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think2ool
2014
by Scott S. Pickard
Boulevard Projects
Champaign, IL 61820
Copyright 2014 think2ool. All Rights Reserved.
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Table of Contents
Big Ideas
11
Big Issues
Big Picture
85
12
Corporate Governance
33
Engineering and R&D
55
Facilities and Equipment
61
Financial Management
63
Human Resource Management
75
Information Technology (IT)
80
International Business
82
Legal Information & Compliance
91
Management and Best Practices
97
Manufacturing and Distribution
98
Marketing
100
Products and Services
130
Risk Management
141
Sales and Customer Service
144
Software & Web Development
157
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Production and Utilization of Wealth
Acquisitions
What strategic objectives will this acquisition/merger accomplish?
Does the company have an estimate of the fair market value (FMV) target of the
assets acquired and liabilities assumed? What expense items can be added back to
the income statement because the owner has been taking out excessive
compensation? Are there deferred inter-company gains or nondeductible write-offs
that may result in additional taxes? What is the performance of all operating entities
that have been acquired in the past five years? Has the company followed through
on all promises and performance guarantees to its subsidiaries? Has the company
made any bad acquisitions? What was the gain (loss) on all divestitures in the last
five years? Can the company be sold if it gets into trouble? Is there a ready buyer?
What organizational structure will best support it? Whose culture will dominate?
Has the company developed a post-merger integration management plan for before,
during, and after the acquisition? Are key components of the buy-sell agreement
updated to reflect changing conditions? What antitakeover protection plans has the
board prepared? | shareholder rights plan poison pill |
in general: deal-making network: axialmarket | hostile takeovers: Fools Rush In
Munk | news: firstlist, themiddlemarket
TV | Corporate | Financial Management | Growth | Management | more
Stages in the development of human behavior
Adolescence
in general: inner-city youth programs: Mignight Basketball | poor rich kid: affluenza
books, movies, music: A Separate Peace Knowles | Beautiful Brains Dobbs | Boyhood
Linklater | Dazed and Confused | Dead Poet’s Society | Ferris Bueller | Juno | Ordinary
People Guest | Quadrophenia The Who | Risky Business | Schools Out for Summer | Stand
By Me | The Catcher in the Rye Salinger | The Perks of a Wallflower Chbosky | We the
Animals Torres
Women & Men | Family | Sports | more
Production
Advertising and Promotion
What percentage of revenues (1-10%) is required to competitively advertise and
promote the company's products? How effectively does marketing solicit and
integrate (communicate) the advertising ideas from other divisions of the company?
in general: automated: outboundengine | big data analytics: origamilogic visualization |
business cards: cardnetics, moo | campaign types: eloqua | coolhunting: Honda |
embedded in video & tv: mirriad | image ad overlay: imagespacemedia | in-call
media: voodoovox | interactive out-of-home: reactrix | mobile: millennialmedia |
multi-channel (screen) platforms & campaign management: collective-media,
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impactradius | publicity: Ben Angel, halo | simulation & planning: thinkvine |
stadiums: instadium | target IT professionals: techtarget | t-shirts: cafepress, zazzle |
viral: Unleashing the Ideavirus Godin
local: singleplatform | yodle | classifieds: backpage, oodle
outdoor: digital billboards: supponor | digital ink displays: magink | online
marketplace: adstruc | out-of-home: Gas Station Radio gas station radio | Shopping
TV: most tweeted: Breaking Bad | most viewed: Superbowl
yellow pages: craigslist | livedeal | yodle | self-management: yext
Video | TV | Big Data | Brand | CRM | Email | more
Fields of Technology
Agriculture and Food Production
So God Made a Farmer Harvey
History of agriculture
domestication of plants and animals started 10,000 B.C.
2014: (Remote) Data to Knowledge sp
Farm management
ADM farmerview
pest control: insectaries
software: farmeron, profitshotsoftware
Crop farming
orchards: frost protection: wind machines
rice
the most important food crop in the world | California: kodafarms |
research: International Rice Research Institute
Livestock farming: animals raised in agricultural setting for food, fiber, labor
Food production, processing, preservation
Techniques for controlling the quality of food: farm-to-fork: Food Quality & Safety
Food sources
Can edible insects provide a sustainable alternative to meat?
most food has its origin in plants
Food and Beverage
in general: buying local: know your farmer, know your food | equipment leasing:
www.machinerylink.com
Sensors | Immigration | Biotechnology | Sustainability | Family | more
Political concepts, ideologies, and problems
Anarchism, Chaos, Liberty, Radicalism, Rebellion, Revolution
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
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Beatles
in general: The right to alter or abolish government is the ultimate expression of the
people’s sovereignty. | about | Arab Spring: Emel Mathlouthi was voice of Tunisian
revolution, timeline | cabal | Che Guevera | coup: Coup d'état, Egypt | people’s mic |
separatism | vandalism
anarchists, pirates, radicals, separatists, terrorists: Does art inspire anti-social
behavior, or does it just describe it? | Al-Qaeda: Inspire 10 | Black Bloc | Catalonia |
fifth column: definition | gangs | Greece: Golden Dawn neo-nazi, fascist | Lord’s
Resistance Army | Muslim Brotherhood: A Day of Anger | Nigeria: Boko Haram |
pirates: Somali | Russia/Moscow: Pussy Riot | Sex Pistols | Syria: Islamic State in Iraq
and Syria ISIS | Taliban | Ukraine
anti: consumerism: freeganism | establishment: Pete Seger
dictatorships: Dictactors have weaknesses. | From Dictatorship to Democracy by
Gene Sharp | North Korea | Uzbekistan: Gulnara Karimova
revolution: pen is mightier than the sword: Diaries of an Unfinished Revolution Cassel |
Hong Kong: Umbrella Revolution
self-defense, self-preservation, self-rule: rule thyself: autarchy | Constituional right
to bear arms
transparency: FOIA: FOIA Machine |in general: cryptome, publicintelligence,
WikiLeaks | journalists: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists |
whistleblowers: CitizenFour Poitras | Edward Snowden
books, movies, music, tv: Captain Phillips Greengrass | Fight Club Palahniuk | From
Dictatorship to Democracy Sharp | Les Miserables 19th century France | Revolution Brand |
Revolution tv miniseries | Rules for Radicals Alinsky | Savage Continent chaos | The American
as Anarchist DeLeon | The Ends of the Earth Kaplan | The Fifth Column and the First FortyNine Stories Hemingway | The Net Delusion Morozov | Time for Outrage: Indignez-vous!
Hessel | V for Vendetta Moore
Social Radar | Cybersecurity | Extreme | SW Asia | Religion | more
History of Mankind
Ancient Asia, Africa, Europe
SW Asia, Egypt, the Aegean, and North Africa: essential-humanities
Ancient Europe & Mediterranean to AD 395: allempires
in general: tools: flint knapping stone tools | TV: history channel | World
Heritage List
books and portals: ancient history sourcebook | Cartographies of Time Grafton | The
History of the Ancient World Bauer
DIY | more
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Software
Apps
in general: a/b testing: appiterate | airline info: worldmate | backend-as-a-service:
Kii | best sellers: top 25 | bill pay: pageonce | book: Appsters: A Beginner's Guide to
App Entrepreneurship Gill | cabs: taximagic | content delivery: www.motricity.com |
crash reporting & analytics: crashlytics | data collect/display: datum | Europe:
http://amobee.com | health care: app-a-day | inflight internet: gogoinflight | iOS
beta test: testflightapp | journal: path | location-based: deCarta, scvngr | medical
info: airstriptech | meetings: charlie |monetization: 3 Ways To Monetize Your App
That Every Startup Should Consider Sarath | on-demand, interactive, personalized
radio: ahamobile | parkmobile | payment systems: monitise, roamdata |
personalization: www.changingworlds.com | push notifications: urbanairship |
search: apptap, quixey | test applications: deviceanywhere, perfecto | tools to build
your app: Fbstart | tours: audioconexus, mytoursapp, sitegeist, tourappbuilder,
TourSphere | user matching/acquisition: apphero, fiksu, youappi
design-development platforms: appconomy, appnexus, eachscape drag-n-drop, emotive,
gocanvas, mobincube, treehouse | could-based: 6 Cloud-based Tools For Creating
Mobile & Web Apps Clarke
travel: trip advisor: GateGuru
articles: Killer Apps in the Gigabit Age Rainie
Travel | Health & Disease | Online Advertising | Nature | Internet | more
Particular Arts
Architecture, Landscape & Urban Design
Art of architecture
architectural tours: viaggidiarchitettura
innovation portal: architizer
windows: cabin in the woods
Garden and landscape design
backyard: arbor sp | P. Allen Smith
education: Frederick Law Olmsted Society
energy savings: shading
lighting: trees
Urban design
Experimental: archigram
Extreme
Neighborhoods walkability
Repurposed spaces
Belgrade: industrial spaces and unused barges
Big Box Reuse by Julia Christensen
San Francisco: futuristic
Watchcase Building Sag Harbor
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Sustainability
Buildings
Sustainability | Green | Energy | Nature | Design | more
big picture
Art
Art in General
Particular Arts
Women/Men | Mind Wandering | more
Art
Art in General
Theory & Classification of Arts
Philosophy of art: Alain Badiou activist art
Classification of the arts
astract: jazzberryblue
contemporary: culturehall | fairs: Art Miami
participatory: philinthecircle
Art history texts: Getty Research Portal
Experience & Criticism of Art
Art appreciation: museums | news: artfixdaily, Paris Review
Art Criticism: about
Scholarship in the arts: National Endowment for the Arts
Social, economic, and cultural institutions
stolen or missing: artloss
auctions: Sotheby’s
economics of art: culturaldata data | royalties
Training and work of the artist
bios: Vincent Van Gogh
collaboration: talenthouse
funding: kickstarter | patreon
gender equity: Guerilla Girls
Preservation of works of art
Galleries
online: Gertrude
Museums
Dissemination of works of art
affordable: art, 20x200 | art fairs: eyeo, friezeartfair, Venice Biennale |
auctions: invaluable, auctionata | digital: digitisedart | Granta | member
organizations: artspace, paddle8 | online: artbase, art.sy, urchinmovement,
artspace | publishers: sequencepress | social networking: society6 | trybefore-you-buy: turningart | visual search: google goggles
Arts in Particular Cultures
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Arts of the Stone Age peoples
about: prehistoric art | film: Cave of Forgotten Dreams Herzog
Arts of the Western tradition: Janson's History of Art: The Western Tradition
Arts of Asian peoples: Ai Weiwei, Never Sorry china
Arts of the Middle East and of the Islamic peoples: artofthemiddleeast
Arts of the African peoples: African art
Arts of the Oceanic peoples: Oceanic art
Arts of the American Indian peoples: eiteljorg
Primitive, folk, and popular arts
China: toys: Temari balls
Mexico: Huichol disc
Nordic: Nordic Cool
Popular Culture
books: Art/Work Bhandari | Indivisible by Four Steinhardt | The Art Book Phaidon | The Gift
Hyde
Pricing | Risk | Collaboration | Valuation | Emotion | more
Computer Science
Artificial Intelligence
in general: algorithm deelopment: Deep Mind, Vicarious | artificial general
intelligence: strong AI | biomimetics: models for design of machines | frame-based
systems: recognition and description of objects and classes | portals: Deep Learning |
semanitc networks: a set of concepts that are related to one another | Turin
Experiment: about | thought experiments: Chinese Room
expert systems: automated complaint resolution: cognicor | decision making:
decision-making | machine trading: Dark Pools Patterson, Flash Boys
singularity big ideas: about | book: The Singularity Is Near Kurzweil | IBM Watson |
moore’s law | Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence singinst
books and papers: Accelerando Stross | Superintelligence Bostrom | The Emperor's New
Mind Penrose
Software | Optimized | Robotics | Radio | Production | more
Matter and Energy
Atoms
Structure and Properties of Atoms: a simple view of atomic structure
Atomic Nucleus and Particles
structure: dense region of protons/neutrons at center of atom
isotopes: same # of protons of a chemical element but different # of neutrons
radioactive nuclei: unstable atom loses energy by emitting ionizing particles
neutron: subatomic particle n, no net charge, mass slightly larger than proton
reactions of atomic nuclei: nuclear reaction
fission: atom splits into smaller parts releasing a huge amount of energy
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fusion
about
magnetized target fusion: generalfusion big ideas
pulsed power: Z-machine
subatomic elementary particles: about | Higgs boson | research: Hadron
Collider
passage of nuclear particles through matter
books: An Introduction to Nuclear Physics Cottingham | The Ghost in the Atom Davies
Research | more
Elements of Technology
Automation
How much additional automation can be implemented in the manufacturing
operations? What would be the effects on production? To what extent are finished
products and components standardized?
in general: customer contact: soundbite | machine-to-machine (MSM): Connected
World | manufacturing automation: automationmag, International Society of
Automation | personal: ifttt | shopping: jeans store | test automation: spirent |
workflow automation: skelta
Recycle | Online Ads | Sensors | Practice of Medicine | Big Data | more
fTransportation Technology
Automobiles, Truck, Buses
if you can dream it, you can ride it
in general: alternative: mobiusmotors | car-plane: terrafugia | car-to-car
communications: cohdawireless | competitions: EcoCar | donate your car:
changinggears | gas: gasbuddy | hybrids: hybridcars | leasing: wheelzinc | parts:
rockauto | pricing: www.edmunds.com, kbb, truecar | repair estimates:
bodyshopbids, repairpal | view & track repairs | safety: advanced features, Insurance
Institute for Highway Safety IIHS | self-driving car: audi, google, toyota | telematics:
IMS | tracking: brickhousesecurity | valet parking: zirx | warranty: bgfindashop
car sharing and rentals: car pooling & sharing: blahblahcar, www.erideshare.com,
relayrides, ridepost, spride | www.geniusride.com | iPhone app: zipcar | long-term
parking: FlightCar
electric vehicles: Are electric cars truly green? | www.chevrolet.com/electriccar |
www.fiskerautomotive.com | www.gemcar.com | www.milesev.com |
www.pluginamerica.org v | segway | www.teslamotors.com: super chargers |
www.zapworld.com | organizations: electricdrive.org | trucks & buses: Motiv, proterra
| charging: pod-point UK | motorcycles: brammo, zeromotorcycles
Travel | Shopping | Green | Cities | Drawing | more
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Philosophy
Balance
He who is contented is rich. Lao Tzu
in general: concern vs control: Epictetus Square | granularity | Quality of Life
freedom: freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose… Me and Bobby McGee
inequality/diversity: Biodiversity | food: Engel’s coefficient | income
simplicity: What do the Hadza know that we have forgotten? | less is more: live
within your means, moderation, Occam’s razor
books and articles: Balance, the fundamental verity Smith big ideas | Simple: Conquering
the Crisis of Complexity Siegel | The Hadza Finkel | Unintended Consequences Conard |
Walden Thoreau | Working Terkel
Books | Brand | Decisions | more
Life on Earth
Behavior of Organisms
Behavioral Responses: response of organism to various stimuli or inputs
Behavioral Capacities
Higher behavioral characteristics of animals
dogs: reasoning: dognition | training: Cesar's Way
Groups: coordinated behavior of large groups of similar animals
Evolution of behavior: genetic differences > affect fitness > natural selection
books: The Behavior of Organisms Skinner | The Horse Whisperer Evans
Wellness | Health & Disease | more
Fields of Technology / transportation / wheeled vehicles
Bicycles
bicycling is healthy for people and the economy
in general: advocacy: National Bike Challenge | bike sharing: citibikenyc,
cphbikesshare, divvybikes | bikeways: Tahoe-to-Pyramid | body geometry: roll-online
| buy/sell: bikepedia, bikesdirect | coolhunting: horsecycles, pg-bikes | electric:
electric | design competitions: oregonmanifest | film festival: bicyclefilmfestival |
fixed-gear: purefixcycles, tokyobike | history: Wright Brothers | horn: orpland |
hybrids: bicycle-tricycle, Copenhagen Wheel, recumbent | lifetime guarantee:
performancebike | lights: bookman, lightlanebike, revolights | magazines:
Boneshaker | master plans: campus | racks: parking meters to bike racks | rides:
ragbrai | road-to-race: Switch Aero System | route marking: bikecontrail | safety:
cyclingsavvy | social networking: strava | tools: Fix It Sticks | travel: city guides | wall
mounts: endo | wooden: sanomagic mahogany | videos: It’s Your Ride, my bikes
bike-in: coffee: Velokafi | theaters: LA, NYC
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books, movies, videos: Bicycle Portraits Engelbrecht | Bike, Camp, Cook | Cinelli: The Art
and Design of the Bicycle Morano | Fifty Bicycles That Changed the World Newson |
Nowhere to Nowhere Telling | Roads Were Not Built For Cars Reid | Slaying the Badger
ESPN
Home | Recreation | Sports | Women | Energy | more
Information Technology
Big Data
How will your decision-making processes cope with the volume of customer data
digital technology can provide? Acenture
Is the company capitalizing on complexity? Is the company ready for the deluge of
unstructured data coming in from transactions, social media, sensors and machines?
What are the ethical issues raised by the spectre of a big data-driven world? Is the
organization training workers with the right tools to increase their data literacy and
more efficiently incorporate information into decision making?
in general: Whoever has the most (meaningful, curated) data, wins. | automated
data collection/monitoring: connotate | automated analysis: WolframAlpha Pro |
behavioral analytics: ginger.io | business analytics: BeyondCore | consultants: musigma | credit scoring: kreditech big idea | customer analytics: nuevora |
democratization: contextrelevant | drag-n-drop: rapidminer | earth: dataone, Planet
Labs | energy management: hara | hadoop: hortonworks, karmasphere, mortardata
| health care: Visiquate | log & security intelligence: tibcoc | marine and buoy data:
marinexplore | market research: keltonglobal | NoSQL: mongoDB | oil & gas:
drillinginfo | oncology: flatiron | online behavior: velos | real-time: drawntoscale,
webaction, zoomdata mobile | research funding: Big Data R&D Initiative OSTP, Digging
into Data Challenge | risk analytics: verisk | Smart Grid: verdeeco | social data:
datasift | TV audience predictive analytics: simulmedia | uncurated, unstructured
data: Brown Dog | visual analytics: hint.fm, sas
machine learning : human language data: Digital Reasoning | massive datasets:
skytreecorp, splunk | visual perception: vicarious
patterns: The new challenge is not finding the needle in the data haystack, but
finding the hidden patterns in the hay. | Detecting Novel Associations in Large Data
Sets MINE | Efficient discovery of overlapping communities in massive networks Gopalan
Search | Risk | Plants | Health | Customer | more
Ideas
Big Ideas
Artificial Intelligence | Atoms | Balance | Big Data | Biosphere | Biotechnology |
Books | CEO | Checklists | Cities | Climate Change | Cloud | Construction |
Coolhunting | Core Competency | Crowd Sourcing | Currency | Cyberspace | Data
Mining | Development of Technology | DIY | Earth’s Envelope | Economic
Development | Edge.org | Education | Energy Management | Engineering |
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Exploration | Facebook | Fields of Technology | Future | Gaming | Google | Green
| Growth | Health and Disease | Health Care | High-Performance Computing | Ideas
| Innovation | Intellectual Property | Internet | Issues | Language Tools | Latin
America | Leadership | Lifetime Learning | Megacities | Modeling & Simulation |
Optimized Self | Particular Arts | Peace | Political Concepts | Poverty | Predictive
Intelligence | Problems & Solutions | Production | Radio | Randomness | Religion |
Retail | Robotics | Science | Sensors | Services | Smart Grid | Social Radar | Solar |
Startups | Sustainability | Teachers | Technology | think2ool | Transportation |
Unequivocals | Universe | University | Utopia/Dystopia | Venture Capital |
Visualization | Water | Wind Energy | Women & Men | more
in general: genius grant: MacArthur Fellows Program
books: How to Spend $75 Billion to Make the World a Better Place Lomborg | Zero to
One Thiel
Knowledge
Big Picture
Matter and Energy
Earth
Life on Earth
Human Life
Human Society
Art
Technology
Religion
History of Mankind
Knowledge Creation
more
Life on Earth
Biosphere
You protect what you love. Chouinard
Basic Features of Biosphere
Extent of the biosphere: goes from 1800 m (birds) down to -8,372 m (fish)
Biodiversity
Balance
Nature & Diversity of Life
Natural Capital
The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity TEEB
Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
ipbes.net
Biological Populations
animal sound archive: Macaulay Library
DNA barcoding
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Biosphere Disease and Death
Extinction and De-Extinction
Ecosystems
Terrestrial ecosystems
desert: sailing rocks: The Racetrack | Tumamoc Hill
estuary: Indian River Lagoon distress
prairie: regeneration
trophic cascade: wolves
Aquatic ecosystems: two main types are marine and freshwater
Earth’s Envelope
Invasive species: Asian carp
Humans in the Biosphere
What sets humans apart? they change the environment in which they live
Human impact on biosphere
I human impact = P population x A affluence x T technology
monitoring: SkyTruth
Utilization of organisms by humans
Conservation of natural resources: Green
Sustainability
in general: conservation: Wildlife Without Borders | forest land management:
imagetreecorp | journals: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment | landscape
ecology: landscape-ecology.org | organizations: globaia, Millenium Alliance for
Humanity & the Biosphere, National Ecological Observatory Network NEON | tree
canopy height: nasa
books: A Naturalist and Other Beasts Schaller | The Earth's Biosphere
Sensors | Elements | Climate | Nature | Randomness | more
Fields of Technology
Biotechnology
in general: algae: solazyme | biomarkers: rulesbasedmedicine | biomaterial storage:
biostorage | certified refurbished instruments: biosurplus, cgenetool |
entrepreneurial training: bioconsultants | high-performance computing:
hpcbio.illinois.edu | life science community: biospace | news: bioworld, genengnews |
neutraceuticals: heliae | phylogenomics: plosgenetics | search: nextbio | tools:
fluidigm | venture capital: burrillandco | waste(garbage)-to-fuel: enerkem, fulcrumbioenergy
bionergy: algae: sapphireenergy | biobutanol: gevo | biodiesel:
www.endicottbiofuels.com | energy crops feedstock: www.ceres.net,
www.mendelbio.com, nexsteppe, www.performanceplants.com | energy economics
| ethanol: mascoma | general: coolplanetbiofuels, www.gevo.com,
www.greenbiologics.com, www.virent.com | search: Knowledge Discovery
Framework KDF | yield optimization: targetedgrowth
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clinical trials and research: research: gobalto | software: cytel, goBalto, y-prime
genomics: catalog: 1000genomes.org | cloud-based: DNAnexus | supercomputer:
knome | whole genome mapping: opgen
life science: antibiotic diagnostics: GeneWeave |awards: Breakthrough Prize in Life
Sciences | business performance optimization: www.decisionviewsoftware.com |
content compliance: virtify | data science: galaxy | disease registries: remedyMD |
enterprise software: Perkin Elmer | equipment & instrumentation: Harvard
Bioscience |informatics software: remedyinformatics | key opinion leaders (KOL)
management: openq | learning solutions: clearpointlearning | magazines: thescientist | open access: biopunk | services for the entrepreneur: plsg | supply chain:
tracelink
personalized medicine big idea : auto-immune diseases: ignyta | nova: personalized
medicine
stem cells: banking: Neostem, store-a-tooth | bioethics | manufacturing:
cellulardynamics | skin: skin gun, ulthera ultrasound
Medicine | Health | Ag | Search | Facilities | more
Business Organization
Board of Directors
Agenda and Minutes: Does the CEO effectively integrate the agenda items of all
board members? Has the board tried using a consent agenda to improve the
efficiency of meetings? Is the agenda focused on strategic issues that will determine
the company’s longer-term positioning; or is it delving too deeply into operational
details? | board forms
Audit Committee: Is the audit committee about failing to perform its job properly
because members are either unqualified or are too close (related) to the
management of the company? Does the committee fully understand and comply
with all required SEC reporting requirements Form 10-K? Do audit committee members
meet the tests for independence necessary to meet SEC guidelines? | Audit
Committee Essentials by Curtis C. Verschoor | Institute of Internal Auditors | sample
charter
Board Makeup: What criteria/objectives are set to establish the makeup of the
board? Is the size of the board appropriately scaled to the size and scope of the
company’s operations? What are the director profiles needed to compose the
board? Is the number of inside vs. outside directors balanced? What can the board
learn from the composition of competitors’ boards? Is it appropriate and feasible for
the board to have directors from other countries? What are the independence
requirements for directors? How do we select the Chair? Do we need a lead
director? What specific skills do we need on the Board? What is the director’s job
description? What commitments do we expect individual directors to make? What
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compensation should we offer to directors? How long should we expect directors to
serve? What questions should we expect from prospective directors?
Board Management: Is the board careful to not get involved in micro-managing the
operations of the company? Do the CEO and directors effectively address, utilize,
and resolve conflict in the boardroom? | on-demand board portal: boarddocs,
boardvantage, directorsdesk
Board Prerogatives: Do the board and management clearly understand and agree to
those decisions and rights the board chooses to reserve to itself? Has the board
specified a transaction level or size which requires board review and approval? What
is the board’s policy on the use of stock for mergers and acquisitions? How far can
management proceed with the exploration of the sale of assets without board
approval? What is the board’s policy on when an opinion letter should be required?
What transaction size? Who will sign off on valuation? Who will approve letters of
intent? Who will approve investment banking fees? Who will approve deal
structuring?
Chairperson: Should the Chairperson and CEO be one or two people? Has the
chairperson taken the lead role in key issue development? Has the chairperson
provided adequate opportunities for full and frank discussions of key issues and
questions raised? Does s/he lack some essential leadership qualities needed for
efficiency in reaching soundly reasoned decisions? How do you rate the interaction
among the chair, the CEO, and the management team? | Chairman of the Board: A
Practical Guide by Brian Lechem
Committees: What are the board’s policies for director committee service?
Director Compensation: What compensation elements are available and
appropriate? Who should be involved in setting director pay? Is there a director
compensation philosophy and is it reasonable? Does current proxy disclosure
provide complete and accurate information? What rules should be in place for
governing the exercise of options and sale of option shares? What is the appropriate
level of share ownership for directors? | compensation surveys and financial
benchmarks: culpepper
Director Training: Does the board consider it appropriate for outside directors to
seek independent legal advice to prepare for certain board issues/meetings? Does
the board have a regular schedule of manager presentations designed to orient
outside directors as much as possible to the company?
Directors and Officers Insurance (D&O): Does the company have any outstanding
COLI policies in force? Does management clearly understand how the federal RICO
statute can be applied to a corporate setting? Is there anything being done by the
company, or an individual employed by the company, which could expose
management and/or the board to liability? | kidnap/ransom insurance & response:
www.asiglobalresponse.com
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Nominating Committee: Is the nominating committee applying the rule of least
conflicts and the most information when evaluating top director candidates?
Outside Directors: Do all directors meet the test for independence? Does the board
clearly recognize a lead outside director? Does the board have an appropriate
balance of inside to outside directors? Are outside directors holding separate
executive sessions as required? Are outside directors given unrestricted access to
auditors, counsel, and senior management? Are the audit, nominating, and
compensation committees composed of the appropriate number of outside
directors? Have outside directors been given primary responsibility for overseeing
CEO succession? On key committees such as audit, are all of the directors
independent? | article: Directorial Liability: Tips for Outside Directors on Minimizing
Personal Exposure in Shareholder Lawsuits by Boris Feldman
Performance Evaluation: Does the board perform a self-evaluation on an annual
basis? Does management evaluate the board? Based on the most recent evaluation,
does the board contain the right individuals to provide effective oversight for the
current and future needs of the company? | advisers: directorsnetwork | online
tools: boardevals, governancepro
books and articles: Board Self-Assessment Carver
Art of the Question | Ethics | CEO | Corporate Governance | Decisions | more
Major Systems of Communication
Books & Book Publishing
deep reading: paper vs digital
Is Amazon bad for books? Which books will change your life, and which ones will just
pass the time?
in general: A room without books is like a body without a soul. Cicero | audio: audible |
awards: National Book Award | book clubs: about | bookshelves: A bookshelf is like a
window to another world, another time. sp | library of plays, list of 30,
theblogonthebookshelf | comics: image | e-readers: kobo, sony, subtext | festivals:
Printers Row | free: kindle store, gutenberg eBooks | kids: Scholastic | library of
congress: Books That Shaped America, read | news: bookreporter | printing press:
The Printing Press as an Agent of Change by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein | read ebooks
online: bookglutton | posters | reader for the blind: Intel Reader | second-hand
books: hay-on-wye | social reading: readmill | speed reading: spreeder | try before
buy: trialpay | visual arts: phaidon | who’s reading what: goodreads, NPR Book
Concierge
bookstores: embassy: Albertine | My Bookstore Rice | outdoor: Bart’s | repurposed
spaces: Waanders In de Broeren
encyclopedias: online: www.wikipedia.org | peer reviewed: www.citizendium.org,
www.scholarpedia.org
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lists: 65 Books You Need To Read In Your 20s buzzfeed
picture books: emblem books: about, Emblematica Online | interactive real-time
animation object-book: POP ON OP
pop-ups
From where the sun now stands Johansson
The Modern Architecture Pop-Up Book Radevsky
my ten books: Atlas Shrugged Rand | Dune Herbert | Islands in the Stream Hemingway | Lord
of the Flies Golding | Lost Horizon Hilton | Man's Search for Meaning Frankl | My Bookstore
Rice | Seven Pillars of Wisdom Lawrence | Silent Spring Carson | Walden Thoreau | Zen and the
Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Pirsig big ideas
textbooks: bookrenter | textbooks | cloud: chegg | free: boundless | iPad: inkling
Self-Publishing | Lifetine Learning | Religion | Location | Libraries | more
Advertising and Promotion
Brand Identity and Loyalty
I want something that’s always pretty good and never awful.
Is your brand culturally relevant? Is it gaining or losing traction? What systems are in
place to gain real-time insight into your brand positioning and strength? What
strategies are employed to lock-in brand loyalty? What would be required to
persuade users of competitive products to switch? What does the company do to
insure a consistent corporate image?
in general: build a loyalty program: punchtab small business | celebrity endorsement |
clout | conferences: brandcampu | consultants: added-value | conversion and
retention: Loyalty Lab, www.webloyalty.com | coolhunting | countries: Poland |
customer engagement at point-of-experience: NICE | customer reviews:
powerreviews, yelp | enterprise social media: www.awarenessnetworks.com |
interactive customer collaboration: www.thinkpassenger.com | localized online
marketing: balihoo, netsertive | logos: logogarden, logoworks | luxury accessories:
marc jacobs | match content to brands: www.musicmakesitbetter.com, skyword |
mobile phones: cellfire | personal: brandyourself | physician engagement: medikly |
protection: markmonitor | QR codes: visualead | real-time marketing:
Understanding Real-Time Marketing spredfast, datarank | relationship building:
www.closerlook.com | social media monitoring: attentio | social engagement:
500friends, pluck | strategy | subscribers: ordergroove | video: TubeMogul
private label: debit cards: www.mavericknetworksolutions.com, wines:
www.wineryexchange.com
books: BrandSimple Adamson | Buyology Lindstrom | Likeonomics Bhargava | Logobook Houplain
| sonic branding: The Sonic Boom Beckerman
Social Media | Music | Video | Balance | Location | more
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Financial Management
Budgeting
Live within your means.
How are corporate objectives integrated with the budgeting process? Is the
budgeting process an interactive one that allows for feedback and coordination
between top management and line managers? How has historical performance
compared with past budgets? What kind of accountability procedures does the
company employ? Does the company have a contingency plan in the event actual
results vary significantly from the budget? Has management considered transitioning
to rolling forecasts rather than annual budgets? Are we identifying gaps between
strategic goals and planned financial results before they occur? Are we making
budgeting information more relevant to key audiences such as senior management,
board of directors, and operational managers?
in general: enterprise budgeting: www.centage.com, xlerant | on-demand:
www.adaptiveplanning.com
more
Construction
Buildings
Design
Directory: openbuildings
Energy Management
in general: benchmark, firstfuel, scienergy, seriousmaterials | Building
Automation Systems (BAS): drift |climate change: Impact of Climate Variability
on Energy Use NASA | dashboards: energystewards | dynamic glass: viewglass |
estimators: Honeywell, Target Finder | GreenSpaces (India) | LEED: building
materials: pharosproject | Living Building Leader: www.cascadiagbc.org/lbl |
modeling & optimization: sefaira, Weidt | passive: Passive House Institute |
residential: control4 | smart windows: voltage-switching glass | U.S. Green
Building Council: http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CategoryID=19 |
whole building design: energy
High-Rise
Emporis Skyscraper Awards big ideas, Porsche Design Tower | China: Sheraton
Huzhou Hot Spring Resort | United States: One World Trade Center
Cabins: getting away: Hide and Seek Architecture Borges
Homes
Repurposing: live & work: Champaign High School
in general: architectural ethics: engaged architecture | comfort | disaster recovery:
Rebuilding after disaster: Going green from the ground up DOE | HVAC: chilled beam |
materials: Pharos Project | wood construction: Wood Architecture Now! Vol. 2 Jodidio
books: Why Buildings Stand Up Salvadori
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Energy | Mapping | Architecture | Lighting | Climate | more
Marketing
Business Intelligence
in general: about | www.hillsearch.org | www.logixml.com |
www.tableausoftware.com | www.versata.com | business information: ceoexpress,
cortera, thomsonreuters | cloud: birst | executive dashboard: birst,
www.qliktech.com | marketing analytics: openi, ebureau | on-demand: gooddata,
indicee | open source: www.pentaho.org | real-time: FirstRain, strategyeye,
streambase
enterprise information: business performance management: www.qliktech.com |
data integration: informatica | integrated marketing management (IMM): teradata |
talent results management: volometrix
remote data: data synchronization: www.signiant.com | remote access: microsoft
Visualization | Big Data | Competition | Data | Marketing | more
Institutions that facilitate business formation, production, output
Business Organization
Types
Cooperatives: International Year of Cooperatives
Management and Control
Board of Directors
Finance
Manufacturing
Market
Nonprofit | Small Business | more
Management and Best Practices
Business Process Reengineering
Have we mapped our major business processes? Do the company’s collaborative
systems archive projects and processes so they can be reused as best practices?
Which processes should we reengineer within three months, six months, one year,
and subsequently? What policies apply to the performance of the processes? How
do we identify processes that are conducive to redesign?
in general: about | Business Process Management (BPM): www.appian.com | value
engineering: www.value-eng.org | product strategy and design: www.hlb.com |
social business design: dachisgroup
Cloud Computing | Continuous Improvement | Engineering and R&D | more
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Production & Utilization of Wealth / consumer & market
Buying Decisions
What are the driving trends of the typical customer? What is the demographic
breakout of the company’s customer base? Is the company’s Web site optimized to
assist the customer through the buying decision process as quickly and easily as
possible? What are the typical stages in the buying decision? What is the typical
length of a buying decision? What are the driving criteria in the buying decision?
What is the customer’s sensitivity to price?
in general: behavior: How Customers Think Zaltman | comparison shop:
www.become.com, findthebest, nerdwallet, power2switch, priceonomics,
pricespotting, versusio | cell phone scanners: ScanLife | credit cards:
http://creditcards.com | credit profile:
www.experian.com/business_services/index.html | demographics: census | online
collector: www.kaboodle.com
Retail | Mobile | Pricing | Automobile | Energy | more
Time
Calendar
Measurement of time: the basic unit of computation in a calendar is the day
Types of calendars
Linear: The Linear Calendar
mobile: myndcalendar
Ancient & religious calendar systems: starting month at first sighting of new moon
Western Calendar: Gregorian calendar, internationally most widely used calendar
in general: days left till end of year
Mobile | Visualization | more
Financial Management
Capital Expenditures
What is the expected return-on-investment (ROI) over the next 3-5 years for each
major expenditure? If the budget would allow, what equipment should be replaced
to either maintain or improve production efficiency, or as protection against major
production stoppages should this equipment fail?
asset management: Where does excess capacity exist in the corporation? Can we
liquidate some of these assets? Does the company have any assets that are
undervalued? | capital assets and depreciation:
www.toolkit.cch.com/text/P07_2900.asp | depreciation calculator:
http://ww.bassets.net/depcalc.asp | Fields of Technology critical infrastructures | people
and asset tracking: airclic, inilex, sensorlogic | real-time location system (RTLS):
awarepoint | remote monitoring: airsis | web-based asset management
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capitalization: Does the company’s aggregate of long term debt need to be reviewed
and consolidated for more competitive terms/rates? Are interest rates such that this
would be a good time to consider some debt restructuring? Who will put up more
cash if the company needs it? Is the company’s debt/equity ratio acceptable to its
lenders? | Balanced debt/equity capitalization
books: Physical Asset Management Handbook Mitchell | The Capital Structure Decision
Bierman
Financial Management | Financing | Inventory | Mobile | more
Production and Utilization of Wealth / economic theory
Capitalism
The free market doesn’t guarantee social outcomes, merely economic ones. Friedman
Evolution of capitalism: Private ownership of production of goods/services for profit
Problems of capitalism
Is capitalism the best economic model for every culture and/or every geographic
region? If not, why? What is the best alternative? | plutocracy: about
in general: innovation: freedom to fail | policy development: American
Legislative Exchange Council
books/movies: Atlas Shrugged Part 1 Rand | The Great Deformation: The Corruption of
Capitalism in America Stockman | The Jungle Sinclair
Politics | Balance | Democracy | Entrepreneurship | Innovtion | more
Financial Management
Cash Management
What anti-check fraud procedures are in place? Do we have systems in place to
detect money laundering? Are all bank accounts reconciled each month? What
minimum cash balance is appropriate for the company? Is the company using every
available technique to minimize transfer time for collecting cash balances? Who is
authorized to make payments of company funds and what amounts are they
authorized to disburse? Are authorized persons bonded at the appropriate
amounts? What is the company's plan for optimizing the balance between
maintaining the liquidity of excess cash vs. generating maximum short-term and longterm interest income? What proactive measures are taken within the company to
prevent embezzlement?
cash flow: What are the long-term cash needs for the company for the purchase of
property and equipment? What effect does the variation in key assumptions
(sensitivity analysis) have on the financial projections? | cash flow statement: direct
vs indirect | check fraud: anti-check fraud procedures | money laundering: detect
money laundering
bankruptcy: How bad a shape is Illinois in? Has the company ever filed, or
considered filing, for bankruptcy? Are any of the company’s vendors in bankruptcy
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or near bankruptcy? | American Bankruptcy Institute: www.abiworld.org | appraisal
of asset values: www.accuval.net | banks: bank run |checklist: IRS | IR Internet
Bankruptcy Library: http://bankrupt.com | liquidation services: www.liquitec.net
investment policies: What is the minimum acceptable investment return on capital
items? How are lease vs. purchase decisions evaluated? What is the company's
investment policy with respect to excess cash? How much is kept in short-term
marketable securities? What is the record of gains (losses) from sales of securities in
the company's portfolio? Does the company perform background checks on either
the firms or individuals that handle the company's trading in securities?
Politics | Checklists | Cities | Identity Management | Personal Finances | more
Management and Best Practices
CEO
The genius of Steve Jobs was connecting art + design with technology.
big ideas
performance evaluation: Is the incumbent CEO the right leader at the right time?
When's the last time our CEO rolled up his or her sleeves and worked alongside
employees? Is the CEO in touch with the employee rank and file? Does the CEO have
the employees' respect? What behaviors and competencies are desired in the CEO to
lead the company today and into the future? Does the board require the CEO to
complete a self-evaluation? Has the board benchmarked the strategic performance
of CEOs at peer companies? Is the board responsive to the concerns of shareholders
about the effectiveness and responsiveness of management? Is the incumbent CEO
in good health? On what grounds is the board considering firing the CEO? |
Evaluating the Performance of the CEO Weil
succession: Promoting insiders is a strategy to maintain consistency, whereas hiring
outsiders is a strategy for change. Sessions | Has the board challenged the heir-apparent
to be compared against external candidates? Has the board been able to observe
and evaluate the heir-apparent in representative trial assignments? Is competition
among internal candidates getting out of hand? Does the board have a healthy
collaboration with the incumbent CEO in the succession process? Has the board
established clear performance benchmarks and an exit timetable for the incumbent
CEO? Is the incumbent CEO attracting, hiring, and developing key employees worthy
of succession candidacy? Is there a turnover problem with top management
candidates? Does the incumbent CEO restrict access by the board to top
management? Should the board consider removing the incumbent CEO from the
board? Is the board developing and maintaining a familiarity with top succession
candidates within and external to the company? Is retirement of the incumbent CEO
being delayed by lack of a successor? For the incumbent CEO close to retirement,
has the board structured a compensation package heavily weighted towards stock
options vesting after retirement giving him/her incentive to cooperate with a
successful transition?
