Charles van der Haegen's List: Mind Amplifier Intro Howard Rheingold

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"Last summer we created a bit of a stir when we first published our definitive 100 Highest Ranking Web Sites in Learning Technology Chart, so when it came to cooking up our first news nugget of 2012 we thought: why not turn things up a notch?. Why settle on just the Top 100 when we could be spotlighting the Top 250? Why offer just one consolidated ranking position per company website when we could lift the lid on the six top indicators that influence our chart most. And finally, why not just make the whole thing interactive too, so that search and social savvy webucation marketers who don’t think we’ve come up with the learning tech industry’s best overall ranking formula, can come up with their own."

"Sometimes it’s hard to tell if technology is something to love or to fear. Are computers making us smarter or dumbing us down? Are genetically modified foods a miracle or a menace?

What’s really scary is how little control we have over it. It seems to have a life of it’s own. Much like with Shelley’s Frankenstein, we’re fearful of unleashing forces that are beyond our control. Will the future be a utopia or a nightmare?
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Whatever we might think or feel, technology will progress and we need to decide for ourselves how we will interact with it. Yet before we can do that, we need to understand how it evolves into being. Over the past half century, and especially recently, some very serious and useful ideas have been put forward that can help guide us."

I'm here to talk about what we should do...
What should we do with the date this has? Leave him with it, or should we make money with it...

Collective date?

How do we do with are we device if we've no moral compass: Hiw do we figure out what's right or wrong... Is it ad hoc.

Using numbers as the basis of our moral framework... A utilitarian choice
How should be making our decisions?
What's the formula: should we be using that guys data, yes or no.
You cannot take human thinking and put it into a machine
Evil comes from not Thinking...

Becoming more aware of the Human consideration of technology


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http://www.ted.com At TEDxSiliconValley, Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more -- and more about each other -- than ever before. Drawing the audience into a philosophical discussion, Horowitz invites us to pay new attention to the basic philosophy -- the ethical principles -- behind the burst of invention remaking our world. Where's the moral operating system that allows us to make sense of it?

TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives in 18 minutes. Featured speakers have included Al Gore on climate change, Philippe Starck on design, Jill Bolte Taylor on observing her own stroke, Nicholas Negroponte on One Laptop per Child, Jane Goodall on chimpanzees, Bill Gates on malaria and mosquitoes, Pattie Maes on the "Sixth Sense" wearable tech, and "Lost" producer JJ Abrams on the allure of mystery. TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design, and TEDTalks cover these topics as well as science, business, development and the arts. Closed captions and translated subtitles in a variety of languages are now available on TED.com, at http://www.ted.com/translate."

"Today, Baydin helps its customers focus on email that matters, when it matters. Our tools allow for reading and responding to messages faster and more decisively than before. These achievements mark only a small part of how we envision the company growing.

Our mission is to make productivity software that encourages people to be more productive. Some of the beliefs that will guide us as we work toward this mission include:

Context-aware. The next revolution in productivity software will come from software that analyzes the context of what we are working on and adds value on top of it. Leading the shift will require technical skills that few teams have. Fortunately, we have these skills, and cloning the functionality will remain difficult for years to come.
Sensible defaults. Context-aware systems will not be perfect, and spending time trying to make them so is a task for academic researchers. Instead, the system needs to supply an easy way for users to change mistakes, without imposing too heavy a burden on them. Designing this interaction properly will be a major challenge, which our team is well suited to conquer.
Persuasive Software. Research in practical psychology continues to uncover surprising truths about how our minds work. Our productivity software will incorporate the results of that research into broad, horizontal products. Designing these interactions will require significant skill and discretion, as we have learned from The Email Game.
Communication first. Applying our core productivity themes to communication and collaboration software will result in the greatest impact. We will not make the mistake of trying to build a competitor to all of Microsoft Office in one fell swoop, and we will likely never make a spreadsheet.
Data-Driven. We believe that data is the closest approximation to the truth. We will base our decisions, wherever possible, on the results of statistically-significant measured data.
Respectful software. We will not make software that helps one party profit at the expense of another. There is a fundamental conflict in the email space. Some companies seek to profit by increasing the effectiveness and intrusiveness of gray email, to the detriment of our privacy and our ability to choose how we spend our attention. We seek to profit by increasing the effectiveness of everyone else."

