Bits and pieces that caught my attention…Tumblr (3.0; @cliveb)http://www.cliveboulton.com/<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l839ifNfBK1qz7jv1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h3>Dave Morin calls the trend: Goodbye (free) Blog. Hello (paid) Letter</h3> <p>Pay $3.99/month for premium quality?</p> <p>Subscription plans seem so much hassle, what I’d really like is to pay for attention. Valuing attention could be as simple as a cell phone plan that charges by the second based on how many other people recommend the content.</p> <p>Spending attention would properly compensate the Dave Morin for Premium Content, but not lock me into a subscription.</p> <p>[I’ve subscribed to FT.com for 8 years, for the reasons Dave mentions].  </p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1057508196http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1057508196Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:00:00 -0700Dave MorinFT.comsubscriptionpremium content<object id="__sse5021599" width="400" height="334"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/playerv.swf?doc=twonicks1000-100820160328-phpapp01-video&rel=0&stripped_title=ethnography-in-virtual-worlds&autoplay=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed name="__sse5021599" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/playerv.swf?doc=twonicks1000-100820160328-phpapp01-video&rel=0&stripped_title=ethnography-in-virtual-worlds&autoplay=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="334"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><h3 class="h-slideshow-title">Ethnography in virtual worlds</h3></p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1053369333http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1053369333Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:00:00 -0700Ethnography in virtual worlds<iframe frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" width="480px" height="270px" src="http://specials.washingtonpost.com/mv/embed/?title=Leadership%20in%20the%20age%20of%20social%20media&stillURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fphoto%2F2010%2F08%2F25%2FPH2010082502884.jpg&flvURL=%2Fmedia%2F2010%2F08252010-29v&width=480&height=270&autoStart=false&clickThru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fwp-dyn%2Fcontent%2Fvideo%2F2010%2F08%2F25%2FVI2010082502841.html"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Charlene Li -  Exec’s can now orchestrate at never before scale via social communication tools. (same theme as John Hagel). </p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1047933686http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1047933686Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:00:00 -0700Charlene Liview from the top<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/K4LJ1n3HxM0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/K4LJ1n3HxM0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>John Hagel III on proactive propositions @ TEDxBayArea</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1042488981http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1042488981Tue, 31 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700John Hagel IIIproactive propositionsTEDxBayArea<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/17/technology/17fail.html?_r=3&partner=rss&emc=rss">In Twist, Nonprofits Honor Technology’s Failures - NYTimes.com</a>: <p>(via <a href="http://lwu.tumblr.com/">lwu</a>)</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1036910196http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1036910196Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700thnk-thinklwu<p>Sociobiology helps answer the really hard questions…nice post</p> <p><a href="http://thelokblog.com/post/928189893/shitty-brains-create-romantic-love">davidlok</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“If our neurons weren’t such lousy processors and we didn’t need 100 billion of them massively interconnected in order to make a clever brain out of such lousy parts, then we wouldn’t have such a long childhood,” Linden says.</p> <p>And without that long childhood, he says, evolution wouldn’t have equipped us with the force that bonds parents together to protect their children.</p> <p>“We wouldn’t have love,” Linden says.</p> <p><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129027124"><a href="http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129027124">http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129027124</a></a></p> </blockquote>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1031292116http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1031292116Sun, 29 Aug 2010 08:00:00 -0700social biology<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4mZ39KiwW9s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4mZ39KiwW9s&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Business and Social Technologies start to converge - Facebook Questions, Wibiya & Social CRM: Social Media Examiner TV</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1025288876http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1025288876Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700Facebook QuestionsWibiyaSocial CRMSMEtv<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5S6VUi1qJWw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5S6VUi1qJWw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>As EdView says…. Right Product Experience. Full on exhilaration (beats being boring).</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1018776275http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1018776275Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:00:00 -0700EdViewRight Product Experience<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7hjb5Y7to1qz4fypo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://lwu.tumblr.com/post/985880319/the-apple-hierarchy-of-needs-amir-khella">lwu</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://blog.amirkhella.com/2010/03/29/the-apple-hierarchy-of-needs/">The Apple Hierarchy of Needs | Amir Khella</a></p> </blockquote>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/992797848http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/992797848Thu, 26 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700applehierarchyneeds<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4725365&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4725365&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=4725365&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Peter Norvig explains probability modelling. Peter gave a similar talk at Parc, covering how Google Translate works by overlapping segments of results and probability to improve the translation model. During beta the translated results can be voted on / and improved by real people. Combining big data sets and human tuning seems to simplify and improve algorithms results faster than waiting for an artificial intelligence.  </p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1008943118http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1008943118Wed, 25 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700peternorvigBayesianwizardry<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/M-MTJQE3nRw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/M-MTJQE3nRw&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Denis Crowley with the Gillmor Gang [real look beyond location checkins]</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1005216220http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/1005216220Tue, 24 Aug 2010 14:24:55 -0700Denis Crowley<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7deo49s7a1qz7jv1o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Who owns your data after you delete?</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/977451809http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/977451809Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700pii2010privacyidentityinnovation<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/J9YX5BN9j9U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/J9YX5BN9j9U&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Adults should change their names, alternate view of Eric Schmidt’s identity statement</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/993418060http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/993418060Sun, 22 Aug 2010 10:02:00 -07001938medialoren feldmanpiiprivacyEric Schmidteric schmidt<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JZnj4eNHXE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1JZnj4eNHXE&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Lady Java - Program like they do at Oracle </p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/988406686http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/988406686Sat, 21 Aug 2010 10:58:10 -0700lady javalady gaga<a href="http://thetoandfro.com/post/963779822/whats-simpler-better-documentation-or-product">The to and fro: What's simpler: Better documentation, or product improvement?</a>: <blockquote> <p>Agreed. In a popular ERP suite we settled many functionality/usability expectation issues by enriching the help/doc. Which worked on Windows apps. As the suite moved to the Web we found fewer and fewer users reading the doc. Except for a few die-hard sticklers, intent on arguing the case for modifications (including tech support).</p> <p><a href="http://mnmal.tumblr.com/post/957098458/if-people-cant-figure-out-your-user-interface">mnmal</a>:</p> … <p>— Lukas Mathis in [Nobody reads your dialog boxes](<a href="http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2008/10/31/nobody-reads/"><a href="http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2008/10/31/nobody-reads/">http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2008/10/31/nobody-reads/</a></a>), a fantastic article. go read it.</p> <p>This is often part of a larger documentation:product relationship. I see it in manuals and reference books as well. As part of an…</p> </blockquote>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/982463198http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/982463198Fri, 20 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700docuxui<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/google-ceos-social-media-warning-impending-information-armageddon/5940">The privacy of the future US president?</a>: <p>Is Privacy Dead? Google’s CEO even suggested that today’s younger generation should consider <a href="http://sify.com/finance/change-name-to-disown-misspent-youth-google-ceo-news-technology-kisqObiijbc.html">changing their names in later life to escape their past online misgivings</a>. Who is to blame?</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/977930452http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/977930452Thu, 19 Aug 2010 10:21:00 -0700pii2010privicyidentityinnovationEric Schmidt<object id="__sse1319704" width="400" height="334"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=verisignone-clicksign-in-090421014817-phpapp01&rel=0&stripped_title=verisign-oneclick-signin" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed name="__sse1319704" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=verisignone-clicksign-in-090421014817-phpapp01&rel=0&stripped_title=verisign-oneclick-signin" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="400" height="334"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/972590116http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/972590116Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:21:51 -0700verisignpersonalidentityportal<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="400" height="317" id="viddler"><param name="movie" value="http://www.viddler.com/simple_on_site/5b36b887" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="fake=1" /><embed src="http://www.viddler.com/simple_on_site/5b36b887" width="400" height="317" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="fake=1" name="viddler"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>RAILS 3</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/967096295http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/967096295Tue, 17 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700rorruby on rails<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l79j84srhO1qz7jv1o1_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l79j84srhO1qz7jv1o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l79j84srhO1qz7jv1o3_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l79j84srhO1qz7jv1o4_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l79j84srhO1qz7jv1o5_400.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l79j84srhO1qz7jv1o6_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>Local deals site <a title="speedeals.com" target="_self" href="http://speedeals.com">speedeals.com</a> launches in San Jose. Save money and enjoy! Congrats @speedeals.</p>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/964505163http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/964505163Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:29:00 -0700consumer internetsan josesave money and enjoyspeedealslocal deals“As a rule, any software in this century that reinvents the scroll bar deserves to fail.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.scottberkun.com/blog/2010/lessons-from-wave-and-kin/">Lessons from Google Wave and MSFT Kin « Scott Berkun</a> (via <a href="http://heyitsnoah.tumblr.com/">heyitsnoah</a>) (via <a href="http://davemorin.tumblr.com/">davemorin</a>)</em>http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/962774601http://www.cliveboulton.com/post/962774601Mon, 16 Aug 2010 07:00:00 -0700wavekinlessons