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interim CEO: Does the board have a plan for an interim CEO in the event of a sudden
and unexpected departure or death of the CEO? Does the board have at least one
member with the qualifications to serve as interim CEO in the event of an
emergency? Does the board need to consider an outside turnaround specialist to
manage the current crisis in the company?
interviews: Is our recruiting message targeting the networks and individuals we want
to attract? Are our questions uncovering the skills we need with the position? Are
we requiring interview team members to provide written feedback after each
interview? Are we getting continuous improvement after each interview process? |
interviews: Conversations from the Corner Office | videos: CEOcast
books, articles, blogs: CEO Succession Carey | Effective Succession Planning Rothwell |
Steve Jobs Isaacson
Women/Men | Leadership | Corporate Governance | Executive Education | more
Social Organization and Change
Change
everything is accelerating sp
Can connecting people of opposing views on a topic lower their inertia against
change? Is there a sweet spot for the pace of change that allows for independent
thinking?
in general: You must learn every day for the rest of your life to keep pace with the
world. sp | about | change management: Prosci | community: Harwood Institute,
Staging Change Institute | Digital Darwinism | generation gap: The Next America Taylor
| music: Changes Bowie | percent-change | personal discovery and development:
hoffmaninstitute.org | social change (advocacy): change, visualizing | speed of
technological change: Dany Hillis TED
books and articles: Data Portraits: Connecting People of Opposing Views Garrido | The
Rational Optimist Ridley | What Technology Wants Kelly
Libraries | Golf | Lifetime Learning | Critical Infrastructure | Manage | more
Thought
Checklists
in general: aviation: checkmateaviation | backup procedures | book: The Checklist
Manifesto Gawande big ideas | buying: house | camping | captain’s walk | checklists |
cybersecurity: CSET, Ntl. Checklist Program Repository | definition | digital pens:
adapx | due diligence list | education: project-based learning checklists | employee:
succession, termination | everyday: simplychecklists | international travel:
tripresource | lawnmower winterize | new product | NIH grant | patient you | preflight |
press release: pressreleasechecklist | printable | psychopathic | reusable templates:
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basecamphq | social media: enterprise CRM | software development: scrum | sports
| to-do lists & calendar: easilydo, goggle, outlook, tracky | weddings
surgery: knee replacement: getaroundknee | surgical
Time | Recruiting | Planning | Content | Collaboration | more
World Since 1920 / East Asia in the 20th century
China since 1912
Development of the republic 1912-20: old order disintegrated for a new society
Interwar years 1920-37: growth and development of Chinese Communist Party (CCP)
War against Japan 1937-45: 2nd Sino-Japanese War after 1st Sino-Japanese 1894–95
Kuomintang: anti-communism, Chinese nationalism, conservatism, reunification
Chinese Communist ideologies: ideology is dynamic to safeguard the party's rule
Emergence of the People’s Republic of China
economic reform: 60-point plan
Internet
e-Commerce: alibaba
messaging: tencent
search: Baidu
orphans: Half the Sky
social radar: dissent
Will China’s model for growth -- which extracts a heavy sacrifice and toll from its
people -- be sustainable? How much does China’s island-like terrain influence its
behavior and role on the global stage?
in general: book: In Search of History White | buy anything: lightinthebox | consumer
marketing: www.prcdirect.com | introduction: http://sacu.org/index.html | IT &
software outsourcing: www.freeborders.com, isoftstone | travel: ctrip | U.S.
Commercial Service: export.gov
Particular Religions | Latin America | World | Real Estate | Family | more
Social Organization and Change
Cities
compare cities: Urban Obervtory
History of cities
growth: city lights tell the story of the spread of humans across Earth
historical layers: HyperCities
decline of cities
Baltimore: end-of-era row houses
Detroit: detropiathefilm | attacking blight with citizen-driven data: Loveland
Utopia/Dystopia
Urban Planning
history
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1869: Riverside, IL
farming
rooftop: brooklyngrangefarm | What color is your roof?
vertical: plantagon
forestry
advocacy: Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition | assessing and managing
community forests: i-Tree
planning & government
floating urbanization: DeltaSync
infill development
shelter for all: unhabitat
soundscaping
traffic
commuting: reverse
location
neighborhoods
megacities
Modern City government
bankruptcy: Detroit | Harrisburg, PA
Economic Development
in general: art: Murat Germen | citiscapes: Chicago Hines | climate change: c40cities
| conferences: Re-Imagining Cities big cities | coolhunting: thrillist | density:
persquaremile | elements of style | gamification: paper model, urbanology | ideas:
bmwguggenheimlab | magazines: cityscapesdigital.net | models: miniatures,
Shanghai, model your town sketchup | offshore: Petropolis | pace of life | parking:
parkinginmotion, parkatmyhouse, parkwhiz, sfpark, streetline | rankings: World’s
most livable cities | science of cities: mobile data | sensor networks: senseable |
transportation: Citymapper | travel guides: valet | trees: urbanair | trends: microurbanist
books, portals, radio: Chicago From The Sky: A Region Transformed Okrent |
complexity: The New Science of Cities Batty | Next City | NPR Cities Project | Rebel
Cities Harvey | Smart Cities Townsend | The Olympic City | Tactical Urbanism Street Plans |
Triumph of the City Glaeser
Time | Modeling | Visualization | Plants | Crowd | more
Earth’s Envelope
Climate Change
How does one protect and enhance the value of a real
estate asset, community, and infrastructure as the climate
changes and sea levels rise?
in general: about | advocacy: NextGen Climate, People’s Climate March |
www.nrdc.org | activism | Arctic: treaty, walruses | blogs: climate feedback, Icy Seas
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| business opportunity: Windfall: The Booming Business of Global Warming
Funk | cap & trade | carbon offset | cities: mosquitoes | CO2 levels: co2now | data:
data.gov.climate | drought: low rivers | economics: The Climate Casino Nordhaus |
glacier deflation: www.extremeicesurvey.org | organizations: Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change IPCC | rising sea levels rising sea levels | sensor networks:
neoninc, Tibetan Plateau | thought leaders: Bill McKibben | United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change Kyoto Protocol
Muenchow
rising sea levels: cities: adaptation | housing: Lagos Water Communities Project
books/movies: Chasing Ice big idea | The Island President
Issues | Fields of Technology | Hydrosphere | Biosphere | Sensors | more
Fields of Technology / Information processing & systems
Cloud Computing
What are the risks of cloud computing? Will moving to the Cloud mean giving up
control? How do we make sure the virtual environment is trustworthy? How can we
enforce policies? How can we monitor (and respond to) attacks? How can we make
these clouds energy efficient? Can we trust a virtual machine infrastructure? Can we
monitor the security properties of a cloud? How do we know if the system we are
monitoring is operating correctly?
in general: chargeback: cloudcruiser | consulting services: glasshouse | cyber threat
management: seculert advanced persistent threat | decision-making: Choosing a Cloud
Hosting Provider with Confidence thawte | desktop: cloudtop | development
tools: cloudbees | encryption: vaultive | java app development: cloudbees |
personal: jolicloud | protection & availability storage (PAS): actifio | resources: cloud
computing central | science helix-nebula.eu big idea | shipping services: shipwire |
storage: cleversafe | testbed| vendors: appirio, cloudshare, netapp, opsource,
rightscale | video: Prism Skylabs visualizing spaces | web site hosting: cloudflare | whitelabel personal clouds: funambol
applications: accounting: http://us.intacct.com, xero | ad clipper: adkeeper | book:
Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott | application development: ravellosystems |
browser disposable: authentic8| business intelligence: www.pivotlink.com,
www.successmetricsinc.com | call center: www.five9.com | content delivery:
http://aws.amazon.com/cloudfront | content management: clickability | corporate
performance management: www.hostanalytics.com | digital media distribution:
overdrive | financial aid: www.regenteducation.com | fleet management:
www.xata.com | health & human services: www.harmonyis.com | insurance:
www.unirisx.com | IP geolocation: quova | IT automation and virtualization:
www.surgient.com | labor: crowdflower| lead generation: actonsoftware,
www.eloqua.com | meetings management: http://www2.starcite.com | payroll:
cloudpay | pdf converter | power point presentations: www.pptshare.com |
property management | ruby on rails deployment: engineyard | sales analytics:
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www.cloud9analytics.com | sales intelligence: www.insideview.com | scalabale
workforce: www.mturk.com surveys | security & compliance: qualys | software testing:
www.utest.com | storage: www.pods.com | subscription billing: ariasystems,
www.zuora.com | supply chain software: www.intervolve.com | technical support:
iyogi | word processing: http://writer.zoho.com
medical: case management: eccentex | gene mapping: dnanexus| imaging: lifeimage
| project/practice: carecloud
data centers: www.datacenterknowledge.com | capacity planner: fieldviewsolutions
| co-location: www.interxion.com | cooling: Clustered Systems | DC power:
www.validusdc.com | energy management: synapsense | infrastructure-as-a-service:
singlehop | ISO 27001 certified | management: itracs, sciencelogic | power
optimization: powerassure | real-time monitoring: fieldviewsolutions | scale-up:
www.qlayer.com | securing servers: cloudpassage | software: joyent, viridity |
virtualization: www.altornetworks.com, SolarWinds
servers: low power: seamicro | managed hosting: www.rackspace.com |
virtualization www.appnexus.com | www.cirba.com
articles: When It Comes to Security, We’re Back to Feudalism Schneier
Big Data | Decisions | Trust | Crowd | Enterprise | more
Innovation
Collaboration
most (big) achievements are achievements of a team
in general: about | academic: academicroom | art+science: Art at the Interface,
CERN | cloud: centraldesktop, cx | conference calls: speek | enterprise: huddle
sharepoint | live discussions: crowdoptic | online real-time editor: five tools | physicians:
sermo | portals: co.create | theicosamagazine | social community: thebackplane |
software development: atlassian, github | spaces & places: Grind, think[box] |
technical teams: flowdock | translational medicine: Science Translational Medicine |
whiteboards: groupboard
teams: communication: slack | retreat for programmers: Hacker School | team
building: gone bad NPR | technical teams: flowdock
web casting: www.freeconference.com | gotomeeting | join.me |
www.netviewer.com | www.webdialogs.com
wikis: enterprise: www.socialtext.com, www.twiki.net | Microsoft office: thinkfree |
online communities: www.wikia.com | openstreetmap
articles: Redistributing Leadership in Online Creative Collaboration Luther
Design | Teaching | Location | Writing | Art | more
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Social Groups Language & Communication
Communication
Models of communication: sending/receiving messages/info from sender to receiver
Types of communication
Nonvocal
signs: sign language for math and science
symbols
about | book: Patterns That Connect: Social Symbolism in Ancient &
Tribal Art Schuster | encyclopedia: symbols | flags: new mexico | images
Vocal
humor
story: The Moth
Psychology of communication: personality trait called persuasibility is important
in general: coaching: Dardis Communications | degree programs:
communicationsdegree | smartphones: SpeakingPhoto
Radio | Apps | Jobs | Popular Culture | more
Marketing
Competition
What are the barriers to entry? Who are the company's five top competitors in
terms of financial strength and market share? What does a competitor comparative
analysis show about our company's market, product position, and pricing? Are there
any expected new entries to the market? Has management developed defensive and
offensive strategies to deal with new competing products and services? How will this
impact sales and profits?
in general: antitrust: Department of Justice Antitrust Division | aerospace: avitas,
g2globalsolutions | annual reports: The Public Register Online | book: Competitive
Strategy Porter | citing sources: www.noodletools.com/quickcite | competitor
intelligence: www.attaain.com, Compass Monitor, hoovers, www.scip.org |
corporate info: www.corporateinformation.com | www.hoovers.com | information
asymmetry | patent search: www.uspto.gov | ratings: www.ambest.com,
www.moodys.com, Standard & Poors | search: masterseek | www.thomasnet.com
antitrust: Will the power of the crowd in cyberspace obsolete the concept of a
monopoly? If the company is dominant in its market, are there any potential antitrust
problems? Does the company use intellectual property as a club to coerce customers
and rivals? Is the company slowing innovation in the marketplace by destroying
existing or potential competitors? Does the company seek interoperability alliances
with its competitors? Does this activity violate any antitrust laws? Does the
company effectively set the technical standards for its industry? Does this then allow
the company to exert substantial control over the competition? | Antitrust Hovenkamp |
pornography: MindGeek
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espionage: Trust but verify. Reagan | CIA: CIA, Inc: Espionage & the Craft of Business
Intelligence Rustmann | explosives detection: www.revealimaging.com
foreign imports: Does the company face noticeable competition from foreign
imports? What are the company’s advantages/disadvantages compared to
competing foreign imports? What are the applicable U.S. tariff controls to these
imports?
articles & reports: U.S. Competitiveness and the Chinese Challenge Xiaonian
Online Ads | Key Indicators | Core Technology | Crowd | Business Intelligence | more
Legal Information and Compliance
Compliance to Regulations
Is there a trend towards more government regulation in this industry? Does the
company have in place an effective ethics and workplace compliance program to
guide the actions of employees? Does the company have automated compliance
systems in place such that the company can use foreign contractors or outsource
outside the United States confident that export controlled information will remain
secure?
in general: commodities: ekaplus | document management: nextdocs | Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act Walmart | Long-Term Archive: www.permabit.com | online
compliance management systems: www.enviance.com, www.healthflash.com,
lumigent | RoHS compliance portable x-ray: www.innov-x-sys.com
anonymous reporting: Is the company trying to create an ethical environment? Do
employees know how to report illegal or unethical activities using an anonymous
hotline? Are avenues for reporting malfeasance actively promoted to suppliers and
investors?
safety: Is the company a candidate for accreditation under the SA8000 standards
(Social Accountability)? (a) child labor; (b) forced labor; (c) health; (d) safety |
DuPont’s STOP safety training program | noninvasive alcohol testing
American Disabilities Act (ADA): law: www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm,
www.adata.org | apps: axsmap
Biotechnology | Corporate Governance | Employees | Enterprise Systems | more
Information Processing & Communications
Computer Science
History: progression of mechanical to mathematical to modern concepts/machines
Architecture: describes a computer system by specifying its parts and their relations
Software
Software & Web Development
artificial intelligence
Theory: the modern study of logic and computability
Impact of computer systems: everything in daily life incorporates computer systems
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High-Performance Computing
more
Information Technology
Computer Security
Does IT have the capability to simulate attacks on the network to locate and fix
vulnerabilities? When was the last security audit? How high a priority is information
security for the company? Who has been the source of a security breach or
corporate (economic) espionage in the past year? How much money has the
company lost as a result of breaches or espionage in the past twelve months? What
is the most important element of the company's information security policy? Are
computer users familiar with the security policy? What are the most significant
barriers to implementing effective security in the company? What is the potential for
daily revenue loss should an attack lock up one of more production servers?
in general: automated auditing: Tripwire | book: Network Security Assessment by
Chris McNab | Endpoint Compliance Enforcement (ECE) : lumension | enterprise
monitoring: www.q1labs.com | organizations: www.issa.org, www.isaca.org,
www.asisonline.org | plug-and-deploy appliance: quorumlabs disaster recovery appliance |
vulnerability management: beyondtrust, rapid7
encryption: data protection: gazzang, Thales | electronic signature:
www.docusign.com, signnow | embedded: PRESENT | enterprise systems: Symantec,
www.venafi.com, www.voltage.com | portable: ithinksecurity
phishing: anti-phishing protection: Symantec | training: phishme
Competition | Cloud Computing | Cybersecurity | Enterprise Systems | more
Fields of Technology / Contruction
Construction
Materials
concrete: Concrete International sp |solidiatech
Green
Recycling
Supply Chain Management
Buildings
Construction of civil engineering works
bridges: highest
prefabrication and shop fabrication: books: Prefabulous World | quadror
Project Management: measuring progress D4AR
in general: big projects 2012 | BIM: vicosoftware | financial services:
www.bluetarp.com | flight assembly | mobile systems:
www.awarenessnetworks.com, AutoDesk | online collaboration: aconex | plans &
specs: http://planexpress.net, plangrid | preconstruction management:
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www.isqft.com | prefabricated: projectfrog, www.rocioromero.com | structural
bamboo: www.lamboo.us | supply chain services: www.homesphere.com
books: Concrete Hall
Home | Architecture | Buildings | Electronics | Energy | more
Marketing
Content Management
Do we have a content management system that will prevent the accumulation of
outdated information, dead sites, typos, and unnecessary storage and support costs
across multiple web sites and thousands of pages? Do we hear complaints of visitors
getting lost within our site(s)? Are we regularly weeding out stray pages that might
be useful to competitors, hackers or even terrorists? Have we optimized visitor
experience from entry to shopping cart?
in general: buy/sell content: Yahoo Voices, mochila, skyword, synacor | content
monitoring: www.codegreennetworks.com, www.hisoftware.com | extract
important parts of any web page: diffbot | load fast: yottaa | multi-screen:
phunware |open source: plone | revenue-generation: OpenText,
www.venetica.com | sharing: sharaholic | web publishing: acquia, ceros
document management: cloud: digabit, , springcm | enterprise:
www.archivesystems.com, www.falcondocumentmanagement.co.uk, Perceptive
Software | free documents: www.docstoc.com | online document production:
www.mimeo.com | technical documents: latex-project
forms & agreements: create: Adobe FormsCentral, filemaker, formotus, goformz |
documents: legalzoom | forms online: allbusiness, formdesk, templates
scanning: professional imaging services: scanics | text-to-speech: www.plustek.com
subscription services: billing management: recurly | recurring reenue: zuora
Digital | Radio | Mobile | Online Ads | Self-Publish | more
Manufacturing & Distribution
Continuous Improvement
Does the company have a regular process of scanning the entire company's inventory
of equipment and processes for obsolescence? Does the company review long-term
contracts on some cycle for all suppliers?
criticism: about | plus-ing an idea
quality management: Does the company have a quality manual? What procedures
does the company have for testing incoming raw materials and component parts?
What are the quality standards for each component and material? What happens to
parts or shipments that fail quality standards? What happens to finished goods that
do not pass quality tests? What is the average failure rate for products in final test?
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What has been the company's experience with each supplier of key components?
Has any customer or governing body in any of the company's markets mandated a
requirement that the company be ISO registered in certain areas? Does the company
employ any full-time quality management staff? When was the last external audit?
How complete and accurate are the quality records? What system is in place to
reduce the possibility of internal theft?
in general: hotwash | time & motion: deming | video auditing: arrowsight
Business Process Reengineering | Checklists | Manufacturing and Distribution | more
Social Organization & Change
Coolhunting
Nerdists rule.
What matters more : What 10,000 random people think of a particular idea, or what
50 of the most respected and informed professionals think about it?
in general: The Rise Of The Credible Mass Belsky | racing: The Gentleman’s Guide to
Racing | teens: The Merchants of Cool | videos: epipheostudios, vimeo awards,
www.youtube.com/user/coolhunting | virtual clubbing: www.be-at.tv | young voter
registration: Rock the Vote | style: Inevitably, things come back. | zeitgeist | zeroenergy classrooms: www.projectfrog.com
coolhunters: coolhunting | www.edge.org | http://formatmag.com | pinterest |
www.refinery29.com | http://stuffwhitepeoplelike.com | blogs: boingboing | brands:
the-collaboratory | startups: techcrunch | theinspirationroom | trendwatching |
www.well.com | yatzer
gifts: curated: wantful | gselect | pockitt | registry: simpleregistry | surprise me:
quarterly.co
luxury shopping: by invitation only: www.ideeli.com | China: hk970 | second-hand:
www.portero.com
shoes: b-ball: chuck taylor | running: http://newtonrunning.com | tags: sizeten
articles, books: Coolhunting for the World's Thought Leaders Frick big ideas |
Pattern Recognition Gibson
Issues | Travel | Sports | Stages | TV | more
Management and Best Practices
Core Competency
focus to a point like a pencil
What constitutes a core business? What are the corporation's core competencies?
Are the company's strategies tightly coupled to these core competencies? How
visible is the core competency outside the corporation? Can competitors easily
replicate this core competency? Can the company protect against this? Could
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outsourcing certain functions enable the company to better focus on its core
business?
Eighty-Twenty Principle big idea : Can it be said that 20% of our products, or customers,
or employees, are really responsible for about 80% of our profits? Can you identify
which actions make up the useful 20%? Does this useful 20% always contain more or
less the same actions? If this is true, how do we best use this knowledge? Which
products will yield the highest increase in revenues (profits) for a given investment in
product enhancement and/or marketing? Which products should we harvest and/or
discontinue? Which customers should we keep or not keep?
Books: Creating Customer Evangelists McConnell | Strategic Management and Core
Competencies Drejer | The 80/20 Principle Koch
Core Technology | Design | Management | Risks | Sales | more
Management & Best Practices
Core Technology
Do you know what is best-in-class and best-in-any-class?
What is the corporation's core technology? What is the company doing to maintain
or improve its technology position? Does management have a clear strategy for value
development of its core technologies? At what stage in the product life cycle is each
of the company’s core products? Has the company coasted too long in a technology
comfort zone? Is management evaluating the replacement of declining-margin
products with higher-margin products? What changes in technology does
management foresee in the future? How will this impact the company? How visible
is the core technology outside the corporation? Can competitors easily replicate this
core technology? What is the company doing to protect its core technology? In what
ways is the company leveraging its core technology?
S.W.O.T: What are the three top Strengths in the company? What are the three top
Weaknesses in the company? What are the three top Opportunities in the company?
What are the three top Threats in the company?
in general: news: Technology Review
Competition | Core Competency | Information Technology (IT) | Innovation | more
Methods of Business Organization
Corporate Governance
Acquisitions | Antitrust | Articles of Incorporation | Associations | Audit Committee |
Board Agenda | Board Audit Committee | Board Chairperson | Board Committees |
Board Makeup | Board Nominating Committee | Board of Directors | Board
Performance Evaluation | Board Prerogatives | Board Tenure | CEO | Compliance to
Regulations | Constituencies | Cumulative Voting | Economic Development | Enron |
Ethics | Executive Compensation | Growth | Investor Relations | Key Indicators |
Management and Best Practices | Methods of Business Organization | Philanthropy |
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Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Act | Small Business | Stockholders | Strategic
Planning | Sustainability | What If? | Women on the Board | more
What are the most important issues facing directors?
corporate development policy: Has the board developed a formal corporate
development policy? Has the board clarified the responsibilities of officers and other
members of management? Is there an internal management committee for
reviewing all transactions before board review and approval? What controls are in
place to ensure management's compliance with the corporate development policy?
transparency: Has the board adopted and acted on the philosophy that transparency
with shareholders and all constituencies is good governance that can directly reduce
risk and increase market valuation and shareholder value? | www.conferenceboard.org
Reseearch Parks
Co-Working Space
in general: about | multidisciplinary mashups: Geekdom | pay-it-forward: gangplank
| revenue: $50/sf/year
hackerspaces: bio: biocurious, genspace.org | Case Western: thinkbox | hackerdojo |
history: L0pht | hostels | how-to: www.mindbites.com, eHow,
www.wonderhowto.com | makezine | 1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse by Garth
Johnson | tinkering: about, Artisan & Fab Lab, tinkering school
incubators and accelerators: Chicago: 1871 | China: innovation-works | corporations:
When Big Companies Support Start-ups… Mitra | food & restaurant: lacocinaf | FREE!:
commnexus | health applicatons: rockhealth | IT: galvanize Denver | Orange County:
OCTANe.org | tandementrepreneurs | USC: Viterbi Startup Garage | US-China:
innospring.net | virtual: Incubator-In-A-Box
articles and books : aStore | A Comprehensive Guide to Business Incubation Erlewine |
Start Small: Why Tinkerers Get Things Done McGuinness | Startup Nation clusters
Entrepreneurship | New Products | Collaboration | Libraries | Innovation | more
Ideas
Creativity
Is risking a part of creativity? Are people more creative in green spaces biophilia
hypothesis? Why? What kind of thinker are you? Does the uncertainty of creative ideas
make people uncomfortable? Do people dismiss creative ideas in favor of low-risk,
tried-and-true approaches? How much does objective evidence motivate people to
accept creative ideas? Does anti-creativity bias block peoples’ ability to recognize a
good idea? What can children teach adults about doodling?
in general: cards: intuiti | courses: crash course | creativityatwork | deciding/picking:
sleep on it | doodling: doodle4google, themonsterengine | festivals: lunga | gaia:
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Biophilia Wilson | imagination | information management: www.mindjet.com |
inventiveness: The Art of Rube Goldberg George | mindtools | motivation | portals:
fastcocreate, 99u | strawman proposal | testing: National Creativity Aptitude Test
NCAT | whack of the day: creativethink | whiteboards: groupboard, wall
flow: about | Are you in the channel?
Innovation: old technology acoustic speaker + new technology 3D printing = innovation
space: Where do people do their best thinking? How does environment/space
impact creativity and innovation? What characteristics, elements or resources from
other peoples’ environments might be applied in your spaces? How would people
describe the ideal environment that inspires collaboration and teamwork to produce
more creativity and innovation? | shop: The Aviary
Collaboration | Humor | Mind Wandering | Music | think2ool | more
Law
Crime, Corruption, Power, Violence, Cronyism
Was GM too big to fail? sp
How can we rethink security beyond mass incarceration? How can transnational
organized crime networks be stopped? Is there anything goingon in the company
that can result in an Enron-style financial collapse?
in general: archive: Crime Library | biology: The Anatomy of Violence Raine | city
shootings: ceasefirechicago, Cradle-to-Grave Program | cybersecurity: antiphishing,
AccessData, onguardonline | depravity: Crime and Punishment Dostoyevsky | gangs:
Home Boy Industries, knockout game | gun violence/control: gun-rights lobby |
insider trading: Rajaratnam | jewel thieves: Pink Panthers | kidnapping | organized
crime: Hell’s Angels | policing software: Mark43 | recidivism: don’t go home NPR |
research: Crime Lab | school shootings | sex offenders: Miracle Village | TV shows:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_police_television_dramas, Orange is the New
Black prison | whistleblower: about |white collar: nw3c
insider trading: Has the company made a reasonable effort to make all insiders
(executives, employees, directors) aware of the insider trading rules? | documentary:
To Catch a Trader | SEC Filings: www.10kwizard.com
power: Have political partisan attacks escalated to the point of criminalizing political
differences? How is power consolidated in the company? Are directors careful to not
get involved in the internal politics of the company? | greed: about, The Wolf of Wall
Street
books/movies: con: American Hustle, Pink Panther, The Sting | Crime and
Punishment Dostoyevsky | Inside Job | Syndromes of Corruption: Wealth, Power, and
Democracy Johnston | The Onion Field Wambaugh
Religion | Emotion | Democracy | Family | Politics | more
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Risk Management
Crisis Management
Has the company rehearsed its responses to various crises? Does the company carry
business interruption insurance? Is the CEO responding promptly and decisively? Are
we communicating frankly and truthfully? Do we have the internal competencies to
manage the crisis, or do we need outside expertise? How is it going to affect the
bottom line?
board of directors: How can the board help? Did the board stay calm and united, get
the facts and assess the situation? Was the board’s involvement timely and
appropriate? Did the board stay on top of the situation? Was the board helpful to
the CEO? Did the crisis reveal any weaknesses in the company’s strategic planning
and risk management processes? How might we apply what we have learned to
improve the way the board functions and relates to the CEO?
disaster relief agencies: Action Against Hunger | American Red Cross | CARE | Direct
Relief International | Doctors Without Borders | HED | International Medical
Corps | International Relief Teams | Meds and Food for Kids | Mercy Corps |
Operation USA | Oxfam America | Partners in Health | Save the Children | Stop
Hunger Now | UNICEF | World Concern | Yele Haiti
emergency disaster plans: Does the company have a written plan kept off-site to
guide the restart of the business in the event of major fire, flood, or other
catastrophe of nature? Are the appropriate people trained in the implementation of
the plan? | campus security: ravewireless | book: Damage Control Dezenhall |
emergency kits: redcrossstore | human behavior: man made vs natural | incident
lifecycle management (ILM): interact911 | on-demand systems: sendwordnow |
prepare/recover: planning, restoreyoureconomy | wireless LAN: rajant
Water | Network | Practice of Medicine | Risk Management | What If? | more
Fields of Technology
Critical Infrastructures
Energy
Alternative Fuels
research: Energy Security Trust
Electricity: Smart Grid
Nuclear Power
Solar Energy
Water
Internet
Recycling
Telecommunications: communication electrical/electromagnetic signals/waves
Transportation
questions: What is the current state of our assets? What is the required level of
service and performance? Which assets are critical to sustained performance? What
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are the best investment strategies for both operations and maintenance and capital
improvement? What is the best long-term funding strategy? What can we learn
from European Union’s long-term integrated infrastructure planning?
in general: land policy think tank: www.lincolninst.edu | Report Card for America's
Infrastructure
Sustainability |Cybersecurity | Change | Smart Grid | Trustworthy Systems | more
Marketing
CRM
in general: auto dealer service: xtime | appointment scheduling: timetrade | channel
management: www.talisma.com, zymesolutions | conversation analytics: callminer |
CRM open source systems: www.sugarcrm.com | gmail-based: streak | higher
education: Hobsons | platforms: Microsoft Dynamics | small business:
www.infusionsoft.com | speech analytics: www.callminer.com, Genesys
influencer marketing: To find the best-connected individuals in your network, ask the
people in your network. | advocate marketing: influitive | identify influencers: klout,
peerindex, peoplebrowsr, traackr | mylikes | pursway | testimonials: Post Kudos |
volunteers: high school, college
books: Influence: Science and Practice Cialdini | The New Influencers Gillin
Sales | Social | Trust | Advertising | Big Data | more
Knowledge Management
Crowd Sourcing, Funding, Decision Making
crowdsourcing quiet, beauty and happiness: UrbanGems
Is the crowd always wise jury theorem? What is the crowd looking at?
in general: www.cambrianhouse.com | animal classification: snapshotserengeti | bug
bounty programs: bugcrowd | bus routing: datero | creative design 99designs |
dell: ideastorm | digitizing books: reCAPTCHA | drawings: Draw A Friend | enterprise
social innovation: spigit | fashion: fabricly | fiction: Are You Certain? sp big ideas |
gaming: fold.it, hivemind | grading homework: crowdgrader | medical: crowdmed |
military intervention: KONY 2012 | mobile app testing: utest | ranking: ranker, top10
| sales: www.right90.com | science: galaxyzoo, fish species id | skills testing &
ranking: smarterer | social media: ushahidi | telepathology malaria | travel planning:
mygola | videos: thejohnnycashproject | poptent
funding: benchmarking deals: equitynet | platforms: crowdvalley, RocketHub |
podcast: The New Disruptors
real time: focus: How to Perfect Real-Time Crowdsourcing | opinions: thumb |
twitter-generated: poptip
Research | Predictive | Social Media | Cities | Services | more
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Production & Utilization of Wealth/Money
Currency and Exchange
Will the rise of Bitcoin bring a monetary paradigm shift that will forever change the
world? What has been the impact of the fluctuating value of the dollar on the
company's import and export activities? What protective measures does the
company take against currency fluctuations? What exploitive measures does the
company take with respect to currency fluctuations?
in general: calculators: www.x-rates.com | open source: opencoin | paper:
fortresspaper | sending/receiving: stellar | trading: forex, www.fxall.com,
www.oanda.com | virtual currencies: amazon coins, webmoney | Wolfson Economics
Prize big idea
bitcoin: about: FBI assessment | ATM | buy/use/accept: coinbase | documentary:
The Rise and Rise of Bitcoin
Payment | Globalization | Financial | Risk | Inflation | more
Marketing
Customer Feedback
How likely is it that you would recommend net promoter us to a friend or colleague? In
what ways does the company gather customer feedback? How is our product being
rated and reviewed? Are we proactively managing the organization based on realtime, accurate understanding of each stakeholder's brand experience?
focus groups: local: meetups | products: gutcheckit
questions for customers: Do you like the product? Has the company lived up to its
claim of quality? Have you ever been shipped defective goods? Has customer
service met your expectations? Was the price fair? How important is brand identity
to you? How would you compare the company's product(s) vs. competitors? Will
you buy from the company again? How much will you spend? What changes would
you suggest in the product(s)? What is your impression of the company's
employees?
in general: books: The Ultimate Question: Driving Good Profits and True Growth
Reichheld | complaints: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau | corporate reputations:
www.bbb.org, www.planetfeedback.com | local services: http://cityvoter.com |
loyalty: Net Promoter |mobile: talkbin | product reviews: www.reevoo.com,
viewpoints, wize | real-time customer intelligence: NICE | surveys: mshare | track
what customers are saying: callminer speech analytics, www.w2groupinc.com | user
relationship management: user communities
E-commerce | Big Data | Brand | Crowd | Market | more
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Sales and Customer Service
Customer Service and Satisfaction
What are the top service complaints? What have been the most costly complaints?
What is the trend in customer complaints? How does customer service interact with
sales? Does the company use any third-party providers? Does the company have a
system in place for automatic response and follow-through to e-mail requests for
information and/or customer service? Is the company integrating an online learning
center within its e-commerce platform to increase brand loyalty and sales? Are
product returns easy and efficient for the customer?
in general: automated: http://web.interactions.net | book: The Nordstrom Way to
Customer Service Excellence Spector | happiness guarantee: Tesla | mobile: desk,
www.experticity.com | winner-take-all
call centers: Is the company reducing its brick-and-mortar capital investments by
using a remote agent network? | automated virtual agents: spoken, Nina Web, [24]7
| clusters: India, Portugal | on-demand: www.liveops.com | quality control:
www.hyperquality.com
self-service: automated customer service: Nuance
technical support: automated systems: www.nextnine.com | online: www.fixya.com,
iyogi, www.plumchoice.com | remote monitoring: axeda | software: zendesk | user
manual: search: http://owneriq.net/ | PCs: backup: www.carbonite.com | online
technical support : www.plumchoice.com | optimize: soluto
voice self-service: animated character: www.sitepal.com | online self-service: Astute
Solutions
Pricing | Big Data | AI | Digital Content | Intl | more
War
Cyberspace, Cybersecurity, Cyber Warfare
Should the NSA be broken up? big ideas Are we moving towards a surveillance state, or
is the idea of online privacy a myth? Is cybercrime a bigger threat than terrorism?
in general: conferences & training: blackhat | consultants: savidtech | critical
infrastructure: carmaggedon | cyber armies | education & awareness:
esetfoundation.org, Natonal Cyber Security Hall of Fame | homeland security: Fusion
Centers | Innovation: security-innovation | policy & regulation: CISPA,
Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), Department of Defense
Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace, Trustworthy Cyberspace: Strategic Plan for the
Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Program | portal: Cyber Security
and Information Systems Information Analysis Center | research: Cyber Security
Research Alliance | science of cyberspace | stuxnet: article, symantec whitepaper |
tools list | video series: Building a Cybersecurity Program Tutorial | vulnerability
scanning: auraredeye
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enterprise: How cyber-secure are public companies? Do the (a) risks associated with
cyber incidents, (b) the costs of mitigating those risks, and (c) the consequences of a
cyber incident rise to the level of materiality that would require disclosure to
investors and regulatory authorities? Are you certain your employees do not send
intellectual property or private data over any Internet channel, including Gmail and
Facebook? Do you understand the security policies of your offshore providers? |
network policy management: untangle
hacking & hactivism: cars: DARPA | conferences: DEFCON | gamification:
controlalthack | hackers: anonymous, Cult of the Dead Cow, LulzSec, Syrian
Electronic Army, the consortium | search for hackers: shodanhq | tools: Burp Suite,
fakenamegenerator, 411.info, Ping Tree | training: www.thehackeracademy.com,
the jargon file | Web Hacking Incident Database
incident response: analysis: prelert | detect & respond: countertack, mandiant,
soleranetworks | info management: www.fishnetsecurity.com | situational
awareness: lgscout
malware: Can biology serve as an effective model of the signature (genome) of
malware? | botnet | heartbleed | worm: configur, flame, stuxnet | W32.Duqu
protection: website security: shapesecurity
war: Was Stuxnet an act of war? How do we define and differentiate cyber crime
and cyber war? What are the obstacles and difficulties on international cyber arms
limitation? | international law: The Tallinn Manual on the International Law
Applicable to Cyber Warfare
books: Cybersecurity and Cyberwar Singer | Cyber War Clarke | Cyber War Will Not Take
Place Rid | Intelligence Gathering and the Unowned Internet Berkman | The Director
War | Anarchy | Network | Critical Infrastructures | Jobs | more
Mathematics / Applied
Data Mining
Are we making critical business decisions with the benefit of automatic geoparsing
tools to discover spatial patterns from large quantities of data linked to a
geographical location?
in general: animal tracking | book: Web Data Mining Liu | content optimization: ramp
| data warehousing: infobright, kalido | forecasting large-scale human behavior big
ideas | geointelligence: metacarta | open source tool for analyzing large data sets:
www.cloudera.com | personal digital profile | security: imperva, privatecore, McAfee
| unstructured text analysis: www.clarabridge.com
Mapping | Big Data | Biotechnology | BI | Cloud | more
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Information Technology
Databases
Does the company maintain a secured inventory of all its databases of measurable
intangible value? Does IT have a strategy for managing the data growth on the
network and maintaining the necessary performance levels for mission critical
systems?
in general: audting: www.lumigent.com | data integration: www.expressorsoftware.com | find data: infochimps | geographically distributed relational SQL
database server: TransLattice | hardware scalability: clustrix | open data
platforms: factual, junar, safecast radiation | security: Trustwave | virtualization: delphix
| warehousing: paraccel
statistics: Best Places: www.bestplaces.net | Bureau of Labor Statistics: www.bls.gov
| computing: revolution-computing | Fedstats: www.fedstats.gov | Internet
Statistics: www.clickz.com/stats | popular culture: Harper’s Index | population:
factfinder | Regional Data: www.econdata.net | U.S. Statistical Abstract:
www.census.gov/compendia/statab | UMich Documents Center:
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs | US Census Datamaps:
http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/index.html
Big Data | Cloud | Open Source | Population | Research | more
Thought & Thought Processes
Decision Making
What are the questions to ask for the really hard decisions? How can the capacity to
decide be improved as the nature of work and institutions change? Can you spot the
key patterns? Can you extract critical insights from data?
in general: about | choice overload | confirmation bias | crowd-sourced: ahoona,
small vs big | groups: collaboration platform, group think | medicine:
participatorymedicine | rubric | software: quid | Star Trek: Theories of Decision
Making | think tanks: Center for Decision Research | tools & techniques: mindtools |
visualization: Waymark Systems
intuition: counterintuitive | gut instinct | sixth sense
lessons of history: Are those who cannot remember the past, condemned to repeat
it? Santayana | bubbles: We loosen mortgage standards, there’s a bubble, and
then there’s a crash | holocaust museum: www.ushmm.org | power corrupts |
timing for shared sacrifice
books: Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis Allison | How We Decide
Lehrer | Judgment Calls Davenport | Rise And Fall Of The Third Reich Shirer | The Diary of
Anne Frank | Thinking Fast and Slow Kahneman
Predictive | Politics | Entrepreneurship | Startups | Services | more
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Political concepts, ideologies, and problems
Democracy
For a Chinese living in China, everyone craves for democracy,
looking at it, longing for it. Zhang Xin
in general: about | America: Democracy in America De Tocqueville | leadership: Mustafa
Kemal Atatürk Turkey, Profiles in Courage Kennedy | portal: democracynow | quotes:
We are the friends of liberty everywhere, custodians only of our own. Jefferson
Crime | Leadership | Anarchism | Capitalism | China | more
Particular Arts / Design
Design
product roadmap: An Introduction to Design Thinking Process Guide Plattner
in general: active design: Center for Active Design | appliances: delonghi, Dieter
Rams | carpet: land carpet | cars: Toyota | complexity: Spruce Goose |conferences,
festivals, forums: A Better World by Design, Milan Design Week, pechakucha
presentations, Reasons to be Creative | daily deals: fab | digital: thingiverse | firms:
peoplepeople, porsche-design, think2build | foods: labstoreparis | glass blowing:
esquedesign | graphic design: In Search Of The Miraculous or One Thing Leads To
Another Glaser | hotels: bellaskycomwell, designhotels | materials: Material Innovation
Dent | mentoring: The Dinner Series | portals: Change Your Game, designboom,
Design Indaba, fastcodesign, Komfort prague, psfk new ideas and inspiration | process: pinterest
| schools: dschool | search for creatives: thecreativefinder | skyscrapers: Adrian
Smith | stationery: twiddleandbard | textiles: Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010 Volker | umbra
furniture: brands: bludot, Vitra, homecode modular, LIMN, vitra | chairs: acapulco
chair, blowfield inflatable, gesture | desks: focaluprightfurniture, stand-up | objects:
everyday objects
jewelry: www.ice.com | designer: baublebar | n-e-r-v-o-u-s | private home parties:
stelladot
interiors: flooring: Cuban tiles |glass doors: nanawall | lighting: davidweeksstudio |
six-sided transparent tiling vinyl: hex6agon | stairways
Collaborate | Drawing | Homes | Books | New Products | more
Technology
Development of Technology
History of Technology
Technology and contemporary life: Utopia / Dystopia
Intellectual Property
Innovation
International Space Station: the most complex machine ever built big ideas
Organization of Human Work
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Organization of work
supplies: poppin
Application of scientific methods
Research and Development
Time management
The Morning Person sp
tracking time: getklok team/projects, rescuetime computer
Relation between man and machine
Trustworthy Systems
DIY
Education for Technology
What does it take to effectively interest and prepare students to participate in
the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce of the
future? | search: goorulearning
Is rapid technological change destroying jobs faster than it is creating them?
in general: conferences: D, www.nature.com/nature/meetings/scifoo/index.html |
consultants: Accenture | idea forum: ted | market research: hype cycle,
www.luxresearchinc.com | news: www.xconomy.com | top ten IT
books and articles: Management Time: Who's Got the Monkey? Oncken | Ruling the
Waves Spar | Technology, Humans, and Society Dorf | The Information: A History, A
Theory, A Flood Gleick
Marketing | Big Data | Future | Management | Randomness | more
Particular Arts / Broadcasting
Digital Content
Neon is organizing the world’s images and finding the ones you care about.
