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never go west when you know you should be headin’ south … (via Stephen Hall Art)
perfect rendition. I’m jealous…
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In some ways, this is a sad but reliable indicator that the social media market is maturing. Demand is high, supplier of competent and experienced consultants is low, and companies lack the knowledge to accurately assess the actual level of expertise of the individuals or agencies they are considering engaging. Thus they choose to work with those individuals or agencies who sound most impressive. (I’m sure they also look at track record, but for many that is either absent or not a reliable indicator.) Thanks to a widespread corporate culture that values unintelligible jargon, it’s the talkers who get hired, rather than the walkers.
It seems to me from casual observation that those people who understand social media, are pragmatic about it’s capabilities and who talk about it in plain English are now falling into a new out-group in opposition to the in-group of jargon-spouting charlatans. This is something that’s been coming on for a while. Frankly, I’m surprised it’s taken this long.
” —Strange Attractor » Blog Archive » The curse of social media jargon (via steph)
“The job of the social media consultant is to act as a bridge between the social media in-group (developers, designers, community managers, other social media experts, etc) and its out-group (clients).”
(via teenagejesus)
saw the band some 20 years ago in concert, when I was in the UK
Le site Jalopnik nous apprend le lancement du Rally Fighter du constructeur Local Motor : la première voiture entièrement développée suivant les principes de l’Open Source et du crowd-sourcing.
Chacun des éléments de cet engin au look de chasseur TIE est placé en Open Source de manière à ce que quiconque puisse les modifier, les améliorer et proposer des variantes, sans être entravé par les règles de la propriété industrielle.
Son développement est assuré par une communauté de membres, dont Local Motors stimule la créativité en organisant régulièrement des concours récompensés par des prix pour améliorer tel ou tel aspect du véhicule.
La production matérielle est également décentralisée dans des micro-fabriques, implantées dans différentes villes aux Etats-Unis, ce qui permet d’être au plus près d’une communauté locale et de faire émerger des variantes “régionales” de la voiture, dotées de leurs propres particularités.
Tout cela s’appuie sur un modèle économique visiblement très sérieux, qui vise à investir un marché de niches intersticiel, en marge des offres standardisées développées par les grands constructeurs automobiles.
Toujours fascinant de voir comment la logique du Web 2.0 et du collaboratif peut sortir de l’environnement numérique pour s’étendre aux objets physiques.
Mais après tout l’avènement de ce Creative Car est assez logique : le tuning n’est-il pas quelque part un ancêtre direct du Remix et de la Culture amateur !
Je vous recommande de relire également cet Eclat que j’avais consacré à la couture Open Source et cet autre qui se posait cette question fondamentale : la bière peut-elle être libre ?
La voiture est moche comme tout mais l’idee merite que l’on en parle.
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Beautiful Perspective of the Day: Infographic on drug-related deaths vs. proportion of users vs. media coverage in the UK, prepared by David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful for a Guardian blog article on the subject.
Note on cannabis-related deaths:
The cannabis deaths figure is a bit dubious in my opinion. Firstly, how can you die from cannabis? It’s extremely non-toxic. There has never been a single documented case of fatal cannabis overdose. Also, the government’s own figures don’t tally. While drug figures from the Office Of National Statistics register 19 cannabis related deaths, the mortality stats from the same office log only 1 death.
You can view the raw data used to compile this inforgraphic here.
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Beautiful Perspective of the Day: Infographic on drug-related deaths vs. proportion of users vs. media coverage in the UK, prepared by David McCandless of Information Is Beautiful for a Guardian blog article on the subject.
Note on cannabis-related deaths:
The cannabis deaths figure is a bit dubious in my opinion. Firstly, how can you die from cannabis? It’s extremely non-toxic. There has never been a single documented case of fatal cannabis overdose. Also, the government’s own figures don’t tally. While drug figures from the Office Of National Statistics register 19 cannabis related deaths, the mortality stats from the same office log only 1 death.
You can view the raw data used to compile this inforgraphic here.
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Today marks the 3 year anniversary of the day I joined Facebook. On that faithful night while I was sitting in a room finalizing the details with Mark Zuckerberg, Dave Fetterman stormed in to inform us that Facebook had just achieved the 10 million user milestone and that everyone was going out to celebrate.
Dave and I were two members of what would become the Facebook Platform team. Along with Adam D’Angelo, Charlie Cheever, Ari Steinberg, Eric Zamore, James Wang, Julie Zhuo, Mark Slee, and Ruchi Sanghvi (and over time many more amazing people), we set out to bring identity and social context to the Internet through a new social platform.
Since that night, we’ve added over 290 million more people to Facebook and built out Facebook Platform (and Connect) to support over 1 million developers in 180 countries who have built in upwards of 350,000 applications.
The opportunity to work alongside so many incredible and talented people here at Facebook and in the community which has developed around Facebook Platform has been one of the most humbling and rewarding experiences of my life.
To this day, Facebook still maintains the culture which was present on that night. Moving fast, being bold, and having fun. Thank you to everyone who has been, and continues to be, part of the journey. And, to Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskovitz, and Chris Hughes for starting a company that has given so many of us the chance to learn, grow, and make revolutionary things together.
To a more connected world.
Will Facebook still exist in that many rather few years it went from 10 to 300 million users?
“The “old” management style was often harsh and combative, Ms. Satran said. The “young” style is more indirect and conciliatory. “I grew up in a newsroom where everyone was confrontational,” she said. “The loudest guy won. That’s all changed, and older guys might not get it. Interrupting someone and being direct might not be effective.” Younger people, she said, tend to be more indirect; this isn’t necessarily bad or good, just different, and “for an older person who wants to survive and thrive, he needs to get on board with the changes.” — Shortcuts - Bridging the Workplace Generation Gap - It Starts With a Text - NYTimes.com
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Larry Ellison: I remember when Steve [Jobs] was my neighbor in Woodside, Calif., and he had no furniture. It struck me that there wasn’t furniture good enough for Steve in the world. He’d rather have nothing if he couldn’t have perfection.
And I jokingly said, “The difference between me and Steve is that I’m willing to live with the best the world can provide. With Steve that’s not always good enough.”
” —Daring Fireball Linked List: Fortune Interviews Eight Business Stars About Steve Jobs (via superamit) (via davemorin)
I could not work for Steve Jobs.
