The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

July 17, 2011

Industry clusters: The modern-day snake oil – The Washington Post Self-explanatory title. Vivek Wadhwa’s point about the importance of people is something that could apply to where I live, too: QUOTE The prerequisite for a regional innovation system is knowledgeable people who have the motivation and ability to start ventures. To succeed, these people need […]

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Moving soon – wish to glide, not skid

July 13, 2011

The paragliders were out at Dallas Road cliffs today, on another windy (good for them) non-summery (not so good for the rest of us) day. (We have had a spectacularly disappointing spring and summer here on the northwest coast of North America.) I set myself a goal of writing again. But on this, the first […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

July 10, 2011

100 Examples of Corporate Social Media Policies Useful reference for … QUOTE The following table contains the names of over 100 companies and organization that have published their Employee Social Media Policies or Guidelines online UNQUOTE tags: socialmedia policy reference Innovation Depends on a Robust Manufacturing Sector – Technology Review Must-read article, America… (And Canada […]

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

July 3, 2011

Q&A: Umair Haque on How to Beat Wall Street Once and for All « @ggregator QUOTE America is watching a great tragedy unfold: The collapse of the middle class. That society needs megabanks is, to put it kindly, a finely tailored piece of marketing. In fact, as I’ve written about a few months back, banks […]

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Soundscape in San Jose

June 22, 2011

Short discussion on what works in San Jose’s Cesar Chavez Plaza, a great public space that draws a diverse community together for play and recreation.

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

June 19, 2011

Life expectancy in the U.S. varies widely by region and in some places is decreasing – The Washington Post Health care is local. QUOTE Large swaths of the United States are showing decreasing or stagnating life expectancy even as the nation’s overall longevity trend has continued upwards, according to a county-by-county study of life expectancy […]

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Parenting. Such a riot.

June 17, 2011

I want to tell you a story of parenting, as I’ve observed it among my Canadian peers. I’ll try to convey how and why this parenting style shocked me. It’s just a story (albeit a true one), but perhaps it illuminates a small part of the dynamics at work in this Wednesday’s Canucks Riot that […]

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Education K-12 and status anxiety

June 13, 2011

Just wondering: does a relentless parental drive to make children succeed in standardized tests so they can be admitted to the right prep school create an uptick in the number of socially-dominant psychopaths?

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Ecothinking and Marx

June 12, 2011

Here’s a plea to connect the dots: watch the 365.org video, consider rising food prices, and read about Marx today. Dare you!

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The Sunday Diigo Links Post (weekly)

June 12, 2011

[Note: Extremely sparse pickings in the weekly Diigo links this Sunday. This is due to my being near-paralyzed with a weird mix of ennui and procrastination. IOW, loss of motivation. I’ve got nine browser tabs open to interesting items, as well as numerous links I mailed myself, all of which I wanted to “process” in […]

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