in general: any device to any device: twistpair | digital magazines:
www.newsstand.com, www.zinio.com | digital rights management: FileOpen,
iManuscript | distribution: Velocix, overdrive | end-to-end system:
www.vantrix.com | enterprise platforms: acquia | entertainment: www.deca.tv,
http://wwbiggies.com | fastmobile | Integrated customer management: amdocs |
mobile phones: mig33 | multi-format print/electronic publishing: RR Donnelly |
nature/wildlife field guides: greenmountaindigital | podcasting: NPR | photos:
www.eye.fi | real-time compression: storewize | royalty tracking:
www.royaltyshare.com | self-service ad platform: isocket | slide-to-digital converter
| video compression: envivio
Libraries | Intellectual Property | Content | Photos | Drawing | more
Development of Technology / Human Work
DIY do it yourself
White House Maker Faire
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in general: democratization of making | about | apps: Mobile Makers Academy |
autos: local motors design | bicycles: sandwhichbikes | big data: clearstorydata |
blocks: marble plans | bookmark: post-it sp | cakes: fondant | comics: I Draw Comics
Sketchbook & Reference Guide | crafts: craft production, craftsy learn | digital designs:
thingiverse | films: Robert Rodriguez, swedefest | fold tee shirt | forums: Boy/Girl
Scouts, diynetwork, instructables, makerfaire | furniture: AtFAB, sketchchair | global
village construction set: opensourceecology | guides: snapguide | hardware:
Raspberry Pi | homegrown food | houses: WikiHouse | kids: DIY.org | knife kit |
learn/teach: Boy Scouts, skillshare | legal documents: MOU sp, rocketlawyer |
MacGyver | magazines & portals: familyhandyman, Makeshift | mapping: balloon
mapping | marketing collaterals: makrplace | online bookstore: aStore | planners |
projects: diynetwork | screen printing: Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, lumi.co |
surfboards: mobile classroom | tee shirts: snorgtees, threadless | trading algorithms:
quantopian | wall decals: stickytiki | woodblock prints: etchpop
curation: art: articurate
electronics: circuits: Circuit Scribe |hardware platform: teagueduino | infrared
cameras: flir, infrared | keyboard: makeymakey | kits: Evil Mad Scientist | parts:
radioshack, sparkfun | soldering: MightyOhm | spectrometry kit | synthesizer:
littleBits
hobbies & toys: cardboard animals: kineticcreatures | comic strip: magnetcomic |
dollhouse | Free Universal Construction Kit | model airplanes: paper, thequadshot |
robots: Moss
repairs: carmd, ifixit | waterproofing: getflexseal
tools & machines: fablab | laser cutting: epiloglaser | shop class: Shop Class as
Soulcraft Crawford | windmills | zen and the art
videos: cloud: animoto, shakr | film thyself: swivl | hyperlapse: Google Street View |
mobile: directr.co | monetize: pivotshare | tracking shots: cinetics
articles, blogs, books, magazines, portals: Animoto Video Platform for the NonProfessional sp | Make | ReadyMade 100 Project Manual | Handmade Nation Levine |
The American Boy's Handy Book Beard
Legal | 3D | Drones | Video | Innovation | more
Particular Arts
Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography
drawing and sketching
about | buy what you love | chalk: Peter Han | crowd-sourced:
sketchbookproject | diagrams: venn | digital: adonit.net, Adobe Ink & Slide |
doodling: doodle, doodlersanonymous > toys: sunnylittlestudio | Excel
spreadsheet: Tatsuo Horiuchi | learning: sketch-based learning | masters:
Rembrandt | news: Wordless News | online: gliffy |optical tools: NeoLucida |
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photo-to-sketch: mydavinci | sketchbooks: The Sketchbook Project | portraiture:
fabulousnoble custom | posters: internationalposter | science illustration:
scienceillustration | vector graphics: inkscape
painting: hand-painted oils: dutchtouchart | murals: Pow Wow Hawaii | vermeer
printmaking: Katsushika Hokusai
photography
other forms
collage: Romare Bearden | thedumpsterproject
dioramas: Anastassia Elias
graffiti: davidchoe | reverse
origami
Akira Yoshizawa | engineering: Workshop on Origami Engineering | Paper
Engineer’s Workshop | space structures | nano-structures
papercutting: Joe Bagley, wycinanki
street (urban) art
floating art
Global Model Village Slinkachu
The Wrinkles of the City, Los Angeles JR
tattooing: HORIKAZU. Lifework of the Tattoo Master
Lifetime Learning | Design | Engineering | 3D | Autos | more
Robotics
Drones
in general: aquatic: ziphius | autonomous killing: terrorists | distribution: amazon |
facial recognition: Drones With Facial Recognition Tech Will End Anonymity Conte |
journalism: news gathering | Micro-Air Vehicles: MAV | modular: PlexiDrone |
quadrocopters: Viacopter
DIY | Modeling | Optimized Self | Issues | Utopia/Dystopia | more
big picture
Earth
Earth’s Properties
Earth’s Envelope
Earth’s Surface Features
Earth’s History
Sensors | more
Earth
Earth’s Envelope
CRITICAL ZONE: air > life > soil > water > rock
Atmosphere
Hydrosphere
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Weather and Climate
Atmospheric humidity and precipitation
Precipitation
clouds
organizations: Cloud Appreciation Society
pictures: Cloud Atlas
research: clouds
fog: fog on the boulevard sp
rain: effects of dust storms
Major forms of weather disturbances
cold: polar vortex
hurricanes
National Hurricane Center: www.nhc.noaa.gov | perfect storm: book &
film | Halloween Nor'easter of 1991 | Storm Sandy 2012 |
superstorms: photos | supercell | video
tornados: research
Climate Change
Meteorological measurement and weather forecasting
darksky | data: Engineerng Weather Data | farms: vitalfields
Is there a chance that human intervention could tip the entire world into a new
climatic state? And if so, does that change what we should do about it?
in general: advocacy: surfrider | local, regional, national info: Skye Explorer |
rainbows | weather becomes art
books, articles: global warming: An Inconvenient Truth Gore | Boiling Point Gelbspan |
Divine Wind: The History and Science of Hurricanes Emanuel | Global Weirdness Climate
Central | Quick-Change Planet: Do Global Climate Tipping Points Exist? Levitan | The Last
Polar Bear Kazlowski | Understanding Weather and Climate Aguado
Robotics | Unequivocals | Buildings | Photography | Biosphere | more
Earth
Earth’s History
Origin & Development of Earth:
Earth is one-third the age of the universe
Interpretation of the Geologic Record
Paleontological interpretation
dinosaurs: about | digital recreation
Page Paleontology Science Center
Eras & Periods of Geologic Time: chronological measurement of stratigraphy to time
in general: www.scotese.com/earth.htm | time lapse imagery: Landsat Annual
Timelapse 1984 - 2012
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books: Earth: Portrait of a Planet Marshak | Historical Geology Wicander | Paleoclimatology
Bradley | The Man Who Found Time Repcheck
Change | more
Earth
Earth’s Properties
Planet Earth: Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the fifth largest
Physical Properties: the world or the Blue Planet
Structure of Earth’s Interior: earth’s crust: Project Mohole
Earth’s Constituent Minerals & Rocks: minerals are the building blocks of rocks
in general: www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=287 | planet earth discovery
books, magazines, movies: Earth Luhr | Earth's Dynamic Systems Hamblin | Foundations
of Earth Science Tarbuck | Journey to the Center of the Earth science fiction | National
Geographic | Planet Earth German Space Center | Smithsonian Handbooks: Rocks &
Minerals Pellant
Time | Big Data | Exploration | more
Earth
Earth’s Surface Features
Physical Features of the Earth’s Surface
Vertical relief of the Earth's surface
waterfalls: Niagara Falls
Oceanic deeps and ridges
coral islands, reefs, atolls: types | conservation: globalcoral | Marianna
Volcanoes
Iceland's Eyjafjallajokull volcano: dynamic visualization of plume, pictures
Philippines: Mount Mayon
Geomorphic Processes
Earth's major environments
Subterranean environment: caves
in general: Greenland is ice, and Iceland is green. | about | data: National Land Cover
Database | google earth | high-resolution satellite imagery: geoeye
books: A Sand County Almanac Leopold | Exercises in Physical Geology Hamblin |
Fundamentals of Geomorphology Huggett | Mountain: Portraits of High Places Hill |
Physical Geography McKnight
World | Photography | Biosphere | Exploration | Maps | more
History of Mankind
East, Central, South, SE Asia
China to Late T’ang AD 755: T’ang imperial dynasty preceded by Sui
China from T’ang to Ch'ing 755-1839: The Ch'ing Empire to 1800
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Inner Asia to 1750: War-making across region and impact of firearms and artillery
Japan & Korea to 1910: Treaty of 1910 made Korea protectorate of Japan
India & Ceylon to 1200: evidence of Homo erectus 500,000 years ago
India 1200-1761: Mughal Empire
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) 1200-1505: arrival of European Colonialists in the 16th century
SE Asia to 1600: international demand for its unique forest and sea products
in general: antiquities: tkasian
more
Philosophy
Eclecticism
What do the objects we keep say about us? Which things are the ones we wouldn't
want to live without?
in general: about | activities: The Portlandia Activity Book | arts: nortemaar,
paintedlightphotoframing, thespace, Zina Nicole Lahr | blogs: The Knowledge Effect |
books: Book of Everything Holmes, Hello Nature Wegman | brand: shinola | cities:
Marfa | coffee: bacon-flavored | conferences & festivals: fest300, ideacityonline,
wanderlustfestival yoga | crafts: Haystack | essays: Kaufmann Mercantile | field &
stream: mollyjogger | games: fredericksandmae | literature: dalkeyarchive,
McSweeney’s, ninthletter, Oulipo | keepsakes: photo stories NPR | magazines:
Prospect Magazine | music: Light in the Attic | performance: symphonyspace |
portal: nowness | quirky | restaurants: dirtcandynyc, freemanrestaurant | travel:
atlasobscura
Women & Men | Entertainment | DIY | Family | Electronics | more
Software & Web Development
Ecommerce
in general: auctions: auctionzip, channeladvisor, dovebid, equipnet, truition | barter:
listia | design/develop: fluid | DIY: shoplocket, volusion | eLab:
http://elab.vanderbilt.edu | Electronic Commerce Guide: www.ecommerceguide.com | on-demand: bluesnap, www.demandware.com, esellerpro,
www.netsuite.com, www.shopatron.com, truition, www.venda.com | order
fulfillment: www.comergent.com | personalization: baynote | platforms:
elasticpath, mozu | product content management: www.webcollage.com | sales
tax automation: avalara
social commerce: bazaarvoice | thinkpassenger | worldofgood.ebay | consumerdriven: consumerist, ModCloth, needle, socialtoaster | social analytics: compete,
trampolinesystems | user interest fingerprint: intenthq | word-of-mouth: paypal,
zuberance | youth marketing: archrival
books: Marketing to the Social Web Weber
Retail | Social Media | Customer | Art | Competition | more
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Production
Economic Conditions
Does lowering the federal corporate income tax rate result in employers
creating more jobs?
industry and market trends: Are companies concentrated in any particular way?
Does this industry have a high dependence on key customers? What is the industry
growth rate? What are the factors affecting future growth of the industry? Has
there been any consolidation in the industry? Will the concentration in market share
change in the next five years? Will price competition increase in the next five years?
in geneal: Consumer Price Index (CPI): Chained CPI | economic data: Moody's,
federal reserve beige book Janet Yellin | fuel prices: www.lundbergsurvey.com
books: Ahead of the Curve Ellis | Recessions and Depressions Knoop
Decisions | Competition | Inflation | International Business | Pricing | more
Cities
Economic Development
in general: Advanced Energy Economy | American Planning Association:
www.planning.org | American Recovery & Reinvestment Act: www.recovery.gov |
broadband development: broadbandillinois.org, gigabitsquared big idea | business
attraction: Airbus to Mobile, AL | culture: micro-urban | data-driven solutions: Illinois
Open Technology Challenge | Economic Development Administration: www.eda.gov
| FEMA Federal Disaster Declarations: www.fema.gov/news/disasters.fema |
international: www.iedconline.org, Peace Corps, www.worldbank.org | local food
systems: Double-Up Food Bucks SNAP | mashups: theironyard | modeling
software: www.implan.com | multipliers: bea | out-migration: Illinois | rust belt
refugees: Manufacturing Migration | visa programs: EB-5
books: Boomtown USA Schultz | Producing Prosperity Pisano
Poverty | Globalization | Immigration | Women & Men | Balance | more
big ideas
Edge.org
To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and
sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the
questions they are asking themselves.
2014: What scientific idea is ready for retirement?
2013: What should we be worried about?
2012: What is your favorite deep, elegant, or beautiful explanation?
2011: What scientific concept would improve everybody’s cognitive toolkit?
2010: How is the Internet changing the way you think?
2009: What will change everything?
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2008: What have you changed your mind about? Why?
2007: What are you optimistic about?
2006: What is your dangerous idea?
2005: What do you believe is true even though you cannot prove it?
2004: What’s your law?
2003: What are the pressing scientific issues for the nation and the world…..?
2002: What is your question? Why?
2001: What now?
2001: What questions have disappeared?
2000: What is today’s most important unreported story?
1999: What is the most important invention in the past two thousand years?
1998: What questions are you asking yourself?
Science | more
Human Society
Education
Rich kids get taught; poor kids get tested.
Aims and Organization of Education
Philosophies of education
adaptive learning: knewton
learning theories: diagram
Learning process and the teaching art
critical thinking: thinkCERCA
reading fluency
Asia & Africa: Room to Read
helpsprogram
Organization of education
phases or levels of education
Education Around the World
Systems of education
Blended Learning: edelements
Teaching
History of education
Cities
Philadelphia: Unrelenting Poverty Leads To Desperation In Philly Schools
by Eric Westervelt
International education activities
advocacy: centerforcsri, projectappleseed | European Union: Bologna
Declaration | films: waitingforsuperman | Issues
in general: www.edutopia.org | audience response systems: iclicker | campus-wide
lecture recording: tegrity | charter schools: seedfoundation | conferences: wiseqatar | course management system (CMS): moodle | digital classroom: Bridge
International Academies, www.hotchalk.com | dress codes | free:
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flatworldknowledge, MITOpenCourseware | globalization:
http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com | Immigration | knowledge center: emtech,
www.wallacefoundation.org/KnowledgeCenter | networking & communication:
www.echalk.com | one laptop per child: www.amazon.com/xo | prize: $10 Million
Global Literacy X PRIZE big ideas | project-based learning:
http://college.hmco.com/education/pbl/background.html | question & answer:
piazza, yahoo | virtual public schooling: www.k12.com
books and movies: Cultural Literacy Hirsch | Finnish Lessons Sahlberg | roomtoread |
Spellbound | The Teaching Gap Stigler | Ubiquitous Learning Cope
Google | Teaching | Popular Culture | Poverty | Innovation | more
Energy Conversion & Utilization
Electronics
in general: book: Irresistible! Markets, Models, & Meta-Value in Consumer
Electronics Bailey | flexible: displays: www.plasticlogic.com, microprocessors | learning
kits: http://sparklelabs.com | search: www.retrevo.com | trade shows: Consumer
Electronics Show CES | warranties: squaretrade
gadgets: Ambient Baseball ScoreCast | cell phone holder: getgripgo | desktop
devices: www.ambientdevices.com | guides: gizmodo | medical: medgadget |
scissors: pencut | shop: geekorize, stuff.tv
iPad: art: artfinder | boardroom: board packet sp | data: roambi | kids: Peekaboo
Forest | magazines: stipla | microsoft office: cloudon | news: editions
tablets: playbook blackberry | reviews: www.tabletpcreview.com | smallest:
www.oqo.com | Surface
wireless: charging: powermat | music: lynx, sonos speakers
Music | Elements | Innovation | Mobile | Sensors | more
Technology
Elements of Technology
Energy Conversion & Utilization
Devices and echniques for conversion and utilization of energy
water energy
hydroelectric
about | environmental impact: DamNation, Hetch Hetchy.org,
Sensor Fish
magnetic & electrical energy: Electronics
rotational energy: Bicycles
heat energy: stove biolitestove | thermovoltaics gmzenergy
solar energy
wind energy
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engines
electric: torqeedo | hybrid-electric drive systems: hetv,
www.isecorp.com | natural energy engine: www.delugeinc.com |
power density: ecomotors | prototypes (6) | steam: cyclonepower |
transonic combustion: www.tscombustion.com | turbo-chargers:
VanDyne SuperTurbo | wankel
Tools and Machines
Hand tools
Bicycles | multipurpose: leatherman | my toolbox sp | table saws: sawstop
Machines and machine components: micro-devices
Modeling & Simulation
Measurement, Observation, Control
Industrial Raw Materials
Primary conversions of raw materials
plastics
bioplastics: solegear.ca | frxpolymers flame retardant
steel: arcelormittal | nanotechnology
Advanced materials: Materials Genome Initiative
Industrial Production Processes
Packaging: edible wikicells
books and magazines: The Most Powerful Idea in the World Rosen | Wheels, Clocks,
and Rockets: A History of Technology Cardwell
Biosphere | Food | Manufacturing | Energy | Electronics | more
Major Systems of Communication
Email
direct mail lists: www.infousa.com | yesmail | Intelligence:
www.whosmailingwhat.com
gmail: social networking: ming.ly
in general: analytics: www.emaildatasource.com | anti-virus | Archival and Recovery:
Symantec, sonian | campaign management: www.mailnetexpress.com | direct
marketing and communications: clicktactics, www.constantcontact.com,
www.echomail.com, www.icontact.com, powerinbox | Enterprise Rights
Management (ERM): EMC | legal discovery and compliance: Symantec, proofpoint |
live content: movableink | mobile: www.seven.com | Outlook plug-in:
www.xobni.com | outsource outbound: sendgrid | restaurants: www.fishbowl.com |
security-as-a-service: proofpoint | unified e-mail management: mimecast | video:
www.helloworld.com | virus detection: eset
instant messaging: archiving: www.facetime.com | book: Google Talking by Joshua
Brashars | financial trading pivotinc | IM wireless device: www.zipitwireless.com |
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live chat customer support: TouchCommerce | mobile: www.nimbuzz.com/en |
texting: enflick free
permission marketing: e-mail: exacttarget
Monetize | Advertising | Computer Security | Enterprise Systems | Sales | more
Human Behavior / internal states
Emotion
Defintions and humanistic background
boredom: Boredom arises when you don’t have a plan. sp
happiness
music: Happy Williams | September Earth, Wind & Fire
revenge: The Count of Monte Cristo Dumas
worry: What’s the worst thing that can happen? sp
Contemporary approaches: apps: happier | measure emotion: affectiva
movies: Bird Man
Particular Arts | Family | Crime | Music | Equations | more
Human Resource Management
Employees & Labor
agreements: Have employment agreements and non-compete agreements been
perfected for all senior management?
culture: What are the core values of the company's culture? Are employees tolerant
of growth and associated chaos? Does the company have fun? Does the company
have a way to understand and manage its corporate culture to achieve positive
results? How do you strike a balance between the employee wish list and the
corporate bottom line? | online assessment: www.cindexinc.com
Employee Assistance Program (EAP): What range of personal matters does the
program address? | divorce360 | get it off your chest: PostSecret | psychological selfassesment (journalists) | therapy: findcounseling
equal opportunity: What percentage of the company's key positions is held by
women? | Don’t ask, don’t tell | bias: Gender and Racial Bias in Hiring | facts about
age discrimination
benefits: benefits management: adam | wageworks | pharmacy plan: truveris
labor: Is the supply of skilled labor adequate for this industry? Are the labor pay
rates in this industry competitive with those of other industries? | Bureau of Labor
Statistics: bls.gov | Right-to-Work
morale: Randomly choose one day each year to pass out a $100 bill to every
employee that shows up. Is trust the most decisive element of good workplace
relationships? Does the company have interactive systems that allow HR to quickly
determine root causes to internal problems? Is there generally a strong work ethic
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among employees? Is there a strong team feeling? Is the company's energy and
productivity being drained by turf wars between departments trying to protect
power and resources? What is the level of stress in the company? How does the
CEO monitor morale? What specific methods and techniques has the company found
and applied to motivate hourly employees? Does the company annually survey
employees to assess their overall morale and job satisfaction? | employees tell the
truth: camaraderie: | Morale Audit sp | gaming: keas | monitor: gethppy
payroll: apps: activehours | benchmark compensation: Compease, payscale | global
payroll platform: celergo | payroll service: www.managedpay.com
Retail | Apps | Recruiting | Crime | Services | more
Fields of Technology / Urban Community Technology
Energy Management
How can growing energy demands be met safely and efficiently? Can we efficiently,
reliably, safely, sustainably, and economically get 100% of our energy from wind,
water, and solar (WWS) power?
in general: climate-neutral and net-zero: definitions | conferences:
worldfutureenergysummit| conservation | demand response services:
www.enernoc.com, www.poweritsolutions.com | Department of Energy: energy.gov
| electricity marketplace: ChooseEnergy | energy flow: graphic | energy survey:
www.think2ool.com/think2ool_files/EnergyReductionSurvey.pdf | energy storage:
ice-energy, PowerThru, terrajoule | high ceilings: zoofans | lighting management:
www.lumenergi.com | network: joulex | smart windows: ravenbrick | state profiles:
eia.gov | turnkey solutions: nexamp | waste heat recovery: alphabetenergy | wind
energy: www.windenergy.com | wireless sensors: www.synapsense.com
batteries: bi-polar: atraverda | green electric vehicles | lithium-ion: enviasystems, sakti3 |
mobile devices: techtium | optimization: element energy | rechargeable: powergenix
| Smart Grid storage | thin, flexible printed: bluesparktechnologies | ultracapacitors:
nesscap | wireless charging
buildings: Corporate Energy Managers Consortium: www.esource.com | energy
reduction survey pdf | performance-oriented contracting: measurement & verification
M&V | Power Management for PC Networks: www.verdiem.com
demand-response : comverge | education: opower | peak load management:
cpowered, energy orb, Power Smart Pricing | silverspringnetworks
electric power : consumer initiatives: www.galvinpower.org | storage: pumped
fuel cells: bloomenergy big ideas | fuel cell drives: clean-mobile | hydrogen:
clearedgepower | intelligent-energy | polymer: cellera
harvesting / scavenging: braking energy | bicycles: copenhagen wheel | humans:
walking | pressure reduction valves: rentricity | shock absorbers
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books, blogs, portals: Energy Realities | Guide to Energy Management Capehart |
Successful Implementation of a Long-Term Energy Management Program sp | The
Green Guide to Power Bowman
Smart Grid | Buildings | Home | Optimized | Green | more
Matter and Energy
Energy, States, & Transformation of Matter
Chemical Elements: pure chemical substance distinguished by its atomic number
Chemical Compounds: pure chemical substance consisting of two or more elements
Chemical Reactions: transformation of one set of chemical substances to another
Heat, Thermodynamics, Nonsolid States: energy transfer from one body to another
Solid State of Matter: the atoms take up an ordered, three-dimensional structure
friction: air bearing | hoverboard
Mechanics of Particles
Principles of classical mechanics: physics engine: PhysicsJS
Fluid mechanics and gas dynamics
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): exa
Electricity and Magnetism: interactions of positive and negative charges
Waves and Wave Motion
wave energy
5 types, nsf, www.orecon.com, pelamiswave sea snake | fans: uekus,
verdantpower | pumps: aquamarinepower | tidal: scotrenewables
books: A Guide to the Elements Stwertka | Classical Mechanics Goldstein | CRC Handbook
of Chemistry and Physics Lide | Einstein's Dreams Lightman | Gases, Liquids and Solids
Tabor | Introduction to Heat Transfer Incropera | Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism
Maxwell | Wave Motion Billingham | Why Chemical Reactions Happen Keeler
in general: physics: hyperphysics, lightandmatter, Natural Philosophy Alliance worldnpa
Technology | Bicycles | Energy | Equations | Fields | more
Methods of Business Organization
Engineering and R&D
A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add,
but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Big Ideas | Billable Capacity | Bioinformatics | Biosafety Level 2 | Biotechnology |
Business Process Reengineering | Cleanrooms | Computational Linguistics |
Construction | Continuous Improvement | Contract R & D | Core Competency | Core
Technology | Design | Drawing | Elements of Technology | Energy / Mechanics / CFD
| Fatigue Analysis | Fields of Technology | Green | High-Performance Computing |
Ideas | Innovation | Invention prototyping | Intellectual Property | Laboratories |
Mathematics | Methods of Business Organization | Modeling & Simulation |
Nanotechnology | Patent Searches | Problems and Solutions | Product Engineering &
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Design | Project Management | Research and Development | Science | Software
Development | Technology | Visualization | Wind Energy | more
in general: engineering education: cdio, bigbeacon.org, engineerguy, Olin College
experiment, threejoy | fatiguecalculator | funding for big ideas: www.darpa.mil,
www.iarpa.gov | grand challenges: National Academy of Engineering
grand challenges: Make solar energy economical | Provide energy from fusion |
Develop carbon sequestration methods | Manage the nitrogen cycle | Provide access
to clean water | Restore and improve urban infrastructure | Advance health
informatics | Engineer better medicines | Reverse-engineer the brain | Prevent
nuclear terror | Secure cyberspace | Enhance virtual reality | Advance personalized
learning | Engineer the tools of scientific discovery
Information Technology
Enterprise Systems
in general: botnet protection: damballa | compliance: hiperos | Enterprise Data
Lifecycle Management: utopiainc | ERP (enterprise resource planning):
www.compiere.com, kenandy, www.openbravo.com, workday | indexing:
virtualworks | integration platform: informatica, mulesoft | log data: splunk | mobile
device management: Citrix | Platform as a Service (PaaS): pivotal | search:
lucidimagination | security: www.imperva.com, proofpoint, www.tracesecurity.com,
tripwire | social media management: syncapse | software reviews: G2crowd | IT
management: servicenow | workforce management: kronos
core systems and platforms: advertising, content, publishing: mediaspectrum |
insurance: guidewire
SAP: HANA, www.panayainc.com, winshuttle | Integrate GIS and Project
Management www.impress.com | RFID Integration www.acsisinc.com | voice
automation www.voiceobjects.com
social: collaboration dapulse, moxiesoft | media management syncapse
Mobile | Cloud | Risk | Big Data | Biotechnology | more
Recreation, Entertainment, Sports, Games
Entertainment
in general: books: Fantasy Life | circus: Gamma Phi Circus | cruise ships: Quantum of
the Seas | dance: ballroom | horse racing: Kentucky Derby | nightlife: sociéteperrier
| parties: getspeakeasy | performing arts: shenyunperformingarts | racing: The
Gentleman’s Guide to Racing | tours: getyourguide | with friends: weotta
amusement parks: heavy equipment playground: digthis | life-size board games:
Mousetrap
fantasy sports: We are a country that likes to root. | cash prizes: draftday, DraftKings,
FanDuel | insurance | predictive analytics: numberFire
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gambling: poker: The Noble Hustle Whitehead
restaurants & dining: Alinea | Chez Panisse | cliff diving: Casa Bonita |dinner parties:
Le Diner en Blanc, Superb | on-table tablets: elacarte | philadelphia | private chefs:
kitchit | ratings: forkly
tickets: seatwave | seatgeek | showclix | stubhub | ticketfly | viagogo | broker:
ticketevolution | discount: scorebig, TicketLab
Golf | Sports | Kinds of Literature | Travel | Popular Culture | more
Innovation
Entrepreneurship
Are you willing and able to bear great financial risk? Are you willing to sacrifice your
lifestyle for potentially many years? Is your significant other on board? Do you like
all aspects of running a business? Are you comfortable making decisions on the fly
with no playbook? What’s your track record of executing your ideas? How
persuasive and well-spoken are you? Do you have a concept you’re passionate
about? Are you a self-starter? Do you have a business partner? What is so badly
broken in the industry that consumers are desperately seeking a solution? What is
your solution? How big is the market? How do you make money? How do you plan to
reach your customer? What is it about you and your team that gives an investor
confidence that you will succeed? | shark tank
in general: http://blog.gcase.org/ | bootcamp: www.nxlevel.org | credit card:
founderscard | education: deshpandefoundation, http://edcorner.stanford.edu,
www.kauffman.org | entrepreneurship 101: www.fasttrac.org | food & restaurants |
handmade: craftsvilla, elo7 brazil, etsy | kids: lemonadeday | microloans to
entrepreneurs: www.kiva.org | MIT Forum: http://enterpriseforum.mit.edu | napkin
entrepreneurs | necessity entrepreneurship | news: quibb | research and teaching:
www.effectuation.org | social networking: Global Entrepreneurship Network, TIE |
startup religion: www.moltz.com | workspace for entrepreneurs: dogpatchlabs |
young entrepreneurs: extremetour, lemonadeday , livewire 16-30
failure: Failure is inevitably a part of discovery. | forums: Failure:Lab | How business
failure paves the way to success | mistakes in judgement: jump the shark
social entrepreneurship: avaaz | food: growingpower | funding: theimpactengine |
getup | homeless: Street Medicine Detroit | incubators: theimpactengine,
unreasonableinstitute | L3C | moveon | performance management of human
services: socialsolutions | prizes: The Purpose Prize | the feast | therespublica
students: funding: nciia | note-taker | solar farm | under30ceo
books: Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure Harford | Bounce! Moltz |
Entrepreneurship Kuratko | The New Artisans Dupon | The One-Hour Activist Kush
Decisions | Co-Working | News | Startups | Capitalism | more
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Mathematics
Equations and Algorithms
energy = force x distance
value = knowledge x action sp
in general: algorithm | algorithmic art: verostko | computational knowledge engine:
wolphramalpha | diminishing returns | equation editor | extraterrestrial life: Drake
Equation | flowcharts [ golden rule: do unto others = others do unto you | google
calculator | happiness: better than expected, likes minus dislikes | humancomputer interaction: fitt’s law | legos | life | list | love | metcalfe’s law value of a network
| pace layers of civilization | mathematica | Maxwell’s | motion | photosynthesis |
playwriting | polynomial equation | power of thinking | practice | prediction |
progress | reputation management: eigentrust | rubik’s cube | S-curve | Sieve of
Eratosthenes | spacetime | success | social exchanges | solar energy applied |
stereotypes | tensor | theory | thought | tree carbon calculator | vens: thisisindexed
| zipf’s theory
books: Indexed Hagy | What Is Your Dangerous Idea? Brockman
Golf | Math | Emotions | Extraterrestrial | Balance | more
Philosophy
Ethics
Do good companies launch more new products? Is moral hazard our greatest global
social threat? How can ethical considerations become more routinely incorporated
into global decisions? What is the day-to-day visibility, awareness, and discussion
level of ethics within and outside the company? What are insiders and outsiders
saying? Has the board adopted a code of conduct and ethics policy? How do the
organization's mission, vision and values relate to the culture? How does the ethical
code apply to foreign operations? Who are the champions of ethics? How is ethics
communicated and how are people educated in it? How is compliance to ethical
standards measured and monitored? Where do people go for advice or issue
resolution? How do ethics conflict with the rewards system and how are violations
handled? How does the company deal with whistle blowing? How does an
organization's ethics change with time?
in general: www.business-ethics.com | www.ethics.org | www.ethics.senate.gov |
www.managementhelp.org | www.theecoa.org | www.usoge.gov | auditing:
www.acton.org, www.centerpointforleaders.org, www.ci.austin.tx.us,
www.ethicscan.ca | centers: Center for Professional Responsibility in Business and
Society, Emory Center for Ethics, National Ethics Center | corporate guidelines:
www.oceg.org | model policy: www.icann.org/committees/coi/coi-policy04mar99.htm | moral hazard | situation(al) ethics: A system of ethics by which acts
are judged within their contexts instead of by categorical principles.
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board of directors: Are people in our organization provided with a safe opportunity
to discuss ethical issues of concern? How does a director really know the ethics code
is actually working? Do any affiliated transactions exist between the company and
any of its officers, directors, or their relatives other than in their capacity as an officer
or director? Do any stockholders supply products and/or services to the company?
Do any directors supply products and/or services to the company? Is general counsel
to the company also a director?
social accountability: Is the company in compliance with SA 8000 www.sa-intl.org?
Does the company employ a web-based public participation system to efficiently
manage public comments on controversial initiatives? www.commentworks.com |
non-smoking: CVS
books: Business Ethics Ferrell | On Being a Scientist | The Market for Virtue Vogel | The
Responsibility Revolution Hollender
Values | Board | Crime | Corporate Governance | Employees | more
Corporate Governance
Executive
compensation: Are the directors sufficiently independent for purposes of serving on
a compensation committee? Is it clear who (e.g. management and/or advisors) is
recommending and/or supporting the reasonableness of the compensation
recommendation? Are there appropriate rules and guidelines in place with respect to
share ownership and share related transactions? Does the Board understand and feel
comfortable with compensation that may be payable in special circumstances such as
change-of-control? Is the company regularly benchmarking its compensation
programs to keep them competitive yet reasonable? | benchmark executive salaries:
www.rileyguide.com/execpay.html | enterprise management systems:
www.workscape.com | online wizard: www.salary.com | say on pay | Supplemental
Executive Retirement Plans (SERP): planaserp
education: International Coach Federation: www.coachfederation.com | midwest:
www.thecoachinghouse.net | on-demand: http://candogo.com | peer-to-peer:
vistage | train the trainer: www.coachinc.com | universities: Chicago Booth, Harvard
| Worldwide Assoc. of business Coaches: www.wabccoaches.com | Yale Chief
Executive Leadership Institute
emotional intelligence: Is it ok to cry in the workplace no? How is EQ being
measured, monitored, and used as tool for management and leadership
development?
books: Seven Habits of Highly Effective People | The Power of Coaching MacDonald
Board | Emotion | Knowledge Management | Leadership | Lifetime Learning | more
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Fields of Technology
Exploration
Surface: Lewis & Clark | mobile robots
Underground: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Above sea: Antarctica Southern Ocean: Polar Pod
Undersea: We’ve only explored about three percent of what’s out there in the oceans.
Space: art: Robert T. McCall | asteroids: planetaryresources, Rosetta big ideas |
commercial travel: www.spacex.com, virgingalactic | 50-year map | music: Major
Tom | propulsion: ion | research: International Space Station, National Space
Biomedical Research Institute | Mars | Space Shuttle | space sling | youtube
spacelab
Why do we (you) explore? What is the final frontier: ocean, or space?
in general: about | everyday: play | funding: http://www.waittinstitute.org |
Hubbard Medal | images | portable power: brunton | vagabond:
aroundtheworldin80jobs, expertvagabond, onestep4ward
books, movies: Back to the Moon xprize | Beyond the Blue Campbell
Unequivocal | Universe | Transportation | Innovation | Recreation | more
Biosphereb
Extinction and De-Extinction
Are we really going to try to balance the equation? sp
extinction = de-extinction
Extinction
about
advocacy: Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
sixth extinction: about
species: butterflies | echinoderms: sea stars | wolves
De-Extinction
Why would we want to do this? What are the unintended consequences? Does
the prospect of de-extinction change how we think about extinction? Does the
extinction of a species leave a gap in nature that can only be filled by returning
the species to life and to the wild? Or will a functionally close relative serve? If it
is too difficult and expensive to revive every extinct species, what are the criteria
for deciding which ones to work on? What ethics and aesthetics should guide
those decisions? Edge
in general: TEDx DeExtinction big ideas
Randomness | Future | more
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Universe / Cosmos
Extraterrestrial Life
about | distribution in the universe: panspermia | research: SETI.org | Unidentified
Flying Objects (UFOs): ufoevidence
books and movies: Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Contact | The Day the Earth
Stood Still
Equations | Nature & Diversity of Life | more
Human Behavior / Capacities
Extreme
If they don’t tell you you’re crazy, then you’re not doing something.
in general: architecture: 72hoururbanaction | bicycling: Paris-Brest-Paris |
commercial fishing: Deadliest Catch | EV World Tour | golf: speed golf | hiking:
Andrew Skurka| obstacle course: high ropes, warriordash | photography: stephansiegrist.ch | ships: EEE | skiing: Tuckerman Ravine | surfing: silver dragon | train
car jumping | transportation
entertainment: rollercoaster | world’s largest pool
prison escapes: Papillon by Henri Charriere | The Great Escape by Paul Brickhill
books: Hemingway's Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost
Sports | Anarchy | Road Trip | Photography | Unequivocals | more
Social Networking
Facebook big idea
in general: about | advertising: nanigans | band page: rootmusic | career
networking: branchout, talent.me | connect facebook with salesforce: faceconnector
| games: farmville | manage applications: vitrue | messaging: messenger | transitive
trust: facebookera
books, film: Inside Facebook Baloun | The Facebook Era Shih | The Social Network Fincher
Apps | Mobile | Google+ | Online Advertising | Social Media Tools | more
Methods of Business Organization
Facilities and Equipment
Automation | Automobile | Biotechnology | Creativity | Design | Electronics | Energy
Management | Green | Identity Management | Laboratories | Location |
Manufacturing Facilities | Methods of Business Organization | Real Estate Holdings |
Recycling | Rentals | Signs | Solar Energy | Sustainability | Video Sureveillance |
Videoconferencing | Water | Wind Energy | more
in general: boxoffice460 | capital planning/asset management system: www.vfa.com
| CCTV: Agility Video | global office search: www.globalofficesearch.biz | shared
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facilities: wework | virtual office: www.intelligentoffice.com | working at Google:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOZhbOhEunY
facilities management: How often does the company evaluate the cost-effectiveness
of its branch office(s)? | automated Irrigation: www.hydropoint.com | on-demand
asset lifecycle management: www.axispointe.com | quantified office: Robin
used: heavy equipment: www.ironplanet.com
questions for landlord: How long have you been renting to the company? How many
square feet does the company rent from you? Does the company make its rent
payments on time? Have you ever had to contact the company to get your payment?
Does the company maintain the property in good condition? Would you rent to the
company again?
books: Corporate Interiors Yee | The Other Office: Creative Workplace Design Stewart
Social Groups
Family, Kinship, Friendship
Old man, look at my life, I'm a lot like you were. Young
Family History: save your memories forever: Chronicle of Life
The Modern Family
family medical leave: maternity/paternity leave
Home
Marriage: alimony reform | documentary: 112 Weddings
Personal Time
sisters: Twin Sisters Bertheussen
Friendship
How long do you keep your friends? sp | relationships: selection | saturation:
Dunbar’s Number
in general: We all want the same thing. sp | adversity: A River Runs Throught It |
beach: Dune-Water Dash sp |care services: care, carezone | dinner table | domestic
violence: Courage Connection, National Network to End Domestic Violence, No
More | genealogy: ancestry, www.dnaancestryproject.com, mocavo free | good vs
evil: East of Eden Steinbeck | movies: Rocket Gibraltar | short story: brushstroke’s song
sp | reunion sp | Social Networking: http://corporate.familylink.com | traditions:
thanksgiving sp, No TV for 40 days and 40 nights sp
Issues | Parenting | Emotion | Human Behavior | Issues | more
Technology
Fields of Technology
Critical Infrastructures
Agriculture & food production
Major industries
Major manufacturing industries: Robotics and Autonomic Systems
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Utilities
in general: Edison Electric Institute, edisonfoundation
education: electricalengineerngschools
Construction Technology
Transportation Technology
Information Processing & Communications
Communication and information theory: Claude Shannon
Computers: monitors: LCD displays
Computer Science
Information processing and systems: Cloud Computing
Major Systems of Communication
Military Technology
Electronics
UAVs: Aerovironment Nano Hummingbird | www.insitu.com |
www.proxyaviation.com
Urban Community Technology
Technology for new urban problems
Energy Management
geothermal exchange
Exploration
Biotechnology
books and magazines: Crisis and Opportunity Ikerd | My Father, the Captain Cousteau |
National Geographic | Open Innovation Chesbrough | The Power Makers Klein
Climate Change | Biotechnology | Change | Energy | Engineering | more
Information Technology
File Sharing
in general: www.beinsync.com | www.bittorrent.com | www.box.net | dropbox |
www.filesanywhere.com | www.onetruemedia.com | cloud access: bitcasa |
document library: www.scribd.com | large files: HighTail | secure wireless transfer:
iTwin | sync, backup, share: www.syncplicity.com | web: sharethis
photos: www.fotolog.com | instagram | http://picasa.google.com | moving objects:
crowdoptic | www.snapfish.com | your shot: national geographic
Cloud | Entertainment | Music | Photography | Videos
Methods of Business Organization
Financial Management
Accumulated Earnings Tax | Acquisitions | Asset Management | Asset Purchase |
Audits | Backdating Stock Options | Bond Offering | Borrowing | Budgeting |
Business Organization | Buy-Sell Agreement | Capital Expenditures | Capitalization |
Capitalization of Software | Cash Flow | Cash Management | Corporate Performance
| Cost-of-Goods Sold | Currency Fluctuations | Financial Markets | Financing |
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Incentive Compensation Program | Inflation | Inventory | Investing | Investor
Relations | Key Indicators | Liabilities | Methods of Business Organization | Payables
| Profitability | Quick books Setup | Risk Management Hedge Fund | S Corporation |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act | Sensitivity Analysis | Stockholders | Taxes | Transaction Taxes |
Valuation | Venture Capital | Venture Capitalists | Z-Score
Financial Management
Financial Markets
in general: Big Charts: http://bigcharts.marketwatch.com | CBS Marketwatch:
www.marketwatch.com | interactive charts: ycharts | Money Central:
http://moneycentral.msn.com | private markets | Quicken http://quicken.intuit.com
| The Motley Fool | Yahoo Finance: http://finance.yahoo.com
futures/options: Commodities Charts: www.cbot.com | Futures Quotes:
http://quotes.ino.com
indices: NYSE Euronext | Averages & Composites:
http://money.cnn.com/data/us_markets | Dow Jones:
http://money.cnn.com/data/markets/dow | Nasdaq: www.nasdaq.com | NYSE:
www.nyse.com
international: Canadian Companies: www.site-by-site.com/canada/astock.htm |
World Portfolio: http://quotes.ubs.com/quotes/
movers: Upgrades & Downgrades: http://finance.yahoo.com/mru
stock screener: Yahoo: http://screen.yahoo.com/stocks.html
News
Financial Management
Financing
banks: What are the major covenants in loan agreements that give the bank(s)
substantial control under certain conditions? Is the company in default of any
provisions? | bankrate | consumer platforms: Yodlee | federalreserve | finance
students web world| mobile: myfoundry | online: ibank | Personal Financial
Planning: personal finance
questions for bankers about the company: How long has the company banked with
you? How does the bank rank the credit worthiness of the company? What is the
current credit limit for the company? What is the lowest and highest credit balance
with this bank? Has the company ever been denied credit? When and why? How is
short-term debt collateralized? How is long-term debt collateralized? Has the
company ever been in default on a loan payment(s)? Does the company have any
operating problems? What is your evaluation of management? Is management
listening to your best advice?
