� The future transparency of the past�we live in glass houses | Tom Foremski: IMHO | ZDNet.com

� The future transparency of the past�we live in glass houses Tom Foremski: IMHO ZDNet.com
Tom Foremski pushes the buttom of something we've all been thinking for a while: if more and more of your interactions are mediated by computers, all the information about those interactions are, or can be stored somewhere. In fact, Google is keeping track of every piece of information it comes across. My bet is that this will be a no brainer lock in effect. When almost all your interactions will be computer mediated, how much would you be willing to pay to make your profile accesible in a digital format for computers to act for you? In that case, what would be the value of your past history? Maybe, we should all start building our digital memory today

Visionaries and Luminaries :: AO

Visionaries and Luminaries :: AO
I would definitely agree with John Doerr's vision that the investment in environment and life-science will create innovation and broad benefits across the globe. It has the forcefully impact of what "has to be". With the global impact in the environment and the progressively elder globe population, one could argue that those are safe bets. Of course the talent is in finding the right companies to invest in...but that has always been the strong point of skilled Doerr

Philip Lay does an interesting analysis of the rationale for M&A in the tech business in his October issue of Under the Buzz Based on the technology adoption life cycle paradigm, he analysis 8 different reasons to acquire with good real-life examples of our days
If the success ratio of M&A is so low, you better think it through with care when you are either acquiring or preparing yourself up to be acquired

World's Worst Disease - Forbes.com

World's Worst Disease - Forbes.com
Real progress always lies in non zero sum games. From global trade to every entrepreneurial initiative, the fact that others win with you defines success in a much more durable way than the fact that others loose what you win. As you can read in Non Zero, the logic of human destiny drives us to cooperation rather than confrontation. As the world gets smaller, where will we hide if we don't find a way to cooperate? if you're all in the same boat you'll tend to perish unless you are conducive to productive coordination.... Genetic evolution thus tends to create smoothly integrated organisms, and cultural evolution tends to create smoothly integrated groups of organisms

The Internet Stock Blog � Is AlexaDex a Useful Stock-Picking Tool Or Just A Fun Game?

The Internet Stock Blog � Is AlexaDex a Useful Stock-Picking Tool Or Just A Fun Game?
Alexadex is a fun game that can be seen as an emulated page rank measuring only traffic and not inbound links. This can be a good sign of interest for links within a page for future search engines?

Google: Ten Golden Rules - Issues 2006 - MSNBC.com

Google: Ten Golden Rules - Issues 2006 - MSNBC.com
Ten easy management rules that can make every group of knowledge workers more effective. Only thing I miss is a mention to ego-less design and respect fo the intellectual property of ideas

The constant charmer

A rock celebrity lobyying politicians around the globe to end poverty. That should be the job of the politicians, right? But today a rock star is much more effective in doing so because people listen to him more than they listen to their representatives. And, if you are a public servant, why would you care about a long term issue if in 4 years you're gonna be out of job? Problem is, complex problems with long term solutions are first level priorities for us. Democracy is changing. I vote for Bono.