"We live in an age where free social media tools are available to anyone with access to the Internet, potentially empowering us as citizens to take greater control over our lives, and participate in networks and communities of practice without geographic and political boundaries. And yet, we keep applying old paradigms in our approach to disruptive technologies. There is a disconnect between the prevalent 20th century view of power and influence, and the quasi-utopian and revolutionary claims frequently attributed to social media. Alex takes us on a personal journey backed by research to debunk some myths and explore how we can re-think our relationship with social media as technologies of life."

"what is disqus?

Disqus was founded in 2007 and based in San Francisco. We're a small but quickly growing company that aims to improve conversations online. Today, the Disqus commenting platform is used by over half a billion people across some of the largest sites on the web. If you want to know more, you can find the latest updates on our blog, follow us on Twitter, and like us on Facebook! If you need help, please visit our Help Center. Otherwise, contact us to talk business or just to say hello. "

"Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard.

Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.

Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. "

"Learn About The WELL

What is The WELL? annual picnic for The WELL

The WELL is a cherished destination for conversation and discussion. It is widely known as the primordial ooze where the online community movement was born — where Howard Rheingold first coined the term "virtual community." Since long before the public Internet was unleashed, it has quietly captivated some accomplished and imaginative people. Over the last two and a half decades, it's been described as "the world's most influential online community" in a Wired Magazine cover story, and " the Park Place of email addresses" by John Perry Barlow. It's won Dvorak and Webby Awards, inspired songs and novels, and almost invisibly influences modern culture.

Founded more than two decades ago in association with the Whole Earth Review, and now run by the ground-breaking journalism company Salon.com, The WELL continues to cast a long cultural shadow. Not quite underground, but sometimes under the radar, for many people it's a place you aren't quite sure you've heard of, but suspect that you may wish you had. For members, it's the place to come up with the next interesting thing, and ultimately it becomes a way to live.

How Did It Get So Good?

There is nothing quite like The WELL, and the secret has a lot to do with its evolution. Stewart Brand and Larry Brilliant founded the Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link in 1985, starting with a dialog between the fiercely independent writers and readers of the Whole Earth Review. This set the tone for the playful intellectual and social gathering that continues today. Over the years, WELL members have made fast friends, created enduring traditions, gathered casually face-to-face in cities 'round the world, and provided mutual support. They have founded organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Craig's List, and documented what was emerging in books like Howard Rheingold's The Virtual Community, John Seabrook's Deeper, and Katie Hafner's The WELL. They have gone into business together, fallen in and out of love, cultivated feuds, taken kickass vacations together and enriched lives.

The WELL social experience continues to evolve and surprise.

Where Is The WELL?

The WELL is a territory in its own right, inhabited by people from all over the world. The first WELL computer and modem rack were physically located in Sausalito, California, near the classic rustic houseboat harbor. The WELL's office is now in downtown San Francisco, but the feeling of a distinctive place is just a few keystrokes away, no matter where you are.

Where is The WELL? There's no simple answer to that question, but as Gertrude Stein might have said, "There's a there there."

Plunge Into The WELL

The WELL is a place made of words, an extraordinary word palace with thousands upon thousands of conversations of interest. There is an area you can look at without a password, but most of the content and interaction takes place within one of the most noted "walled gardens" in the world. The bottom line is that members know it's our ongoing, semi-private interaction that matters.

You don't need an invitation from a member in order to become part of The WELL. That's a myth. You do need to use your real name, but we will not attempt to get you to invite your email contacts or otherwise drag the rest of your daily life in with you. The service is distinguished by the quality of our non-anonymous participants, and by uncommon policies. This unique gathering is both greatly valued and directly supported by WELL subscribers. If you are ready to participate, you are welcome to come along for the ride.

The best way to learn is to plunge in and explore for a month or two, to see if this is the place for you.