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bond offering: Is there adequate cash flow now and in the future to cover interest
payments on this debt? book: Bond Markets, Analysis and Strategies Fabozzi
equity financing: What type of equity financing best fits this stage of funding? What
valuation is being used for this offering? What is the investor's IRR based on the
company's projected cash returns to the investor? Will this return be sufficient
relative to the perceived risk of the investor? What impact on the distribution of
ownership will be affected by the proposed equity financing? Is angel financing
appropriate for this stage of funding?
in general: accounting: accountingnet, intacct | basics:
www.studyfinance.com/lessons/finstmt/ | CFO: www.cfo.com | deals:
www.dealipedia.com | Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP: FASB |
government contracting: JAMIS | investment banking: dealogic | sample balance
sheet template: www.toolkit.cch.com/tools/balshe_m.asp | SBA resources:
http://www.sba.gov
Personal Finance | Movies | Homes | Legal | Capital | more
Recreation, Sports, and Games
Fitness
Is your fitness program well-rounded?
in general: anti-G treadmill: www.alter-g.com | bands: halfhourpower | dance:
zumba | entertainment platform: netpulse | extreme: beachbody, crossfit, Mad Skills
Encyclopedia Mushholt | franchise: Crunch | machines: surgept | mobile: noom |
monitoring and tracking: bodymedia, enflux, equinox, fitbit, www.fitlinxx.com, fitstar,
fuelband, mapmyfitness, misfitwearables, mybasis, withings weight | musclebuilding: musclemilk | natural exercise: around the house sp | nutrition tracking:
www.nutristrategy.com | parkour: www.americanparkour.com | posture: lumoback
| vibration training | walkingschoolbus | weight loss: noom
Time | Personal | Bicycles | Design | Extreme
Fields of Technology / Agriculture & food production
Food and Beverage
You are what you eat and drink.
Victor Lindlahr
in general: calorie-free: zevia | chefs: The Professional Chef Culinary | cooking
encyclopedia: www.foodista.com | cookware: cooking | delivered: dinewise |
donuts: cronut | enterprise systems: www.afsi.com | freshness sensors:
www.fqsinternational.com | greenkitchen | hot sauce: sriracha | ice cream: Smitten
Ice Cream | non-refrigerated, all-natural: lookwhatwefound | organic snacks for kids:
http://snikiddy.com/index.php/ | portals: food52, foodzines | sandwhiches:
horseshoe | search: findeatdrink, foodspotting | sweetener: stevia | takeout:
www.grubhub.com | tea: All In This Tea Blank, davidstea, mariagefreres | tools: baking
steel, butter knife
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coffee: coffeecommon | coffee culture | concordiacoffee self-serve | conferences:
letstalkcoffee | makers: bonaverde, espro & Portland press french press | shops:
bluebottlecoffee
local: farm-fresh: farmigo | seasonality & regionality: aglocal meats, roadfood,
Stewards of the Land
recipes: www.cookstr.com | foodily | search: yummly
restaurants: www.restaurantowner.com | automated dispensing: www.exactap.com
| BBQ: Stubb’s | delivery: grubhub | design | discounts: groupon | eliminate waste:
zeropercent | experimental: moto vid | online reservations: www.getquik.com,
www.opentable.com | organic & local: sweetgreen | pop-ups | social ordering:
exit41 | worldwide bookings: bookatable
wine: Cecilia | music for the occasion: winedj | The Scholium Project
Wellness | Plants | Elements | World | Art | more
Fields of Technology / Agriculture & food production
Food Production
Can the world feed itself without ruining the planet?
What is the impact of biofuels production on the world’s food supply? Do our foodenergy decisions recognize the high degree of integration between these two
imperatives?
in general: books: Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization by Lester R. Brown |
World Food Programme: http://www.wfp.org | dupont global collaboratory |
visualization of agricultural markets: ADM global markets, marketmaker | world
hunger: freerice
Poverty | Future | Robotics | Humans | Wellness | more
Time
Future
Why can’t we remember the future? What is emerging? What impact will it have?
in general: The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Kay | aircraft/car | digital
archive of you: lifenaut | education: Houston Foresight, thefutureschannel | energy:
The Future of Energy | food: The Future of Food NG | gamification: gaming the future
| history: Italian Futurism Manifesto 1909 | paperless society portals: BBC Future,
Matter longform journalism, PBSK Labs editorial | soothsayer | time capsules: one second per
day | trends: paperless society
think tanks: www.aspeninstitute.org, bakas, fastfuture, Institute for Global Futures,
iftf, thefuturelaboratory | atlantic council | big issues: www.millennium-project.org,
www.fhi.ox.ac.uk, thersa.org | directory:
www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/psthink.html#comp | energy security: Institute for the
Analysis of Global Security iags.org | European security: European Leadership
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Network ELN | extremism: quilliamfoundation | international affairs: chathamhouse
| long-term thinking: Club of Rome clubofrome, futuristspeaker, hybridreality.me,
longbets, Long Now Foundation big ideas | survival of the species: Future of Humanity
Institute
books: Future Science: Essays from the Cutting Edge Brockman | The Competition of
Ideas Weidenbaum | The Extreme Future Canton | The Tyranny of Dead Ideas Miller
War | Megacities | Extinction | Food | Jobs | more
Software
Gaming
in general: addiction | anti-cheat protection: cognisafe | casual gaming:
www.casualcollective.com, popcap, www.wildtangent.com | consoles: ouya|
developers: Reloaded, www.ngmoco.com, trionworlds, www.turbine.com, wooga |
development platforms: unity3d | documentary: The Story of Mojang | drive traffic
to games: playerize | free: kabam strategy, nexon | game for good: hoopla | genetics:
phylo | gesture recognition: omekinteractive | hand motion sensing: eyesight-tech,
http://www.invensense.com/ | industry news: www.gamesindustry.biz, idlethumbs |
in-game advertising: supersonicads | kids: Brooklyn Game Lab after school, spongebob |
literacy: instituteofplay | massively multiplayer online role-playing games
(MMORPG): curse, redrobotlabs, zam | new game a day: bigfishgames | on-demand:
chess, gaikai, www.gametap.com, kongregate, onlive,
http://www.powerchallenge.com/ | professional gaming: www.mlgpro.com |
puzzles: cartalk, http://thinks.com | search: gaming | social gaming: minecraft,
playdom, 6waves | trading cards: fightmymonster | ugo | video network: machinima,
twitch | virtual trading: www.livegamer.com | zero-sum
gamification big ideas: kids learn to code, and, code to learn | about | blogs:
seriousgamesmarket | brain training: lumosity | charity: theplaymob | corporate
learning: axonify | education: classroom, gamedesk.org, gogolabs, tutpup | forums:
gamification summit | health: healthprize, reflexionhealth rehab | kids build games:
gamestarmechanic, ScratchJr | quizzing: quipper | science: global warming | social
change & impact: gamesforchange | social rewards & loyalty: badgeville, bigdoor |
tools: twochop
mobile: http://www.xendex.com/ | zynga real-time player behavior | King: Candy Crush
books, articles, reports: Creating Casual Games for Profit & Fun Partridge | Ender’s
Game Card | Fun Inc. Chatfield | Of Dice and Men Ewalt | Reality Is Broken McGonigal | Solving
tough problems with games Schrope | Violent Video Games: More Playing Time Equals
More Aggression | Why Gamification Is Serious Business Ryan
Wellness | Popular Culture | Parenting | Golf | Sci-Fi | more
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World Since 1920
Globalization
As the world becomes more interconnected, are (cyber) threats and risks growing
exponentially? Is the company practicing reverse innovation by leveraging
developing economies as incubation centers for growth and innovation? How can the
global convergence of information and communications technologies work for
everyone? How effectively is the company meeting the challenges of globalizing its
operations?
in general: http://globaledge.msu.edu | Bottom of the Pyramid BOP | conferences &
forums: Buttonwood | G8: The G 7/8 by Hugo Dobson | logistics: UPS pdf | Strategic
analysis: www.oxan.com | wealth + well being: Legatum Prosperity Index |web
site content translation: myGengo | world stats real-time: worldometers
books and movies: A River Changes Course Mam | Every Nation for Itself: Winners and
Losers in a G-Zero World Bremmer | Life in a Day | International Business: The
Challenges of Globalization Wild | New World Economy Business Week | The World Is Flat
Friedman | World Order Kissinger
Economic Development | War | Currency | Health | Climate | more
Sports
Golf
When will you shoot your age? Is golf a sport? who cares, we love it
in general: big hole golf | Fedex Cup | foot golf | handicap: formula | magic | online
game: http://pgacharitychallenge.worldgolftour.com, Virtual U.S. Open | outings:
player grid sp | PGA: pgatour | performance: priming | Ryder Cup: Ryder Cup, Ryder
Cup Diary 2012 sp | rules: smartphone, videos | sand: soft sand, hit hard; hard sand,
hit soft | social: topgolf | speed golf | soul of the game | trends: The Future of Golf |
youth: Drive, Chip & Putt
courses: top ten: Chicago
books: Golf Rules Finder sp
Entertainment | Equations | Change | Unequivocal | Gaming | more
Preservation of Knowledge
Google
What’s next?
adwords | alerts | apps for business | area calculator | art project | artificial
intelligence: DeepMind | blog search | blogger | body browser | books | calendar |
checkout | chrome | chromebook | Classroom | cloud | code | customize: home
page, search | data sharing online: fusiontables, public data explorer | desktop | docs
| doodle 4 google | earth | enhance search: www.surfcanyon.com | finance | 411 |
Glass | gmail | google + | google cardboard big idea| google fiber | google for
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entrepreneurs | google ideas | google play | groups | infrastructure: growth | IP
patents: search | images | keep | knol | labs | Maps: biking, maps | news | open social
api | open web | orkut | picasa | play | politics & elections | products | project
hosting | reader | scholar search | search features | self-driving car | shopping |
sites | sketchup | tablet: nexus | toolbar | trends | videos
Education | Articial Intelligence | Games | Maps | more
Elements / Measurement
GPS Applications
How do we know where we are?
in general: humans: brain cells | radio-location: locatacorp | tracking:
www.blacklinegps.com, www.contigo.com, TrackR | wireless-driven:
www.skyhookwireless.com
location-based services: analytics: placed | build your own game: scvngr | data:
momentfeed, placeIQ | geographic intelligence : www.metacarta.com | happening
near you: spindle | mobile networks: Gokivo | navigation systems:
www.destinatortechnologies.com | positioning systems: www.skyhookwireless.com
| safety: locationlabs
Medicine | Automobiles | Big Data | Gaming | Location | more
Biosphere / Humans / Conservation
Green
How would nature solve green building challenges?
in general: AC-DC controller: greenplug | bamboo: grovemade, soloeyewear |
biodegradable plastics: www.novomer.com | chemicals: bio-amber | ecofont |
elevated strip park: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrRyTpKne7o | foundation & wall
systems: www.arxxbuild.com | GE’s ecoimagination: ecomagination | lifecycle of
each product | natural gas: thinkaboutit |news: www.greentechmedia.com |
organizations: envirolink | paraben-free: yestocarrots | pest management: Bayer
Crop Science, ecosmart, vestaron big idea | printing paper: printeco auto-optimize |
products: abesmarket, goodguide | radio: Go Green Radio | runoff management:
www.cdfinc.com | seed-infused cardboard: lifeboxcompany | think tanks:
www.thebreakthrough.org | waste heat recovery: electratherm | wood stove:
biolitestove
ecological footprint: calculators: calculator, myfootprint | carbon sequestration:
Global Thermostat, research | futuregenalliance | car fun footprint | homes: hobbit
house low impact | lifecycle of a product | monitoring & reporting: apple, tracking |
online analysis
gardening: sensors: Flower Power | urban gardens: myurbio | vegetable: Edible
Gardens LA
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kids: environmental education: ecokids, national geographic kids, planitgreenlive |
national park service: webrangers | natural history | plant-for-the-planet | schools:
greenschool | treetures
books, documentaries, portals, videos: Bike Snob BikeSnobNYC | Grist | Hot, Flat, and
Crowded Friedman | Jens Jensen: The Living Green | Our Ecological Footprint Rees |
Plastic Paradise Sun | Silent Spring Carson
Recycling | Autos | Sustainable | Energy | Climate | more
Production and Utilization of Wealth / Economic Growth & Planning
Growth
Is growth the problem, or the solution? Or is growth inevitable if we are to feed and
provide jobs for 9 billion people? Are we truly caught between a rock and a hard
spot?
in general: book: Japan as Number One? Lessons for America | Brazil-Russia-IndiaChina (BRIC): bricsonbrics.org | franchising: about | hypergrowth: about, Inside the
Tornado Moore | idea generation: www.eurekaranch.com | traffic: Austin, TX
Social | Population | Sustainability | Problems | Acquisitions
Human Life
Health and Disease
Structures and Functions of the Human Body
mind & body
Cardiovascular system: CPR handsonlycpr.org
Respiratory system: Sports
Immune system: If it ain't broke, don't fix it. | wellness
Excretory system: Wellness
Nervous system
brain: research brain-map | wearable device: ybrain
Human Health
Definitions of normality in human health
blood pressure: about
Stress: stress in the city
Wellness nutriion, diet, exercise, sleep
Human Diseases
Global Burden of Disease
Characteristics, causes, and classifications of human disease
Infectious diseases
virus: ebola: about | song: If you like the monkey, don’t eat the meat.
Detection and diagnosis of disease: Biotechnology
Treatment of disease
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addiction
What is so powerful about the 12-step program? Why does it not work
for some, especially teenagers? What other programs are successful
against addiction? | Clean: Overcoming Addiction and Ending America's
Greatest Tragedy by David Sheff
cryotherapy: csamedical
gene therapy: uniqure
placebo: placebo effect
Tumors, cancers, hyperplasia, atrophy
cancer: collabrx targeted therapy finder | visualization: tumor paint
colon: check-cap
Diseases of particular bodily systems
ears: tinnitus
eyes
glaucoma: Aerie Pharmaceuticals eye drops
presbyopia: KAMRA inlay
Social Radar
How can the threat of new and reemerging diseases and immune microorganisms be reduced?
Practice of Medicine & Care of Health
in general: alzheimers: alzheimersreadingroom, An Alzheimer’s Request | autism:
asperger, iPad apps, rethinkautism | mind & body
books and videos: Human Anatomy & Physiology Marieb | Hunting the Nightmare
Bacteria Frontline | The Journal of Best Practices Finch | What I've learned from my
autistic brothers Jegede | Zoobiquity Natterson-Horowitz
Apps | Medicine | Sports | Music | Globalization | more
Practice of Medicine & Care of Health
Health Care
in general: The dilemma is, a poor person will remain impoverished without
healthcare; or, they will remain impoverished trying to pay for healthcare. | cash flow
improvement: www.medassets.com | consumer cost management:
www.changehealthcare.com, www.redbrickhealth.com | data: healthinnumbers |
directories: zocdoc | Electronic Medical (Health) Records (EMR/EHR): healthIT,
patient self-advocacy, practicefusion | Health IT: drchrono EMR / EHR, mednet,
motherknows, smartplatform software platform, webPT physical therapy | homecare/hospice:
hchb | house calls: Alegis Care, ringadoc | integrated health delivery: caremore |
medical records storage: www.mymedicalrecords.com | mobile devices:
patientsafesolutions, westwirelesshealth | patient engagement: medseek |
phone/video consultation: teladoc | portals: www.healthline.com | real-time
network: navinet | reimbursement tools: www.remitdata.com | second opinion |
sensors: earlysense | value-based benefits: seechangehealth
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insurance: Affordable Care Act: Health Insurance Marketplace | freelancersunion |
Health Savings Acoount: Dr. Carson speech | tangohealth | Medicare: A doctor's
vision for Medicare | search for insurance coverage: www.healthplanone.com,
ourbloomhealth | self-insured: changehealthcare
telemedicine: reachhealth | teladoc | mobile: Doctor on Demand big idea | video:
Avizia | virtual: therapy | whiteglove
books and articles: Caring for the Poor Without Medicaid Bureaucracy Eck | How
American Health Care Killed My Father Goldhill | Redefining Health Care Porter | The
Ebola Patient Was Sent Home Because of Bad Software EHR
Software | Video | Big Data | Apps | Search | more
Computer Science
High-Performance Computing big ideas
in general: cellular computing | hardware accelerators | machines: Cray blue waters |
quantum computing: www.dwavesys.com | software development & optimization:
allinea | supercomputing centers & networks: ncsa, xsede | tools: webtrilinos |
trading algorithms: finatechnologies
books: An Introduction to Quantum Computing Kaye | The Fourth Paradigm Microsoft
Biotechnology | Engineering and R&D | Research and Development | Science
big picture
History of Mankind
knowledge of the past matures the soul
Ancient Asia, Africa, Europe
Medieval Europe, Africa, Asia
East, Central, South, SE Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa to 1885
Pre-Columbian America (1540)
Modern World to 1920
World Since 1920
Who | Science Fiction
The Physical Sciences
History of the Physical Sciences
Astronomy: picture of the day
Physics
Physics in the 20th century: Einstein: His Life and Universe Isaacson
Physics in the 21st century: Physics for Future Presidents Muller
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Family
Homes
in general: advocacy: www.naca.com | appraisal: www.reply.com, www.zillow.com |
backyards: extreme sparkler sp | décor products: http://mydeco.com, blinds | design:
www.dwell.com | dinnerware: Fiesta | driveways: pavers | flooring:
lumberliquidators | geothermal systems: climatemaster | green:
sierraclubgreenhome | household products: hayneedle, wayfair, worldstores | lowincome: Habitat for Humanity | moving: moveline | portable hot tub: thespaberry |
prefabricated: airplane, popularity | remodeling: houzz | renting: American Homes 4
Rent |search: www.trulia.com, www.zillow.com | tools: knives crkt | water leak
detection: wallyhome
energy efficiency: energy management: alertme, BEopt, EcoFactor, energy.gov,
energysavvy, www.greenenergyoptions.co.uk, Home Energy Scoring Tool | passive
energy: Passive House Institute | retrofit financing: WHEEL | windows:
indowwindows
mortgages: amortization: calculator | mortgage resets: www.mortgageresets.com |
refinance | shop for mortgage: lendage | underwater
sensors: electricity: Kill-A-Watt meter | propane tank: refuel | thermal energy:
Infrared laser thermometer
smart home: automation: nexiahome, zonoff | connectivity: Life360 | electronics:
Consumer Electronics Show | HVAC: tado | monitor & control: control4, icontrol,
nest, smartthings | museum: Museum of Science and Industry | network: piedigital |
security: best-home-security-companies, www.icontrol.com, lifeshield, SimpliSafe |
sprinkler systems: www.cyber-rain.com | video surveillance: dropcam | water
management: watersmartsoftware
articles, portals: Technology anticipates, meets our needs for health, efficiency Sorensen
| The Future of Home Living
Design | Personal | Wellness | Bicycles | Energy | more
Human Life
Human Behavior
Human Nature & Experience
Human behavior and conscious experience
disorders: face blindness
magical thinking
Stages in the development of human behavior
Current Environment’s Influence on Conscious Experience
Perception
Current Internal States
Motivation: hope: about | book: The Scalpel and the Soul Hamilton
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Emotion
Sleep & dreams
Sleep is like a dove which has landed near one’s hand and stays there as long
as one does not pay any attention to it; if one attempts to grab it, it quickly
flies away. Frankl
lucid dreaming: lucid dreaming | improving performance | organizations:
lucidity
snoring: My SnoringSolution
Capacities and Inclinations
Nature of human capacities
performance: Extreme | Human Performance Institute hpiinstitute
Sensorimotor abilities: visuospatial
Theories of intelligence: genius | prodigy | renaissance man: polymath
Attitudes
resilience: That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Nietzsche
Learning and Thinking
Diverse theories of human learning
Memory
forgetting: when it is good
Future
memory tools: big picture | memory palace: method of loci,
presentations
short-term memory: effect of mobile devices
Is it a good idea if we remember (or can retrieve) every memory? What
might be the unintended consequences of this power?
Thought and thought processes
Play
blogs: Good Thinking Cummins
Personality and the Self
Definitions of personality
Freud: id, ego, superego
Introvert vs extrovert
free spirit: Frances Ha Baumbach
Measurement of personality
Myers-Briggs: Does it pay to know your type? by Lillian Cunningham
Mental disorders
anxiety: My Age of Anxiety
dementia and alzheimer’s
With dementia, you forget where your keys are. With alzheimer’s, you
forget what a key is for.
diagnosis: dementia self-test
healing & therapy: birds
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programs: Chain-free initiative
transgenderism: Transgender Surgery Isn't the Solution Mchugh
What are your “broken windows”?
books: A Universe Of Consciousness Edelman | Games People Play Berne | Memories,
Dreams, Reflections Jung | Mindsight Siegel | The Blank Slate Pinker | The Memory Palace
of Matteo Ricci Spence
Sports | Family | Photography | Randomness | Human Rights | more
big picture
Human Life
Stages of Development
Health and Disease
Human Behavior
Methods of Business Organization
Human Resource Management
Appraisals | Background Checks | Benefits Sharing | Comp Time | Conflict
Management | Contract Workers | Education | E-Learning | Employee Survey |
Employees | Employment Agreements | Enterprise Systems | Ethics | Health Care |
Health Insurance | Identity Management | Immigration | Incentive Compensation |
Information Sharing | Jobs & Career | Knowledge Management | Labor | Lifetime
Learning | Methods of Business Organization | Mobile Workforce | Organizational
Structure | Outsourcing | Productivity | Recruiting | Right-to-Work | Seminars |
Sexual Harassment | Short-Term Disability Insurance | Sick Leave | Social Groups |
Spanish for Office and Service Professionals | Values | Wellness
in general: enterprise systems: silkroad | magazines: Human Resource Executive |
online HR advisory systems: peoplefluent | outsourced benefits administration:
plansource, www.trinet.com | payroll services: checkpointhr, paylocity | policy
manuals: www.personnelpolicies.com | social HR software: tribeHR
Political Concepts
Human Rights
Historical development
Definition of human rights
Liberty: The Miracle of Freedom Cruz
United Nations: Universal Declaration of Human Rights
International human rights
dictatorships: Kim Jong-un North Korea
globalization: impact on children
migrant workers: Cesar Chavez
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in general: www.amnesty.org | darfur: http://eyesondarfur.org/ | gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgender: www.hrc.org | Geneva Conventions | Human Rights Watch:
hrw | oral histories: Voice of Witness | UN Global Compact
films: Harvest of Shame Murrow
Women | Human Behavior | Food Production | Poverty | Anarchy | more
big picture
Human Society
Social Groups
Social Organization and Change
Production and Utilization of Wealth
Politics and Government
Law
Education
Human Life
Human Stages of Development
The Origin of Species
Charles Darwin
Human Evolution
Human Heredity
hbes
Sports | Wellness
Communication
Humor
Video Game High School
What makes things funny? | The Humor Code McGraw
in general: Don’t take yourself too seriously. | blog | cards: dordles nikdaum | cartoons:
STRIPPED: The Comics Documentary, New Yorker Caption Contest, The Road Runner
and Wile E. Coyote | crowd-based: 9GAG | healing effects of humor:
www.patchadams.org | improvisation: Second City | jokes: www.jibjab.com | lip
reading: BadLipReading | magazines: spy | marketing: cartoonlink | miscellaneous:
Darren Cullen | movies: airplane | newspaper: www.theonion.com | parody: This is
Spinal Tap rock-n-roll, weird al yankovic | political satire: Capital Steps, Jay Leno Clinton,
Jon Stewart, Mort Sahl, oulitnet comics | puppets: Team America, Triumph the Insult
Dog | radio: Larry Lujack | research: humorresearchlab | satire: The Best Page in the
Universe maddox | sketch comedy: Capital Steps, Carnac the Magnificent, Monty
Python, prairie home companion radio, saturday night live, secondcity, Sid Caesar |
social network: cheezburger | standup: donald glover, Eddie Izzard, frank tv, Joan
Rivers: A Piece of Work, Robin Williams, www.rooftopcomedy.com
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TV: cartoons: South Park | sitcoms: Big Bang, Seinfeld, The Office, 30 Rock | talk
shows: Funny or Die
books: Dave Barry | Dilbert 2.0: 20 Years of Dilbert Adams | what used to be funny:
American Cornball Miller | The 2000 Year Old Man Reiner & Brooks
Politics | Zeitgeist | Popular Culture | World | Creativity | more
Earth’s Envelope
Hydrosphere
oceans are the lungs of our planet
Saltwater bodies
Research: Scripps Institute
Oceans
Waves in the hydrosphere: tides
Freshwater bodies
rivers
research: Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries | National Great Rivers
Research and Education Center
lakes
museums: Chicago Maritime Museum
ice: disks
Water in the biosphere
Water
Effects of human activities on the hydrosphere: Global Ocean Health Index
books: The Blue Planet Fothergill | Wild Beauty: Photographs of the Columbia River
Gorge Toedtemeier
Climate Change | Location | Biosphere | more
Knowledge Creation
Ideas
write everything down: spark file Johnson
in general: The day before something is a breakthrough, It is a crazy idea. Diamandis |
big thinkers, forums, conferences, portals: www.bigthink.com, chicagoideas, dldconference, DO Lectures, www.edge.org, www.flowidealism.org, gelconference, 99u,
The Mind Unleashed, www.youtube.com/user/eurozeitgeist08, www.ted.com,
theUPexperience, whatmattersnow | dream big: HBR’s Audacious List | funding:
kickstarter, The Awesome Foundation | interdisciplinary: einsteinforum | matching
problems/solutions: www.ideacrossing.org, www.innocentive.com | publications:
www.oneworld-publications.com | re-inventing instant film: www.the-impossibleproject.com | self-healing concrete | skysails | social innovation: www.poptech.org |
storyboards: andyleestoryboards | swarm power: LichtBlick | teachers deliver
healthcare: www.youtube.com/watch?v=19yIGjH3joE | thought-to-action:
http://news.brown.edu/pressreleases/2009/06/braingate2 | technology petting zoo:
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www.davidleeking.com/tag/technology-petting-zoo | Zayed Future Energy Prize:
www.zayedfutureenergyprize.com
centers: College of Creative Studies | Creative Education Foundation | Creative
Problem Solving Institute | International Center for Studies in Creativity |
International Forum of Creativity Organizations | veer
notebooks: chronotebook | electronic: evernote, livescribe, omnigroup, OneNote
2013 | field notetaking: adapx, mollyjogger | handmade: Fabulous Cat Papers |
lifelogging: daytum, gordon bell, looxcie videocam, one second per day,
personalarchiving, quantifiedself | paper: Action Runner, A-log, behance, blurb
personalized, cork, inspiration pad, moleskine, plumb, resketch, rhodiapads, start here,
white lines
books: Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking Gladwell | Cracking Creativity:
The Secrets of Creative Genius Michalko | Doodles Gomi | Imagination First Liu | Imagine:
How Creativity Works Lehrer | Leonardo's Notebooks da Vinci | Made to Stick: Why Some
Ideas Survive and Others Die Heath | Making Ideas Happen Belsky
Writing | Recreation | Invention | Visuo | Problems | more
Network
Identity Management
in general: access governance (enterprise roles): arubanetworks, www.aveksa.com |
biometrics: www.lumidigm.com skin tissue measurement | Completely Automated Public
Turing Test To Tell Computers and Humans Apart: captcha >> GOTCHA | customer
verification: www.chosensecurity.com, dnb, www.verid.com, onelogin | enterprise
systems: www.authentify.com, www.courion.com, cyber-ark, www.aveksa.com, okta,
www.pingidentity.com, www.sailpoint.com | facial recognition | fraud detection:
www.idanalytics.com | hospitals: caradigm, imprivata | open source: forgerock |
software development: stormpath
fingerprint authentication: computer access: www.validityinc.com | fingerprint
sensors: www.validityinc.com
authentication systems: How strong are the company's e-commerce authentication
systems? Are they easy and straightforward for customers to use? phone:
pindropsecurity | two-factor authentication | webcam: jumio secure video streaming
identity theft: www.isekurity.com | FTC Guide: www.ftc.gov/infosecurity/ | personal
hack-proof flash drive: www.takeanyware.com | personal protection:
www.lifelock.com, www.garlik.com, www.trustedid.com | voice authentication: RSA
SecureID
books: Authentication and Key Establishment Mehta
Facilities | Cyber | Cloud | Computer Security | Email
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Population
Immigration
in general: agricultural labor: Mexico | community-building: shelbyvillemultimedia |
data: Migration Policy Institute | green card: roadmap | management system:
www.immigrationtracker.com | trains: The Beast
books, essays, films: Borderland NPR | Of Mice and Men Steinbeck | Sin Nombre | The
Arrival Tan | The Real Story of the Superheroes Pinzón | Welcome | Welcome to
Shelbyville Snyder
Survival | Economic Dev | Ag | Data | Economic | more
Human Resource Management
Incentive Compensation Program
The Life Cycle of CEO Compensation Martin
stock options: Are stock options for executive management contingent on
performance standards pegged to stock price? | portal: mystockoptions
gift certificates and cards: www.giftcertificates.com | buy/sell/trade: cardpool,
plasticjungle | customized cards: www.cashstar.com | mobile gift cards: mocapay
performance appraisals: Does stack ranking squelch internal innovation? How is
performance measured and communicated to employees? Are C-level executives
taking advantage of the benefits of peer group feedback? | online HR advisory
systems: peoplefluent
recognition: Is there an online platform for employees to nominate people doing
good, innovative things? | reward programs: achievers | Purpose Prize: ENCORE
CEO | Employees | Executive Education
World Since 1920
India
in general: Bangalore: www.asklaila.com | economic development:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UdFkkROYV0 | gold: weddings | social net: gupshup |
travel planner: http://us.makemytrip.com
movies : Midnight’s Children Mehta
Leadership | Entrepreneurship | Travel
Macroeconomics
Inflation & Deflation
What impact has inflation www.inflationdata.com had in terms of restating inventory
costs to current prices? What impact has inflation had in terms of restating book
value of property, plant, equipment, and leases to replacement value? Generally in
the last few years, have price increases in the company's products been enough to
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offset increases in production costs? In international markets with high-inflationary
economies, how does the company protect its assets and earnings?
in general: cost disease | global price tracking: premise | organizations:
www.federalreserve.gov, www.imf.org
Pricing | Currency Fluctuations | Economic Conditions | Education
Methods of Business Organization
Information Technology (IT)
Antigen Software | Authentication Systems | Big Data | Business Intelligence | Cloud
Computing | Computer Security | Content Management | Contracts | CRM | Cyber
Warfare | Data Mining | Databases | Digital Content | E-Commerce | E-Mail |
Enterprise Systems | File Sharing | Identity Management | Internet | Methods of
Business Organization | Mobile Access | Network | Outsourcing | Photography |
Product Engineering / Design | Search Engines | Secure Software Systems | Shopping
Cart | Small Business | Software Leasing | Technology | Virtual | Web Site
in general: audit & compliance: coalfiresystems | book: Inside the Minds: Leading
Chief Technology Officers Schroth | cost estimates: costxpert | equipment lifecycle
management: elasalle | IT governance: www.agiliance.com, planview,
www.troux.com | jobs network: www.techtribe.com | IT management: BMC |
outsourced services: MindShift |research: www.gartner.com | security compliance:
www.tracesecurity.com | Total Cost of Ownership (TCO): apptio | Training:
learningtree
Development of Technology
Innovation
Create a path that makes it easy for good people to do good things,
and they will do it.
Garages are the authentic American fablab. sp | Is innovation predictable? Does every
innovation begin with a question? What can pirates, terrorists, computer hackers and
inner city gangs tell us about the misfit economy? Where do big ideas come from?
Does public scrutiny and high expectations of stock value impede corporate
innovation? Do your innovation teams have a blend of cognitive types? Who is the
greatest innovator of the past decade? How is innovation management handled
across the enterprise? What internal and external resources innovation-framework are used
to stimulate and guide innovation? What percentage of revenues is from new
products introduced in the last two years? Is innovation blocked or stagnated in the
company? Why? How fast can a new idea be tried out at the company? Months?
Weeks? Days? Hours? Does the company's new product satisfy the requirements for
rapid diffusion into the marketplace? Do we focus our creative efforts toward the
creation of value for others? Do we consistently see opportunity in the face of
adversity? Do we cultivate collaboration through diversity in our social and
professional networks? Do we make the most of our programs for learning and
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training? Do we cultivate a healthy work/family balance? Do we work on becoming
good presenters? Do we have a good understanding of our core competencies and
how to focus them on opportunities in the marketplace? Do we periodically
challenge long-held assumptions (assumption busting) to open up possibilities for
novel solutions that are rooted in a fundamentally different understanding of the
problem?
in general: www.ninesigma.com | digital literacy | conferences:
innovation.economist | commercialization: copycats | corporate sponsorship: Shell’s
GameChanger | crowd-sourced: openIDEO | design: catapultdesign | digital
brainstorming: branddelphi | energy: ARPA-E Energy Innovation Summit | enterprise
social innovation: 3ds | federal sponsors: NSF I-Corps | follow the patents | quid |
games: disruptus | global innovation index:
www.managementtoday.co.uk/news/610009 | government impact: Permissionless
Innovation Thierer | incentivization | innovation ecosystem | marketplace:
planeteureka | museums: nobelmuseum | on-demand management:
acceptsoftware, brightidea | resources: strategos, centricsoftware, ninesigma |
product lifecycle management: www.centricsoftware.com, rymatech,
www.acceptsoftware.com | states: illinoisinnovation | students: Design for America,
hackathon | team building: www.celemi.com | timeline: stages of evolution | ultra
high-speed networks: gig-u | young innovators: Disney's Big Hero 6 - XPRIZE
Challenge
academic research: Research Excellence Framework REF
breakthroughs: FAST’s top 50, popular science top 100, Wharton’s 30 over 30
disruption > obsolescence: A Total Disruption | Blackberry | creative destruction: ice
> refrigerator | devices: sliderule | education: imagine K12 | gigaomnetwork | top 10
| trends: techie
xprize: Revolution through Competition | exponential innovation: overview |
xprize.org big ideas | tricorder
books, articles, essays, portals: Abundance Diamandis | Closing the Innovation Gap Estrin
| Creating Innovators | Epistemology of Innovation Vojak | fastcoexist | Open
Innovation Chesbrough | Reverse Innovation Govindarajan | Ten Steps for Innovators Houtman |
The 50 Greatest Breakthroughs Since the Wheel Fallows | The Innovator's Dilemma
Christensen | The Medici Effect Johansson | The Power of Two Shenk
Philanthropy | Social | DIY | Retail | Exploration | more
Development of Technology
Intellectual Property
How could competitors benefit from a weak intellectual property protection
strategy? Is it possible for competitors to copy aspects of the company's products
without authorization? How much protection do copyrights provide?
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in general: Association of University Technology Managers AUTM | buy/sell/auction:
fusionIP, oceantomo, yet2 | creative commons licenses | enterprise IP management
software: anaqua, pirate party, SGA2, sharing model | licensing and royalty
accounting: rightsflow | piracy: SOPA sp | plagiarism monitoring: turnitin | royalty
tracking: www.royaltyshare.com | valuation: valuationresearch
intangible assets: Is the methodology of capitalization well documented and
defensible? Has the company documented a description and explanation of how all
its intangible assets arose?
patents: application cost estimator: www.globalip.com | assistance:
www.inventhelp.com | basics: www.walaw.com/patent.html | buy/sell:
zettaresearch | first-to-file: America Invents Act AIA, flowchart | genes: Myriad
decision | inventor scorecard: patentriver | monetizing patents: intellectualventures
| patent maps: www.delphion.com/help/citelink_help, http://www.patentmaps.com
| patentability and marketability: ashmarip | Patent Office: www.uspto.gov | patent
rating system: oceantomo | plaques: www.patentawards.com | portfolio costs:
www.portfoliocosts.com | research: nerac |risk mitigation: rpxcorp | search:
freepatentsonline, Google | strategy development: http://caerusinstitute.com |
trademarks search: LegalForce | twitter: Innovators Patent Agreement big idea |
validation services: articleonepartners
tradesecrets: What is the risk to the company should trade secrets get in the hands
of competitors?
books: Intellectual Property Goldstein | IT Financial Practices Wiggers
Digital Content | Marketing | Research | Content | Crowd | more
Methods of Business Organization
International Business
Afghanistan | By Country | China | Cities | Competition | Currency Fluctuations |
Customer | Economic Conditions | Etiquette | European Operations | Exporting |
Globalization | Growth | In General | India | International News | Language Tools |
Maps | Megacities | Methods of Business Organization | News | Supply Chain
Management | Travel
How does the company mitigate the impact of volatility? How long will it take realize
positive benefits from entering new markets? Is compliance to regulations in
international markets cost prohibitive? peer-to-peer education resource for board
directors of multinational corporations: BankDirector
in general: Digital Look: www.digitallook.com | expatriate: transitionsabroad | global
alerts: www.nair-co.com/lp/globalalerts.htm | International Business Resources:
http://globaledge.msu.edu/ibrd/ibrd.asp | International Corporate Governance
Network: www.icgn.org | International Stats: offstats | Market research and lead
generation: www.roivision.com | statistics: www.piers.com, www.wisertrade.org
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| Startup Services: www.nair-co.com | training: ciber | travel warnings:
http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html | Wrights Research
Center: www.wrightinvestors.com
By Country: Afghanistan | Canada: www.cbr.ca,
http://strategis.ic.gc.ca/engdoc/main.html, www.sedar.com | Cuba: Lonely Planet
Cuba, www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2886.htm | Europe: www.europages.com,
www.thomasglobal.com | Finland: www.tekes.fi/eng/ | France: paris real estate |
Japan External Trade Organization: www.jetro.org | Scotland:
www.scottishdevelopmentinternational.com, www.scottish-enterprise.com
International News: BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk | Globe and Mail:
www.theglobeandmail.com | Herald Tribune : www.iht.com | Le Monde:
www.lemonde.fr | London Times: www.timesonline.co.uk/global | World Press
Review: www.worldpress.org | Interntional News:
www.ceoexpress.com/asp/newspapers.asp
Etiquette: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldwide_etiquette
Exporting: export programs guide:
www.ita.doc.gov/media/Publications/abstract/epg2006desc.html | market surveys:
www.exportnavigator.com
books: Exiled in Paris Campbell | Global Business Etiquette Martin | Making Globalization
Work Stiglitz
Fields of Technology
Internet
What happens in an Internet minute? How is the Internet changing the way you
think big ideas? How are Internet business models impacting traditional business
models in our industry? What are the key timing issues now and in the next 3-5 years
with respect to our Internet plans, our business, our industry, and technology?
net neutrality: about: theopeninter.net, http://techliberation.com,
http://www.savetheinternet.com | free culture
in general: AJAX tools: www.jackbe.com | conferences: LeWeb 2011 | market
intelligence: emarketer | transcontinental fiber: Hibernia Networks
IPv6: IPv4 market: accuro, addrex, ipv4marketplace, tradeipv4 | open, equal access:
internetsociety.org | technical development: Internet Engineering Task Force ietf.org
wireless service: www.wildblue.com | balloon network: www.spacedata.net |
charging systems: ubeam energy/batteries | distributed antenna system (DAS):
extenetsystems | performance: rootwireless | process industry: www.apprion.com |
tower sites: www.optasite.com
Apps | Critical Infrastructures | Technology | Cloud | Energy | more
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Intellectual Property
Invention
Not Invented Here:
People have an “ownership bias” toward things they create and ideas they come up
with, and they devalue things they did not make and ideas they did not generate.
in general: history: Ancient Invemtions by University of Vermont | inventors:
inventist, popeil (ronco), thomasedison | Inventor’s Handbook | maker movement:
The Maker Movement Manifesto Hatch | organizations: National Collegiate Inventors &
Innovators Alliance NCIIA | problem solving: TRIZ | social product development:
quirky | toothbrush: The Quest For The Perfect Toothbrush Palca | unused:
marblar
prototyping: If a picture is worth a thousand words, a prototype is worth a thousand
pictures. Plattner | fablabs: TechShop | fast failures | metrology: hexagonmetrology |
mockup | rapid prototyping & injection molding: protolabs, quickparts
books: The Upside of Irrationality Ariely
Toys | Visualize | Ideas | Drawing | Unequivocals | more
Manufacturing and Distribution
Inventory
cost of goods sold: How does the company accurately capture its direct labor costs?
How does the company monitor and control the costs of production?
in general: www.apics.org | e-bay bid optimization | reverse logistics:
channeladvisor, optoro returned/excess inventory
warehouse management: automated storage & retrieval systems:
www.fkilogistex.com/default.aspx, kivasystems | jointless industrial floor: Rabine
Group | online systems: www.ldsinc.com, www.mra-tech.com | optical indoor
tracking: TotalTrax | voice systems: www.vocollect.com
writedowns: Were there any recent write downs that surprised the company? What
was the impact to net income? Is the company anticipating any significant write
downs? What will be the impact to net income?
