Social media is likely to prove as revolutionary as the printing press if not more so. I know this is a bold statement but stories like the one attached just confirm the feeling for me that we are in the midst of one of the great transformations of society, if not the greatest. I don’t [...]
Archive for Month March, 2012
A Farewell to Viruses?
At MIT scientists may have developed a therapy that will that alter fundamentally our fight against viral infection. It is far too soon to tell but this may prove a huge development for science. Trials on the AIDS virus begin soon. (From Process.org) In a paper published 27 July [1], researchers from MIT reported successful [...]
Twitter Bug Randomly Unfollows People
Well, this isn’t good. I rely on Twitter every day, first as a key part of my communications strategy and secondly as an unparalleled source of news. There is just nothing like it for tapping right into the mind of humanity. I wish I knew Chinese, the stuff that goes on in Chinese Twitter must [...]
Cash Mobs: This Is One Way the 99% Can Make Markets Work for It
Much has been said about how social media has helped OWS happen. Frankly it would never have happened if there was no Facebook, or Twitter, 2 for profit and very self interested companies. What has always struck me about OWS is it’s general disdain for “capitalism.” I am not going to get into why this [...]
If you’re in it to build a successful Company, the credentials will come to you, eventually. But if you’re in it for the credentials, you should consider law school.
I stumbled across this great article in TechCrunch today. It seems that YCombinator (a tech incubator, connector to investors) is giving a prize this year to someone who comes to them without an idea. Usually in order to get rolling with these guys one needs a vision. This year they are trying something different. I [...]
“Co-Sponsor” A Bill In Congress With A New Facebook App
This should be interesting. Now, anyone can show their support for a bill moving through Congress using an app in Facebook. Having spent a bit of time on the Hill and too much time in Facebook I have to wonder if these guys have really thought this out. Not that I am not all for [...]
Amazing Article In Wired: NSA Is Building the Ultimate Listening Complex Deep In the Utah Desert
“The former NSA official held his thumb and forefinger close together: “We are that far from a turnkey totalitarian state.” I suppose it’s good that we even know that such a facility exists. One must assume that all privacy essentially is gone. It is sad but true. I actually grew up around the defense intelligence [...]
Secret Assad Emails Leaked
Guerrilla warfare in the inbox. (From The Guardian) “Activists say they were able to monitor the inboxes of Assad and his wife in real time for several months. In several cases they claim to have used information to warn colleagues in Damascus of imminent regime moves against them. The access continued until 7 February, when [...]
New Solar Panel Cheap Enough to Challenge Dinosaur Fuel
At Tech Planet we are great believers in the power of incremental but steady technological change. So often we get wrapped up in grand visions of instant energy revolution that we forget that often the best progress is made by the turtle and not the hare. However, the solar terrapin may have just had a [...]
‘A Large Number’ Of Megaupload Accounts Belong To US Government Officials
If Kim Dotcom is going down he’s going to try to take some people down with him. (From Business Insider) “We found a large number of [Megaupload] accounts from US government officials including the Department of Justice and the US Senate…I hope we will soon have permission to give them and the rest of our [...]
