]
Dion Hincliffe, Founder and CTO of Hinchcliffe and Co, well-known Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 blogger and creator of the Web 2.0 University was the presenter for this session.
Unfortunately, the conference wifi went down at the start of the session, so liveblogging went out the window as an option.
To kick off, Dion encouraged everyone to [...]