InfoCompanions » Social http://www.infocompanions.com Brain spasms of an enthusiast who loves to live at the intersection of business, innovation, process and technology Sun, 26 Sep 2010 16:37:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Chris Anderson: How YouTube is Driving Innovation http://www.infocompanions.com/chris-anderson-how-youtube-is-driving-innovation/ http://www.infocompanions.com/chris-anderson-how-youtube-is-driving-innovation/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:20:25 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=622 TED’s says the rise of web video is driving a worldwide phenomenon he calls Accelerated — a self-fueling cycle of learning that could be as significant as the invention of print. But to tap into its power, organizations will need to embrace radical openness. And for TED, it means the dawn of a whole new chapter.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/chris-anderson-how-youtube-is-driving-innovation/feed/ 0 Nicholas Christakis: How Social Networks Predict Epidemics http://www.infocompanions.com/nicholas-christakis-how-social-networks-predict-epidemics/ http://www.infocompanions.com/nicholas-christakis-how-social-networks-predict-epidemics/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:17:35 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=617 After mapping humans’ intricate , and colleague began investigating how this could better our lives. Now, he reveals his hot-off-the-press findings: These networks can be used to detect epidemics earlier than ever, from the spread of innovative ideas to risky behaviors to viruses (like H1N1).

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/nic-marks-the-happy-planet-index/feed/ 0 Johan Rockstrom: Let The Environment Guide Our Development http://www.infocompanions.com/johan-rockstrom-let-the-environment-guide-our-development/ http://www.infocompanions.com/johan-rockstrom-let-the-environment-guide-our-development/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:55:32 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=595 Human growth has strained the ’s resources, but as reminds us, our advances also give us the science to recognize this and change behavior. His research has found nine “planetary boundaries” that can guide us in protecting our ’s many overlapping ecosystems.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/johan-rockstrom-let-the-environment-guide-our-development/feed/ 0 Derek Sivers: Keep Your Goals To Yourself http://www.infocompanions.com/derek-sivers-keep-your-goals-to-yourself/ http://www.infocompanions.com/derek-sivers-keep-your-goals-to-yourself/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 16:50:07 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=593 After hitting on a brilliant new life plan, our first instinct is to tell someone — but says it’s better to keep goals secret. He presents research stretching as far back as the 1920s to show why people who talk about their ambitions may be less likely to achieve them.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/derek-sivers-keep-your-goals-to-yourself/feed/ 0 Julian Assange: Why The World Needs WikiLeaks http://www.infocompanions.com/julian-assange-why-the-world-needs-wikileaks/ http://www.infocompanions.com/julian-assange-why-the-world-needs-wikileaks/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 15:45:12 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=588 The controversial website collects and posts highly classified documents and video. Founder Julian Assange, who’s reportedly being sought for questioning by US authorities, talks to TED’s about how the site operates, what it has accomplished — and what drives him. The includes graphic footage of a recent US airstrike in Baghdad.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/julian-assange-why-the-world-needs-wikileaks/feed/ 0 Laurie Santos: How monkeys mirror human irrationality http://www.infocompanions.com/laurie-santos-how-monkeys-mirror-human-irrationality/ http://www.infocompanions.com/laurie-santos-how-monkeys-mirror-human-irrationality/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:34:23 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=577 Why do we make so predictably? looks for the roots of human by watching the way our primate relatives make . A clever series of experiments in “monkeynomics” shows that some of the silly we make, make too.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/legos-for-grownups/feed/ 0 The politics of fiction http://www.infocompanions.com/the-politics-of-fiction/ http://www.infocompanions.com/the-politics-of-fiction/#comments Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:49:37 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=566 to stories widens the ; telling them lets us leap over cultural walls, embrace different experiences, feel what others feel. builds on this simple idea to argue that can overcome identity politics.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/the-politics-of-fiction/feed/ 0 The Art of Choosing http://www.infocompanions.com/the-art-of-choosing/ http://www.infocompanions.com/the-art-of-choosing/#comments Sat, 10 Jul 2010 14:47:36 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=563 studies how we make — and how we feel about the we make. At TEDGlobal, she talks about both trivial (Coke v. Pepsi) and profound ones, and shares her groundbreaking research that has uncovered some surprising attitudes about our .

