Sunday, May 31, 2009

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Saturday, May 30, 2009

Michelle Obama's plea for education


Speaking at a London girls' school, Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.

Stern Proposes Radical Break with British Government Policy - George Monbiot


Lord Stern, author of the Stern Review and former chief economist with the World Bank, proposed a radical departure from British government policy on climate change. He suggested that the rich nations should bury their differences with China by taking ownership of some of the greenhouse gas emissions that China produces. He was speaking via live weblink to 72 venues screening Franny Armstrongs film The Age of Stupid.

At present, Britain and the other rich nations accept responsibility only for the greenhouse gas emissions produced on their own territory. China says that this is unfair because many of the goods we consume are manufactured there, leaving China with emissions that should by rights belong to us.

If the UK was responsible for the emissions it has offshored to other countries, instead of falling 16% since 1990, our greenhouse gases would have risen by 19%. The British government fiercely rejects Chinas arguments that those offshored emissions should belong to us.

Tonight Stern proposed a compromise solution. In response to a question by the journalist George Monbiot, he told the audience, "My own view is that we probably need something like an average of the two, or a combination of the two."

He continued, "the logical point that China makes that there is a definite responsibility with the consumer and not just with the producer is a sound one."

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Friday, May 29, 2009

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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

The Geospatial Revolution


We live in the Global Location Age. Where am I? is being replaced by, Where am I in relation to everything else?

http://geospatialrevolution.psu.edu/

Penn State Public Broadcasting is developing the Geospatial Revolution Project, an integrated public media and outreach initiative about the world of digital mapping and how it is changing the way we think, behave, and interact.

The project will feature a web-based serial release of eight video episodes—each telling an intriguing geospatial story. Overarching themes woven throughout the episodes will tie them together, and the episodes will culminate in a 60-minute documentary. The project also will include an outreach initiative in collaboration with our educational partners, a chaptered program DVD, and downloadable outreach materials.

Friday, May 22, 2009

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Thursday, May 21, 2009

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

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Meet & See Me?

I posted this once before, but here's a reminder. Probably one of the better 2.5D web efforts.

Get your free Meetsee virtual office at: http://www.meetsee.com.

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Friday, May 15, 2009

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Thursday, May 14, 2009

Emerging Technology 2020

Slides from a presentation by my friend Christian Renaud. Even without commentary it's food for thought.

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  • BlogHer, which bills itself as "the community for women who blog," has gotten $7 million more in a Series C funding, which will bring the total investment in the site to about $15.5 million. The new round includes a return by two existing investors, Venrock and Peacock Equity, a fund run by GE and its NBC Universal unit. Azure Capital is joining as a new investor. In an interview with BoomTown, BlogHer CEO Lisa Stone said the site's recent fast growth was the impetus for the new round, in order to improve tools offered to its 2,500 vetted bloggers as well as investing in better research and advertising technology.

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Colour Us Orange



A day of PR for us here. An interview with Orange Island is finally online here and a "5 Questions" episode with yours truly coming up shortly from Stuart Warf and SLPN.

An honour for sure!

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Monday, May 11, 2009

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Saturday, May 09, 2009

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Friday, May 08, 2009

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Monday, May 04, 2009

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Sunday, May 03, 2009

Playing For Change: Song Around the World "Stand By Me"


From the award-winning documentary, "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music", comes the first of many "songs around the world" being released independently.