As you'll soon see, there's nothing like The WELL. Join us"

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"About Dropbox

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Dropbox was founded in 2007 by Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi, two MIT students tired of emailing files to themselves to work from more than one computer.

Today, more than 50 million people across every continent use Dropbox to always have their stuff at hand, share with family and friends, and work on team projects. We're looking for more great people to join us, so if you're excited to help simplify life for millions of people, check out our jobs."

"About Free Conferencing Corporation

"Our mission is to redefine one-to-many communications by providing quality, innovation, excellent customer service and the best pricing available."

Founded in 2001, Free Conferencing Corporation is an independent and leading provider of collaborative communications solutions serving a range of businesses, individuals, communities and organizations around the world. More than three million registered users with 15-20 million connections a month already depend on Free Conferencing Corporation’s conference call services.

The company’s flagship product is FreeConferenceCall.com, a reliable, cost-effective, reservation-less and easy to use audio conferencing service. Related services include FreeConferencing.com, with conference web controls and up to 1,000 participants; FreeConferenceCallHD.com, with high definition sound geared to higher quality equipment; and FreeScreenSharing.com, with unlimited real-time sharing of desktop content. Other services include toll-free conferencing, voicemail and voice messaging solutions, mobile phone applications, and International Conferencing (with domestic dialing) in over 15 countries and growing. Free Conferencing Corporation supports all of its services with 24/7 customer service year-round.

Free Conferencing Corporation's pioneering all-digital network is built on proprietary media servers using both PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) and advanced VoIP-based (Voice over Internet Protocol) services to deliver high-quality audio conferencing services at the best pricing available.

FreeConferenceCall.com is based in Long Beach, California."

"Why We're Here

We believe there is great power in storytelling. It’s an enabler of strengths, a catalyst for change and a means to propel people and organizations to an inclusive, harmonious and prosperous future, a place where they have their greatest impact.

While storytelling is our skill and occupation, it’s driven by our hopes and aspirations for a better world.

With each organization we serve we take a step towards a better world, a thriving world. It’s our collective efforts to serve a purpose greater than ourselves that will affect The World We Want to See.

Together, we can change the paradigm of what is possible. We can demonstrate through an abundance of personal, practical stories a better way, a strengths-based way to a brighter future."

"In a few short years, social technologies have given social interactions the speed and scale of the Internet. Whether discussing consumer products or organizing political movements, people around the world constantly use social-media platforms to seek and share information. Companies use them to reach consumers in new ways too; by tapping into these conversations, organizations can generate richer insights and create precisely targeted messages and offers. "

"Pinterest is a Virtual Pinboard.

Pinterest lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. People use pinboards to plan their weddings, decorate their homes, and organize their favorite recipes.

Best of all, you can browse pinboards created by other people. Browsing pinboards is a fun way to discover new things and get inspiration from people who share your interests. To get started, request an invite. "

Our Mission

Our goal is to connect everyone in the world through the 'things' they find interesting. We think that a favorite book, toy, or recipe can reveal a common link between two people. With millions of new pins added every week, Pinterest is connecting people all over the world based on shared tastes and interests.

"Fukushima: rumours, emotions and Rousseau’s general will in the digital age
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Internet
International politics
Ideas
Democracy and government
Conflict
Civil society
Japan

In the digital age, how does government deal with rumour in a crisis? After Fukushima, the anti-rumour strategies of the Japanese government led some to question which party, the masses or the government was more involved in the dissemination of rumours. Dominant political thinking considers rumours merely a threat to be contained. But if you allow emotions into the picture, you could reach a very different conclusion, one that requires a return to Rousseau’s general will."

"I am now adding content. Said content will describe dynamic knowledge gardening and, it says here, make my papers on the subject available. I should spend a lot more time on this, time I just don’t have right now, but 2008 is shaping up to be the year where knowledge gardens take shape. Brief note: TopicSpaces has been online (quietly), then taken offline when AT&T accidentally shut off my DSL, taking an entire week to turn it back on. TopicSpaces is my open source knowledge gardening platform. There will be several papers given to international audiences about knowledge gardening and TopicSpaces during this year."

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