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/java-4-ever-trailer-nerds-know-humor/feed/ 0 Hitler Ain’t Happy With iPhone 4. Are You? http://www.infocompanions.com/hitler-aint-happy-with-iphone-4-are-you/ http://www.infocompanions.com/hitler-aint-happy-with-iphone-4-are-you/#comments Sat, 26 Jun 2010 21:13:04 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=555 Did you stand in line for 6 hours under the blistering sun just to get the new iPhone, only to get stuck with the antenna issue? You need to do 2 things – (1) follow Steve Job’s recommended fix by avoiding “holding it that way” and (2) think of creative ways to vent. Michael Ingram Jr. followed advice #2, and made a hilarious video. See below.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/friends-of-friends-thread-com/feed/ 0 Elizabeth Pisani: Sex, drugs and HIV – let’s get rational http://www.infocompanions.com/elizabeth-pisani-sex-drugs-and-hiv-lets-get-rational/ http://www.infocompanions.com/elizabeth-pisani-sex-drugs-and-hiv-lets-get-rational/#comments Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:49:12 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=538 Armed with bracing logic, wit and her “public-health nerd” glasses, reveals the myriad of inconsistencies in today’s political systems that prevent our dollars from effectively fighting the spread of HIV. Her research with at-risk populations — from junkies in prison to sex workers on the street in Cambodia — demonstrates the sometimes counter-intuitive measures that could stall the spread of this devastating disease.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/elizabeth-pisani-sex-drugs-and-hiv-lets-get-rational/feed/ 0 Ian Goldin: Navigating our global future http://www.infocompanions.com/ian-goldin-navigating-our-global-future/ http://www.infocompanions.com/ian-goldin-navigating-our-global-future/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:06:05 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=510 As and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, warns that not all people may benefit equally. But, he says, if we can recognize this danger, we might yet realize the possibility of improved life for everyone.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/ian-goldin-navigating-our-global-future/feed/ 0 Stefana Broadbent: How the Internet enables intimacy http://www.infocompanions.com/stefana-broadbent-how-the-internet-enables-intimacy/ http://www.infocompanions.com/stefana-broadbent-how-the-internet-enables-intimacy/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:01:56 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=506 We worry that IM, texting, are spoiling human intimacy, but ’s research shows how tech is capable of cultivating deeper relationships, bringing love across barriers like distance and workplace rules.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/stefana-broadbent-how-the-internet-enables-intimacy/feed/ 0 Malcolm Gladwell: Human potential http://www.infocompanions.com/malcolm-gladwell-human-potential/ http://www.infocompanions.com/malcolm-gladwell-human-potential/#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:51:59 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=502 Pop and best-selling author has honed in on a profound new question: what separates extraordinary and average people? Discussing findings from his much-anticipated book “Outliers,” Gladwell details how we’re squandering everywhere from the football field to the classroom – and what we can do to change it.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/malcolm-gladwell-human-potential/feed/ 0 Clay Shirky: How social media can make history http://www.infocompanions.com/clay-shirky-how-social-media-can-make-history/ http://www.infocompanions.com/clay-shirky-how-social-media-can-make-history/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:27:36 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=430 , and other forms of are continuing to change our world in ways we never imagined. Who imagined that and TXT messaging can facilitate the early waves of democracy in one of the world’s most authoritarian regime, Iran? And who imagined that in May 2008, BBC would first come to know about the devastating earthquake in China through (last time the quake happened, it took China 3 months just to admit that an earthquake had hit China!)

In this impressive talk, shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.

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]]> http://www.infocompanions.com/clay-shirky-how-social-media-can-make-history/feed/ 0 Kwame Anthony Appiah and Golden Nugget Theory http://www.infocompanions.com/kwame-anthony-appiah-and-golden-nugget-theory/ http://www.infocompanions.com/kwame-anthony-appiah-and-golden-nugget-theory/#comments Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:58:20 +0000 Himanshu Sharma http://www.infocompanions.com/?p=387 Kwame Anthony Appiah was born in London, raised in Kumasi, Ghana, and educated at and Clare College, Cambridge, where he earned a Ph.D. in philosophy. A world traveler immersed in everything from ethics to racial identity, he has written often about Africans and African-Americans and has set his in England and Italy.

In this video, takes to task the myths of Western culture and civilization, explaining the “” theory and its five major errors. Get ready for his deconstruction of a monolith.

Also check out his article in “The ” titles, “If You Think Your Taxes Are Unjust, Just Think Again”. Chris Navin has a cool review from one of his NY Times articles… check it out at “Kwame Anthony Appiah In The NY Times: The New New Philosophy”

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