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BBC NEWS | Technology | Web inventor fears for the future
New MIT-Southampton research into 'web science'
from : mollywebb
2nd November 2006
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O'Reilly Radar > Google Image Labeler, the ESP Game, and Human-Computer Symbiosis
O'Reilly's blog on Luis von Ahn's tech talk at Google on July 26, 2006
from : mollywebb
6th September 2006
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Northern Lights 2020
22nd-23rd June 2006, Glasgow What kind of places do Europe’s northern cities want to be as they look forward to 2020? Can they tell a distinctive story of optimism, inclusiveness and imagination?Glasgow as a city is often pulled south- by comparison, competition and control- to Edinburgh, Manchester and London. But what if Glasgow chose to look north and east instead? Might its Nordic neighbours provide a better ‘urban peer group’ for Glasgow to exchange ideas,...
from : mollywebb
1st September 2006
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The New North
Speakers: Umayya Abu-Hanna (Finnish National Gallery) Mohammed Elabed (MOI, Sweden) Mandana Zarrehparvar (Danish Institute of Human Rights) Ehsan Masood (The Gateway Trust) Madeleine Bunting (Director, Demos) Dr Catherine Fieschi (Demos) - Chair
from : markfuller
29th August 2006
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No bank holiday north of the border, but there was a Big Dream.
It's The Big Dream tomorrow, which is the last public event in the Glasgow 2020 project. We have taken over a series of rooms in The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, in the name of exciting public interest in thinking about and deliberating the future of Glasgow. There are a load of old photos here, and explanations of a few of the things that we're doing in each of the spaces. If Glasgow 2020 has a core phillosophy a the moment, it's that city's are the stories they tell about...
from : charlietims
26th August 2006
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WBCSD Global Scenarios 2000-2050: Exploring sustainable development
Scenarios are powerful tools for addressing what is both fundamentally significant and profoundly unknowable -- the future. Unlike forecasts, which extrapolate patterns for the future based on facts from the past, scenarios are plausible, pertinent, and alternative stories that are concerned more with strategic thinking versus strategic planning.
The three different scenarios outlined in this report promote a flexible approach to the future, and alter our mental maps.
from : charlieedwards
30th June 2006
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Global Business Network
Peter Schwartz is basically the daddy of scenario planning. Click to learn from the master.
from : simonparker
30th June 2006
