Monthly Archives: November 2005

The Page as Tableau, the Mind as Visitable Place, and Collective Knowledge as Landscape

Posted on November 30, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Earlier this week I wrote about wikis as a potential tableau of the human mind, navigated by auto-generated mind-maps. I’ve been thinking more about this, and specifically more about the fundamental unit of wikis (and the Internet as a whole): … Continue reading →

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Ten Reasons to Halt All Trade With China

Posted on November 29, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Caution: This is a rant. And sensitive readers might want to skip this article. With every new revelation about what is happening in modern China I become more appalled. Our Canadian prime minister earlier this month stressed the importance of … Continue reading →

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Sharing Your Brain: Making Your Hard Drive into a Wiki

Posted on November 28, 2005 by Dave Pollard

When technologies reach a tipping point, they can suddenly lead to dramatic changes in human behaviour, at least among those who are comfortable with technology. When bandwidth becomes almost unlimited, and hence essentially free, it means everyone can have her … Continue reading →

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Imaginative Poverty

Posted on November 27, 2005 by Dave Pollard

In my story of Myron the Pig, I had Myron explain our species’ imaginative poverty this way: Because you live in such an artificial world, a world of your own making, where you are told so forcefully what is and … Continue reading →

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Saturday Links for Nov.26-05

Posted on November 26, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Grassroots Organization and Connection What Do You Call an Open Space Facilitator?: Wendy Farmer-O’Neil’s Open Space blog asks an important question. In keeping with its unique, complex-environment orientation, Open Space provides a framework instead of a methodology, and its practitioners … Continue reading →

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Nobody Really Cares About the Creative Class

Posted on November 25, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Source: US Department of Labor There’s a great debate going on in the business press about whether the ‘Creative Class’, a term coined by Richard Florida as the basis for his very successful business books, and which includes artists, scientists, … Continue reading →

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Three Mini-Reviews: Mind Mapping Software, Imperial Ambitions, and Buzzmarketing

Posted on November 24, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Here are three short reviews of books that I have recently read: Power Tips & Strategies for Mind Mapping Software, by Chuck Frey Regular readers know I’m a fan of mind mapping software, especially for improving the effectiveness of meetings: … Continue reading →

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Personal Knowledge Management (PKM) — an Update

Posted on November 23, 2005 by Dave Pollard

At last week’s conference, one of my presentations was on PKM. Since I haven’t written about this in awhile I thought I’d bring you up to date on what’s happening in this space, and some of the discussions I have … Continue reading →

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Is Your Genius At Work?

Posted on November 22, 2005 by Dave Pollard

Dick Richards’ new book Is Your Genius at Work? is designed for people contemplating a career change. Its focus is on helping people find their genius — the one thing they are especially and uniquely good at, and then finding … Continue reading →

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Re-becoming Indigenous: Capacities of Learning & Discovery

Posted on November 21, 2005 by Dave Pollard

The word indigenous* means ‘born into and part of’, and by inference ‘inseparably connected to’. We are all, I think, indigenous at birth, born into the Earth-organism and connected in a profound and primal way to all life on the … Continue reading →

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