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The Future of Collaboration Begins with Visualizing Human Capital
How can the power and scope of social networks, combined with human capital metrics, be used to facilitate shared creation and innovation?
It’s becoming more accepted that collaboration, not competition, is a more effective avenue towards producing emergent, innovative results. Now that millions of people participate in online social networks, it seems high time to develop a system of matching people’s skill sets with common values and goals in order to bring about positive change.
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The Choice Is Yours (sort of): The Cleveland Show or Nothing
Yesterday I watched The Cleveland Show, a spinoff of Fox’s Family Guy. It wasn’t very funny to me. In fact, it was predictable.
Don’t get me wrong. I’m a Family Guy fan. I enjoy its particularly irreverent sense of humor, despite its stereotypical racism. But nothing about The Cleveland Show struck me as funny.
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Weekly Round-Up: The Gender Gap Strikes Wikipedia
From technophiles to technophobes, the internet was abuzz this week about a Time Magazine report, claiming that women constitute a paltry 13% of Wikipedia editors, while 87% are men.
So much for the Internet being a great equalizer? Bloggers, scholars, and journalists weigh in on the implications:
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Whistleblowing Goes Viral: Amateur Videos Shine A Spotlight on Corporate Ethics
What happens when you combine a disgruntled consumer, a recording device, and a distribution platform? A PR mess and a crack at social justice!
There have been forums online for years now that have acted as sounding boards for customers and employees who felt they’ve been wronged by a corporate monolith (think walmartsucks.org, verizonpathetic.com, allstateinsurancesucks.com), but we seem to be entering the era of video complaints now.
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Sometimes you’re filmed like a Nut (or ACORN)
Citizen journalism has struck again and the nut doesn’t fall far from the tree. The Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) has come under withering criticism for a series of videos purportedly showing undercover conservative activists attempting to receive advice on how to cheat the system and obtain government-sponsored housing for a brothel.
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The Anti-Trust Factor
In the post-Watergate America it used to be that citizens were distrustful of government and relied on the media for enlightenment and accountability. Today, more than half of Americans are distrustful of the media, begging the question of who (or what) we’ll turn to for government accountability – the watchdog role that the ‘Fourth Estate’ has historically filled.
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Interdisciplinary Blogging: NYTimes Happy Days blog
In this, my second year working for Gnovis blog, the team has been thinking through the purpose and structure of our blogging. What is academic blogging? Toward what objective do we participate? What will the gnovis ‘brand’ of blogging look like? (much more on these question in the future)
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Thank You For Riding Metro (and Conforming to Social Norms)
“Ding. Doors opening, step BACK to allow customers to exit. When boarding, please move to the center of the car.”
Oh, the Metro. Affectionately monikered by my friend Diala as “the ‘Tro,” the Washington Metropolitan Area Transportation Authority’s Metro system is a rich study in public human behavior. I’m guessing that just bringing up the subject of the Metro has you thinking about some of your own weird experiences…
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Will Obama's Health Care Address Work?
Make no mistake: after a contentious summer, President Obama’s upcoming address on health care reform to a joint session of congress is a critical moment for his presidency. The question on everyone’s mind is whether or not the speech will be enough to reenergize, reframe, and restart the health care debate in a way more favorable to the White House. Will it work? To put it in a rather Clintonian way, it may depend on what the definition of “work” is.
The “Bully Pulpit”
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We don't need no education; We don't need no thought control
Evoking Pink Floyd’s “Another brick in the wall” lyrics, conservatives have lambasted President Obama’s upcoming Web address on education. The President will use the opportunity to speak directly to students across the nation on Sept. 8. But right-wing political leaders and think tanks have dubbed this a lesson in brainwashing and a carefully orchestrated propaganda campaign targeted at America’s youth.
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