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Wednesday, March 17, 2010
purposes patents in the area of software distribution.   Today's post was written by Ken Muir, Chief Technology Technology and Strategy Officer of Novell's Collaboration Business Unit. As a disclosure, I received no payment or any other favor for this post to appear.
 
Monday, March 15, 2010
Netsukuku is a p2p based new routing protocol that could - for the purpose of linking users’ computers in a p2p cloud - replace the IP numbers-based addressing and routing that is the system currently in use to link servers to users in the internet. In theory, a network of this kind cannot be controlled or destroyed, because it is completely decentralized, anonymous and distributed. The Italian language edition of Wired Magazine featured Andrea Lo Pumo and the Sicilian hacker group that gave birth to the idea. A
 
Thursday, March 4, 2010
And not without good reason: It often creates more powerful and enduring learning experiences; it helps people establish and leverage social connections to accelerate the distribution and sharing of experiences, content and guidance; and it allows learners to be more productive, learn faster and work smarter. At this time, however, the enthusiasm for networked learning isn’t necessarily shared by everyone. So being able to articulate and measure the value of networked learning serves at least three purposes: 1. Buy Naltrexone Online SUBSCRIBE Current Issue HOME Departments Features Columnists On The Web Digital Edition Videocasts Podcasts CLO Blog Contact Us Subscriber Services Newsletters Executive Briefings In the News Subscriber Services Events CLO Symposiums Breakfast Clubs Webinars Think Tanks Sponsorship Speakers Bureau CLO-Network Main My Page Members Photos Videos Forum Events
 

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I was reading Clay Shirky’s book "Here Comes Everybody" over the weekend, and came across another version of his great analysis in measuring participation distribution in social systems. Rather than a Gaussian Bell Curve, a more precise model is used based on a Power Law Distribution . In a pure power law distribution, the gap between the first and It plays on the concept of Pareto’s principle of 80% of the work/people comes from 20% of the work/people, and also the participation inequality description from the 90-9-1 principle . Basically,
The next Gurteen Bristol Knowledge Cafe is going to be held in the ever-purposeful Pervasive Media Studio , Bristol, on Thursday  June 11th, from 18:30 . Local wise guy, innovation catalyst, and font of much knowledge Chris Dean has kindly agreed to share his thoughts on ‘The Purpose and limits of Knowledge Management (KM)’ with us, which I can pretty much guarantee will be a very thought provoking intro to this excellent choice of subject. The cafe proper will begin at 19:00 prompt. Here’s the blurb:
Digital fabrication pioneer Smári McCarthy has some ideas to create a ‘radically distributed start-up’. Make your own products free as in freedom; remember, the purpose of a company is to provide a service, not to squander the planet’s resources on benefiting relatively few people. * Give him feedback here . Smári McCarthy: *
The effect I have in mind is a widely distributed range of growth sites, that incorporate more and more people. This is within capitalism, but it begins to lay the ground for a widespread and distributed economic network, that can function as one platform for gaining entry into out economic “system” and begin to relate to it as ours. In this excerpt from a contribution by Saskia Sassen to the Reimagining Society Project, the left scholar argues that Clearly, this is not a revolution. Saskia Sassen: “Let’s focus on the work that needs to be done in
Our second, and last, excerpt from Kevin’s excellent overview of current trends in distributed manufacturing . One important innovation is the multimachine, an open-source, multiple-purpose machine tool that includes drill press, lathe and milling machine; it can be modified for computerized numeric control. Essay: The Homebrew Industrial Revolution . Kevin Carson.
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Since weblog conversations involve communicating via comments to a specific weblog and via linking across weblogs they are fragmented and distributed over multiple weblogs. The distributed and fragmented nature of weblog conversations results in exposure to different audiences, crossing multiple topics, combining individual input and the power of dialogue . ideas and people being found) it also comes In case you were wondering: I’m almost there, submitting dissertation in two weeks. I
Purpose Power Law Distribution ...Tags: The aim of this post is to illustrate the dynamics between a Community of Practice (CoPs) and a Team. Without getting too deep into theory here’s an establishing paragraph on what is a Community of Practice.
The idea is that functionality for user participation across every owned venue should draw upon a central system, enabling a multifaceted approach to CRM, data analysis, reporting—and ultimately leveraging distributed corporate efforts to generate enterprise business intelligence. I’ll share the results of that exercise here, with the caveat that this is undoubtedly a partial list only. Pipes is an example of a custom syndication mechanism. Custom syndication can augment other elements of a social networking system, especially for a user group that is highly specialized in goal
The consolidation of open and distributed manufacturing as a real alternative, though presently operating at the margins of the economy The new model of manufacturing, based on collaborative platforms, shared designs, and distributed (relocalized) manufacturing, has definitely emerged as a practical alternative, even though it is now operating at the margins of the current system, though it’s illegal variants, such as the Shanzai system, are very important to the Chinese economy. Below, I’m focusing on trends in business and politics. WHAT DID I FORGET?