Archive for December, 2006

links for 2006-12-30

Archive » Could China be Your “Second Home Market”?| China Business Blog
(tags: china business)

Innovation Lessons Learned in 2005 - InnovationTools.com
(tags: innovation 2005 creativity lessons)

links for 2006-12-26

Foreign Affairs - How to Help Poor Countries - Nancy Birdsall, Dani Rodrik, and Arvind Subramanian
(tags: development economics poverty AIDS)

links for 2006-12-25

The Collegiate Inventors Competition
(tags: scholarship invention)

What’s Ahead for 2007? Knowledge@Wharton Network Surveys the Globe - Knowledge@Wharton
(tags: Wharton K@W 2007 Outlook China India emerging markets global)

Design in 2006: A year of innovation and utility - Style & Design - International Herald Tribune
(tags: 2006 technology Design innovation top list)

The Identifiable Victim Effect

I was reading Made To Stick..(I know, I know… I’m slow. it takes me a while to FINISH books because when I find something interesting I have to run to google or wikipedia for further research.. its a sad pathology, really).
Well in this case (as it does rarely), it proved fruitful.
Made To Stick references some [...]

Are kids really this foolish?

This makes me a little sick.
If this product placement/word-of-mouth isn’t painstakingly obvious, I dont know what is. Why don’t marketers just make freaking tatooos of people’s favorite media and bands and encourage teens to put it on their foreheads and walk around??
Or wait.. Why not just target the “Influentials“?
…After all, the token [...]

links for 2006-12-24

37signals: An Introduction to Using Patterns in Web Design
See it full size.

(tags: webdesign design patterns usability)

Technology Review: Part I: Philanthropy’s New Prototype
(tags: laptop olpc philanthropy technology computer)

links for 2006-12-23

Tech Hot Growth 50
(tags: innovation technology growth)

links for 2006-12-20

Harvard University Catherine B. Reynolds Fellowships in Social Entrepreneurship
(tags: development socialentrepreneurship)

One Thing all entrepreneurs should know
(tags: entrepreneurship business advice)

links for 2006-12-19

Africa Foundation
(tags: Africa design BoP water AIDS health)

Minding the Planet: Minding The Planet — The Meaning and Future of the Semantic Web
(tags: semanticweb web2.0 Semantic Web technology toread essays)

Creating Passionate Users: Better Beginnings: how to start a presentation, book, article…
(tags: presentation speaking powerpoint)

Design for the Triple Top Line

People Planet Profit: The Triple Bottom Line trifecta
I was listening to a Stanford Center for Social Innovation podcast yesterday and William McDonough, who was the speaker, mentioned the phrase "Triple Top Line". I’ve heard of triple bottom line, the notion [...]

What Drives Innovation?

Headlines - Conference Asks: What Drives Innovation? - Stanford GSB
To overcome petrification, advised Jordan, a high-tech company, especially, must keep an open ear to its youngest, greenest members. “Often the best ideas come from employees under 30 who have a fundamentally different relationship with the computer than the older folks,” he said. [...]

Article: Effective Designing can help solve India’s problems: Sam Pitroda

 Sam Pitroda is a smart man.   You should listen to him!   ::wags finger::
 
India News Effective designing can solve India’s problems: PitrodaDec 5, 2006, 7:00 GMT
New Delhi, Dec 5 (IANS) India’s problems of poverty, infrastructure, water, education, health, [...]

Dr Yunus accepts the Nobel Prize

Dr. Mohammed Yunus collected his Nobel Peace Prize speech the other night in Oslo. Yunus has been my hero since I read his book in college and learned about Grameen, but I didn’t realize how remarkable of a speaker he is.
The text of his speech is available here.
Tidbits that I found particularly interesting:
First of [...]

Social Capitalist Awards: 2007

This year’s social capitalist awards, sponsored by Fast Company, and Monitor group were released.
The problem with having access to the web while you’re trying to finish final projects is that I spend hours and hours researching these organizations. All fantastic in their own way.
Find the 43 winners here:
The 2007 Social [...]



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