Automation | Buildings | Capital | Purchasing | Robotics
Personal Time
Investing
in general: alternative investments: secondmarket | consumer investing behavior:
dcisions | earnings whispers: www.whispernumber.com | books: The Only Three
Questions That Count Fisher | gamify: kapitall | idea investing: motifinvesting | impact
investing: Global Impact Investing Network GIIN | IPOs:
www.hoovers.com/global/ipoc/index.xhtml, http://biz.yahoo.com/reports/ipo.html |
Morningstar: www.morningstar.com | Motley Fool: www.fool.com | MSN Investor:
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http://moneycentral.msn.com | regulation: FINRA | Silicon Investor:
www.siliconinvestor.com | startups: DataFox | The Street: www.thestreet.com
brokers: E*Trade: https://us.etrade.com | Fidelity: https://www.fidelity.com |
kapitall | Schwab: https://www.schwab.com | TD Ameritrade:
www.tdameritrade.com | thinkorswim
Personal Finance | Gamification | Startups | Financing | Stockholders | more
Financial Management
Investor Relations
Does the CEO ask shareholders regularly about their perceptions of key corporate
issues? Does the company have a means of assessing (in real time) the external
impact of its communications efforts?
in general: annualreports | book: Annual Reports 101 Thomsett | National Investors
Relations Institute: niri
public realtions: Ford Motor Company Center for Global Citizenship | online
campaign management: www.marqui.com | presentation tools:
www.brainshark.com | online PR systems: marketwire | www.vocus.com
Cybersecurity | Innovation | MDA) | Stockholders
Social Organization and Change
Issues
abortion | AIDS: progress, (Red) | Balance inequality/diversity | Biosphere human impact | birth
control | Blogs | bullying: It Gets Better Project LGBT, thebullyproject | campaign
finance laws | Capitalism | Change | Child Abuse: call for help | child marriages:
girlup.org | Cities | Civility | Climate Change | Creationism: Creation Museum | Crime,
Corruption, Power, Violence | Cuba embargo | Cyberbullying | Cyber Security
(Warfare) | darkness: darksky | Death Penalty: deathpenaltyinfo | Debt crisis |
dengue fever | Denial of Science | Don’t ask, don’t tell | Drinking Age | Drones |
dropouts: boostup, Drop Out Nation | drugs: methamphetamine, spice | Earth’s
Envelope global warming | Education | Employees equal opportunity | Energy | Entitlement |
Entrepreneurship social | Ethics | Eugenics | extinction / de-extinction: Biosphere |
Family family medical leave: maternity/paternity leave | felon voting | Food
Production | Fracking, horizontal drilling, tar sands | Freedom | Gamification | Gang
Violence | Genital Mutilation: Desert Flower | Genetically-Modified Crops |
Globalization | Climate Change | gold standard | Green | Growth | Gun Violence /
Gun Control | Hacktivists | Hazing | Health and Disease | Health Care | Heredity and
Evolution | Home Birthing | homelessness: Athens, Housing First, HUD Annual
Survey, mellvilletrust | Human Rights | ideas | Immigration | Incivility | inequality:
World Top Incomes Database | Insider Trading | Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: Lemon
Tree | Leadership | legalized drugs | LGBTG | medicinal drugs: kratom, Marijuana |
Megacities | Morals | narcissism cultural | News | Nuclear Power | Nuclear Weapons
non-proliferation | nuclear waste | Obamacare | Obesity wellness | oil dependence:
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securenergy | oil spills: nano-sponges, X-Challenge | overfishing | Peace human rights |
Performance-Enhancing Drugs | Philanthropy | Philosophy | Politics & Government
grand strategy | Population | Poverty | Prison Reform | prisons: overcrowding | privacy
vs national security | pro-con: livingvotersguide, ProCon | Problems and Solutions |
pro-life: Personhood USA | PTSD | Religion intelligent design | Rich vs Poor: occupywallst
big ideas | Right-to-Work | same-sex marriage: about, states | Separation of Church &
State | Slavery | Smart Grid | Social Organization racism | SOPA | Space junk | Stand
Your Ground | student debt: loan education | suicide: physician-assisted suicide |
Sustainability | tar sands oil | Technology | Torture | Toxic Chemicals ban |
transparency: whistleblowers | University Manifesto | US presidents | Values | Veterans
| Violence crime | Violence against women | Voting Systems | War | Water | Weapons
of Mass Destruction (WMD): chemical | Wind Energy | Women | Women in combat
| World Cafe | more
in general: publishers: www.newsociety.com, www.oneworld-publications.com |
social action: greenpeace | tipping point | whatmattersnow
books, articles, magazines, movies: good | My Plan to Fix The World's Biggest
Problems Gates | The Tipping Point Gladwell | The Urban Cave Reese | What Have You
Changed Your Mind About? Brockman | What Matters Cohen
forums: commonwealthclub | http://fora.tv | www.cityclub.org |
www.intelligencesquaredus.org | Lifeboat Foundation | www.mtv.com/thinkmtv |
www.pbs.org/now | www.thisibelieve.org | wedialogue | Union of Concerned
Scientists: ucsusa
Human Resources
Jobs, Career, and Personal Growth
What do you do well? Success in the New Economy Who am I? compasslite,
woofound Are you happy with your life vocation? No? Then escapethecity. Are you
indispensable? Are you satisfied with your compensation? Are you satisfied with
your quality of work? Are the people who work for and with you happy? Are your
customers happy, healthy, and satisfied? If not, what do you plan to do about it?
How well are you harnessing your personal network jibe to find that next job?
in general: blue collar: Work Hands | career management: ACT Explore, connectedu,
gild | cobbling | college degree worth thielfellowship.org? | disabled: Getting Hired,
SourceAmerica | entry-level & graduates: aftercollege, www.roadtripnation.com,
www.vault.com, www.gradspot.com | flex-time: flexjobs | freelance: freelancer |
funding: upstart | hot jobs: data scientist | indispensable? | internships: interninc,
InternMatch | labor shortages: Conference Board | mini-jobbers | networks &
portals: www.careercast.com, collegefeed, www.jobfox.com, www.jobster.com,
jobvite, simplyhired, startwire | 100K: www.theladders.com | people with
disabilities: gettinghired | professional score workday? | research companies:
glassdoor | search: indeed | skills training and development: skillsusa.org, mindtools
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| steel industry: Steel Worker for the Future | transition:
www.grayhairmanagement.com | venture-backed companies: ventureloop
resumes: business social networking: LinkedIn, Silo |curate you portfolio: pathbrite |
online visual: prezume, www.visualcv.com
self-assessment: When dealing with other people, what are your three biggest
challenges? What are three barriers in general to achieving your personal and
professional goals? What are the three most important skills you need to do your job
well? What three things can stop you from being an effective _________ and the
________ world? | find the job you love: themuse
blogs, books, movies: David and Goliath Gladwell | Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?
Godin | Don’t Go Back to School Stark | On the Boulevard: At this point in my life sp |
Outliers: The Story of Success Gladwell | Roadtrip Nation Gebhard | The Happiness Project
Rubin | The Internship | The Power Formula for LinkedIn Success Breitbarth | The Start-up
of You Hoffman | The Three Signs of a Miserable Job Lencioni | Think and Grow Rich Hill
Search | Future | Poverty |Strategic Planning | Software | more
Management and Best Practices
Key Indicators
State of the USA
What key performance measures instantis have been benchmarked in the company?
How does the company perform to these benchmarks? Has the company developed
methods to visually analyze key performance data clearmomentum? Are key indicators
being effectively communicated iexecutivedashboard to staff and the board? Are employees
given the key measures of business success so that they can understand those
measures and use them to improve business performance? Does management
openly discuss wins and losses with employees so they can keep learning and getting
better?
in general: balanced scorecard | benchmarks | metrics: dilbert | open book
management: greatgame | word clouds: free
dashboards: business: domo, freeagent, geckoboard, instantis | DIY: Dashing, prezi sp
| personal finance
Competition | Big Data | Marketing | Buildings | Business | more
Literature
Kinds of literary composition
Poetry
Fiction
Satiric: humor
Nonfiction
Children’s
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What we have loved / others will love, and we will teach them how.
William Wordsworth
book reviews: Meghan Gurdon
comics: anime: crunchyroll video | comic-con
fantasy: Frozen Disney | The Chronicles of Narnia Lewis
fiction
adventure: Robinson Crusoe
The Phantom Tollbooth Juster
picture books: Penguin
preschool
narrated: iStorytime
How I Became a Pirate Long
Press Here Tullet | Richard Scarry
ten best authors
Entertainment | Books | Eclecticism | Parenting | Values
big picture
Knowledge Creation
create and destroy, create and destroy, create and destroy…
Logic
Mathematics
Science
History and the Humanities
Philosophy
Preservation of Knowledge
books: Beginner's Guide to the Humanities Bishop
Political Power
Knowledge Creation
Knowledge Management
in general: www.innocentive.com | www.wikipedia.com | enterprise: palantirtech |
tagging: www.connectbeam.com
native intelligence (institutional memory): What incentives do workers have to share
their native intelligence or tribal knowledge of processes, methods, and techniques?
Has management and the culture of the company created disincentives? What
manual and automated recording systems are in place to capture this closely-held
knowledge?
in general: executive education: Apple University | survey & assessment:
questionmark
questions & answers: general: bepl, quora, wayin | health: healthtap | legal:
lawpivot
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books: The Fifth Discipline Senge | The Wisdom of Crowds Surowiecki
Decisions | think2ool | Lifetime | Predictive | Biotechnology
Engineering and R&D
Laboratories
in general: architects: www.hok.com | cryogenics: www.discountcryo.com | data
management: datainnovations middleware | design: http://www.labdesignnews.com |
LIMS: genologics, labguru, quartzy, thermo | portable lab benches:
http://formaspace.com, www.lfsystems.com, tennsco,
www.workplacesystemsinc.com | shell lab video:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSp5PLTXzc4 | used equipment: biosurplus
Automation | Biotechnology | Compliance to Regulations | Facilities
Social Groups
Language Tools
in general: automated language translation | learn by translating: duolingo big ideas |
on-demand: livemocha, mangolanguages | online translator:
www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en | pronunciation: howjsay | social network:
busuu | spoken english training: carnegiespeech, elutian ESL, globalenglish,
guanyaenglish, openenglish, TutorGroup | training: babbel, fsi-language-courses,
www.rosettastone.com | visual text translation: word lens questvisual | welcome:
www.elite.net/~runner/jennifers/welcome.htm
translation systems: Is the company employing language translation systems
www.globalizationpartners.com so that product documentation, software interfaces,
web sites, manuals and marketing collaterals can be localized in many languages
quickly and in a highly cost-effective manner?
in general: www.lingotek.com | www.russtechinc.com | automatic machine
translation: www.languageweaver.com | document translation:
www.morningtrans.com | dynamic translation: bing translator | Visual: kwikpoint
China | Vizualization | Mobile | Cloud | Globalization
World Since 1920
Latin-American & Caribbean Nations
Mexico since 1920: geographic challenges
Central America and the Caribbean since 1920
Nicaragua Transoceanic Canal: China big idea | Panamal Canal: expansion | ship
sizes: panamax |
Chile since 1920: Augusto Pinochet: No! (movie)
Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay: The Motorcycle Diaries Che Guevara
Brazil since 1930: visualizing the economy
Latin American culture in the 20th century: poetry: Canto General Neruda
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China | more
Human Society
Law
Philosophies and Systems of Law
Philosophies of law: justice
Ancient and Modern Legal Systems
Supreme Court
Intellectual Property
Recent Decisions
Profession and Practice of Law
Online Dispute Resolution (ODR): about
documents: legalzoom | linklaters
warranties: squaretrade
Public Law
Criminal law
Wrongful convictions: Innocence Project
Laws governing taxation: Production & Utilization of Wealth distribution / taxation
Private Law
Civil procedural law: individual vs corporation hotcoffeethemovie
book: Law and Society Vago | portal: www.law.com
Social | Right-to-Work | Test Prep | Anarchism | Crime
Marketing
Lead Generation
in general: clash-media, Velocify, marketo, www.pontiflex.com | affiliate marketing:
www.affiliatetips.com, www.amnavigator.com, amazon affiliates, hasoffers performace
advertising, skimlinks | automated systems: www.eloqua.com | book: A Practical Guide
to Affiliate Marketing Prussakov | caller-ID for web: visistat | crowd-sourced: netprospex
| health care: brightwhistle | international: www.roivision.com | social networking:
netprospex | voice-based marketing automation: ifbyphone
call-based: connectandsell | Invoca
Sales | Crowd Sourcing | Health Care | Online Advertising | more
Social Organization and Change
Leadership
Lead by example.
Can companies still rely on single individuals at the top to handle the complexity and
uncertainty of the global environment?
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in general: accountability: The buck stops here. Truman | anti-leadership: despotism |
bios: Amazing People Library | greatness: about | journals: Leader to Leader |
narcissistic leaders | team of rivals | toxic leaders | training: disneyinstitute
charisma: research: measurement | visualization
empowerment: thinkingmanagers | quotes: woopidoo | self-management:
morningstarco | situational leadership
heroes: As a leader, are you passionate and focus on a few key principles which you
will not sacrifice under any circumstances? How strong is your willpower? Does your
willpower have staying power? Can you weather a long storm? Can you effectively
communicate your key principles? Are you getting the message across? Do you
strive for generosity, nobility, humility, and strength of character? | Finding A Hero
Amid Fading Memories NPR
wisdom: A skillful leader can use a light touch to solve a vexing problem. Miller | clinical
wisdom nursing | quotes: www.wisdomquotes.com | National Urban Fellows
books, articles, forums: CEOs Out of Bounds sp | Good Boss, Bad Boss Sutton | Heroes
Johnson | Heroes of History Durant | How to Win Friends and Influence People Carnegie |
Leadership Ensembles Thomas | Made to Stick Heath | Making Your Case: The Art of
Persuading Judges Scalia | Maverick! Semler big ideas | On Becoming a Leader Bennis | On
Leadership Gardner | Renaissance Weekend | Start with Why Sinek | Strengths-Based
Leadership | The Age of Lincoln Burton | The First 90 Days Watkins | The Last Lecture Pausch
| The Little Big Things Peters | The Starfish and the Spider Brafman | Tribes: We Need You
to Lead Us Godin | What to Ask the Person in the Mirror Kaplan
CEO | India | Unequivocal | Trust
Methods of Business Organization
Legal Information and Compliance
Antitrust | Arbitration | Competition | Compliance to Regulations | Content Security
| Contract Signing Authority | Cybersecurity | DIY | Employees equal opportunity |
Financial | Government Contract Administration | Intellectual Property | Knowledge
crowd | Law | Methods of Business Organization | Network | Nonprofit Organization |
North American Free Trade Agreement | Outsourcing | Purchasing | Recycling |
Regulations | Risk Management | Sarbanes-Oxley Act | Taxes | Truth-In-Advertising |
Water
Are backups of all key documents in a secured, disaster-proof location? Are the
board minutes up-to-date and secure?
questions for lawyer(s): What is your evaluation of management? Is management
listening to your best advice? What has been the trend in outside attorney fees for
the last three years as a percentage of revenue? Is it reasonable? Is the company's
cost for carrying inside counsel resources reasonable?
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environmental regulations: Have any environmental regulation violations or
warnings been given to the company? What actions are being taken to resolve the
problem(s)? The cost? Is the company a candidate for accreditation under the ISO
14000 standards? Is the air quality odotech of the plant internally and externally in
compliance with relevant environmental laws? What percentage of the company's
revenues is spent to maintain air quality to mandated levels? Is it reasonable or
getting out of control? | carbon monoxide detection: www.carbon-monoxidepoisoning.com/symptoms.html | EPA Regulations: http://www.epa.gov |
smartphone sensor
in general: ABA LawLink: www.abanet.org/tech/ltrc/lawlink/home.html | corporate
counsel: law | create documents: www.legalzoom.com | digital signatures: echosign
| enterprise document management: intralinks | FindLaw: www.findlaw.com |
Hieros Gamos: www.hg.org | Lawyer Locator: http://lawyers.martindale.com |
outsourcing: www.pangea3.com, www.unitedlex.com | SEC : www.seclaw.com,
http://securities.stanford.edu class actions | spend management: www.datacert.com
Federal/State Codes: Code of Federal Regulations: www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/cfrtable-search.html | State Code: www.findlaw.com/casecode/#statelaw | Tax Code |
US Code: www.law.cornell.edu/uscode
regulatory agencies: Has the company ever been a defendant in any enforcement
proceedings by regulatory agencies? Any actions threatened or pending? Is the
company in compliance with all federal, state and local laws? What are the
troublesome occupational hazards for the company? What has the company's record
been with past OSHA inspections? Any fines? Has the company corrected all
violations?
waste production and disposal: How much and what kinds of scrap or waste are
generated by the production process? How is waste/scrap disposed? Is the company
in compliance with environment control regulations for each type of waste or scrap
byproduct? Are there any major capital requirements needed in the future to
maintain compliance? Has the company allocated funds in the long-term financial
plan? Has the company ever had an industrial spill? Does the company carry
sufficient catastrophe insurance? | residential: thebagster | medical wastes:
Stericycle | optimization of pickup: enevo | solar compactor: godawn | treatment
and recycle: newearthsolutions
Financial Management
Liabilities
Do any defaults or violations exist in any of the company’s corporate obligations
including loan agreements, notes, leases, etc.? Is the company current with all
payables? Does any one creditor hold 5% or more of the current total accounts
payable? Are there any contingent liabilities not shown or footnoted on the balance
sheet?
Accounts Payable: about: theaccountspayablenetwork
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Accrued Liabilities: Has the company properly disclosed any environmental liabilities
from actual or threatened legal proceedings, and the financial impacts that may
result from emerging trends in environmental regulations? What are the accrued
liabilities outstanding in general and how did they arise? Are they accounted for
properly according to GAAP? Has the company accrued all liabilities that it should?
Loans: Are there any loans to or from management or key stockholders or
employees? Can the loans be terminated at any time at the discretion of the board?
| amortization calculator: dinkytown | buy/sell online: debtmarket | design your
loan: zestcash | financial literacy: everfi | personal loans: www.lendingtree.com |
peer-to-peer lending: fundingcircle, lendingclub, prosper, zopa
Warranties: What types of failures have been most likely to trigger claims? What
percentage of annual revenues is spent to fulfill the company's warranty obligations?
How much warranty reserve does the company maintain? | consumer warranties
online: squaretrade | never event warranty: clearcount
Financing | Home(s) | Law | Lifetime Learning | Personal Financial Planning
Preservation of Knowledge
Libraries
History
21st century
advocacy: EveryLibrary
censorship: Newsletter on Intellectual Freedom
disruption: Libraries: At the EpiCenter of the Digital Disruption
Library materials
digital content
magazines: zinio
streaming: hoopla
human libraries: Human Library
The Library profession and professional
financial sustainability: local fundraising campaigns
organizations: Center for the Future of Libraries | IMLS
in general: Let this be a holy place for the human spirit, consecrated to the forces
which magnify the soul. James | Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) | Microlibraries: Little Free Library sharing | beautiful: The 25 Most Beautiful College Libraries
in the World, 20 Beautiful Private and Personal Libraries | sustainability: Free For
All: Inside the Public Library
books, articles, presentations: Banned Books Doyle | Library as Infrastructure Mattern |
digital disruption: Public library engagement in the United States Zickuhr
Change | Digital Content | Books | Social | Utopia | more
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big picture
Life on Earth
Nature & Diversity of Life
Structure and Function of Organisms
Behavior of Organisms
Biosphere
Education
Lifetime Learning
in general: People should be allowed to package learning no matter how they
acquired it. Rubio | adult education: learnerweb, The First Grader Chadwick |
floatinguniversity | compressed: getabstract | content modules: cnx |
www.criticalthinking.org | e-learning: apollidon, delivery platform | e-textbooks kno
| flashcards: studyblue | free: floatinguniversity, OpenClassroom | Great Courses |
grownup school | homeschooling | homework: Chegg, myhomeworkapp | lesson
plans: betterlesson sharing, www.thinkfinity.org | Massive Open Online Course
(MOOC): academicearth, coursera big ideas, edx.org, udacity | mastering a skill: 10,000
rule | medical: epocrates | mobile: quipper |platforms: wiziq | search:
www.campusexplorer.com, classfill local | self-directed learning: 21st Century Worker
| share what you know: coursehero, learni.st | specializations: Coursera | study
guides: www.studygs.net | travel programs: roadscholar.org | vendors: trainingplace |
videos: khanacademy, learnzillion
college: admissions: aristotlecircle guidance, www.autoadmit.com | credentials:
parchment | employee assistance: United Technologies Employee Scholar Program |
predictive analytics: civitaslearning | tuition payments: peerTransfer
kids: 2-12: mindshapes | sketch-based learning
online degree programs: americansentinel, capella, www.waldenu.edu | art and
design: www.sessions.edu | directory: www.elearners.com | graduate programs:
2tor | nursing education: orbiseducation | security: Henley-Putnam.edu
platforms: blackboard | coursekit | www.desire2learn.com | embanetcompass |
www.elementk.com | www.knowledgenet.com | Bluedrop | udemy | open source:
edcast, rsmart | school-as-a-service: Synergis Education
software: learning: learnkey, lynda, techknowledge | real-time feedback: repl.it
testing & grading: cheating | Jung Myers-Briggs: humanmetrics | memory
improvement | online: respondus, tests | prep: benchprep, revolutionprep |
software: test | test anxiety
training: Does the company consciously cross-train employees to mitigate problems
from absenteeism or sudden departures of employees? | authoring tools: articulate
storyline, mindflash | corporations: Chief Learning Officer | Internet marketing:
literatiinstitute | platforms: LearnerNation | retail pharmacy: learnsomething |
video screen recording: bbsoftware.co.uk, Camtasia Studio
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Drawing | Books | Personal Finances | Collaboration | Universe | more
Design
Lighting
in general: How will we control this space? | addressable: encelium | control
systems: www.lumenergi.com | flexible: gorillatorch | gravity-driven: GravityLight |
intelligent: ilumisolutions | light emitting plasma LEP: luxim |modular: anthonydickens
tekio | solar: mwangabora | solid state: www.lifi.com, gotham | wireless energy
management: www.aduratech.com
LEDs: flat panels: axlen | Light Emitting Capacitor (LEC): www.ceelite.com | Light
Emitting Diaodes (LED): bridgelux, cooledgelighting flexible, ecosenselighting, illumitex,
lsgc, www.luminus.com, www.mrbeams.com, relume | organic light emitting diodes
(OLEDs): blackbody, novaled
photography: portable hand-held theicelight
street lights: solar/wind: Urban Green Energy
Buildings | Architecture | Energy | Green | Home
Particular Arts
Literature
I write to know what I think.
Kinds of literary composition
History of Literature
rare books: Bible | Voynich Manuscript
translation: wordswithoutborders
Writing
in general: coolhunting: corpse, ninthletter | festivals: jaipurliteraturefestival, Youth
Literature Festival | search: proquest
Preservation of Knowledge
Cities
Location, Place, and Space
Decide where you want to live your life, and then build your life around that. sp
Is your state magnetic or sticky? Is it difficult to attract new personnel to this
location? What can the city planner do to make the city's image more vivid and
memorable to the city dweller? Do you feel safe? Does the area you are in seem
unique? Does it appear wealthy, clean or even energetic?
in general: best places | creative class: DUMBO Brooklyn | currency tracking:
wheresgeorge | find friends/family: buzzmob | location analytics: blexting, placed |
powersofplace | privately-owned public spaces: POPS | quiet places: stereopublic |
research: Place Pulse | retail: christmas retail scorecard | science cities: kaust |
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search for movers: movity | social media: natural (virtual) cities | thin places (celts) |
Wear You Live
site selection: In evaluating expansion sites, does the company consider the direct
and indirect costs from: | community info: www.developmentalliance.com |
consultants: www.dcgcorplan.com | economic strength of communities:
www.policom.com | europe | global: http://www.redhotlocations.com | online
databases: www.locationone.com, www.loopnet.com, www.sitenet.com,
www.sspropertymarketplace.com | online property data
places: Have you ever been touched by a place? Have you ever been changed by it?
Do you know why? Is location the most important decision of your life? | co-working
lab: Collision Works | off-the-grid cabin: scottandscott | treehouse: tree tents
books: Place-Based Conservation Stewart | Rise of the Creative Class Florida | The Image
of the City Lynch | Who's Your City Florida
Stages | Collaboration | Hydrosphere | Books | more
Knowledge Creation
Logic
Formal Logic, Metalogic, and Applied Logic
Applied Logic
Epistemic logic
Common Sense: about | Benjamin Franklin | columns: Ask Amy
books: All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten Fulghum | Common Sense
Paine | Introduction to Logic Copi
Problem Solving | Values | more
Popular Culture
Magic & Myth
Cold hearted orb that rules the night,
Removes the colours from our sight,
Red is gray and yellow white,
But we decide which is right.
And which is an illusion?
Moody Blues
in general: about | animation: The Sorcerer’s Apprentice | gaming: wizards | Houdini
| magazine: magicmagazine | magical realism: about | placebo effect | Rasputin
books and movies: Big Fish Wallace | Harry Potter Rowling | Jorge Luis Borges | Life of Pi
Martel | Beasts of the Southern Wild | One Hundred Years of Solitude Marquez |
The Conjuring Arts Research Center | The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of
Knowledge Castaneda
Randomness | Weird | Golf | Maps | Particular
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Fields of Technology / Information Processing & Communications
Major Systems of Communication
Books, newspaper, and magazine publishing
Books & Book Publishing
Online Advertising
Postal systems: digitized postal mail: earthclassmail, outboxmail
Telecommunications
enterprise management: www.rivermine.com, tangoe | Web Based PBX:
Vonage. www.fonality.com
Radio
Television
Satellite systems
enterprise: rignet oilfield
imagery: skyboximaging
Electronic networks
e-mail
video
Encryption and decryption
anonymity
browsing: Tor
e-mail: lavabit
books: The Medium is the Message McLuhan
Thought | Cybersecurity | E-mail | Enterprise Systems | Humor | more
Methods of Business Organization
Management and Best Practices
Acquisitions | Benchmarking | Business Performance Management (BPM) | Business
Process Reengineering | Business Simulations | CEO | CEO Performance Evaluation |
CEO Succession | CEOs Out of Bounds | Change | Checklists | Continuous
Improvement | Core Competency | Core Technology | Corporate Governance |
Crime | Customer Feedback | Decision Making | Development of Technology |
Entrepreneurship | Executive Compensation | Executive Eduction | Growth | Humor
| Innovation | Key Indicators | Leadership | Knowledge Management | Modeling &
Simulation | Music | News | Organizational Structure | Outsourcing | Politics |
Project Management | Retirees | Small Business | Startups | Strategic Planning |
Succession | Trustworthiness | World Cafe
In what ways does management communicate with employees? How would
employees evaluate the effectiveness of these programs?
in general: book reviews: www.ceoexpress.com/asp/ceobookreview.asp | company
info: www.cortera.com | Harvard Business Online:
http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu, Working Knowledge | INSEAD:
http://knowledge.insead.edu | Knowledge @ Wharton:
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http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu | McKinsey Quarterly:
www.mckinseyquarterly.com | peer-generated best practices: executiveboard |
professional development: www.amanet.org | Strategy & Business: www.strategybusiness.com | White Papers: www.itpapers.com
Methods of Business Organization
Manufacturing and Distribution
The things we make, make us. Jeep
Agriculture & Food Production | Automation | Biotechnology | Capital Expenditures
| Cloud Computing | Competition | Complexity | Construction | Continuous
Improvement | DIY | Electronics | Elements of Technology | Growth | Invention
prototyping | Inventory | ISO Standards | Lean Maufacturing | Manufacturing Capacity,
Equipement, Facilities | Manufacturing Flow and Processes | Methods of Business
Organization | Nanotechnology | Outsourcing | Parts | Productivity | Purchasing |
Quality Management | Recycling | Robotics | Sales Information | Shipping | Supply
Chain Management | 3D
Manufacturing and Distribution
Manufacturing Capacity, Equipment, Facilities
capacity: At what percentage of capacity is the company operating? What is the
minimum feasible increment in the expansion of production capacity? What is the
incremental sales volume required to break even on the minimum feasible
incremental production capacity? How does the company's utilization of production
capacity compare with its competitors?
equipment: How much downtime does the company experience with equipment? Is
there a backup plan to every critical piece of production equipment in case of
shutdown? Are replacement parts readily available? Is the company's equipment
comparable, if not superior, to the age and sophistication of competitors'
equipment? Is any of the production equipment highly specialized or custom-made?
| electronic components: supplyframe | solar-generated steam: glasspoint
facilities: How old is the existing plant(s)? What condition is the plant(s) in? Are the
annual maintenance and repair costs reasonable? Is there a formal preventive
maintenance program in effect? What is the remaining useful life of the plant(s)? Is
the production capacity of the plant(s) adequate? Is the plant(s) operating at
capacity? What is the rationale for the current distribution of production capacity
across plant sites? How much flexibility is there to shift production between plants?
What is the replacement value of the plant(s)? What is the book value of the
plant(s)? What is the liquidation value of the plant(s)? Is there adequate insurance
coverage on the plant(s) to cover replacement value? Have there been any recent
appraisals? | design: transparent factory
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software: collaboration: Delmia | cost optimization: apriori | outsourcing:
www.serus.com | pharmaceutical industry: aegiscorp | process control:
rockwellautomation | suppy chain: demandpointinc, ultriva
articles, books: Future factories let workers build a car from home Marks
Automation | Biotechnology | Design | Energy | Facilities
Manufacturing and Distribution
Manufacturing Flow and Processes
Is the production flow generally efficient? Are there any bottlenecks that are a
problem in any of the production segments? Has production been completely
stopped in the last year? How much flexibility exists to shift production between
plants? Can the company increase throughput in any of the production segments?
How do the company's production processes benchmark with competitors? What is
the procedure for identifying and reporting production problems? How many quality
test points are there in the production process? How does the company monitor and
evaluate the performance and impact of its just-in-time delivery?
raw materials: Is the company planning strategically to deal with the global challenge
of materials scarcity by reducing material demand through material efficiency? What
are the principal materials used in manufacturing each product? What is the
company’s physical proximity to raw material sources? How are raw materials
transported? How would a slowdown in transportation services affect the company’s
operations? Are any of the raw materials used by the company dependent on a
harvest each year? What percentage? How does the company control the risks
associated with the price fluctuation of these materials? What procedures does the
company have for testing incoming raw materials? How many component parts and
raw materials are used in the production process? How many parts or components
are available from only one supplier? What are the lead times for critical
components?
in general: book: Making It: Manufacturing Techniques for Product Design Lefteri | lean
flow manufacturing: invistics, www.pelionsystems.com
Automation | Quality Management | Recycling
Elements of Technology / Measurement, Observation, Control
Mapping & Cartography
in general: buildings: IndoorAtlas | cities: Madison | crumpled | coolhunting:
MapLab | custom hand-made: alacartemaps | educational tools:
www.abroaderview.com | equal-area projection: futuremaps | fiction: On Exactitude
in Science Borges | globes: bellerbyandco | imaginary: Marauder’s Map, Middle Earth,
New Penzance Island | measure online: distance | national parks:
naturevalleytrailview, parks.mapquest | nationalgeographic | office: my map sp | ondemand: cartodb | route maps: www.travelblog.org/gmaps/create.html | self99
publish: imapbuilder | social mapping: plotterapp | tools: LiDAR | unexplored: here
be dragons | world map mural
geospatial: geo data & analytics: digitalglobe, urbanmapping | geoplace | open
source: OpenGeoDa
books and notebooks: Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations Virga | Map As Art Harmon |
Maphead Jennings | MAPS Scher | On the Map Garfield | The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet
Larsen
Sensors | Open Source | Cities | Buildings | Visuospatial | more
Marketing
Market Research
in general: www.marketresearch.com | consultants: crmmewtrix | consumers: GfK |
customer interaction networks: www.networkedinsights.com | demographic data:
nielsen | digital communications: www.instat.com | Enterprise tools: markettools |
global panels: gmi-mr | industry analysis: www.bccresearch.com,
www.plunkettresearch.com | internet: www.comscore.com | macro trends:
www.iconoculture.com | medical: http://verilogue.com | mobile:
www.yankeegroup.com | neuromarketing: blog | visualization: magic quadrant
Gartner
questions: How big is the overall market? What percentage is domestic vs.
international? What has been the overall market growth rate for the last five years?
What has been the market growth rate by product for the last five years? What is
the geographic distribution of the market? How will that geographic distribution
change in the next five years? Is the market typically a seasonal or cyclical one?
What is the demographic breakout of the company’s customer base? What is the
company's share of the market? What is the trend for the last five years? What is
management's strategy for increasing market share?
sampling & surveys: www.census.gov | general: www.gmi-mr.com,
www.peanutlabs.com, popsurvey, www.surveymonkey.com, Verint | global panels:
CriticalMix | real-time questions: qriously | rewards programs: www.e-rewards.com
| trends: futureconceptlab | web polling: www.vizu.com
Business | Visualization | Brand | Buying | Customer
Methods of Business Organization
Marketing
Advertising and Promotion | Alerts | Barriers to Entry | Blogs | Brand Identity and
Loyalty | Business Cycles | Business Intelligence | Business Writing | Buying Decisions
| Casual Gaming | Clickstream Data | Commercials | Competition | Competitive
Threats | Consolidation | Content Management | Content Mining | Content
Monitoring | Coolhunting | CRM | Customer Dependence | Customer Feedback |
Customer Profile | Development of Technology | Digital Content | Ecommerce
| Economic Conditions | Educational Marketing | Email | Globalization | Humor |
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Ideas | Images | In-Game Advertising | Industry Specific Research | Intellectual
Property | Key Indicators | Lead Generation | Lifetime Learning | Maps | Market
Research | Music | News | Online Advertising | Photo search | Pricing | Publications
| Radio | Research and Surveys | Retail | Sales Information | Self-Publishing | Small
Business | Social Networking | Stages of Human Behavior | Trade Periodicals | Video
/ DVD Production | Video Commercials (online) | Virtual | Visualization | Writing for
the Web | more
Knowledge Creation
Mathematics
History and Foundations of Mathematics
History of mathematics
museums
prizes: Fields Medal
Foundations of mathematics
fractions: using rhythm to teach fractions
pi: March 14 3.14
symbols
Branches of Mathematics
Set theory: Mandelbrot Set
Algebra
education: The Algebra Project advocacy
Equations
Trigonometry
triangles: calculator
Geometry
Fields of technology / construction
Learning Mathematics
gamification: dreambox
mindmap: hypermath
problem solving: Wolfram Problem Generator
Applications of Mathematics
statistics: programming languages: R
tools: MathWorks
books: Journey through Genius Dunham | Principia Newton | The Millennium Problems
Devlin
Equations | Big Data | Visual | Engineering | Toys | more
big picture
Matter and Energy
Atoms
Energy, States, & Transformation of Matter
Universe
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books: On The Shoulders Of Giants Hawking
Elements of Technology
Measurement, Observation, and Control
Units and standards of measurement
Time
Common types of measuring instruments
Measuring basic dimensions
length: floor plans: roomscan
Instruments used for observing and recording
telescopes: Hubble | crowd-sourced: ARKYD | radio: ALMA
cameras: lytro
Special instruments used in scientific research
pH meter: senovasystems
Major measurement & observation systems
Mapping & Cartography
Oceanographic measurement: research ship Sikuliaq
Navigational techniques & devices
GPS
gyroscopes: qualtre
Running | Design
Practice of Medicine
Medicine: Research and Technologies
in general: anesthesia: universal anesthesia machine | Blood sampling: 7sbio |
Bioresorbable: amaranthmedical stents | Brain | clinical trials: search: trialreach | Deep
Brain Stiulation (DBS) | Diagnostics: molecular cytology: veracyte | Non-invasive:
neurosky | Diabetes | donate blood for research: sanguinebio | Mobile: cellnovo,
glooko | Digital medicines: Proteus Digital Health big ideas | Electronics | Eye tracking:
tobii | genetic testing: hereditary disorders | glucose monitoring | Heart:
artificial: SynCardia, heart-powered pacemaker | Implants: medisse resorbable soft-tissue |
Knees: knee replacement: conformis | Noninvasive detection: miraculins | Point-ofcare diagnostics: daktaridx | prosthetics: bionic leg, BiOM, AlterG | regenerative
medicine: Histogenics | Robotics | Transplantation: transmedics | Wireless: cardiac
rhythm monitoring irhythmetech | ECG: lifesynccorp
tissue-engineered: adhesive: coheramedical | transplants: trachea
Health & Disease | Biotech | GPS | Wellness | Visualization | more
Cities
Megacities
Kapital Creation: A Beijing State of Mind
big ideas
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Is growth the problem, or the solution? Are we ready for 75% of the world’s
population living in cities by 2050? Will we see the proliferation of dystopian megaslums or the triumph of so-called smart cities?
megacities: Where are the next urban frontiers? If the megacity is a trend that will
continue to grow, what specific changes will it bring about? What profound changes
has it already produced? What are the cultural and political implications of
megacities? How can critics, theorists, artists, and urbanists address these
implications? megacity task force: www.megacities.uni-koeln.de
technopolis: Are we achieving an integrated living, working, and recreation program
within an efficient and self-contained habitat? Are we maintaining over 50 percent
of the land as a wildlife conservation area? Are we providing the most advanced
technologies? Are we using “green” building materials and techniques to reduce
energy consumption? Are we providing a structure that enables the private and
public sectors to partner to meet financial and economic goals?
in general: gaming: cities XL | forums: The Future of Urban Development
Initiative | Masdar City | movies: Slumdog Millionaire | pop-up cities: burning man
| simulation: urbansim | technopolis | 360 degrees panoramas | urban laboratory:
www.arcosanti.org | urban planning: cyburbia
books, documentaries: Planning the Megacity: Jakarta in the Twentieth Century Silver
| Population Bomb | Social Culture and High-Tech Economic Development Phillips | The
Endless City Burdett | The Human Scale Dalsgaard
Utopia/Dystopia | Future | China | Extreme | Issues | more
Organization of Production and Distribution
Methods of Business Organization
books | Corporate Governance | Engineering and R&D | Facilities and Equipment |
Financial Management | Human Resource Management | Information Technology
(IT) | International Business | Legal Information & Compliance | Management and
Best Practices | Manufacturing and Distribution | Marketing | Products and Services
| Risk Management | Sales and Customer Service | Software & Web Development
Thought and Thought Processes
Mind Wandering
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. Merton
in general: about | absent minded | anti-boredom | browse engine: think2ool |
daydreams | eureka effect: about, hiking in the woods
books: Daydreams at Work Fries | The Shallows Carr
Randomness | Creativity | Art | think2ool
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Major Systems of Communication
Mobile
in general: analytics: mixpanel, flurry | applications limelife.com | browsers:
skyfire.com | file access soonr.com | free: blyk.com, testPlus, groupflier texting |
images: photobucket | live text-message alerts: 4info.net | portable ultrasound |
privacy certification: truste | security: zimperium | video: tremorvideo
android: apps: bluestacks | virtual keyboard: swiftkey, swype
advertising: www.medialets.com | millenialmedia | mobgold |
www.ringleaderdigital.com | incentives | interactive audio advertising: Soleo |
platforms: AdMob, flurry
cell phones: brands: iphone | photo and video sharing: instagr.am | live video from
cell phone: qik | money transfer | real-time messaging: whatsapp | ringtones:
muzicall, www.vringo.com
games, fitness, entertainment: development/distribution platform: playscape |
fitness
workforce: Is the company taking advantage of wireless and web-based applications
to streamline field service operations making routine business processes more
efficient, the mobile workforce more productive, and customer service more
responsive? Can field personnel access their e-mail accounts from a cell phone? Is it
secure? | platforms: agentek, corrigo, inmotiontechnology, peoplematter service,
quickoffice, servicepower, shoretel, toatech, xora
TV | Payments | Enterprise | Network | Humans | more
Elements of Technology/Tools & Machines
Modeling and Simulation
Does the company take advantage of software simulation tools to model and predict
outcomes in mission-critical situations for the company?
in general: about | applications | biosimulation: entelos | www.bts.com | Ai
systems: about | CFD: exa | football: kicking | government policy: outline | physical
systems: txcorp | social systems: ancient world
biomimicry: Nature respects hierarchy. | about: biomimicry | adhesion | antibacterial: cicada wings | bullet train: kingfisher beak | car design: Lamborghini |
catalog: AskNature | collective behavior: ants | electric organs: eel | fluid flow:
butterfly wings | jewelry: n-e-r-v-o-u-s | materials: peacock mantis shrimp | micro
aerial vehicle big idea | resiliency: bamboo bend not break, immune system cyber |
swarm behavior: fish, kilobots
Cities | Robotics | Smart Grid | Autos | Drones | more
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History of Mankind
Modern World to 1920
United States and Canada from 1763 to 1920
Profitability
Monetization
ad networks: widgetbucks | games & social networks: www.appssavvy.com,
www.mochimedia.com, upsight, playjam | mobile apps inner-active | Monetizationas-a-Service (MaaSTM): playspan | platform optimize: monetate| social networks:
www.appssavvy.com | tv: deliveryagent | user-generated content | video: auditude,
www.extend.com, www.freewheel.tv, realgravity
E-Mail | Apps | Blogs | Currency | Digital
Philosophy
Morals
about | moral compass: depravity | moral intuition | moral relativism: there is no
objective truth | research: moralresearchlab | test yourself: www.yourmorals.org
| tolerance: live and let live
books, TV: Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-Up Idealists Neiman | Moral Minds Hauser
War | Big Picture | Ethics | Humor | Issues
Particualr Arts
Movies
History of motion pictures
Critics: Roger Ebert: Life Itself
The Art of Film
independent and documentary
immigration: Welcome to Shelbyville | national parks: The First 70 |
photography: terragalleria | on the edge: snagfilms, Werner Herzog |
submarinechannel
festivals and competitions
cimmfest | kickstarter, sundance, tribecafilm | independent and
documentary: flahertyseminar, sheffdocfest | overlooked: ebertfest |
underground: Chicago Underground Film Festival cuff.org
Technology of Motion Pictures
animation: Waking Sleeping Beauty Disney
IMAX: MacGillivray Freeman Films documentaries
Product Engineering 3D
70mm film: Samsara
in general: big and immersive screen: giantscreencinema | clips: movieclips |
colorization: www.legendfilms.net | international: nollywood | mediadesignschool |
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museums: Lucas Museum of Narrative Art |on-demand: www.moviebeam.com
| reviews: moviefone | short films: cinema16, Jameson First Shot | warnerarchive
Museums | DIY | Social Change | Financing | Popular | more
Preservation of Knowledge
Museums and galleries
History of museums: about
Types of museums
abstract expressionism: clyffordstillmuseum | airports: SFOarts | aviation:
museumofflight.org, nationalmusuem.af.mil | botanical gardens | ceramics |
comics: Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art | conservatory: Garfield Park
Conservatory | design: design-museum | emerging artists: Miguel Abreu Gallery,
Thomas Dane Gallery | estates: Biltmore, Vizcaya | general: Tate.org | human
behavior: Museum of Broken Relationships | interactive: big bambu,
dithyrambalina musical house | laboratories: teslasciencecenter.org | manhattan
project: losalamoshistory | maritime: National Maritime Museum rmg, Thunder
Bay National Marine Sanctuary | mathematics: momath | motor museum:
beaulieu | music: Motown Museum, Musical Instrument Museum mim, Rock-nRoll Museum | news: newseum | Nobel Prize: nobelmuseum | notable: maxxi |
planetariums: adlerplanetarium | postal museum: National Postal Museum
|repurposed spaces | science | space: space shuttle | virtual: google art project,
smarthistory
Museum operations
contributions: herbanddorothy
visualization: diarama
web sites: design keepthinking
in general: artifacts: pastels
books: The Participatory Museum Simon
Movies | Toys | Transportation | Libraries | Science | more
Particular Arts
Music
Sources of musical sound
digital: thumbjam
percussion: clapping
stringed
banjo: Earl Scruggs
Music Theory
muscial notation: harmonia
Styles
blues: Johnny Winter
folk: Inside Llewyn Davis Coen
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rock-n-roll
Beatles
Rolling Stones: Life Richards
Rundgren: Todd Rundgren
Recording & reproduction of music: online: mog
History of music: Leonard Bernstein
Music Today
Popular Culture | Electronics | Emotion | more
Music
Music Today
MUSIC + art + creativity + dance + design + DIY + entrepreneurship + ideas = SXSW
in general: Greatest band ever? | apps: smule, timbre | artists | augmented music:
rjdj | CD storage: murfie | clubs: theslowdown | collaboration: hitRECord | concert
search: www.songkick.com | country: Billy Joe Shaver | discographies: princevault |
DJ: White Shadow paul blair | documentaries: Searching for Sugar Man | downloads
mp3: 7digital | drummers: Leon Ndugu Chancler | experimental: bttls | festivals:
dimensions electronica, pickathon, sterngrove, SXSW | Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways |
Germany: Herbert Gronemeyer | hip-hop: www.globalgrind.com, microphone check,
outkast | history: Sound City Studios | instruments: Roli Seaboard piano | jazz: Blue
Note Records | jingle: short and gets in your head | licensing: licensing & royalty
payment services, themusicbed stock music | live music: austincitylimits, worldcafelive |
magazines: Green Room | musical theater video archive: www.bluegobo.com | new
artisits: All Songs Considered NPR, First Listen, muse: the 2nd law | playlists & curation:
BBC, last.fm, www.onellama.com, spotify, TastemakerX, tunehog | pop: popdust |
portals: Cambio | publishing: www.kobaltmusic.com | record your own:
www.sonomawireworks.com | remix: pgomix | rhythm & blues: John Hammond |
rock documentaries/operas: Quadrophenia, 20,000 Days on Earth Cave | soul: Aretha
Franklin | speakers: klipsch | streaming: Pandora, rdio | TV: American Idol, The Voice
| vinyl: shadydog, the78project, vinylmeplease
for musicians: education and practice: chromatik, gTar, thezoen | facebook band
pages | get noticed: balconytv | Grammies: grammy awards, grammy365 voting |
interactive sheet music: tonara | licensing: musicdealers | management: nettwerk |
pitch correction: StarMaker | promo networks: hellomusic, www.sonicbids.com |
sheet music album: beck | social media: Taylor Swift | studio access: Real World
Records | video training: www.ivideosongs.com
search & analyze: DJ: roqbot | echonest | identify the song: shazam | lyrics |sound
search: soundcloud, soundhound | world music: putumayo
books/movies: Guerrilla Music Marketing Handbook Baker | Music Marketing: Press,
Promotion, Distribution, and Retail King | The World in Six Songs Levitin | Twenty Feet
from Stardom Neville, backup singers
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Road Trip | Branding | Unequivocals | Emotion | Health | more
Elements of Technology
Nanotechnology
coatings: hzo.me, nanomech | education/training | fuel additives:
www.cerionenergy.com | inks | micromachining: picodrill | steel: nanosteelco |
thermoelectric coolchip: www.nanofreeze.se
Manufacturing | Biotechnology | Engineering | Lifetime Learning | Modeling | more
Life on Earth
Nature & Diversity of Life
Characteristics of Living Things
Life beyond the earth: Extraterrestrial Life
Origin & Evolution of Living Things
Stages in emergence of life: Did early life forms start on land?
