Conference bike
I really, really, really, really want to try the conference bike.
Back from Goa
We're now back from Goa after two wonderful weeks that seemed to contain a little of everything and a lot of pool-side relaxation. Here are some pictures, and here are some highlights from the trip:
* Feeding, riding and washing elephants. Not to mention being washed by an elephant.
* A bookshop so cheap, … Continue Reading ››
* Feeding, riding and washing elephants. Not to mention being washed by an elephant.
* A bookshop so cheap, … Continue Reading ››
In Goa
Well, Patricia and I are taking a break from lazing at the pool enjoying the Goan sun to sit in the business centre and write a few emails, and I thought I might give a short update for those of you not here and for those of you coming later for the Open Space on … Continue Reading ››
Going… going… Goa
Expect light blogging over the next couple of weeks, which Patricia and I will be spending in Goa, India. We'll take some vacation time and I will participate in the international Open Space on Open Space conference.
We the Media
Dan Gillmor's new book "We the Media", can be read for free on the net. The book is about how
Grassroots journalists are dismantling Big Media's monopoly on the news, transforming it from a lecture to a conversation. In We the Media: Grassroots Journalism by the People, for the People, nationally known business and technology … Continue Reading ››
Quote
The First Law of Mentat: A process cannot be understood by stopping it. Understanding must move with the flow of the process, must join it, and flow with it. - From Dune by Frank Herbert.Dune is one of my favourite novels. I read it for the first time when I was 15, and I must've … Continue Reading ››
Wikipedia: Coolest tool on the net
Of course there's no way you could engage thousands of people world-wide in creating a comprehensive, up-to-date, on-line encyclopedia. If you simply opened up the system, so anybody could contribute to any subject, it would be completely impossible to protect the system against vandalism, jokes and random errors. Such an encyclopedia could never work.
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Open Source
Here's another testament to the power of Open Source development. Sourceforge (home to 80.000+ Open Source Software projects) interviews the people behind Azureus, the project of the month, and check out this quote:
What has been your biggest surprise? Olivier: When I started this project, I didn't know anything about the Open Source world, at least … Continue Reading ››
Open Space World Map
I'm on the map. Go see, and click on Denmark.
Michael Pannwitz rocks for being behind such a cool tool.
Michael Pannwitz rocks for being behind such a cool tool.
Moral imagination
I found a very interesting article on Using Moral Imagination for irreplicable Strategic Advantage.
Based on "The Moral Advantage Model" the author argues that there is a strategic, competitive advantage beyond the traditional two of low cost and differentiation. From the article:
Based on "The Moral Advantage Model" the author argues that there is a strategic, competitive advantage beyond the traditional two of low cost and differentiation. From the article:
With agility, companies with moral imagination evolve their … Continue Reading ››