Webstream
Most of the feeds found here are also available at http://friendfeed.com/daviding , with an associated Atom feed.
Today |
|
|---|---|
|
|
|
|
|
While the older generation complains about hard times, young adults are finding their plight much worse than their parents. Boomers, who’s going to buy your house when you’re done with it? Who are the taxpayers of the future who will help pay ... |
|
|
Shared Seaplane commute.
|
Yesterday |
|
|
|
Published Pearl Castle.
@ Pearl Castle - Taiwanese resto in mall with hip decor and young clientele, feels right for B.C., I would have been out of place if it was in Toronto. Herbal chicken soup therapeutic. |
|
|
Published The Westin.
@ The Westin - At mobile app briefing led by colleagues. Virtual matrixed team all in person, when customers convened together |
May 14th |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Good public schools in Ontario are a reason my family lives in Toronto (and I have business travel to places where education isn’t as good). The McKinsey group, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris, the National Ce... |
May 12th |
|
|
|
Published Filtech Computer.
@ Filtech Computer - Had 2TB SATA drive installed, suspect 500 MB IDE disk has failed on Linux desktop. Service is reliable, drive installed with purchase price |
May 11th |
|
|
|
|
|
|
For news, HTML5 and RSS may triumph over tablet apps, for both form and economic reasons, says Jason Pontin, editor in chief of Technology Review. It wasn’t simple, it turned out, to adapt print publications to apps. A large part of the problem ... |
|
|
|
|
|
Published Queen Street Dental.
@ Queen Street Dental - Couldn't reschedule, so had teleconference in dental chair while teeth being cleaned. Didn't have to speak, call leader knew I was in listen mode. |
|
|
|
|
|
Preserve class time for interactions with students, with most content delivery via web video, says @heathbrothers Chip Heath and Charles Prober at Stanford Medical School. … last week, Harvard and MIT made headlines with the launch of EdX, a joi... |
|
|
Published Comment on “Welcome to the Era of Cognitive Systems” | John E. Kelly III | A Smarter Planet Blog.
Cognitive systems learn from interactions with data and humans, continuously reprogramming themselves, says John Kelly from IBM Research. Today, we are at the dawn of another epochal shift in the evolution of technology. At IBM Research, we call i... |
May 10th |
|
|
|
Published Fu Yao Supermarket.
@ Fu Yao Supermarket - First time cycling in 37 days. I would rather be on bike than plane, weather in Toronto is cooler than Chicago, Las Vegas, San Jose, Oakland, Vancouver |
May 8th |
|
|
|
Published Fat Kee Noodle House.
@ Fat Kee Noodle House - Walked to next block of strip plaza when Inti Resto out of rotisserie chicken. Familiar pattern of Peruvians who can't forecast demand |
|
|
Published Maple Leaf Lounge (Domestic).
@ Maple Leaf Lounge (Domestic) - Airport lounge has become temporary mobile office, since checking out of hotel. Discovered Red Thai Chicken Curry Soup with Rice has dairy, http://www.foodservicedirect.com/product.cfm/p/202903/Knorr-Soup-du-Jour-... |
|
|
Published The economics of energy conservation (Book excerpt) | Jeff Rubin | May 5, 2012 | The Globe and Mail.
Political economy developed under assumptions of growth should be re-examined for a future of slow or zero growth. From a forthcoming book by Jeff Rubin, The End of Growth. While most economists believe that zero growth means big trouble, Mr. Rubi... |
May 7th |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shared Seabus delay.
|
|
|
Published MarketPlace IGA.
@ MarketPlace IGA - Asparagus and strawberries in season, a contribution to dinner with Yee side tonight |
May 6th |
|
|
|
Published San Francisco International Airport (SFO).
@ San Francisco International Airport (SFO) - Busy social day. Morning with nephew in Palo Alto, California. Evening with nephew in Vancouver, BC. Sister's side, spouse's side. |
|
|
|
|
|
Shared Palo Alto Farmers Market.
|
May 5th |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shared 2 photos.
|
|
|
Published Grille One Carvery.
@ Grille One Carvery - Ian Mitroff looking to re-engage with ISSS community, was former president in 1992. Talked about Berkeley engineering training, with philosophy studies with West Churchman, triangle with Russell Ackoff and Thomas Cowan. |
|
|
|
May 4th |
|
|
|
Published Yung Kee Restaurant.
@ Yung Kee Restaurant - Must look like a local in Oakland Chinatown, as butcher joins my table to finish his dinner of salted fish on rice. Casual decor in a duck-hanging-in-the-window bbq joint is an understatement. Had great rock cod with veg ... |
|
|
Fernando Flores says that entrepreneurs invent offers, and other in their organizations make the offers. Spent over an hour in conversation with Fernando discussing applied philosophy, cybernetics and systems. He’s working on a new book with Ter... |
|
|
|
|
|
Shared Almaden chair sculptures.
|
May 3rd |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shared Opera Las Vegas Venetian.
|
|
|
Contributed Strategic assumption surfacing and testing.
|
May 2nd |
|
|
|
Published Blue Man Group Theatre.
@ Blue Man Group Theatre - Split between trying to understand Blue Man Group special effects, and just suspending thinking. Many unexpected turns |
|
|
Game designers can evoke positive emotions, says Jane McGonigal @avantgame at #ibmimpact, with top as: 10. Joy 09. Relief 08. Love 07. Surprise 06. Pride 05. Curiosity 04. Excitement 03. Awe & Wonder 02. Contentment 01. Creativity Compared to 70% ... |
May 1st |
|
|
|
Thinking about systems thinking leads to reflections on learning, drawing on ideas by Russell Ackoff, Gregory Bateson, Steward Brand, and Etienne Wenger. |
April 30th |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shared 2 photos.
|
|
|
|
April 29th |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shared McCarran Airport gates.
|
|
|
Published Bar Toma.
@ Bar Toma - Relaxed dinner for Kellogg class of 1982. Opportunities for stand-up appetizers, extending into small dishes in booths. Reminders of the people who made the graduate program great, back then. |
April 28th |
|
|
|
Published Sally Blount Dean’s address.
Envision Kellogg School by @sallyblount with 4 impact areas for management education: 1. Markets and customer; 2. Architectures of collaboration; 3. Innovation and entrepreneurship; 4. Private/public interfaces; as matrix structure. At Dean’s ad... |
|
|
Published Mohan Sawhney and Phil Kotler.
Learned that Phil Kotler asked @MohanSawhney to teach him how to use a browser. That eventually led to an invitation to speak at the World Economic Forum. At the Kellogg School reunion. |
April 27th |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|