Process of evolution
evolutionary convergence: mapoflife.org
Origin of species and process of speciation 97, 312 D.
Phylogeny: software tools SATé - Simultaneous Alignment and Tree
Estimation | tree-thinking.org
Classification of Living Things
Plants
Animals
birds
counting: ebird, The Big Year
hawks: hawks live cam | red-tailed: Pale Male
sounds: birdsnap | warblr
cats: big cats extinction
dogs: Underwater Puppies Casteel
in general: activism: Roots & Shoots Goodall | digitization of biological collections:
invertnet, Notes From Nature.citizen science | diversity of living things | field guides:
greenmountaindigital | magazines: La Hulotte | self-replicating synthetic bacterial
cell | TV: discovery channel | zoos & sanctuaries: The Wild Animal Sanctuary
books and magazines: Biology: Life on Earth Audesirk | Classification, Evolution, and the
Nature of Biology Panchen | discovermagazine | The Biodiversity Crisis Novacek | The
Oxford Encyclopedia of Evolution Pagel
Apps | Randomness | Photography | Travel | Biosphere | more
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Cities
Neighborhoods
in general: about | apps: SeeClickFix |community building: barn raising, unca |
images | search: neighborhoodscout | sharing & lending: neighborgoods | social
networking: nextdoor
walking: Walking is man's best medicine.Hippocrates | cities: americawalks.org,
walkability, walkscore, walkyourcity | personal walking program | predictive: average
walking speed
books: The Abundant Community McKnight | Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save
America, One Step at a Time Speck
Crowd | Family | Bicycles | Fitness | Home | more
Software & Web Development
Network
Does the company have a means to maintain a current understanding of all
interconnected business applications in spite of the complexity, constant change, and
scattered information? What backup systems cya are employed to ensure that the
company’s network can be fully restored in the event of a complete system crash?
in general: application performance monitoring: www.netqos.com | automatic
server failover: www.neverfailgroup.com | cloud apps: backupify | co-location
Facilities: venyu | configuration management www.cirba.com auto detection |
consultants: netforecast | continuous data protection: ASG, backblaze, doubletake,
netapp | data deduplication: sepaton | hardware: unitrends | high-availability
software: Stratus | home electrical wiring: www.intellon.com | PC backup: carbonite,
memeo | PC power management: http://verdiem.com | server backup & recovery:
acronis, bocada, datacastlecorp, evault, hexistor, ironmountain, retrospect |
smartphone: mylookout | software restore systems: arcserve, www.inmage.net |
threat prevention: Palo Alto Networks, trustwave | virtual desktops: leostream,
Moka5, unidesk, vbridges | visualization: www.skyboxsecurity.com | Windows-based
management: www.solarwinds.net
backup & recovery: What backup procedures are in place for the company’s
network? Are all data on all systems backed up? Does the system call for the
removal of a complete backup to an offsite storage facility at least once per month?
Has the company ever done a complete restore of its network after a system crash?
If not, have we verified that capability? Is the recovery process tested annually?
code42 | cloud: axcient
Bring Your Own Device (BYOD): mobile is the IT platform | bradfordnetworks,
catavolt, BYOD, Good Technology, nativeflow | platforms: lookout, mobileiron
escrow agent: Does the company utilize a third-party escrow agent to safeguard
critical systems and propriety software? Do customers require this of the company's
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software products? Does the company maintain a current inventory list of what's in
escrow? Is it available for review?
Cyber | Mobile | Identity | Cloud | Crisis
Products and Services
New Product Assessment
Is the product revolutionary? Can it solve a commercial problem? Have clear
competitors emerged? Is the team ready and capable of delivering a working
product? What market characteristics demonstrate attractiveness for the new
product opportunity? What risks are associated with developing and delivering the
new product or service? What is the adequacy of the company’s resources to
successfully develop and commercialize this new product idea? What are the
competitive advantages of the new product or service?
product differentiation: Does management clearly understand the positioning of its
products and services in the marketplace? What are we offering? What problem
does our offer solve? Why is it worth trying or buying? Who is our target audience?
Do we have the right credentials? Who are our competitors and how are we
different from them? What resistance or objections will people have to this? What
is the purpose of our pitch? When, where, and how do we want to take people to
action?
books: Consumption Economics Wood | Pop!: Stand Out in Any Crowd Horn
Innovation | Research and Development
Products and Services
New Products
find a need and fill it
Have new products/services achieved expected levels of profitability? What are
management’s short-term (1 year) and long-term (5 years) new product/service
plans? Are new product managers following a rigorous and consistent checklist and
project plan for new product development and launch projects? After the product is
announced, is the sales team ready to sell it? Is the product introduction process
characterized by last-minute heroics? Did the organization miss a launch deadline
because important details were overlooked? Has the launch budget been reduced
because the ROI has not materialized?
product features: What are the top five features of this product(s)? What could be
considered proprietary features? Have there been any reviews and comparisons of
the product(s)? What is the market positioning strategy for each product? Is the
company using a Web-based system to gather customer feedback and iteratively test
design options affinnova and preferences?
product value: Is the product a luxury item or necessity? What need does the
product(s) fill for the customer? What factors increase/decrease the customer’s need
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for the product? Does the product save the customer money? Does the product
improve efficiency for the customer? What alternatives does the customer have?
borrow: bagborrowsteal | netflix: Netflix 60 Minutes, hassle map
in general: best practices: http://launchclinic.com | enterprise systems: Teamcenter
9 | invention-to-license: absolutelynew | life of a product: Field Notes |materials
search engine: inventables | project management: www.gensight.com | spiral
development | training: Google Associate Product Manager APM
books, articles: Lean, Rapid and Profitable New Product Development Cooper
Design | Co-Working | Big Data | Checklists | Coolhunting
Kinds of literary composition
News
Who will watch the journalists who are watching us drones? How might we improve the
way citizens and governments interact?
in general: www.inform.com | AP Wire: www.newsday.com | Bloomberg:
www.bloomberg.com | briefings: www.bulletinnews.com | business: Business Insider
| citizen journalism: examiner | cloud publishing platform: newscred | data-driven:
FiveThirtyEight | Google News: http://news.google.com | local: topix | mobile: pulse
, scribblelive, Yahoo News Service | news to video: gui.de | NPR: www.npr.org |
portal: ceoexpress | Reuters: http://today.reuters.com | search: newsbank | social
news network: sitrion, xing | NewsHour: www.pbs.org/newshour | UPI:
www.upi.com | VentureWire: www.venturecapital.dowjones.com
blogs: advertisers (brands)/bloggers: payperpost | business & professional: sixapart |
comment systems: disqus, livefyre social TV | content rating: outbrain | corporate social
networking: blog-well | crowdsource content: kapost | cryptography: schneier |
directories: blogcatalog, technorati | free: automattic, blogger, tumblr | microblogging: identi, twitter | monetization: triond | search: technorati | enterprise social
networking: socialtext | templates | TV | videos: huffingtonpost
books: Fans, Bloggers, and Gamers Jenkins | The New Rules of Marketing and PR Scott |
The News Sorority Weller | Words & Money Schiffrin
international: Al Jazeera | AP | BBC | CNN | NPR | Reuters | Latino: Fusion
journalism reportage: adversarial: First Look Intercept | awards: Pulitzer Prize
|documentary: Unreported World | forums: frontlineclub, hackshackers |
immersion: Hunter Thompson | investigative: Lucy Morgan | politics:
theprojectveritas | public interest: www.propublica.org | security: Journalist Security
Guide
participatory media: www.commonsensemedia.org | http://digg.com | ebyline |
www.federatedmedia.net | http://secondlife.com | storify |
www.sunlightfoundation.com | wikileaks
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politics : Inside Politics: www.cnn.com/POLITICS | The Hill: www.thehill.com
press releases: checklist: pressreleasechecklist | News On Women:
http://newsonwomen.typepad.com | online: http://home.businesswire.com,
www.marketwire.com, www.prnewswire.com, prweb | surveys: whitepaper pdf
RSS: www.feedburner.com | enterprise: sitrion | marketing communications:
www.simplefeed.com | news aggregators: www.inform.com
Utopia/Dystopia | Politics | Women | SW Asia & Africa | University | more
Business Organization
Nonprofit (Membership) Organization
in general: books: Membership Essentials by ASAE | Charitable Auctions Online:
BiddingforGood | churches: fellowshiptech | Directory: www.guidestar.org |
discounted technology products: techsoup | executive recruiters: moppenheim |
financing: iff | fund raising: blackbaud | jobs: www.idealist.org | on-demand
operations management: www.avectra.com, www.daxko.com, http://vtribes.com |
membership & subscription management: www.amember.com
Financing | Open Source | Philanthropy | Small Business | Startups
Fields of Technology / critical infrastructures
Nuclear Power
Has nuclear power’s time come? Is nuclear power a Faustian bargain, or can it be our
best chance for a clean, safe terrestrial energy?
pro: Power to Save the World Cravens | con: Nuclear Power Is Not the Answer Caldicott
in general: software: devonway
books: The Future of Nuclear Power MIT
Energy | Issues | Sensors | Sustainability | War
Advertising and Promotion
Online Advertising
Are mobile ad viewers really buying anything? What’s our pay-per-click
bidvertiserstrategy on Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, and smaller search engines? How do
we select and manage an agency? Have we done our homework on prime keywords
targeting? What are our conversion strategies? How will we integrate pay-per-click
with other advertising campaigns? How will we test and optimize our ad copy?
What special issues do we have with B2B and B2C campaigns? What’s our plan for
improving and testing our landing pages?
in general: ad management systems: www.adconion.com, www.adjug.com,
www.admeld.com, aggregateknowledge, appnexus, www.extremereach.com,
sovrn, marinsoftware, www.operative.com, pubmatic, www.rightmedia.com,
www.specificmedia.com | ad server: www.invisioninc.com, www.openads.org |
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animated: cinegif | audit & verification: www.doubleverify.com | automation:
rubiconproject | best practices: aicpshow | book: The Ultimate Guide to Search
Engine Marketing Brown | buy/sell: rubiconproject advertiser/publisher | contextual
advertising: inform, conversant, grapeshot, pulsepoint | crowd sourced: trada |
digital video: extremereach | enterprise planning: www.doubleclick.com,
www.marketingpilot.com | facebook ads: syncapse | health insurance: BrokersWeb |
hispanic | in-text advertising: www.kontera.com | local advertising: reachlocal |
online gaming: www.jagex.com/corporate/Advertisers/general.ws | optimization
systems: www.admeld.com | paid search marketing: www.adapt.com | search
engine marketing (SEM): kenshoo | self-service: www.adready.com | social sites:
adaptly | technology audience: netshelter | type-in ad: solvemedia
behaviorally-targeted advertising: datapop | mediaforge |
www.proclivitysystems.com | AudienceScience | analytics: scoutanalytics | audience
planning & management: Adobe Audience Manager, fanbridge, lotame| financial
services: Investing, www.responseanalytics.com | quantcast | matching consumer
interests with ads: adknowledge, othersonline, resonateinsights | real-time:
proximic, rocketfuel, taykey | visual DNA http://visualdna.com
Competition | Apps | Automation | Content | Ads
Software & Web Development
Open Source
in general: ad server: www.openx.org | automobiles: Tesla | backup & recovery:
www.zmanda.com | business intelligence: www.jaspersoft.com | business process
management (BPM): bonitasoft | China: gongkai | Cloud Computing:
www.eucalyptus.com, openstack operating system | content management:
www.alfresco.com, http://drupal.org | coverity scanner | CRM: concursive | data
integration: www.talend.com | data warehousing | distributed computing: hadoop |
e-mail & collaboration: www.open-xchange.com | enterprise search:
www.lucidimagination.com | hardware: Open Source Hardware Association |
healthcare: www.medsphere.com | Hypervisor: www.xensource.com | Internet
applications: www.optaros.com | IT management : www.zenoss.com | license
agreement: gnu | MySQL: Oracle | netbook OS: jolicloud | network security: gazzang
| repository: sourceforge | www.untangle.com | search for source code:
www.krugle.net | sensor networks: xively | server management:
www.groundworkopensource.com | Xen: citrix
Mapping | Autos | Plants | Big Data | China | more
Zeitgeist
Optimized Self big idea
questions: What’s my next move? Is it time I got married?
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skills: When you feel yourself losing a skill or a simple pleasure in your day, resist the
urge to acquiesce to technology that is ultimately transferring a lot money and
control to someone else. sp
in general: coaching/training: runcoach, snow skiing | embeddables | emotions:
body language, micro-expressions | fiction: are you certain sp | food: upgraded self |
informavore | marriage: Time/Facebook | sensors | surveillance | wellness:
CarePass, self-monitoring and diagnosis
Wellness | Sensors | AI | Utopia/Dystopia | Energy | more
Human Resource Management
Organizational Structure
How will the next generation of millennial employees impact your business? Is
the organizational structure working within the company? What is the level of
employee buy-in to the company's efforts to match its structure to the demands of
the situation? Has the organizational structure been changed too often in the past?
Are there too many layers of management in the company? | management without
managers: Holacracy | reverse engineering: Social Networks Reveal Structure (And
Weaknesses) of Businesses
organization chart: Does the company maintain a current organization chart showing
all reporting relationships? What is the company's philosophy on making its
organization chart accessible to employees? The public?
Employees | Design | Competition | Decision Making | Management
Manufacturing and Distribution
Outsourcing
questions for company: Is outsourcing an appropriate and effective strategy to keep
the company as lean as possible and reduce working capital requirements to a
minimum? What functions are being considered for outsourcing? What are the
anticipated benefits and cost reductions?
questions for provider: Do you work from home or from an office? What is your
availability for projects? How do you feel about your spoken English skills vs. your
writing skills? How would you prefer to communicate? What is the bandwidth of
your Internet connection? Have you worked on this type of assignment before? Can
we review some samples of your work? Do you have the development
tools/environments for this assignment on your PC? Have you worked directly with
remote buyers before? Have you worked on a team with remote providers before?
Is this assignment something you would be interested in working on? If you are
chosen, how long will it take you to review the assignment specs? Are these specs
detailed enough for you to begin work? If not, what clarifications would you like? Do
you think this assignment is within your abilities? Can you commit to this assignment
for X months, Y hours a week? Can you make this deadline?
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independent contractors: Is the company confident that all IRS tests are met for
suppliers classified as "independent contractors"? Is the company employing a webbased system to optimize the procurement and management of contract labor and
consulting services? Does the system seamlessly integrate with key existing
enterprise systems? What is the list of all work-for-hire contracts? Are there any
problems with subcontracted work? Are there multiple alternative subcontractors
for these services? Are there any critical parts/services from one subcontractor?
business process outsourcing: aegis | IT: www.datamatics.com
in general: www.fieldglass.com | www.iqnavigator.com | factory sourcing: Maker’s
Row | healthcare: noworldborders | HR services: Insperity, Aon Hewitt | News and
intelligence: www.globalservicesmedia.com | on-demand: odesk | software & IT:
vmware
books: The Executive’s Guide to Consultants Fields | The Offshore Nation Vashistha
Supply | IT | Cloud | Legal | Software & Web Development | more
Stages in the development of human behavior
Parenting
the hardest job in the world sp
in general: sixtysecondparent | www.thetotaltransformation.com |
accomplishments | allowance | baby products: diapers, sproutbaby,
www.upspringbaby.com | caregivers: care | celebration: Bring in Your Parents
Day LinkedIn | cell phones: The Big Disconnect Steiner-Adair | grandparenting:
www.grandparentgames.com | grit: The Duckworth Lab | helicopter parents: no
parent wants their kid to cry | monitoring & communication: Filip, traxfamily, uknow
| parent tested, parent approved: ptpamedia | resources: parentfurther | talk about
drugs
grandparenting: cooking: My Grandmother's Ravioli | play: tree swing
kids and babies: activities & skills for the new economy: Barefoot Books, 50 things to
do before you are 11-3/4, remakelearning | kiwicrate | books: zoobean | childhood:
modern life | chores: choremonster | design: tools-at-schools | DIY | entertainment:
free to be you and me, Muppets | exchange clothes: thredup hand-me-downs | gaming:
herotopia | learning: nativebrain | reading: infinite adventure machine, studydog |
safe sites: Disney, www.kidzui.com | shop: zulily | stories: pbskids | tantrums | TV:
thetvboss | Virtual Worlds: woozworld
books: Bringing Up Bebe | How Children Succeed Tough | How Toddlers Thrive Klein |
Screamfree Parenting Runkel | Someone Could Get Hurt Magary | The Art of
Roughhousing DeBenedet | The Dinner Koch
Family | Poverty | Play | Nature | Gaming | more
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Art
Particular Arts
in the eye of the beholder
Literature
Theatre
Kinds and methods of theatrical production
Opera
performers: lucianopavarotti
venues: The Metropolitan Opera
Broadcasting
Broadcasting as a medium of art: Mean Opinion Score (MOS)
Digital media: edream | Digital Content
Movies
Music
Dance
art of dance: choreography
Primitive, folk, and popular dance: Weird morris
Architecture, Landscape & Urban Design
Sculpture
Diverse kinds of sculpture
dynamic: suspended
mobiles: calder
sand: sand in your eye
underwater: underwatersculpture
Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography, Collage
Decoration & Functional Design
Types of materials used and methods
design: spaceplanning | software: 2020technologies
Arts of functional design: thread wrapping
Other
Performance Art
Lisa Park
Marina Abramovic Institute
physical movement > drawings: Heather Hansen
Umbrella Project
books and portals: Architecture in Detail | Art DK | Colossal
Extreme Architectures Slavid | IKEA the Book | Life Richards |
Reading Architecture: A Visual Lexicon Hopkins | The Art Museum Phaidon big ideas
Emotion | Writing | Radio | Cities | Weird | more
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Religion
Particular Religions
Prehistoric & Primitive Religions: traditional, isolated, preliterate cultures
Religions of Ancient Peoples: invested gods of Nature with divinity
Hinduism: prescribes daily morality based on karma, dharma, societal norms
Buddhism: Indian subcontinent, Siddhartha Gautama, Buddha, the awakened one
Religions of East Asia: Tao, the flow of the universe
Taoism: wu-wei: about, Trying Not to Try Slingerland
Judaism
History of Judaism: popular culture
Christianity
Islam
about
blasphemy laws: Was (is) The Satanic Verses Rushdie blasphemous?
Muhammad: The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad Hazleton
Modern Religions
New religious movements
Cults
China: Church of Almighty God | Family International | Scientology:
Is Scientology a cult? | education: Applied Scholastics
Intelligent design: New Apostolic Reformation
mega-churches: Hillsong
Negro cults in Western cultures
Spiritualist groups: snake handlers
Atheism: clergyproject
Noetic Sciences: The Untethered Soul Singer
Books, articles, movies: Blasphemy and Free Speech Marshall | Encyclopedia of World
Religions Merriam-Webster | Going Clear: Scientology, Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief
Wright | The First Muslim: The Story of Muhammad Hazleton | The Master
China | War | Social Networking | Anarchism | more
Ecommerce
Payment Systems
digital money: about
in general: www.billeo.com | www.clearcommerce.com | www.efunds.com |
www.ipaytechnologies.com | www.paybytouch.com | www.paymentus.com |
www.paymetric.com | www.precash.com | cash/coins-to-games: rixty | consolidate:
doxo | healthcare payments: instamed | mobile: Apple Pay, boku,
braintreepayments, dwolla, gopago, tabbedout, transactionwireless, zipmark |
money transfer: xoom | pay cash online: paynearme | pay-by-phone: boku
biometrics: keystroke dynamics: admit one security | payment systems:
www.paybytouch.com | voice recognition: www.agnitio.es
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credit cards: accept payments online: wepay | accept payments by phone: squareup
mobile | compare engine: creditcards | enterprise transaction management :
www.paymetric.com | large transactions: plastiq | make payments by phone:
SoftCard |managed global IT services: www.datapipe.com | payment terminals:
www.exadigm.com | PCI Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance:
www.forescout.com
Currency | Mobile | Advertising | Cloud | Gaming | more
Politics & Government / peace and war
Peace
How can shared values and new security strategies reduce ethnic conflicts, terrorism,
and the use of weapons of mass destruction?
in general: call to action: www.peacejam.org | organizations: forusa | research:
Human Connection Project | Speak Truth to Power
books: Beyond War: The Human Potential for Peace Fry | Peacekeeping: A Barrier to
Durable Peace? Greig big idea | Thirteen Days in September Wright
SW Asia/Africa | War | Issues | Nuclear | War | more
Human Behavior / Current Environment’s Influence on Conscious Experience
Perception
General considerations
color: Color shapes everything we do.
Perception of space: Flatland Abbott
Perception of time
amount: You'll Feel Less Rushed If You Give Time Away Mogilner
Illusions and hallucinations
Types of illusory experience
Intersensory effects: synesthesia
beauty: Do we think beauty, or do we feel it? | about | evolution of beauty | first
impression: You never get a second chance to make a first impression. | landscapes |
books: The Secret Language of Color Eckstu
Visualization | Time | Art | Design
Personal Time
Personal Finance
How much debt sp should you keep in retirement? How much do you know about
trading and investing? Are you reviewing your plan regularly? Are you making
decisions emotion-free? Are you diversifying? Are you dollar-cost averaging? Are
you avoiding market timing?
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in general: www.assetplanningsolutions.com | client management systems:
www.northstar.com | debt management: debt snowball | digital wallet: lifelock |
documents: safelyfiled | education: Better Money Habits | loans: AvantCredit
|money management: hellowallet, www.mint.com | news & info: tastytrade | ondemand: futureadvisor | post-retirement sp: On Unretirement, Retirement, Now
What?, Starting a business IS my retirement
credit cards sp : For a disciplined credit card user, the interest rate is essentially
irrelevant because a credit-smart consumer pays off the most recent transactions
with each monthly bill; i.e., you never carry an outstanding balance which is the most
powerful way to build a solid credit rating…..more | credot score: quizzle
retirement and estate: annuities: reverse mortgage, seniorannuityalert | assisted
living: seniorhomes | international: internationalliving | planning tools: AIG,
www.vfos.com | social security: www.socialsecurity.gov/estimator
student loans: net price calculator | online comparisons: www.simpletuition.com
wealth creation: The Trump Entrepreneur Initiative
books, blogs: Money Rules: The Simple Path to Lifelong Security Chatzky | Richistan Frank
Lifetime Learning | Planning | Financing | Investing | Home | more
Family & Kinship
Personal Time
What’s your passion? Hemingway's Boat Hendrickson
antiques: mimi’s sp |Art | Ask a Question | Books | Bucket List | Chat | Checklists |
clothing | Coolhunting | curated goods: kauffman-mercantile | Entertainment | File
Sharing | Financial Markets | Fitness | flowers | Food and Beverage | Gaming | Goal
Setting resolutions | Green | headphones: skullcandy | Health Care | Home | Human
Life | Humor | Investing | jeans | Jobs | Kinds poetry | Leadership | Lifetime Learning |
Looxcie ideas / notebooks | mens’s clothes: bonobos clothes make the man | multi-tool | Music |
NBA | News | Online Games | Parenting | passwords: 1Password, LastPass | Personal
Broadcasting | Personal Finances | Philanthropy | Play | portfolio management:
Betterment | Real Estate Holdings | Recreation | Reference | Running | Services |
Sports | Time | Toys and Games | Travel | TV | Video calling | Video Sharing | Virtual
| Wellness | Women & Men | more
Education
Phases (Levels) of Education
Preschool education
books: Practical Wisdom for Parents Schulman
tools: ABCmouse
Higher education
Colleges: financial lifecycle
Universities
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PhD: phdcomics humor
University
Professional schools
case studies: about | book: Case Studies Yin
IT: educause
Gaming | Jobs
Social Organization and Change
Philanthropy
in general: Lord, teach me to be generous. St. Ignatius | http://fdncenter.org |
www.philanthropy.com | give while you shop: giftback, toms | match social networks
with sponsors: true | social investing: ussif | sponsorship | verification:
charitynavigator | wealth identification: wealthengine
fundraising: www.convio.com | fundable | fundly | giveforward | kimbia | salsalabs
foundations: resources, Walton Family Foundation
grant funding: www.grants.gov | www.grantstation.com | www.macfound.org |
www.wmkeck.org | SSTI | foundation search
books and films: The Artful Journey Cultivating and Soliciting the Major Gift Sturtevant |
The Collector of Bedford Street
Innovation | Issues | Art | Crowd | Entrepreneurship | more
Knowledge Creation
Philosophy
Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is
lovely, whatever is admirable -- if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -think about such things.
Saint Paul the Apostle in Philippians 4:8
Philosophical Schools and Doctrines
Theories of thought, knowledge, faculties of mind
other minds problem
Theories of conduct
Ethics
Morals
Values
Eclecticism
Truth: there is a measure of truth in everything sp
Truth is where you find it
books: Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury | Nineteen Eighty-Four Orwell = internet of things + big
data + military-industrial complex sp | Story of Philosophy Durant
in general: http://plato.stanford.edu/
Search | Location | Emotion | Eclectic | Balance | more
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Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, Photography
Photography
History and art of photography
Magazines: LIFE | National Geographic | Rolling Stone: The Bomber: Does this
cross the line?
Technology of photography
Lighting
Digital photography
editing: aviary mobile
panoramas: gigpan
photos-to-art
software cameras: pelicanimaging
time lapse + motion control: astro
wear it: gopro
Special techniques and applied photography: dearphotograph
Photography industry
expositions: Paris Photo
photo journalism: Reportage by Getty Images
Can photography can change the world.
in general: alphabet in nature: createsticksandstones | babies: adele enersen,
annegeddes | iPhone: thebestcamera | limited edition: rockpaperphoto | magazines:
aperture, tasjmagazine | rentals: lensprotogo | royalty-free: Getty Images,
Wikimedia | tethering: tethertalk
blogs, books: Around the World in 125 Years NG | Humans of New York Stanton
Human Behavior | Nature | World | Digital | Crowd | more
Thought and Thought Processes
Planning & Organizing
planning: about | cities: American Planning Association, planetizen | geopolitical:
stratfor | life | New Year’s Resolutions | operational: anaplan | weddings: Aisle
Planner
Personal Finance | Checklists | Budgeting | Business Intelligence | CEO | more
Nature & Diversity of Life
Plants
Evolution and paleobotany: tree ring research
Classification
Trees
counting: from space | data visualization: The Book of Trees Lima |
education: arborday.org | leaves: leafsnap | planting: Trees for the Future |
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tree climbing: climbingarborist, treeclimbing play | tree houses: Tree House
Point
in general: inside: pikaplant
research: citizen science: about, Project Budburst, PublicLab | seeds: Open Source
Seed Initiative | seed dispersal
books: Apples of Uncommon Character Jacobsen | New York City of Trees Swett
Cities | Food | Big Data | Home | Lifetime | more
Human Behavior / Learning and Thinking
Play
in general: girlgames | hand games: rock-paper-scissors | inventing toys | movies:
big | museums: National Museum of Play | playgrounds: Adventure Playgrounds,
around the world, Rainbow City, TrapezeSchool | programs: Play 60 | trees: tree
swing sp, treehouse | school recess
books, articles, film, photos, videos: hopscotchium sp | Last Child in the Woods Louv |
Project Wild Thing Bond | The Overprotected Kid Rosin | The Walk to Paradise
Garden Smith
Parenting | Homes | Toys | Plants | Sports | more
Kinds of Literature
Poetry
in general: www.poetry-online.org | Adrian Rich | Chicago audio poetry tour |
illuminated | illiustrated: popshotpopshot | links: wave poetry | festival:
www.dodgepoetry.org | magazines: poetryfoundation | motionpoems | Shatoetry
humor
books: Flamingos on the Roof Brown | I know Why the Caged Bird Sings Angelou
World since 1920 | Emotion
Politics and Government
Political concepts, ideologies, and problems
Political power: Power concedes nothing without a demand. Frederick Douglass
manipulation
false flag events: about
propaganda: influencing
power and knowledge: Michel Foucault
presidents: Lyndon Johnson
Human Rights
Modern ideologies
< left < the poor want to survive < pull-|||-pull > the rich get richer > right >
Anarchism & Revolution
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Communism
Democracy
Liberalism
Socialism: The state defines everything, which is the essence of tyranny. Reno
hayekcenter
Government is just as subject to the laws of self-interest as the marketplace.
Contemporary political issues and problems
Grand Strategy: Should nations always operate under a grand strategy? How can
policymaking be made more sensitive to global long-term perspectives?
Principle of Subsidiarity big ideas: Nothing should be done by a larger and more
complex organization which can be done as well by a smaller and simpler
organization. nationbuilder
tax & spend: teapartypatriots
books: Death of the Liberal Class Hedges | The Communist Manifesto Marx | The Political
Economy of Grand Strategy Narizny | The Road to Serfdom Hayek
Science | Knowledge | Ethics | Issues | Peace | more
Human Society
Politics and Government
The conflict between justice and tyranny occurs in every political order because it
occurs in every human soul. Marini
Political Theory
Political action as viewed in political theory
political will: History shows, sometimes it takes a catastrophe. sp
Political concepts, ideologies, and problems
Political Institutions: create, enforce, apply laws that represent the populous
Political Process
The ways in which political power is exercised
Methods for change and reform: change.org | firedoglake | budget: REINS Act
Geopolitics
What is the red line, and what happens when it is crossed? How will shale gas
impact geopolitics? | Water
Peace and War
Use of intelligence and counterintelligence: Carlos the Jackal
Peace
War
in general: www.bsos.umd.edu/gvpt/links, www.realclearpolitics.com | fact
checking: www.factcheck.org, www.opensecrets.org, thepublicnotice | local: patch |
movers and shakers: http://news.muckety.com, world leaders | news: politico |social
networking: votizen | Whitehouse
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legislature (US): Is political incivility eroding our national and political promise? |
Federal budget and key documents: http://www.gpoaccess.gov | Federal Register:
www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html | legislation: trackbill |Legislator Search Engine:
www.congress.org | Legislative Source Book: http://www.llsdc.org/sourcebook |
Thomas Legislature Search: http://thomas.loc.gov | US House: www.house.gov | US
Senate: www.senate.gov
lobbying: consultant: www.lewis-burke.com | corporate record:
www.opensecrets.org | grassroots campaigns: soapboxconsulting
books, articles, jouornals, movies: conservative: The Public Interest | The Perfect
Dictatorship | The Prince Machiavelli | Time for Outrage! Hessel | Zero Dark Thirty
Decisions | News | Values | Humor | Religion | more
Social Groups
Popular Culture
in general: action heroes: Doc Savage | American Dream | americana | buzz:
flavorwire, lost at E minor | coolhunting: benlyons | cowboys | dance: gangnam style
| drive-in theaters | FAME: fashion, art, music, entertainment | food: twinkies |
games: pinball | Jewish: sixthandi | jobs: the paper route | language: about, code
switching | midwest: haywirecreations | movies: Breaking Away, Godzilla | music:
beastieboys, Big Star | 92nd Street Y | online: netizens | Oprah | philosophy:
andphilsophy | radio: Kitchen Sisters | restaurants: Paschals | This American Life |
songs: rap lyrics rapgenius | superheroes: Superman | Texas: Sengelmann Hall |
throw-back Thursday | trends: Branson, MO
holidays: Halloween: conventions: ScareLA | thriller dancing
TV: horror & sci-fi: Ghoulardi Shock Theater
articles, books, magazines, portals: A Colossal Wreck Cockburn | Birdman | darkrye
whole foods | mandatory | qz quartz | Twentysix Gasoline Stations Ruscha | vice
Sports | Stages | Women & Men | Humor | Music | more
Social Organization and Change / Urban & Rural Communities
Population
95% of today’s consumers live outside the U.S.
How can population growth and resources be brought into balance?
in general: visualization: LandScan | world population clock
growth: There were approximately 200 million people in the world (50M
in Roman Empire) at the birth of Christ. Capital
books: How Many People Can the Earth Support? Cohen
Change | Growth | Biosphere | Cities | Databases | more
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Production and Utilization of Wealth
Poverty
1/6th of Americans don’t have enough food to eat.
Is skid row America’s largest manmade disaster? Does America need a raise? minimum
wage Should where you are born dictate whether you live or die? sing for change Can
marriage mitigate poverty? How can ethical market economies be encouraged to
help reduce the gap between rich and poor? Is profit-motivated capitalism still the
best hope to create jobs and lift people out of poverty?
in general: www.poverty.com | agriculture: driptech irrigation | asset building:
http://www.newamerica.net/programs/asset_building | class structure: favelas,
untouchables | dimensions of development: Economic Security Index, hans rosling |
disease: reinvent the toilet | education: barefootcollege | energy poverty: 1.5 billion
people worldwide lack access to electricity | ethnic groups: romani gypsies | food &
nutrition: Feed the Children, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP
| income gap: Promise Zones | invest in the best: robinhood.org big idea | kids: Poor Kids
Frontline, World Vision | migration | minimum wage: living wage calculator | scarcity
mindset | solutions: http://web.mit.edu/d-lab/index.html | soup kitchen: The
Backpack Project | unbanked: about
food desert: half a mile from a grocery store with no cars and public transportation
microloans: grameenfoundation | www.microenterpriseworks.org | India:
www.ujjivan.com | micro-saving | FINCA | South Africa: www.zimelecommunity.org
books and films: A Place at the Table Colicchio | Creating a World Without Poverty Yunus
| The Blue Sweater Novogratz | The Revolutionary Optimists
Economic Development | Parenting | Social | Food | Jobs | more
Health & Disease
Practice of Medicine & Care of Health
Education
emergencies: sudden cardiac arrest | mini-medical school | patient casesimulation: therasim
Health Care
Practice of medicine
Hospital services and facilities: RTLS
Practice Management: athenahealth
Medical Research & Technologies
Automation | Biotechnology | Crisis
Data Mining
Predictive Intelligence & Modeling big ideas
in general: app score: appbackr | Can keyword searches reveal a buyer’s mindset? |
baseball: Money Ball | cloud: predixionsoftware | consumer: infer scoring,
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http://inklingmarkets.com | gamification: kaggle | global events: The Good
Judgement Project | health care: picwell |news: visualrevenue | online retailing:
granify | policing | prioritize sales leads: canopylabs | supply chain: llamasoft | tools:
RuleFit regression | traffic: inrix, Road Frustration Index, trafficcast | music: scoreahit,
tonemedia consumer behavior | TV | venture capital: correlationvc
Decisions | Crowd | Software | Big Data | Buying | more
Knowledge Creation
Preservation of Knowledge
Institutions and Techniques
Protection and storage of objects and artifacts
museums and galleries
libraries
tools & techniques:
archivists: Maryland Institute for Technology in the
Humanities MITH
Image Permanence Institute
Storage and retrieval of information
DVD: M-DISC | Wayback Machine
Reference
Search
Advancement/dissemination of knowledge
in general: organizations: Institute of Museum and Library Services
books & articles: Library: An Unquiet History Battles | Why Libraries Should Be the Next
Great Start-Up Incubators Badger
Books | Digital Content | Literature | Museums | Research Parks
Marketing
Pricing
How is pricing strategy developed in the company? What are the factors that affect
pricing strategy? What has been the price trend for the past five years? What is the
price trend for the next five years? Will price competition increase in the next five
years? Is there a price leader in the industry? If it’s not the company, why? Do
salespeople (and others) have the approval to sell products at a price that differs
from the approved price list? Are prices reviewed/adjusted each year? Can cost
increases generally be passed on to the customer? Are we routinely using online
comparative shopping systems to monitor and adjust our pricing relative to the
competition? Do we have a good understanding of how our customers react to price
changes or discounting policies? Have we correctly segmented our customers when
it comes to pricing and discounting? Do we provide our sales channels clear
discounting guidelines and targets? Do our sales people offer discounts outside of
margin guidelines? Can we quickly adapt to market changes to achieve short-term
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objectives without sacrificing margin or damaging long-term growth? Do we have
real-time visibility into profit performance by channel, product, and customer
segment? Are we able to quickly sense and respond to emerging opportunities and
competitive threats as they arise? Is our pricing and promotion strategy driven only
by costs and competition, or more by our customers?
in general: pros | www.vendavo.com | www.zilliant.com | price fixing | real-time
pricing intelligence: blacklocus | revenue management: modeln
categorical thinking: Does bundling products together undermine their value?
lease pricing: What percentage of sales are leases? What is the length of a typical
lease? What percentage are full payout leases? Does the company have any thirdparty leasing agreements at present? Are the company’s license agreements
effective revenue generators?
software: Can we demonstrate an immediate return on investment (ROI) for our
software customers? Can we track the success of our technology implementation?
