Monthly Archives: January 2007

How to Make Blogs More Conversational

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Painting “In Deep Conversation” by Irish artist Pam O’Connell For a while now I’ve been promising to write about how blogs could be made more conversational. To broach this challenge, I thought it might be useful to look at the … Continue reading →

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Thinking Without Language

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Dave Pollard

In yesterdayís post, I stressed the need for new ways of thinking innovatively about the complex problems our world faces: Einstein famously said ìWe can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.î … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Civilization’s End

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Dave Pollard

This is an article I prepared for the newsletter of the World Innovation Foundation and it is addressed to the Foundation’s members, who are substantially Nobel-winning scientists. Regular readers of HtStW will find the first half covers familiar territory, and … Continue reading →

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Sunday Open Thread – January 7, 2007

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Dave Pollard

What I’m planning on writing about soon: The Role of Art and Artists in Social Change: Was Eminem’s failure to get Kerry elected the beginning of the end? Experience-Based Decision Making: It seems an obvious choice, until you understand why … Continue reading →

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Saturday Links for the Week – January 6, 2007

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Photo by Norbert Rosing from the book The World of the Polar Bear Let-Self-Change: Honest Food Guide: Here’s a great poster for your refrigerator and grocery list: A list of what foods are good and bad for you, and why. … Continue reading →

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The Long Tail, or Just the Trailing Edge?

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Dave Pollard

The Long Tail is the name, coined by Chris Anderson at Wired, for the long thin right-hand side of Clay Shirkyís Power Law curves (example above). It represents the large and diverse majority that, for one reason or another, attracts … Continue reading →

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Standards for Good Intranet & Extranet Design

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Despite investment of $12B, the US Navy Marine Corps Intranet Still Sucks, Says the GAOOne of the tasks in my current work contract is to assess and make recommendations for improvement to the organizationís Intranet and Extranet sites. To do … Continue reading →

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It Could Never Happen Here

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Salvador Allende and Gen. Carlos Prats, both victims of Pinochet Today on a CBC Program called “The Current”, Ariel Dorfman, a Chilean playwright (Death and the Maiden), novelist and poet, exiled in the 1970s, talked about his experience during the regime … Continue reading →

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How You Can Help the Planet By Stopping at One

Posted on January 2, 2007 by Dave Pollard

Werner Flueck sent me a copy of a 1995 article (not available online, but read a prÈcis here) in the journal Population & Environment called “The Environmental Consequences of Having a Baby in the United States”, by SUNY professor Charles … Continue reading →

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A New Years’ Reflection: Commitments not Resolutions

Posted on January 1, 2007 by Dave Pollard

This is the time of year for making ‘resolutions’ for the new year. The word resolve originally meant to dissolve or untie, to free from chains (the word solve originally meant to loosen — apparently to the inventors of our civilized … Continue reading →

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