Author: timbatchelder

  • Human terrain teams changing military tactics

      I’ve found it interesting following the implementation of  “soft war” techniques by the US military after the failure of conventional, top down approaches to the currently culture driven conflicts. The human terrain teams now being  implemented, including understanding the culture of these locations thru ethnographic methods is proving to be quite effective. Likewise the…

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  • New Green Tech Community Developed in Chelsea

      This looks pretty good. Wind, solar power, comes with a fleet of electric cars, 18 acres of greenspace and designed at low cost using an old print factory. Related articles SolarWorld Group presents the proven Sunmodule product line and a solar racer at Solar Power 2007 in Long Beach (solarworld-usa.com)  

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  • Google and the End of the Scientific Method

      This interesting article argues that with the massive amounts of pure data emerging now via Google like data centers on everything from real estate patterns, to astrophysics and drug discovery, the scientific method of hypothesis testing is no longer needed. Instead what is becoming important is a participant observer approach of simply observing patterns…

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  • How Facebook spells the end of privacy

    How Facebook spells the end of privacy – The Boston Globe Related articles Out with Privacy, In with Publicity (digitalsurgeons.com) Should Facebook Monitor Chats to Help Snag Child Predators? (webpronews.com) $20 Million Facebook Privacy Settlement Rejected by Judge (mashable.com) Facebook App Privacy Settings: Control How Your Data is Shared (blogher.com) FTC Continues the Good Fight…

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  • Offshore Medicine Bumrungrad International Hospital

      Medical Leave — Offshore Medicine — Bumrungrad International Hospital | Fast Company This article describes why outsourcing medicine is next due to issues in customer service and costs of US healthcare and need for greater IT and process improvements. Related articles Club Med: The Surge in Medical Tourism (kvsmith.com) Megatrends: Future Paradigms for Business…

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  • Extreme Resolution Visualization Enables New Discoveries

    Journal-ist: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes | Fast Company Innovation is a game of not only imagination but also speed. To that end, Steve Stringer, in Research Technology Management, suggests that computer modeling, which can go down to the atomic level, may replace rather than just supplement conventional R&D. Related articles Researchers produce first complete computer model of an…

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  • Spigit : quantifying social networks to improve innovation

          Spigit : quantifying social networks to improve innovation   lightweight Business intelligence for social networks   Related articles Spigit Offers ICON as Free Service to Expand Crowdsourcing (theappgap.com) Spigit Recognized as a Hot Company in the Emerging Social Enterprise Market (sys-con.com) Spigit Further Strengthens Executive Team With Appointment of Jim Walker as…

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  • Next-Generation Knowledge Management using unstructured data

    Ways that KM can leverage the massive amount of unstructured data emerging with social media Power to the PeopleGetting Ready for Next-Generation Knowledge Management : KMWorld. Related articles Quest extends access control to unstructured data (techworld.com.au) 4 questions to ask before starting a big data initiative (infoworld.com) Quest Software Expands Quest One Identity Solutions to…

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  • Why KM has an identity problem and how Web 2.0 can solve it

    KMWorld.com: : Looking for Identity in a 2.0 World. Related articles Process Aligned Knowledge Management and Other Trends (billives.typepad.com) Knoco stories: Top 10 success factors for Communities of practice (nickmilton.com) Move It or Lose It – Keeping Knowledge on the Move (blogs.gartner.com) John Tropea: Knoco stories: KM – going beyond the old boy network (nickmilton.com)…

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  • Pfizer explores social media and KM with internal Pfizerpedia

        You know it has arrived when Pfizer gets in on the action!   Kapp Notes: A Pharmaceutical Leveraging Web 2.0 –In a Big Way.     Related articles Pfizer Corporate Crimes: Animal and Human suffering (insomniacanonymous.wordpress.com) FDA pushes back PDUFA date on crucial Pfizer app for tofacitinib (fiercebiotech.com) A Disappointing, But Not Altogether…

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