Do we map the cost of our software to our customers' business needs in measurable
ways? Do we help customers justify software purchases internally? Are our software
contracts easier to understand than the competition's? Do we offer more
manageable terms that do not lock-in customers to outdated products? Is our
warranty and performance guarantee credible? | digital licensing:
www.protexis.com | recommend new software at install time: opencandy
books and articles: Competitive Pricing: Harnessing the Power of the Waterfall
Model Accenture | Customers Will Pay More for Less Chernev | Priceless: The Myth of Fair
Value Poundstone | The Strategy and Tactics of Pricing Nagle
Art | Customer | Supply Chain | Inflation | Buying | more
Thought and Thought Processes
Problems and Solutions big ideas
PROBLEM:
shortage of emergency specialty physicians
SOLUTION:
Specialists on Call
Kites rise highest against the wind. Churchill | How would you spend $10B to improve
the state of the world? How would you accomplish the opposite of what you are
trying to solve?
in general: Buick Human Highlight Reel | cleaning: queenofclean | connect the dots |
crowd sourcing: challenge.gov, challengepost | funding: www.google.org |
metaphysics of quality: www.moq.org | top ten: copenhagenconsensus | trial &
error: Always throw out the first pancake. | visualization: Scientific Animations
Without Borders
books: Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking Dennett | The Existential Pleasures
of Engineering Florman | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Pirsig
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Logic | Ideas | Health |Visualization | Growth | more
Engineering and R&D
Product Engineering & Design
How do manufactured objects that surround us such as cars, phones and chairs
influence our daily lives?
in general: Every object tells a story if you know how to read it. | CAE: altair,
www.cometsolutions.com | competitions: cutandpaste | consultants: frogdesign,
www.hlb.com | desktop search: x1 | life cycle assessment LCA: Umberto NXT |
outsourced systems: cadforce | plant design: Intergraph | product design: engineous,
londondesignfestival | Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (UL): www.ul.com
collaborative software: construction: Autodesk BIM 360 | design, bid, construction
documents: http://planexpress.net | document change control: workshare |
enterprise: www.centricminds.com, www.jivesoftware.com, marklogic | Ideas creativity
| online: www.cestagi.com | sharepoint apps: corasworks
questions: Is the Chief Engineer a “registered professional engineer” in the
headquarters’ state? Other states? Are there engineering plans in progress for each
product? Does the product require customization for each customer? What is
customization’s percentage of the total cost-of-goods sold? Can the customization
be self-designed online by customers? Can the product(s) be reengineered and
marketed in such a way as to be mass-produced? Is the company making maximum
use of computer-aided design (CAD) and other software tools to shorten the total
new product design and development life cycle? Are marketing and engineering
working together to use interactive customer-preference systems to evolve current
product enhancements and new product designs? What new product plans does the
company have? Is engineering developing innovative or “me-too” products?
reliability: What is the mean time to failure for each product? How does the
company rank the reliability of each product? How sensitive is the customer to
product quality?
reverse engineering: Has the company reverse engineered any competing products?
Is the company aware of any of its products being reverse engineered by
competitors?
self-design and fit: furniture: smartfurniture, thefloydleg | running shoes
books: Design Revolution: 100 Products That Empower People Pilloton | Smart StartUps Silver | The Design of Everyday Things Norman | The Shape of Design Chimero
3D | Zeitgeist | Science | Visualization | DIY | more
Human Society
Production and Utilization of Wealth
Economic Theory and Systems
Economic Theory: index of economic freedom
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Economic Systems
Capitalism
The Consumer and the Market
Scarcity, utility, and value: behavioral economics: | Valuation
Consumer behavior: Buying Decisions | inelasticity
Markets: markets hate uncertainty | Randomness
Organization of Production and Distribution
Institutions that facilitate business formation, production, output
Money
Currency & Exchange
Stock exchanges: AI
Banks
International: Bank for International Settlements BIS
business organization
stock markets: Volatility Index (VIX) fear index
Government’s role in production & distribution: privatization
Methods of business organization
Advertising & Promotion
Distribution of Income and Wealth
the rich get richer and the poor get poorer
Matthew Effect
Distribution by categories of the population: Forbes 400 | gini coefficient
How government affects the distribution
Capitalism
Taxation
Laffer Curve postulates that no tax revenue will be raised at the
extreme tax rates of 0% and 100% and that there must be at least one
rate where tax revenue would be a non-zero maximum.
Poverty
Macroeconomics
National income and employment theory: misery index
Inflation and deflation
Economic Growth and Planning
Planning for economic growth and stability
Growth
books, forums, journals: Capital in the Twenty-First Century Piketty big ideas big ideas
| Stealth of Nations Neuwirth | The Mystery of Capital De Soto | The Wealth of Nations Smith
| Wall Street Journal | World Economic Forum Davos
Trust | AI | Climate Change | Globalization | Buying
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Manufacturing & Distribution
Productivity
What are the current trends in manufacturing productivity for this industry? Do
these trends reveal any technical obsolescence in the company’s operations? Does
product design restrict process selection for manufacturing? Is the design conducive
to an efficient manufacturing process? Is there good integration between product
engineering and manufacturing engineering? How well do productivity factors
benchmark with competitors? What are management’s goals to improve
productivity? How long will it take to achieve these goals? Does the company
anticipate the need for any future layoffs? Will there be any problems?
manufacturing personnel: How is productivity measured? How competitive are the
company's manufacturing wage rates? Are any incentive plans in effect? Is the
turnover rate acceptable for manufacturing personnel? Are there backup personnel
for each position? What are the top manufacturing personnel problems? Has the
company experienced any Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) problems in the last
twelve months? | www.i4cp.com
Methods of Business Organization
Products and Services
Brand Identity and Loyalty | Coolhunting | Electronics | Food | GPS Applications |
Innovation | Methods of Business Organization | Modeling | New Product
Assessment | New Products | Profitability | Retail | Services | Software |
Sustainability
Financial Management
Profitability
How can the company increase its operating profit? What is management’s forecast
for net earnings in this fiscal year? What is management’s explanation of the
forecast’s variance to budget? Is profitability of individual business units and product
lines monitored? What is the gross margin on sales? Is any one product or division
considered the “cash cow”? If not, what are the chances that could happen with an
existing product or division, or that opportunities exist to acquire or develop one?
Does the company have a clear understanding of its business model for each
product? Should other models be considered? How does the company’s return on
investment (ROI) compare with other companies in the same industry?
in general: Fortune 500: list archive, visualize, volatility | ratios | triple bottom line:
people, planet, profit
break-even analysis: What are the fixed and variable components of all overhead
expenses? What is breakeven in sales dollars for each product? Breakeven in units?
After reaching breakeven, what is the incremental pre-tax profit on a $1 increase in
sales for each product? | calculator
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Economic Value Added EVA: Currect Operations Value: COV | Economic Value Added:
EVA | Future Growth Value: FGV | Market Value Added: MVA | Relative Wealth
Added: RWA | Wealth Added Index: WAI
expense control: Does the company have an ongoing program focused on expense
control? Has the company implemented a web-based system for enterprise-wide
expense control? | www.expensewatch.com | optimization tools:
www.marketsharepartners.com
products: What is the sales volume for each product? What is the profitability (gross
margin) of each product? Is there a relationship between a product’s
sales/profitability ranking and incentives for salespeople?
quarterly operating results: How volatile is the fluctuation in revenues from quarter
to quarter? What are the major reasons for fluctuations in revenues? Is the pattern
of quarterly revenues hard to predict? How does the company try to encourage
more uniform buying patterns? How volatile is the fluctuation in expenses from
quarter to quarter? How volatile is the fluctuation in profit from quarter to quarter?
books: Breakeven Analysis and Operating Leverage Harvard | Business Models: A
Strategic Management Approach Afuah
Sustainability | Taxes | Core Competency | Growth | Monetization | more
Management & Best Practices
Project Management
How are costs monitored and controlled? What is the profitability (gross margins) of
each major project type? Does the company utilize a project management software
system? Is the company able to integrate resource capacity planning across the
enterprise from a web-based platform planview? What is the record for project
completion within budget and schedule? Does the company have a project
management training program? Does the company separate the responsibility for
billing from project management? Does the company follow a detailed project
termination checklist to close out each project? Is contracts administration taking
advantage of a secure web-based, centralized, searchable, automated Contracts
Management System?
in general: collaboration & task management: basecamphq, mindjet auto prioritization,
sharepoint, smartsheet, wrike | free web-based systems: www.achievo.org, podio |
gantt charts: wrike, gantter, ganttify, tomsplanner | hosted systems:
www.bijingo.com, clarizen | knowledge base: www.projectsmart.co.uk | Project
Management Institute: www.pmi.org | Project Portfolio Management (PPM):
www.innotas.com
billable capacity: How does the company optimize the billable time among all its
billable employees? How are billable rates determined? Will the market bear higher
rates? Is the company’s total cumulative billable competitive with industry norms?
Can we track time using a web-based system? | functionfox
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architects, engineers, construction (AEC): newforma | construction:
www.procore.com
events management: plancast share | economic impact: leamgroup | event planning:
www.amiando.com, www.bizbash.com, http://commongroundpublishing.com,
cvent, eventbrite | groups: rallyhood |things to do: Get Your Guide | invitations:
paperlesspost | keynote speakers: Greater Talent Network | online registration:
www.regonline.com | party planning: www.mypunchbowl.com | search:
www.zvents.com
meetings management: book space: eventup, www.worktopia.com | events: Lanyon
| polling: www.doodle.com, www.polleverywhere.com | scheduler:
www.timebridge.com | software: www.meetingsense.com
practice management: healthcare: www.athenahealth.com, originhs | legal: goclio |
QuickBooks integrated: bigtime
teams: about | psychological profiling
Apps | Collaboration | Financials | Visualization | Checklists | more
Manufacturing & Distribution
Purchasing procurement
Has the company’s web-based procurement system achieved CMM Level 2
Certification? Have we been audited by OCC (if that is relevant)? What were the
results? Do the company’s database systems allow purchasing to aggregate spending
across business lines and geographies? Are there any inventory items for which less
than two suppliers are available? Does the company feel it has the best prices and
credit terms achievable from its major suppliers? Are we exploiting the buying
power of a “reverse auction pool” of businesses to negotiate corporate rates for core
services from brand-name providers? How are product specifications developed for
items purchased? Is the company’s purchase requisition/approval procedure tight or
loose? Is there a written procedure? What would an external audit conclude? | cost
management: www.akoyainc.com | Services On-Demand:
www.reardencommerce.com | spend management: coupa, www.emptoris.com IBM,
ketera
Small Business | Inventory | Legal Information and Compliance
Social Organization and Change
Racism and Ethnic Prejudice
in general: www.globalissues.org/HumanRights/Racism.asp | Ku Klux Klan | NIMBY |
http://projectimplicit.net | segregation/desegregation in schools: American Promise
| taking down a bully: Donald Sterling
books and films: A Class Divided | Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead Meeink |
Black Planet Shields | The Aryans Asumang | The Nature of Prejudice Allport | To Kill a
Mockingbird Lee
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World Since 1920 | Sports | more
Major Systems of Communication
Radio
What’s your story? Are am radio’s days numbered?
in general: archives: radioarchives |business news: http://www.marketplace.org |
cognitive radio: dynamic tuning | DJ-riven: TheFuture | free: slacker | HD radio |
ideas: joe’s big idea | interviews: Radio & TV Interview Report RTIR | kids: radio
rookies | latin america: Radio Ambulante | music: rdio | online advertising:
www.targetspot.com | personalized: NPR ONE | players: hidden radio, radioplayer |
playlists: iTunes Radio big idea | podcasting: radiotopia |popular culture:
stateofthereunion | satellite: siriusxm | science & technology: science360 |
smartphone: stitcher, tunein | teens: In Other News | tell your own story:
snapjudgement, www.storycorps.net (animated) | theater of the mind: The Big
Broadcast | visually impaired: Radio Reader
formats: shock: Howard Stern | talk
talk radio: magazines: Talkers | talent: Rush Limbaugh
Communication | Content | Popular | Art | AI | more
Risk Management
Randomness
The best laid schemes of mice and men / Often go awry. Burns
in general: You never know when a submarine will attack. | about: random | chaos
theory |coincidence: about | luck: Spanish lottery | prospect theory
serendipity: Serendipity is the extraordinary sense of suprtise and delight when you
enter a bookstore in search of one book and discover another. | about | post-it notes:
www.3m.com/us/office/postit/pastpresent/history.html | Is there a way to
encourage serendipity in our lives?
unintended consequences: chaos theory: butterfly effect | examples: buildings
melting jaguar, electric cars, GI Bill, one child policy, VA Loan, Interstate Highway System |
museum: Museum of unintended consequences | nature: Let nature take its course.
| slippery slopes: academic freedom | technology: Le Conte Hall sp
articles, books: Dragon-Kings, Black Swans and the Prediction of Crises Didier |
Engineering Serendipity Lindsay | How psychological framing affects economic market
prices Sonnemann | Serendipity: Accidental Discoveries in Science Roberts | The Black Swan
Taleb big ideas | Welcome to the Serendipity Economy Rasmus | Why Things Bite Back Tenner
Time | Nature | Humans | Extinction | Thought | more
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Facilities and Equipment
Real Estate
Can the board see a complete listing of all real estate holdings, both owned and
leased? In the event of due diligence on the company, are copies of all executed
property leases and property purchase agreements in one reasonably accessible
location? Also real estate tax bills? Does the company maintain current appraisals on
all real estate holdings? Is land an appreciating asset for the company? Should the
company own or lease the necessary land assets for production and operations? |
data/analytics: CoreLogic
commercial real estate: www.loopnet.com | buy vs. lease calculator | Corporate
Real Estate Network: http://www2.corenetglobal.org | energy management:
wegowise | planning and dynamic modeling: www.leam.uiuc.edu | portfolio
management: Argus | research and valuation: www.joneslanglasalle.com, reonomy
| search: 42floors | social networking: honestbuildings | visual database & valuation:
www.zaio.com | marketing: vht
residential realestate: apartments: http://apartments.cazoodle.com, mynewplace |
buy/sell: www.redfin.com | search & evaluate: www.smartzip.com, www.trulia.com
| title search: www.redvision.com
China | Valuation | Big Data | Earth | Energy | more
Social Groups
Recreation, Entertainment, Sports, Games
Entertainment
Outside
camping
tents: car top: Tepui Tents, tent/hammocks
magazines: Outside Magazine
picnicking: cooler: Coolest
Sports in society
History
Do the Olympics pay for themselves over time?
Summer Olympics: London 2012
Winter Olympics
2014 Sochi: opening ceremony | Sochi 2014 | athlete profiles
Sports
Fitness
Bicycles | Ideas | Autos | Exploration | Unequivocal | more
Human Resources
Recruiting
Simulating Silicon Valley accenture
(a) getting things done is more important than making them perfect
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(b) loyalty is to one’s peer network, not to a particular company
(c) failure is not shameful, but a badge of honor
In five minutes, could you explain something to me that is complicated but you know
well? Is our hiring process optimized to attract, recruit, and retain the best talent?
What are the terms of engagement for outside search firms? What are the barriers
to recruiting qualified personnel? What are the major universities where the
company recruits entry-level management and technical talent? Does the company
use lie detector tests? Does the company use psychological profile tests?
in general: The best way to recruit is through the collective personal and professional
(trusted) networks of your employees. sp | background check: www.hireright.com,
www.pre-employ.com | candidate matching and tracking: bullhorn, evolvondemand,
monster, theresumator, smartrecruiters free | cross-enterprise collaboration:
www.jobvite.com | employee screening: www.escreen.com | job networks:
www.jobster.com, linkedin | mobile: assuredlabor low-medium wage | recruitinghop |
multi-national, multi-lingual: kenexa | online people search database: zoominfo |
prospecting e-mail: dear candidate sp | recruiter network: www.dayak.com,
www.ere.net | social media: bullhornreach | temporary: elance | video interviews
talent management: www.cornerstoneondemand.com | www.enkata.com | kenexa
| namely | oracle taleo | risesmart | silkroad | www.zapoint.com | assessment: iscopia
| incentive systems pay-for-performance: Workstream, HRsoft
Employees | Values | Checklists | Economics | Growth | more
Sustainability
Recycling
in general: books: discoverbooks | clothing:
http://wearablecollections.com/index.php | collection: BigBelly | competitions:
recyclemania | fundraising: planetgreen, rrewards | glass: ecullett | incentive
programs: erecyclingcorps, www.recyclebank.com | instruments from recycled trash:
Lanfill Harmonics | pavers | pencils from paper: rainbow pencils | plants: Preloved
Roots | plastics: agilyx crude oil, ban single-use bags, www.mbapolymers.com |
recycled products: www.ecoreintl.com | rubber: lehightechnologies | solid waste |
sorting: auto + manual | textiles/clothes: SMART | waste food-to-compost: ecoscraps
| wood: afterthebarn
e-waste: Is the company prepared to factor in the cost of end-of-life disposal of its
products to meet state requirements? Does the company have an effective program
of recycling electronic equipment? Does the company know how the parts,
components, and materials are ultimately separated, processed, and disposed? Is it
safe for humans and the environment? | iphones: ecoatm |
www.electronicsrecycling.org | cell phones: gazelle | www.intechra.com |
rechargeable batteries: www.rbrc.org
secondary use: beer bottles: WOBO
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books: Bottled and Sold Gleick | It's Easy Being Green: A Handbook for Earth-Friendly
Living Trask | Junkyard Planet: Travels in the Billion-Dollar Trash Trade Minte
Green | Automation | Construction | Electronics | Elements | more
Preservation of Knowledge
Reference
encyclopedias: Britannica: www.britannica.com | CIA World Facts:
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html | Consumer
Info Center: www.pueblo.gsa.gov | Encyclopedia.com: www.encyclopedia.com | fast
facts: www.freepint.com/gary/handbook.htm | NationMaster:
www.nationmaster.com | RefDesk: www.refdesk.com | Translation Site: bing |
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org
dictionaries: Oxford English Dctionary oed | urbandictionary |
www.yourdictionary.com | www.onelook.com | idioms: The American Heritage
Dictionary of Idioms
fact checking: corporations: Walmart push back | factcheck.org | inbox widget:
lazytruth | snopes
libraries: Internet Public Library: www.ipl.org | Library of Congress: www.loc.gov |
National Archives: www.archives.gov
Trust | Knowledge crowd
big picture
Religion
Religion in General
Particular Religions
Religion
Religion in General
Knowledge & Understanding
Philosophy of religion
good vs evil: Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Religious experience
faith
about | Dune | quote: Over the long haul, religious faith has proven
itself the most powerful and enduring force in human history. Reno
magazines: sojo
Separation of Church and State: First Things religion in public life
Institutions & Practices
Do you know what your religion’s position is on the origin of the universe and
evolution? Tegmark
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apocalypse: about | crisis planning: NISAC | doomsday: doomsday groups millennialism,
mayan calendar | fantasy: Tokyo Genso
creationism vs evolution: Does it damage children to teach them biblical creationism
and deny biological evolution? | debate
books, movies, TV series: bible: God Said, Man Said | How We Believe Shermer | One
Second After Forstchen | Proof of Heaven Alexander | The Bible History Channel | The Gospel of
the Flying Spaghetti Monster Henderson | The Varieties of Religious Experience James
Crime | Books | Politics | Time | Art | more
Engineering and R&D
Research and Development
What’s likely to be the “next big thing?” What might be the most fertile areas for
innovation? Where should countries and companies invest their limited research
funds? What technology areas are a company’s competitors pursuing? How are
projects chosen for R&D? What is R&D’s past record for successful completion of
projects to budget and schedule? When does management expect products will
reach the market from research projects currently underway? Is the company
working smart to optimize the FDA approval process? How would management rate
the company’s R&D operations against its competitors? How well does R&D
integrate its work with marketing? End user? Engineering? Production? Is R&D’s
major emphasis applied or basic research? How much do the company’s projected
financials depend upon successful new products developed by R&D? Does the
company effectively protect the secrecy of R&D projects? Is there sufficient federal
financing to support R&D at adequate levels? What is the company’s approach
towards capitalization of R&D expenses? Is management well informed of R&D
activities? Are the company’s research facilities adequate? How confident is
management that R&D’s team and plan will lead to the right product(s) at the right
time? Has management evaluated the cost-effectiveness of shifting some portion of
R&D expenditures and operations to external sources?
in general: Chance favors the prepared mind. Pasteur | citations: zotero | crowd
funding: experiment | design of experiments: about | electronic lab notebooks |
ethics: Integrity in Research and Publication | europe: cordis | evaluating research
centers | incentivization: prize challenges | magazines: rdmag | matching problems
with solutions: www.innocentive.com | molecular imaging: www.visenmedical.com |
networks: internet2 | patents: mapping | pharmaceutical R&D: www.teranode.com,
Perkin Elmer | poster template | rent & read: deepdyve | research universities:
www.aau.edu | videos: labtv
academic: The traditional metric of academic capital is citations. | Should
researchers make their source code available when submitting a research paper to a
peer-reviewed scientific journal? | bio template: publications.ca | data sharing:
figshare | funding opportunity announcements: grantforward | impact: h-index |
news: futurity | scientific literature: Action Science Explorer | Association of Research
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Libraries | open access, peer-reviewed joournals: peerj, plusone.org | social
networking: academia.edu | Search: academic.research.microsoft
federal labs: Argonne National Laboratory: www.anl.gov | Idaho National
Laboratory: www.inl.gov | Kansas City Plant: www.kcp.com | Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory: www.lbl.gov | Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory:
www.llnl.gov | Los Alamos National Laboratory: www.lanl.gov | National Renewable
Energy Laboratory: www.nrel.gov | Oak Ridge National Laboratory: www.ornl.gov |
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory: www.pnl.gov | Sandia National Laboratory:
www.sandia.gov | Y-12 National Security Complex
Heilmeier Catechism: What are you trying to do? Articulate your objectives using
absolutely no jargon. How is it done today, and what are the limits of current
practice? What's new in your approach and why do you think it will be successful?
Who cares? If you're successful, what difference will it make? What are the risks and
the payoffs? How much will it cost? How long will it take? What are the midterm
and final "exams" to check for success?
lab management: workflow management: accelrys | software: quartzy free
multidisciplinary research: What are the top ten actions that Congress, the federal
government, state governments, research universities and others could take to
assure the ability of the American research university to maintain the excellence in
research and doctoral education needed to help the United States compete, prosper,
and achieve national goals for health, energy, the environment, and security in the
global community of the 21st century? Stanford | synthesis centers: science
incubators | World Café charrette
translation of project results: To what extent do the research issues being pursued
relate to challenges along the pathway towards achieving meaningful use? How
effective are the methods used to accelerate translation of research into
application(s)? To what extent has the project identified the salient, potentially
breakthrough challenges? Are innovative research methods being applied to meet
the ultimate research agenda? What problems have been encountered in
implementing all of the required features of the project? What relationships has the
project established with industry to facilitate the translation of the research? |
funding: action science: definitions | proof-of-concept
books and articles: Breakthrough Stefik | Closing the Innovation Gap Estrin | Evaluating
Research Centers & Institutes for Success! Tash | Scientists Popularizing Science:
Characteristics/Impact of TED Presenters Sugimoto | spinoffs: On spinning out
(commercializing) a university research center sp
Crowd | Startups | Sustainability | Wellness | Automobile | more
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Economic Development
Research Parks
in general: aerial photos | associations: International Association of Science Parks iasp,
United Kingdom Science Park Association UKSPA | search: IP point-openinnovation |
seed finance documents: seriesseed | space: espacecenter| video best practices:
incubators sp, research parks sp
business plans: back-of-the-envelope-plan sp | best approach:
www.dfjmercury.com/c_submit.htm | competitions: 15 top college competitions |
executive summary: http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/04/the_art_of_the_.html |
MIT Enterprise Forum | outline | template: Business Model Canvas, Sequoia Capital
clusters: Having a high concentration of people working on similar problems in the
same location speeds progress. | about | campuslondon | data: U.S. Cluster
Mapping | fusionopolis Singapore | robotics: Zurich | skolkova moscow
books and articles: Technopoles of the World Castells | Why Life Science Needs Its Own
Silicon Valley Ghadar
Biotechnology | Collaboration | Co-Working | DIY | Economics
Sales and Customer Service
Retail
mobile, mobile, mobile
Is the UNIQLO a good or bad place to work? Will the mall survive the Internet? How
do moms use their smartphone coupons before and during a grocery store visit?
Does the company’s merchandising planning systems make it possible to quickly test
out the viability of any scenario and fully understand the financial impacts and other
implications of a variety of decisions? Are systems in place to measure and improve
the effectiveness of the company’s customer acquisition, servicing and retention
activities? Does the system make it possible to visually simulate an exact 3D
replication of the store shelf and the products in order to get a true preview of the
shelf schematic? Does the system allow for web-based collaboration with internal
and external partners? Are we performing cluster analysis to optimize our
merchandising decisions? Is the company using a web-based demand analytics
system to get a clear view of product movement through all the distribution
channels? What are the benefits?
in general: analysis of consumer demand data: www.retailsolutions.com,
www.terratechnology.com | big data: blacklocus big idea | Black Friday: top retailers |
coupons: thefind | cross-channel promotions: clicksquared, www.universal-ad.com |
customer intelligence: marketforce | delivery: dollarshaveclub | demand generation:
www.reachforce.com, orchestro | dynamic personalization: richrelevance |
electronic shelf label: www.altierre.com | enterprise systems:
www.junctionsolutions.com, www.steelwedge.com | handheld devices: retailgent |
in-store video analytics: retailnext, ShopperTrack | inventory management | mobile
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ad attribution: placed | payment systems: newcomlink| Point-of-Sale Systems:
OrderMagic, vendhq | pop-up stores | planograms: shelflogic | price optimization:
www.revionics.com | secure transactions: magtek | self-service/checkout:
365retailmarkets, www.zoomsystems.com | shopping cart lifecycle:
www.allurent.com | showrooming: Have you purchased an item on Amazon.com
after looking at the same item in a physical retail store? placed | tracking:
projectslice, storeflix | transaction metrics: www.recordant.com | vending: vengo |
video network: www.sellpoint.net | Virtual walkthrough: incontextsolutions | web
analytics: compete, manthansystems
employee performance: leaderboards: objectivelogistics | workforce management:
www.reflexisinc.com
grocery shopping: coolhunting: www.mpreis.com | coupons: www.coupons.com,
www.thegrocerygame.com | delivery: instacart, relayfoods | online network:
www.groceryshopping.net | organic: milehighorganics | plan menus & grocery list:
ziplist
in-store experience: Is the company taking advantage of technology to analyze video
tracking data towards optimizing the in-store experience for customers? How long
do customers wait in line? How many customers abandon the line? What are the
busiest sections of the store? Are self-service kiosks in the right location? How
quickly are my employees serving customers? What path do customers take through
the store? Do in-store promotions attract customer attention? Where do customers
go after interacting with a display? customer experience: creativegood | in-store
feedback: gigwalk, www.marketforceinfo.com | micro-location: nearbuysystems
Employees | E-Commerce | Innovation | Crowd | Shop | more
Employees & Labor
Right-to-Work
What percentage of employees is unionized? What is the union(s)? When does the
present contract(s) expire? What issues will be addressed during the renegotiations
of expiring contracts? Have there been any strikes in the past? Any work stoppage?
How are grievances handled? How many grievances are outstanding? Does the
company have a good working relationship with the union leader(s)? Is the union
due compensation for a planned plant shutdown? In management's opinion, have
the unions resisted changes to improve productivity in the company? Have there
been any recent attempts to unionize employees? What specific plans has the
company implemented to reduce the possibility of the employees becoming
unionized? What significant issues should be addressed with non-union employees?
in general: articles: What Public Employee Unions Are Doing to Our
Country McGurn | leadership: Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's
Challenge Walker
Social Organization & Change | Law | Sports | Issues | Leaders | more
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Methods of Business Organization
Risk Management
Big Data | Business Continuity | Cash Management | Checklists | COLI | Computer
Security | Credit Risk Management | Crisis Management | Cyber Security and
Warfare | Enterprise | Entrepreneurship | Fraud & Bribery | Forensics | Hedge Fund
| Identity Management | In General | Methods of Business Organization |
Randomness | Red Cross | Risk Assessment | Risks | RoHS Compliance | SarbanesOxley Act | Supply Chain Management | Sustainability | Threat Management |
Trustworthy Systems | Video Sureveillance | What if? | more
Is unlimited risk mitigation burying our society? How do we integrate risk
management with the corporation’s strategic direction and plan? What are our
principal business risks? Are we taking the right amount of risk? How effective is our
process for identifying, assessing and managing business risks? Do people in this
organization have a common understanding of the term “risk”? How do we ensure
that risk management is an integral part of the planning and day-to-day operations of
individual business units? How do we ensure that the board’s expectations for risk
management are communicated to and followed by the employees in the company?
How do we ensure that our executives and employees act in the best interests of this
organization? How is risk management coordinated across the organization? How
do we ensure that the organization is performing according to the business plan and
within appropriate risk tolerance limits? How do we monitor and evaluate changes in
the external environment and their impact on the organization’s strategy and risk
management practices? What information about the risks facing the organization
does the board get to help it fulfill its stewardship and governance responsibilities?
How do we know that the information the board gets on risk management is
accurate and reliable? How do we decide what information on risks we should
publish? How do we take advantage of the organizational learning that results from
the risk management program and activities? What are our priorities as a board in
the oversight of risk management? How does the board handle its responsibility for
the oversight of opportunities and risks? How does the board ensure that at least
some of its members have the requisite knowledge and experience in risk? How do
we, as a board, help establish the “tone at the top” that reinforces the organization’s
values and promotes a “risk aware culture”? How satisfied are we that the board is
doing what it should in overseeing risk?
in general: Chief Risk Officer (CRO) | data: orx | enterprise governance, risk,
compliance (GRC): brinqa, greenlightcorp, openpages | geointelligence & political
risk: eurasiagroup | governance risk indicators: MSCI
forensics: Anthropology and forensic odontology: www.swganth.org | Click fraud
detection: www.clickforensics.com | Computer forensics & electronic discovery:
www.forensicon.com | Controlled substances: www.swgdrug.org | Crime scene
analysis: www.swgstain.org | DNA and forensic biology: www.dna.gov,
www.cstl.nist.gov/strbase | Fire debris analysis and arson scene investigations:
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www.ncfs.ucf.edu/twgfex | Firearms and toolmark identification: www.swggun.org |
latent prints | Medico-legal death investigations, including forensic pathology:
www.swgmdi.org | Questioned documents: www.swgdoc.org | Shoeprint/tire tread
examination: www.swgtread.org | Toxicology: www.swgtox.org | Trace evidence:
www.swgmat.org
fraud and bribery: To mitigate bribery, what is the level of integrity capital in the
organization? | Association of Certified Fraud Examiners: www.acfe.com | Cash
Management embezzlement | click fraud forensics: www.clickforensics.com | corporate
monitoring: www.memento-inc.com | detection: threatmetrix | insider risks |
prevention: www.guardiananalytics.com, www.iovation.com, www.the41.com
hedge fund: What is the company’s policy on using derivatives to hedge assets,
liabilities, and future transactions? What is the company’s current gain (loss)
position on its derivatives? Is there any evidence of misuse of derivatives? How did
the company select this hedge fund? How does the company’s hedge investment
strategy work? What are the risks? What market conditions favor the fund
manager’s strategy, and which ones work against it? What is the fund manager’s
experience and track record? How long before the company can withdraw its
money? How is the fund manager being compensated? Could the use of weather
derivatives be a cost-effective strategy for mitigating the company's risk exposure
due to weather volatility? Global warming? | performance database:
www.hedgefund.net | real-time options pricing: www.derivix.com | Resources:
www.derivativesportal.org | Treasury and risk management: www.reval.com
risk assessment: Does the company have automated business process monitoring
www.memento-inc.com systems in place that will improve risk and loss assessment?
Are we doing too much or too little high-risk, high-reward research for good
profitability, and is the corresponding financial risk level acceptable? What is the
worst case financial scenario if we suffer a period of bad luck with our research
projects? What are the overall chances of poor performance if we drop the high risk
and go to lower risk research or vice versa? How do we design an R&D plan
consisting of multiple projects involving different degrees of risk in terms of overall
company profitability, profit lead times and investment risk? What are our overall
research strategy options for recovering from an impending severe profit loss
situation due to a potential shortfall in new technology from R&D? | Enterprise Risk
Management (ERM): about
Risk Management
Risks
What are the key areas where the company has, or could have in the future, the
greatest risk exposure? How volatile is the fluctuation in operating results from
quarter to quarter? How much backlog does the company generally carry? Does the
company derive a substantial portion of its revenue from a few key customers?
What assurances does the company have that sales will continue to these
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customers? Would a substantial reduction in revenue from these customers
adversely affect the company? What percentage of sales is to one industry? Would
an economic downturn in this industry have an adverse impact on the company?
Does the organization have a strategic plan of diversification and expansion to
mitigate risk and increase revenues and profits? Do any of the company’s
competitors have substantially greater financial, marketing, and technical resources
than the company? Could competitive pressures or price wars cause the company’s
products to lose market acceptance? How much time delay and cost risk is inherent
in the product development process because of technology complexity? In spite of
testing and QA procedures, is it possible for existing and future products to
experience defects or operating deficiencies? What is the risk that the company’s
product liability exposure could adversely impact cash resources? What is the risk to
the company’s competitive position if it loses its proprietary protection? How much
dependence on key personnel does the company have? Is the company dependent
on a few key suppliers?
customer dependence: Is the company dependent on a few key customers? What
percentage of projected sales is represented by these key customers? Are any of
these customers in financial trouble? Does anyone in the company routinely monitor
this? Does the company have any contracts or special arrangements with key
customers? Has the company lost any major customers in the past two years? Is the
company about to lose a major customer? Have any new major customers been
added through increased global trade?
Art | Core Competency | Insurance | Threats | Thought | more
Popular Culture
Road Trip
Why do we crave the road trip? Hitting the open road is really the impulse to explore
that is hard-wired into our being from the first day we crawl from the living room to
the kitchen; or run down to the creek in the woods; or bike across town without our
parents knowing about it; and we never stop. It is “on-demand exploration” for all of
us and the impulse is so strong that we return to satisfy that drive year after year. So
the question within the question is, why do we explore? sp
in general: www.roadandtravel.com | www.roadtripusa.com | film: Easy Rider,
Thelma & Louise | iconic roads: Route 66 |music trail: thecrookedroad bluegrass |
yahoo: on the road
books: car: On the Road Kerouac, Travels with Charlie Steinbeck | hitchhiking: Carsick
Waters | planes, trains, automobiles, et al: Book Your Trip
Music | Extreme | Popular Culture | more
Automation
Robotics and Autonomic Systems
Will robots steal your job or be your partner?
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in general: accelerators: alphalab gear | AI+robotics+gaming: anki | animatronics |
autism | bees: Robobees | big dog: www.bostondynamics.com | clusters: Zurich |
coatings: www.autonomicmaterials.com | companies: irobot | co-robots | DIY: ezrobot, kit-robot, multiplo, Sparki | farm: harvestautomation | fish: robofish |
fulfillment: kiva | gliders | hair transplantation: restorationrobotics | hospitals:
www.aethon.com | human-robot interaction | iCub | lawnmowers: Deere Tango E5 |
magazines: servomagazine | manufacturing: flexible objects, Rethink Robotics |
microrobotics: robo-insect | museums: robotville | NASA | ocean: liquidr, robotboat
| platform: hansonrobokind big ideas | precision machine control: www.novariant.com |
remote presence: www.intouchhealth.com | rideable robot | sewer inspection:
redzone | soccer: Peter Stone | soft robotics: indestructible | surgery: da Vinci |
toys: sphero ball | underwater: openROV, seaperch.org | Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
(UAV): uxvuniversity education | walking: argomedtec | window cleaning: ecovacs
books, articles, journals: How To Survive a Robot Uprising Wilson | Robotic insects
make first controlled flight Perry | Soft Robotics
3D | Earth | Modeling | Food | AI | more
Sports / Track & Field
Running
Run for quality to stay in the game (arena) as long as you can. sp
in general: barefoot: runningbarefoot, vivobarefoot | coaching: runcoach | fitness
tracking: runkeeper | forums: letsrun, runnersworld | gear: isaora | girls: Girls on
the Run | marathons: marathonguide | routes: walkjogrun | safety: group running
in Caracus | shoes: shoeftr, skechers gorun | sprints: Usain Bolt | walking:
mapmywalk
books: Born to Run McDougall | The Curse of Lono Thompson
Utopia/Dystopia | Weird | Women & Men | Measurement | Optimized Self | more
Methods of Business Organization
Sales and Customer Service
Backlog | Bonded Seller | Buying Decisions | Consumer Credit Reports | Core
Competency | CRM | Customer Feedback | Customer Service | Facebook |
Knowledge Management | Language Tools | Lead Generation | Methods of Business
Organization | Mobile Workforce | Payment Systems | Predictive Intelligence | Retail
| Sales Information | Sales Management | Sales Ratios | Shopping Malls | Small
Business | Speech Analytics | Time | Trade Shows | Travel
Sales and Customer Service
Sales Information
What are the sales breakdowns www.hoovers.com by various categories? What is
the size of a typical order? The trend?
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Demand: Will the industry be able to meet demand now and in the future? What
product(s) don't we have that are in need or would complete our current product
line?
Forecasting: Does the company share forecast data across different organizations?
Does the company have a formal yet streamlined forecasting process? Do most
people consistently adhere to the company's forecasting process? Does the
company invest considerable resources, time and capital into improving forecasting?
Are accurate forecasts highly valued by executive management? Does the company
have cross-functional teams that have real power to improve forecasting? Does
everyone in the company use world class technologies to capture and analyze
forecasts? Does the company integrate forecasting technology with upstream and
downstream systems? Does the company use standard metrics to measure forecast
accuracy? Is the company very good at forecasting accurately? Are the company's
forecasts well aligned to corporate goals? Does the company reward people for
accurate and timely forecasts?
in general: business contact information: cloze, Salesforce | business directories and
data: www.hoovers.com | forecasting: www.right90.com | online audience:
comscore | real-time monitoring: IBM
Pricing | Retail | Social Networking
Sales and Customer Service
Sales Management
Is there a sales strategic plan and objectives? What is the general sales process?
What is the general sales compensation plan? Is this compensation plan competitive
with the industry? What reports are the most effective at managing the sales force?
How is sales productivity measured? How is sales training conducted? Is the cost of
training reasonable? Have the company’s key negotiators been trained in
professional negotiation strategies and tactics?
in general: communications: clearslide | contacts enhancement: fullcontact | e-mail:
yesware | federal market: fedmarket | incentive programs: www.globoforce.com,
leveleleven, www.xactlycorp.com | intelligence: insideview | multi-level
marketing: Direct Selling Association dsa| negotiation: campnegotiationinstitute | ondemand CRM: crushpath, futuresimple base, campaignerCRM, www.salesforce.com,
www.selltis.com | online customer interactivity: www.genius.com | proposals:
www.bigmachines.com, SalesEdge | screen & qualify: www.doublepositive.com
backlog: How is backlog defined and computed in the company? How does the
current backlog compare with the trend for the past two years? As a percentage of
net revenue? What is the backlog by product line? The trend?
manufacturer’s representative: Has the standard agreement proven to be effective?
How does the company evaluate the cost-effectiveness of manufacturer's reps vs. a
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direct sales force? Do any of the company's reps sell competing products? What do
reps say about the company and its product(s)?
productivity: What training do we have planned or have they had? What training do
they need (by specific need)? How often do we coach? Who coaches? Does sales
management have the tools they need to do the job? Are there technologies that
can assist? Are they being asked to do too much other stuff (like administrative
tasks)? Do we have a plan for dealing with underperforming salespeople? Do we
have a single system to track, monitor, manage and coach all salespeople?
sales personnel: How important is in-person selling to sell the customer? What level
of competence is required in salespeople? Are competent sales personnel available?
Who are the top salespeople for the company? How long have these individuals been
with the company? What are the ages of the top performers? What is the average
salary plus commissions of the top performers? What is the average sales volume of
the top performers? Have the top performers met their quotas?
sales territories: How are sales distributed among the following? Are all the sales
offices producing enough to justify maintaining? Is the geographical area served
reasonable for each office?
books and articles: Crossing the Chasm Moore | The End of Solution Sales Adamson | The
Greatest Salesman in the World Mandino | Transforming Your Go-to-market Strategy
E-mail | New Products | Pricing Management | Randomness
Legal Information and Compliance
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
in general: compliance software: accelus, www.agiliance.com, infor, axentis,
informatica | Master Data Management
security compliance: enterprise data leakage: www.fidelissecurity.com | enterprise
systems: www.elementalsecurity.com
electronic evidence: www.clearwellsystems.com, storediq ediscovery|
www.recommind.com | compliance: www.cya.com | data collection:
www.renewdata.com | discovery
Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC): Has the CEO filed a disclosure with the SEC
certifying last quarter's financials? If not, is there a problem? Edgar Online People:
http://access.edgar-online.com | FreeEdgar | NAICS/SIC Codes: www.naics.com |
SEC Database: www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm | SEC Document
Primer: www.sec.gov/info/edgar/forms/edgform.pdf | SEC News Digest:
www.sec.gov/news/digest.shtml
Corporate Governance | Enterprise | Identity | IT | Risk Management
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Knowledge Creation
Science
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants. Newton
Is scientific genius a thing of the past? What are the barriers to cross-border
scientific collaboration? Do values shape your interpretation of science?
