Good to see Leicester City second from the top. Apart from Leicester vs Hartlepool on the 27th looking forward to Leeds vs Leicester on Boxing Day, should be fun (though hopefully I’ll be in Poland then enjoying the skiing in Zakopane;-)…
GIN, TELEVISION, AND COGNITIVE SURPLUS
A Talk by Clay Shirky (
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And this is the other thing about the size of the cognitive surplus we’re talking about
I read an interesting piece on today on how the very best poker players are always learning: “The line that separates a good poker player from a winning Poker player is the willingness to constantly learn, observe, and adapt.” What I also found interesting was the contradiction between perception and self-control: “Successful poker players survive because of self control and eyes that carefully read each opponent. Do not bother… Continue reading
From the Guardian’s jemimakiss via Twitter: “So Sienfeld - a Mac user for years - is doing ads for Microsoft. Any other examples of inappropriate brand representatives, people?” Hmm, what do you reckon, people? Who would be a better rep’ for Microsoft is a more positive way to put it? I nominate myself, for one. Shame I lack the fame, though I better I’d score well
After the 90-9-1 ratio, another one for building online communities. Within any 30-day period, 10 percent of people who see an invitation will come, and 10 percent of those will post. Visibility is key…
Thanks to Techcrunch:
Buzz, Yahoo’s Digg-like effort to leverage reader gestures and third party content in determining the most popular news, removes it’s barriers to entry tonight.
Until now only a hundred or so invited publishers could post news to Buzz. This was a big plug - Yahoo pushes a few Yahoo Buzz stories to their home page every… Continue reading
Piece in the FT on 15 August which follows on from recent case, highlighting trends on employer vs employee social capital:
I run a national retail business employing over 100 sales representatives who are encouraged to use social networking sites, such as LinkedIn, to market the business and build contacts. I’m concerned
I thought I should report this from the Leicester Civic Society as I understand there’s a petition to save the Western Bridge:
“The ‘Bowstring Bridge’ viaduct at the junction of Western Boulevard and Braunstone Gate has been a Leicester landmark since the 1890s and is now under imminent threat of demolition.
“De Montfort University now own the nearby Pump & Tap public house… Continue reading
Nice to see where I fit into the Glendinning family tree…