Things worth reading for January 8th through January 10th:
10 Rules for modern collaboration | Creativity_Unbound – Surfaced by Nancy Duarte on Twitter… a useful article for any business where innovation is key.
The Year Ahead in Media: Digital or Die – WSJ.com – VERY useful set of trends-spotted…
Guest Blog: Glia: The new frontier in brain science – “The journal Science is a premier international journal covering all areas of science, and this issue contains a special section on glia. Glia, in contrast to neurons, are brain cells that do not generate electrical impulses, and there are a lot of them—85 percent of the cells in the brain. Yet, these cells have been largely neglected for 100 years. I call this new frontier of neuroscience “The Other Brain,” because we are only now beginning to explore it. The new findings are expanding our concept of information processing in the brain. They are leading rapidly to new treatments for diseases ranging from spinal cord injury to brain cancer to chronic pain, and Alzheimer’s disease. And they are overturning a century of conventional thinking about how the brain operates at the most fundamental level. “
Forget About Google And Apple, The Future Of Television Is Facebook – An interesting take on why GoogleTV, AppleTV, etc., haven’t yet gone far. See “Eventness” tab for similar stories. “One of the big dreams of the tech set is the idea of internet television. Once your TV is connected to the internet, you’ll be able to get all your internet and TV content in one place. And, like the internet usually does, internet TV will cut out all those meddlesome middlemen like TV networks and cable companies, and life will be grand. That’s the vision between Google’s ambitious Google TV project, and behind Apple TV. There’s only one problem though: consumers don’t want it. (Actually there are many more problems, but that’s the big one.)”
Facebook, Google, Microsoft – Comparable? – Useful analysis: “Real estate is easier to value than technology because there are so many alternatives and comparables, or “comps” as they call them in the real estate business. Yes, there are “one of a kind” properties in real estate. But, there are always workable alternatives, and price comps that have been established by the marketplace. So, in real estate you might overpay by 10%, maybe even 20%, but time and a rising market covers up all mistakes.”
List of Corporate Social Strategists for 2011 by Jeremiah Owyang – Terrific list.
Emergent Culture – Amused and Abused into Oblivion: Western Culture Illustrated by Huxley and Orwell – Truly brilliant. A cartoon not to be missed.
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