History and Philosophy of Science
History of science: corporate influence: ScienceCorruption | Project TUVA
The Physical Sciences
History of the physical sciences
Astronomy and astrophysics: The Astronomer vermeer
Chemistry
education
K-12: Kids’ Lab
The Earth Sciences
History of the Earth sciences: The Geographer vermeer
Nature, scope, methods of Earth sciences
geoscience: earthcube
The Biological Sciences
Nature, scope, & methodology of biological sciences: biology online
Medicine and Affiliated Disciplines
Social Sciences and Psychology and Linguistics
Economics: encyclopedia | supply-side
Geography: gamification: geoguessr, Geo Quiz
Psychology
experimentation: Hawthorne Effect reality TV
sports
The Technological Sciences
Core Technology
in general: www.earthsky.org | www.sciencedirect.com | http://undsci.berkeley.edu
| competitions: Science Olympiad | conferences: falling-walls | crowd (citizen)
science: crowd-sourced data collection, Discover Life | education: edumedia-sciences
interactive simulations, sciworks, secret life of scientists | journal search: www.scirus.com |
news: science360, whyfiles | podcasts: grokscience | portals: The Naked Scientists
|science kits: www.thamesandkosmos.com | scientific equipment:
www.daiscientific.com | scientists: skepticism | scientometrics | TV/video: Curiosity,
science360 | university science: futurity
black box: about | Artificial Intelligence | brain | CIA | Cloud Computing | complex
systems | dreams | IOLab | mind | Santa’s workshop | Science | stock market |
systems of systems
books: Pasteurs Quadrant Stokes | Science and Human Values Bronowski | Science from
Sight to Insight Harmon | Six Easy Pieces Feynman | The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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| The Two Cultures Snow | What Are You Optimistic About? Brockman | What
Science Is and How It Works Derry | What We Believe but Cannot Prove Brockman
Kuhn big ideas
Politics | Humans | Visualization | Products | Research | more
Fiction
Science Fiction
Ender’s Game
Orson Scott Card
Is science fiction failing? Is there an imagination barrier?
in general: aliens ufo | avatarmovie | flying: flying pictures | parallel universe |
superheros: sandman, women | syfy | tom swift | twilight zone
time travel: about | calendar 2012 | comics: Calvin & Hobbes, Superboy | films:
About Time Curtis, Safety Not Guaranteed, Timecop | video games: Back to the
Future, Chrono Trigger, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time | videos:
Timeless Man
TV: Dr. Who: When will Dr. Who be a woman?, BBC site, history | Terra Nova | The
Outer Limits: Gettysburg
articles, books, movies: Dune Herbert | Outlander | Ten Billion Days and One Hundred
Billion Nights Mitsuse | The Best New Science Fiction | The Continuing Scientific
Relevance Of SciFi Tozer
Gaming | Creativity | Crowd | Future | History
Internet
Search
in general: desktop: copernic | engines: bing, duckduckgo, google, wolframalpha,
yahoo | enterprise: ba-insight, coveo, qsensei | local search:
www.americantowns.com | magazines & newspapers: www.highbeam.com |
medical terminology: e-imo | natural search: www.conductor.com | news:
www.altsearchengines.com | online ads: moat | online video guide:
www.ovguide.com | optimization: www.icrossing.com | rent: rentstuff | researchers:
kgrove | robots & spiders: www.the-art-of-web.com/system/agents/2385938736/ |
semantic ad network: isense | shopping: www.thefind.com | state/mall/product:
www.nearbynow.com | structured results: www.grokker.com, www.hakia.com |
summarize: summly | trusted sources: goasterisk | validation by social networks:
www.lijit.com
search marketing: pay-per-click (PPC): wordstream | search engine optimization
(SEO): altruik, brightedge, ginzametrics, sycara
directory search: 800 Directory: www.anywho.com | AnyWho: www.anywho.com |
Area Code Finder: http://decoder.americom.com | Free: www.free411.com |
International Dialing: www.countrycallingcodes.com | Switchboard:
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www.switchboard.com | yellow pages: www.superpages.com | Zip Code Finder
(Business): http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/welcome.jsp
images: archive/buy/sell images www.digitalrailroad.net | recognition cortica
Jobs | Philosophy | Big Data | Health | Politics | more
Books & Publishing
Self-Publishing
in general: amazon | art-on-demand: www.zazzle.com | bindings: Choosing the
Right Binding Type | consulting: authoright | e-books: wattpad | games:
gamesalad |iPad: mazdigital | open entertainment platform: www.vuze.com |
paperbacks: accurance, createspace, www.iuniverse.com, lulu | picture books:
www.blurb.com | podcasting: www.hipcast.com, www.hipcast.com | six ways to
publish your book | travel journal: everlater | unified all-platform distribution:
RebelMouse | videos: www.onetruemedia.com
Books | Music | Writing | Content | think2ool
Big Data
Sensors and Sensor Networks
sattelite imagery: Planet Labs
in general: www.lumasenseinc.com | www.sensorlogic.com | aerial data collection:
PrecisionHawk | fiber optic temperature sensors www.sensortran.com | hydrogen
www.h2scan.com | motion sensors movea, qualtre | optical
www.spectrasensors.com | plant water level: plant link | radiation safecast | realtime sensor network: cosm | security: mocana | thermal light valve
http://redshiftsystems.com | water levels: gaugecam | wireless: twine
internet of things IoT: air quality egg | application development platform: thingworx |
connect devices: electricimp, Nest | embedded systems: freescale | human
interface: glass | plants: PLEASED big ideas | theinternetofthings
medical: back: lumoback | medication: proteusbiomedical | orthopedic implants:
orthosensor
remote monitoring: www.icontrol.com | bio-physical: zephyr-technology |
ruggidized communications: www.talend.com
RFID: chips: impinj | extended capability: www.intelleflex.com | hospital inventory:
www.wavemark.net | software: odinrfid, www.rfcode.com | www.thingmagic.com |
systems: www.higtek.com | www.power-id.com | www.skyetek.com |
www.tagsysrfid.com
Biosphere | Optimized | Earth | Climate | Agriculture | more
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Products and Services
Services
On Hiring a Consultant sp
What are the top five features of this service? What could be considered proprietary
features? Have there been any reviews/comparisons of the service? How sensitive is
the customer to service quality? At what stage in the service life cycle is each of the
company's core services? Is the service a luxury item or necessity? What need does
the service fill for the customer? What factors increase/decrease the customer's
need for the service? Does the service save the customer money? Does the service
improve efficiency for the customer? What alternatives does the customer have?
in general: booking: booker | chores: taskrabbit | cleaning: homejoy | laundry:
washio | lifecycle management: servigistics | management software: getjobber,
insightdirect | mobile platforms: prompt.ly | on-demand professionals: pearl |
trusted referrals: angieslist, betterfly, checkbook, redbeacon, taskrabbitt. thumbtack
| small services starting at $5: fiverr
profitability: What is the sales volume for each service? What is the profitability
(gross margin) of each service? Is there a relationship between a service's
sales/profitability ranking and incentives for salespeople?
revenues: How many sales people in your organization are focused solely on selling
services? Are you effectively contacting your entire installed base, including the
small and medium-sized accounts? Do you have the time and resources necessary to
hire, train, manage, motivate and retain your service sales team? What are your
renewal rates by segment? Are you prioritizing resources accordingly? Can you
accurately assess the renewal pipeline and forecast? Do you have formal processes
for communicating the value of your service offering? Are you coterming/consolidating contracts whenever possible? Multi-year contracts? Upselling higher service levels? Are your resellers and distributors getting maximum
service revenue? Is your customer contact information up-to-date and correct? Do
you have detailed reports and data to make intelligent decisions and analyses
regarding your service business? optimization: servicesource
service level management: Can the enterprise forecast the impact of the expected
growth and changes in database design, hardware and software parameters to
identify potential bottlenecks and take corrective measures to continuously achieve
performance goals? www.bez.com | www.vieo.com | Real-time monitoring
www.nimsoft.com
supply chain: Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now by George Stalk | Has the
company implemented a web-based service parts planning system to optimize the
balance between supply chain costs and customer availability? Are we tracking the
gains against a baseline?
pets: dog care: dogvacay | pharmacy: myvetsfirstchoice
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Decisions | Crowd | Personal | Employees | Weird | more
Supply Chain
Shipping
Is there a written procedure(s) for shipping? How does accounting confirm what
goods are shipped? How does the company confirm that the customer received the
goods? What systems are in place to prevent theft? Has the company used the ISTA
test procedures to assess the performance of packaging for shipment? If so, have we
reduced or eliminated damage using the ISTA standards? Also with high value
goods?
in general: design: apps: shippo | Intelligent paper: www.cypak.com | marine
operations: marinecfo | outsourcing: www.shipwire.com | packing materials:
ExpandOS
freight: newgistics
package delivery: collection network: www.kiala.com | dropship: dropship |
www.fedex.com
package tracking: DHL: http://track.dhl-usa.com | Express Mail:
www.usps.com/shipping/trackandconfirm.htm | Fed Ex:
www.fedex.com/Tracking?cntry_code=us | marking systems: www.datalase.com |
sensors: www.paksense.com, senseaware | UPS:
http://wwwapps.ups.com/etracking/tracking.cgi
Apps | Cloud shipping | Green | Inventory | Sensors | more
Retail
Shopping
in general: www.bizrate.com | www.savings.com | www.shopping.com | catalogs:
catalogchoice, coffeetable | comparative shop: findthebest, hukkster, Price Machine,
TrueCar | coupons: coupontrade | deals: nomorerack |delivery: delivery | flash
sales: gilt | furniture: Joss & Main | holiday: www.christmasorganizer.com | kids:
totsy | local: milo | member-only: ideeli, lockerz | mobile apps: aisle411,
getmonogram iPad | what are people buying: blippy, shopflick
shopping cart: abandonment tracker: seewhy |bonded transactions:
www.buysafe.com | checkout: www.allurent.com,
https://checkout.google.com/seller/integrate.html | integrated e-commerce:
1shoppingcart, www.storefront.net | remote managed services: www.totality.com |
store setup: shopify
shopping malls: online entertainment: www.deliveryagent.com | Video Display
Monitors: www.adspacenetworks.com
Auto | Unequivocal | Services | Travel | Pricing | more
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Business Organization
Small Business
family business: Focus on resilience for the long term. Is the board in-effect
controlled by one dominant family member? Is this situation dysfunctional towards
good governance? Is the board effectively meeting its responsibility as corporate
arbitrator?
in general: accounting: freeagent, waveaccounting free | advisory boards | apps:
bestvendor | arbitration: www.arbitration-forum.com | books: Small Giants by Bo
Burlingham | credit reports: cortera | credit unions: marijuana | CRM Systems:
infusionsoft | www.visitar.com | cybersecurity: 10 tips | data intelligence:
insightsquared | directory: manta | discounted services: www.myceo.com |
domains: about.us | e-business roadmap: ebusinessnow.org | economy of scale:
OrderWithMe | financial services: indinero dashboard | free online training:
www.sba.gov/services/training/onlinecourses/index.html | freelance: nextspace,
writing | funding: www.businessfinancialservices.com, smallknot | general:
allbusiness, Small Business America Huffington Post, www.smsmallbiz.com | integrated
business management platform: www.everestsoftwareinc.com, sohoos | inventory
management: stitchlabs | IT management: spiceworks | loans:
www.ondeckcapital.com | on-demand: Microsoft Online Services | online advertising
& marketing: www.clickfuel.com, hubspot, manta | IRS tax tips:
www.irs.gov/businesses/small/index.html | multi-channel e-commerce:
www.infopia.com | office tools: ceoexpress | publicity: helpareporter HARO |
regulatory alerts: www.sba.gov/advo/laws/law_regalerts.html | resource network:
www.buzgate.org | simulation: www.nfib.com/page/YEFJohnnyMoney.html | social
networking: partnerup | solo enterprises: http://sohodojo.com | VoIP: ooma,
www.vocalocity.net | wall street journal | web sites: www.web.com
Web Site | Sales | Purchasing | Board | Brand | more
Fields of Technology / Critical Infrastructures
Smart Grid
What is the Smart Grid?
Generation
Distributed generation
Energy harvesting
Renewable power: vizimax | stats: Renewable Energy Data Book
Microgrids
about | design: Energy Surety Microgrid ESM | modeling: homerenergy |
towns: The Only Grid-Independent Village In The World? Shahan
Wind
Energy storage
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primuspower | associations: Energy Storage Association | batteries:
aqueous hybrid ion: aquion | flow: enervault, pdenergy | flywheel: Beacon
Power
Transmission and Distribution
automation and control
hardware/software: bplglobal, bridgeenergygroup, nexant, silverspringnet
resiliency: synchronization of major interconnects
Consumption
Home Energy Management
consumer incentives: peak time rebates | time-of-use pricing
tendrilinc
Commercial & Industrial Building Energy Management
agentisenergy | peoplecube | dashboards: Hill Energy Dashboard, Oberlin
Environmental Dashboard
Local energy aggregation: leanenergyus.org
Security
Is smart metering a failed public-sector IT project? Are smart meters safe? In
Smart Grid 2.0, can we manage power flow like Internet data, i.e., by managing
power packets the way the Internet manages data packets? big idea, digitalgrid Should
we move the Smart Grid to the cloud? | blackouts: American Blackout Ntl. Geo
in general: big data: auto-grid | big money for big ideas: ecomagination |
communications: grid2home | consumer education: Smart Grid Consumer
Collaborative smartgridcc | cybercecurity: 2011 Roadmap to Achieve Energy Delivery
Systems Cybersecurity, thepowerfilm.org | Department of Energy | distributed energy
storage: ice-energy | energy management systems: energyhub, Google PowerMeter,
tendrilinc | euro projects | Future: report | IFCL superconducting cable | innovation:
surgeaccelerator | load management: consert | maturity model | modeling &
simulation & visualization: powerworld, VERDE | overview | physical attacks: Silicon
Valley 2013 | privacy: futureofprivacy | research: tcipg | roadmapping: CA ISO |
Smart Grid as a Service | social network: smartgrid | transformers: hexaformer
smart metering: meters: itron, meterpedia, TED | software: emeter, lowfoot
books: The Smart Grid Library
Energy | Modeling | Sustainability | Trust | Crime | more
Human Society
Social Groups
Peoples & Cultures of the World: mapping historical cultural production: pantheon
Popular Culture
Race: The Race Card Project
Development of Human Culture
Processes of cultural change
success: The Triple Package Chua
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survival
Major Cultural Components & Institutions
Family & Kinship
Other social structures
Status
slavery: books/movies: Twelve Years a Slave
Other elements common to all cultures
Recreation, Entertainment, Sports, Games
Language and Communication
Communication
Written language: systems of notation
Language and society: Popular Culture
Languages of the world
esperanto
spoken: What is lost when a language goes silent? Vanishing Voices Rymer
Language Tools
books: A Universe Of Consciousness Edelman | Interpretation of Cultures Geertz
in general: http://anthro.palomar.edu/tutorials/cultural.htm | World Heritage List:
http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
Poverty | Libraries | Crime | Sports | Jobs | more
Social Networking
Social Media
There are 1 billion social media posts every 2 days.
in general: advertising: kineticsocial | advocate b-2-b marketing: influitive |
benchmark social brand: unmetric | buying/planning: www.mbxg.com | catalogue of
tools | centralized sharing: friendfeed | compliance: cmp.ly | content curation:
percolate, trap.it personalization | data analysis: datasift | enterprise systems: shoutlet,
sprinklr, syncapse | Google | influencers: flowtown, superspreaders | IPOs: Alibaba |
linkedIn | managing multiple feeds: tweetdeck, hootsuite, cotweet, spredfast
|marketing management: crowdfactory, grosocial, vocus | monitoring: brandwatch |
optimize: grapheffect | share content: shareaholic | social entertainment: milyoni |
social recommendation: extole | social ROI: wayin |statistics: socialbakers |
username search: namechk
real-time: search & analysis (buzz): socialmention | integrate social content:
massrelevance
twitter: about | Bill Gates | business | data: gnip, topsylabs | feeds: twitterfeed | IPO
| growth most followed: listorious, pulseofthetweeters, wefollow | search users with
related interests: twitterel | video: twitvid | wine: fledgling | yellow pages: twellow
video: analytics: tubemogul
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books: Socialnomics Qualman | The 24-Hour Customer Ott
Brand | Crowd | E-Commerce | Ideas | Big Data | more
Social Groups
Social Networking
The Friendship Paradox: Your friends have more friends than you do.
Would you turn down $3B in cash from Facebook? Are social networking sites good
for our society? As the number of social contacts increases, does the closeness with
each contact decrease? Is there a point of diminishing returns?
in general: about: degrees of separation |advertising: www.lotame.com |
aggregator: www.power.com, http://socialthing.com | application development:
www.smallworldlabs.com, socialmedia | B2B: company, jivesoftware | behaviors:
trolling | building community:
http://thenetworkgarden.com/weblog/2008/03/online-communit.html | cell
phones: http://mig33.com/index.php, www.mocospace.com | chain letters | cluster
analytics for advertisers: http://media6degrees.com | comic books: graphic.ly |
community: Yik Yak | corporate web sites: www.igloosoftware.com | create your
own: everyme, ning | customer communities: www.lithium.com | dating:
crazyblinddate, flikdate, skout, smartdate, specialty dating, zoosk | desktop-in-abrowser: www.ecirkit.com | enterprise: jivesoftware, yammer | financial industry:
socialware | flipboard | gay men: grindr | health care: alliancehealthnetworks,
www.friendshealthconnection.org | hub: www.fallon.com/skimmer | in person:
http://techcocktail.com/home | industry-specific knowledge clusters: tallyfox | latin
america: www.sonico.com | life experiences: experienceproject | map your interests
cloud: mirror.me | matchmaking: 1mind, www.be2.com | micro-social: kibits |
military: yourmilitary | mobile: www.mobango.com | patientslikeme | niche career
communities: beyond | physicians: www.sermo.com | pictures: snapchat |
professional: linkedIn, viadeo | scientists: researchgate | sentiment monitoring:
visibletechnologies | six degrees of separation | storytelling: cowbird | teachers and
students: edmodo | techies: www.inetinteractive.com | trading community:
www.zecco.com | video: airtime | wellness: www.patientslikeme.com | writers:
www.redroom.com
cascade effect: The fraction of the network with a certain number of friends is a
crucial indicator of the network’s vulnerability to cascades.
articles, books: Groundswell Li | LOLing at tragedy Phillips
Jobs | Women & Men | CRM | Family | Religion | more
Human Society
Social Organization and Change
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. Gandhi
Social Structure and Change
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Social control
Class structure: Utopia/Dystopia
Factors operative in social change
Change
Coolhunting
Migration: centroid of population
Volunteerism: Points of Light
Social movements and social change
advocacy: documentaries: POV NPR | forums: netrootsnation
causes user-created advocacy groups | data mining | Reboot America | Tea Party
movement, liberal tea party
Group Structure of Society
Various types of groups: unions
Racism and Ethnic Prejudice
Social services
The people with the lowest (social) value have the most potential.
History of social and welfare services
How big is the gap between doing and accomplishing? sp
Fields of service
Family welfare: food stamps | social security | worker’s compensation
Medical and psychiatric services: Medicare | Medicaid
School social services: Head Start
Correctional services: probabtion and parole
Social Status: honor or prestige attached to one's position in society
Urban and Rural Communities
Population
Cities
in general: advocacy: TakePart | United Nations | musicians for social change:
atctower
books and plays: Against Essentialism: A Theory of Culture and Society Fuchs | Bowling
Alone Putnam | Eating the Dinosaur Klosterman | Good People Abaire | The True Believer Hoffer
| welfare: Never Enough Voegeli
Law | Innovation | Movies | Right-to-Work | Philanthropy | more
Politics & Government
Social Radar
in general: China: censors | civil unrest monitoring: Composition of Religious
and Ethnic Groups (CREG) | crowd communications: mesh networks |movies:
Hunger Games | movements: Occupy Wallstreet | riot contagion | social media
analytics: google ideas, socialradar | twitter: flu | unstructured data emails, instant
messages, social media: Idibon | violence: flash mobs
papers: Mathematicians Analyze Social Divisions Using Cell Phone Data Brown
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Anarchy | Venture Capital | Utopia/Dystopia | Optimized | China | more
Methods of Business Organization
Software & Web Development
top programming languages
AJAX | Apps | Artificial Intelligence | Automation | Buildings | Checklists | Cloud
Computing | Collaboration | Computer Science | Content Management (Web) |
Crowd | Cybersecurity | Decision Making | Ecommerce | Enterprise Systems |
Gaming | Health Care | Information Technology | Job Search | Lifetime Learning |
Methods of Business Organization | Mobile | Network | Open Source Software |
Outsourcing | Predictive Intelligence | Quality Management | Search Engines |
SharePoint | Shopping | Startups | Teaching | Threat Management | Web Site |
more
Should we be teaching first-graders how to code? Does the company have an
ongoing training program that builds advanced levels of skill and productivity in the
developer workforce? Does the company have a network-based software
configuration management system to control its software development projects?
Have we considered outsourcing our QA testing to a CMM Level 5 software testing
specialist? Is the company making maximum use of state-of-the-art software tools to
enhance the productivity and quality of every function? Is IT using automated tools
to scan source code www.klocwork.com and optimize performance?
in general: automated testing & continuous deployment: circleci |book: A Software
Design Manifesto by Mitchell Kapor | bug fixes: patterninsight | conferences:
DreamForce | code protection: www.vilabs.com | refactoring | identify open source
code: www.blackducksoftware.com, www.palamida.com | launchpad for emerging
technology: www.demo.com | lifecycle management: www.rallydev.com,
www.versionone.com | On-Demand Distributed Software Development:
www.collab.net | outsourced: www.globallogic.com, www.persistentsys.com |
professional development & skills: codeacademy, learn to code, skills | construx |
search for software/apps: bestvendor, quixey | security: Building Security In Maturity
Model bsimm | software production automation: www.electric-cloud.com | training:
innerworkings | visualization before application development: www.irise.com |
virtual factory: topcoder competitions
agile: about | project management: rallydev
java: collaboration: www.java.net, ProgramCreek
source code: Is IT using tools to rapidly scan application source code to identify
coding flaws that leave critical applications vulnerable to attack and exploitation, so
that these flaws can be addressed proactively? | auto QA: www.coverity.com,
www.solidw.com | distributed version control: github | free code hosting: bitbucket
| secure development platforms: RhodeCode
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tools: record/replay bugs: www.replaysolutions.com | run code online: runnable |
updates: www.techtracker.com/products
user experience: DWIM do what I mean | performance management: bmc, knoa
books and essays: Why Software Is Eating The World Andreessen
Elements of Technology / Energy Conversion & Utilization
Solar Energy
in general: arrays: Fibonacci-based design | backup power: www.gridpoint.com |
boats: planetsolar | concentrators: www.skyfuel.com | consumer information:
http://1bog.org | crowd funding: joinmosaic | direct solar liquid fuel: jouleunlimited
| education: solar pavilion | financing & operations: sunedison | franchises:
solaruniverse | grid parity: socket parity | ground-mounted: portable | highconcentration (HCPV): www.greenvolts.com, morgansolar | industrial uses:
www.sunnylandmills.com/solar_power.shtml | inverters: enesys | leasing: solarcity,
sunrun | map solar potential: geostellar, mapdwell | modules: b-squares |
monitoring: drakerlabs, real-time | outsourcing: www.tiogaenergy.com | panels:
www.soliant-energy.com | photovoltaic systems: about, www.day4solar.com,
innotechsolar, www.petrasolar.com | organic-based: heliatek | parking lots: Solaire
Generation | power output: 10 acres/1MW | research: test bed sp | residential:
gen110, oneroofenergy, www.solarcity.com, sungevity | roadways: Solar
Roadways big idea| shared solar/collectives: about, community solar, Kit Carson solar
decathlon: www.solardecathlon.org | stirling engine: infiniacorp | storing solar
energy: molten salt, suncatalytix | street lighting | tensile structures: ftlsolar | test
bed: Equinox House | thin film: ampulse, www.heliovolt.net, www.innovalight.com,
www.nanosolar.com, www.semprius.com, www.xunlight.com | tracking systems:
aasolartracking | turnkey installation: spgsolar | utility scale: brightsourceenergy,
esolar | water heating: skylineinnovations
tools and calculators: KWh: PVWatts | software for installers: cleanpowerfinance
Critical Infrastructure | Design | Transportation | Energy | Buildings | more
World Since 1920
Southwest Asia and Africa Since 1920
Turkey since 1919:
The Gülen Movement
Prime Minister: Recep Tayyip Erdogan
Arab states
Iran: Why should we go to war in Iran, when we never waged war with Russia
who could have destroyed us in an instant?
Syria: 2013 | ISIS: Not in My Name
Regional: Arab Spring 2011
Israel: equality & democracy: New Israel Fund nif | peace: peacenow
Egypt
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What happened to the promise of a free, democratic Egypt? | 1978 Camp David
Peace Accord | geographic challenges
Iran, Afghanistan, and Central Asia since 1920
Afghanistan: Taliban | The Places In Between Stewart
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nigeria: novelist: Chinua Achebe
South Africa: Long Walk to Freedom Mandela | music: Hugh Masekela
in general: news: FLAME
News | Peace | Anarchists | War | Music | more
Recreation, Sports, and Games
Sports
Team Sports
Baseball
Players: Mickey Mantle: The Last Boy Leavy
strategy: Moneyball by Michael Lewis
Basketball
High School: Hoop Dreams
College: Billion $ Bracket | my 2014 picks sp | parity
NBA: hoopshype | Jeremy Lin: Linsanity | movies: top ten
Football
NFL: Should Roger Goodell resign?
concussions: League of Denial
conference championships: 2014
superbowl: Super Bowl XLVI
Hockey: pond hockey: MadCityPondHockey
Polo: bicycle
Rugby: rules: rugby 101
Soccer: Howler
Volleyball: 9-man
Individual Sports
Bicycling
Boxing
men: Muhammad Ali: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
women: T-Rex
Car Racing: Rush Howard
Freediving: about | movie: The Big Blue Besson
Golf
Hiking: Extreme skurka
Horse Racing: KentuckDerby
Lacrosse: The Medicine Game Korver
Motorcycles: Texas Tornado Bootcamp
Rock climbing
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free solo: Alex Honnold
Scuba diving: trainining pool
Skateboarding: 43 magazine | zboardshop | three wheels: trickstartr
Skiing
goggles: reconinstruments | men: axlski | women: lindseyvonn
Snowboarding: (Sick): A Cultural History of Snowboarding Howe
Surfing
artificial wave: wavegarden | magazine: acidsurfing | movie: Endless
Summer Brown | pictures: Surfing Heimann
Swimming: training: instabeat
Tennis
book: The Inner Game of Tennis Gallwey | players: rafaelnadal | Wimbledon:
www.wimbledon.org
Track & field
running
Technology
eSports: League of Legends
equipment
breathing: Armourbite
mobile: Nike+ Accelerator
player tracking: zebra
TV
ESPN
cricket: www.cricinfo.com
rugby: www.scrum.com
high school: playonsports
Video:
automated team analysis: AutoScout
channels: flocasts
training: coachseye, dartfish
The Mental Game
Athlete
Determination: It ain’t over till it’s over.
Philosophy (Attitude)
Fans: Praying for a win sp
Why do we want our kids to participate in athletics?
in general: amateur team management: bluefields, www.teampages.com, teamsnap
| basketball: hooping | coaches: coachup | community-driven interactive news:
http://bleacherreport.com | military wounded: Warrior Games | news:
bleacherreport | performance: choke | tour de France: www.letour.fr | unionization:
Northwetern University | youth sports: Silent Sunday, www.weplay.com
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books, movies: Born to Run McDougall | Final Rounds Dodson | Flow: The Psychology of
Optimal Experience Csikszentmihalyi | Heaven Is a Playground Telander | Pre Jordan | The
Legend of Bagger Vance Pressfield | The Sports Gene Epstein | 30 for 30 ESPN |
Unsportsmanlike Conduct: Exploiting College Athletes Byers
Human Behavior | Extreme | Popular Culture | Zeitgeist | more
Human Nature & Experience
Stages in the development of human behavior
General aspects of human development
Nature vs Nurture: beespace research
Parenting
Infancy: research: Yale Baby Lab
Early childhood (1-12): competitiveness
Adolescence
Young adulthood and maturity: generations: posts
Old age and death: Thinking about death brings clarity to your life. beforeidie
retirement
places: The Villages
death
education: the death class
end-of-life preparation
last wishes: Conversation of a Lifetime | The Conversation Project
singing: Threshhold Choir
suicide: How do you choose to die and not hurt the loved ones around you?
books, movies, music: Amour | Modern Man Young at Heart Chorus | Passages: Predictable
Crises of Adult Life Sheehy
Location | Popular Culture | Family | Music | Parenting | more
Entrepreneurship
Startups
How do you design a 100-year startup? big idea As a startup founder, are you being
very frugal with your salary? What do you use for your accounting, billing &
invoicing? What do you use to track and analyze your traffic? What do you use to
acquire new customers? Which CRM do you use? What do you use for your financial
transactions?
in general: accelerators: differential, top 15 in US | at sea: blueseed | benchmarks:
Compass, Startup Genome Report | board governance: earlystagetechboards | cities
and ecosystems: startup ecosystems, top 12 in US | community, networking,
resources: FirstSteps peer-to-peer, founder2be, www.gobignetwork.com investors,
publicmediax, Startup America Partnership s.co, www.tradevibes.com | conferences:
leweb | documents: Founder Adviser Startup Template FAST, venturedocs | education:
generalassemb.ly | how to start a startup: www.paulgraham.com/start.html |
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immigrant entrepreneurs: startupchile | lean startup customer development | mentors:
clarity advice over the phone, GrowthWheel, startupplays, startX, The Accelerators | odds
of success calculator: www.startupnation.com/NET_ROOT/calculator | pivoting:
hotornot | speaker series: startupatwork | students: www.ncet2.org, nciia.org, startx,
3daystartup, ventureboard.co | the autodesk file:
www.fourmilab.ch/autofile/www/autofile.html | university startups: www.ncet2.org,
3daystartup | women: women2
raising capital: crowd funding: circleup, crowdtilt, growvc, gust, kickstarter,
indiegogo, ongreen, thefundersclub | www.youngstartup.com | Small Business
Innovation Grant (SBIR): SBIR Alerting Service
books, videos: Startupland | Startup Mixology Gruber | The Art of the Start Kawasaki
Research | Decisions | Future | Management | Co-Working | more
Corporate Governance
Stockholders
What good are shareholders? What value do they provide? What are the details of
all changes in ownership within the last five years? Does the company have a
complete shareholders list? Do the current directors and executive officers own, in
aggregate, a majority of the outstanding shares of the corporation? Is the company
responsive to shareholders? Does the company respect basic shareholder rights? Is
the process of selecting new board members substantially driven by a major
shareholder(s)? Is this in the best interests of the company? Do the by-laws specify
cumulative voting? Were there any major problems with dissenting stockholders at
the last annual shareholders' meeting? Are we making it possible for non-attending
shareholders to participate in a Web-cast meeting? Do management and the board
appropriately consider and attend to the interests of all of the company's
stakeholders? Has the company ever paid cash dividends on its common stock? IRS
definitions and rules: www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc404.html
common stock: What is the number of shares authorized? What is the number of
shares outstanding? Do any restrictions exist on any of the company's common
stock? Do any options or rights of first refusal exist on any of the company's common
stock? Do the by-laws of the corporation call for cumulative voting in all elections for
directors? definition | election services: electionservicescorp | ESOPs: www.nceo.org
Initial Public Offering (IPO): Is the market right for a stock offering? What were the
results of a stock offering in the past year? How was it accepted by the investor
community? Is an IPO a realistic consideration for the company? Edgar Online:
http://ipoportal.edgar-online.com/ipo/home.asp | news: IPOfinancial, IPOscoop
Major Shareholders: Is the process of selecting new board members substantially
driven by a major shareholder(s)? Is this in the best interests of the company? Who
owns more than 5% of the outstanding common stock? Does the company disclose
this information on its investor relations web site? Is the company in danger of
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triggering an accumulated earnings tax? What steps could be taken to prevent or
mitigate triggering this tax? Do institutional investors play a special role on the board
of the company? Active or passive? What is their impact on management?
calculator: www.denvertax.com/bardahl/default.htm | institutionalinvestor | news &
info: liquidnet
Preferred Stock: What is the number of shares authorized? What is the number of
shares outstanding? Do preferred stock shareholders have a preference in
liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the affairs of the company? Do preferred
stock shareholders have preemptive or subscription rights? Is each share of
preferred convertible into one share of common stock? Are there any puts, calls, or
rights of first refusal with any outstanding equity repurchase agreement? What
preemptive rights exist with all outstanding securities? | What put/call rights are
outstanding? leverage: www.riskglossary.com/articles/leverage.htm
Stockholders' Equity: Does the company have a list of all classes of stock? What
activity has occurred in treasury stock for the past three years? What has been the
annualized growth rate in stockholders' equity for the last year? Five years? Ten
years? Since incorporation? Have any restrictions been violated on any of the issued
and outstanding equity securities? What is the most significant action taken during
the past year to improve stockholder value?
Acquisitions | Financing | Investor Relations | Valuation
Management and Best Practices
Strategic Planning
What difference (impact) do we want to make?
How do we know we are making a difference?
What is the difference we are making?
Can we prove that we made a difference?
social audit
How embedded is our strategic plan? Do employees get it? Is there a corporate
fountain of youth? Or are most businesses destined to start, grow, mature, and die?
Can you fit the strategic execution plan pdf on one page? Does management
effectively include directors in the strategic planning process? Does the company use
a third-party professional to facilitate the strategic planning process? Is the company
careful to not over commit to too many strategies? What will be the main focus of
the company in the next five years? What strategic blunders can the company admit
to? What is being done to mitigate the adverse impacts? Besides traditional financial
measures, what other information does the board study as good indicators of future
performance? How is strategy defined at this organization? Is the definition of
strategy in this organization shared by all directors and management? What are we
ultimately trying to accomplish and where do we eventually want to get to? What is
our purpose – or, why do we exist? What are the internal ethical and cultural
priorities that attract stakeholders to us? What are the specific measures and targets
that we will use to judge our progress in achieving our macro-level vision, mission
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and values goals? In what specific business arenas have we chosen to operate for the
purposes of achieving our objectives? Are they the right ones? What are the major
business strategies making up the overall corporate strategy? Do circumstances
warrant the board's involvement in (i.e. review, assessment and approval of) the
organization's operating plan? Does this organization have the right strategy and, if
not, what should it be? What was the process followed at this organization to
formulate the strategy contained in the strategic plan and does the plan's document
contain all of the proper information? Does the strategy have the right vision? Does
the strategy have the right mission? Does the strategy have a proper statement of
values? Does the strategy contain objectives which are well formulated and well
stated? Have the proper organizational arrangements been selected, designed and
aligned to reflect, reinforce and support the strategy? Have all the significant
internal and external strategic risks been identified, quantified and addressed in the
plan? Are appropriate mechanisms in place to provide the board with timely
feedback on the organization's progress against its strategy, the underlying causes of
any performance variance and any changes in the internal/external environments or
risk factors which would cause the board to consider altering the organization's
strategy? Are the board and its directors constructively involved in the organization's
strategy? Does the board conduct a strategic planning retreat allerton park separate from
the normal planning activities of corporate staff? How is the board’s strategic
planning output integrated with the staff’s? What are management's plans for
developing strategic alliances to maximize profits and reduce costs? What are the
risks and how are they controlled? | consultants: prtm | executive retreats: Allerton
Park sp, Q Center sp | S.W.O.T.
goals: What are the top five strategic goals for this fiscal year? What is the one big
audacious goal the company has set for the next 3-5 years? Is the goal S.M.A.R.T.? |
facilitator: www.nfdb.com | personal goal setting: mygoals | Simplified Strategic
Planning: www.cssp.com | automotive: www.autoconsulting.com
mission and vision: all you need to know – on a napkin | Do employees understand
the mission of the company? Does management feel it is doing a good job of
ensuring that individual and department goals support company goals? Do
employees understand the vision of the company? leadertoleader | Ethics |
visioning: backcasting
roadmapping: consultants: albrightstrategy | cybersecurity research |
semiconductors: International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors itrs.net |
software development: Mozilla | software tools: acceptsoftware, innovationframework, sopheon | strategic-alliances | technology roadmap
wargaming: How could black swan events cripple our company? What are our
company’s biggest vulnerabilities? Will increasing M&A activity affect our target
markets? Which emerging competitors pose a threat to our company and why? What
new policies and regulations that impact our industry will the government
implement? Which grassroots efforts will influence the direction of our industry?
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What financial/economic events may occur that will impact our industry? How do we
anticipate which events to plan for and the results of these events? Which
opportunities should we pursue going forward and/or where should we cut back? |
Next Generation Wargaming Accenture
articles and books: How to Help Employees "Get" Strategy Galunic | Mapping the
Global Future NIC | Strategic Intuition Duggan
Jobs | Change | Brand | Budgeting | Core | more
Life on Earth
Structure and Function of Organisms
Cellular Form and Function: first self-replicating synthetic bacterial cell
Relation of Form and Function: designed to perform a function(s) effectively
Coordination of Vital Processes: physiological functions essential to maintaining life
Covering and Support: body coverings provide protection, insulation, other functions
Nutrition: intake of nutrients and utilization in every living cell of the body
Gas Exchange, Internal Transport, Elimination
Reproduction & Sex: create new organism by combining genetic material of two
organisms
Growth, Differentiation, Morphogenesis: how organisms grow & develop shape
Heredity & Evolution
Physical basis of heredity 19:705
chromosomes and genes
telomere
molecular genetics
Things written in pen (DNA) you can’t change. Things written in pencil
(epigenetics) you can.
DNA: desktop sequencing: gnubio
gene expression: Cloud gene mapping
Human genetics: Sports
books, articles: Ghost in the cell Johnson | The Diversity of Living Organisms Barnes
Manufacturing & Distribution
Supply Chain Management
Is your vehicle routing as efficient as it could be? What’s the optimum balance of
service vs. cost? Does the company have a supply chain methodology and systems in
place to mitigate risks and volatility in its sourcing agreements? How many
distributors does the company use? What is the geographical distribution of
distributors? What is the average number of salesman per distributor? What
percentage of distributors’ sales are company products? How are distributors
selected? What is the compensation arrangement with distributors? Is the
compensation arrangement competitive with their other product lines? What credit
terms are extended to the distributor? Does the distributor purchase products from
the company or simply take a commission on sales? How much company support is
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provided to distributors? How does the company insure a consistent sales approach
among its distributors? What is the availability of qualified distributors? How does
the company evaluate the cost-effectiveness of distributors vs. a direct sales force?
in general: book: Supply Chain Management Chopra | cold chain management :
www.sensitech.com | forest products: Forest2Market | global: amberroad, aravo,
e2open, pchchinasolutions, SAP | inventory optimization: datacraftsolutions |
logistics platforms: globaltranz, odysseylogistics | M2M Magazine:
www.m2mmag.com | map sources: sourcemap | middle market:
www.redtailsolutions.net | procurement: sciquest | RFID: www.savi.com | risk
management & compliance: icix | service business: www.servicebench.com,
www.highjumpsoftware.com, logility, www.optum.com, www.perfect.com,
www.sterlingcommerce.com, www.tibersoft.com, www.tradecard.com | software
platforms: cdcsoftware, kinaxis | standards: GS1
fleet management: driver safety: www.smartdrive.net | fleet management:
shepherdis, www.utility.com, xrscorp | fuel optimization: lysanda, Trailer Tail |
incident monitoring: www.smartdrive.net | real-time tracking GPS: fleetmatics, Octo
Telematics, www.sage-quest.com, www.skybitz.com, www.supatrak.com
logistics: Is the company deriving the full benefits of global transportation and
logistics software descartes which enables the company to move goods through the
supply chain, across all modes and geographies, as a single, integrated, collaborative
process? chemical processing: odysseylogistics | freight comparison engine:
freightquote | satellite communications: www.orbcomm.com
suppliers: Has the company set up an electronic payment and remittance system to
speed transactions and reduce costs? Do the company's database systems make it
easy to identify the best and worst suppliers? How are suppliers selected? Does the
company maintain an "Approved Vendors List"? How often do suppliers fail to
deliver on time? What are the chances of a serious interruption in delivery from a
key supplier? Are any suppliers near bankruptcy? What effect on production
schedules has this had? Are there any unsatisfactory relationships with key
suppliers? Are the company's major suppliers in stable industries? In the future? Are
any of these key suppliers vertically integrating such that they look more like
competitors? Does the company have an over dependence on one or a few key
suppliers? What would be the delay and cost impact if the company were to lose one
of its key suppliers? Are the company's trade payables current? Is the company
considering developing information system linkages (extranet) with its key suppliers?
questions for suppliers: Do you anticipate any shortages in the items you supply to
the company? How promptly are you paid by the company? Is it ever a problem?
What do you like about the company? How would you describe your relationship
with the company? How are you treated as a supplier? Will you continue to supply
the company? information management: www.aravo.com
Outsourcing | Manufacturing | Pricing | Big Data | Automation | more
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Social Groups / Development of Human Culture
Survival
in general: 5 things | adolescence: Ordinary People Guest | ageism in the workplace:
The Brutal Ageism of Tech Scheiber | clothing: There’s no bad weather, just bad clothing.
| forest: Dersu the Trapper Arseniev | in the elements: survivaltopics | necessity: We
are the most inventive when we are challenged to survive. sp | prison: Papillon Charriere
| sea: All is Lost Chandor | self-determination: I am the master of my fate: I am the
captain of my soul. Invictus Henley | tv: Dude, You’re Sscrewed, man vs wild
apocalypse and post-apocalypse: Coronal Mass Ejections | network: PostApoc
books & movies: never give up | Between a Rock and a Hard Place Ralston | The
Knowledge Dartnell | The Road McCarthy | The Way Back
DIY | Immigration | Jobs | Invention | Crime | more
Biosphere
Sustainability
What do we need to do today to reach that successful outcome in the future?
in general: about: Sustainability Primer | banks: stress test |buildings: Living Building
Challenge | campuses: Green Revolving Investment Tracking System GRITS | carbonneutral cities: Malmo, Sweden | clean technology venture network:
www.cleantech.com | climate change | co-housing: www.cohousing.org |
corporations: www.nau.com | design: inhabitat| diapers: www.gdiapers.com |
dwellings/homes: www.dwell.com, pit house, tumbleweedhouses | education:
Strawbale Studio, Tracker School | enterprise software: verisae | forests: Sustainable
Forestry Initiative SFI | forums & institutes: www.liveearth.org,
www.sustainablelifemedia.com, sustania.me, www.tallbergforum.org,
theinstituteforsustainability, www.wbcsd.org, Worldwatch Institute | globalization:
telecoupling big ideas | graphic design: re-nourish | metrics: energypoints | product
standards: To create a product that is safe, healthy, affordable, effective, and
designed to be returned safely to nature or industry after use. C2C, Cradle to Cradle
Products Innovation Institute | push mowers: www.peoplepoweredmachines.com |
repopulation: Interstellar | research: Center for Systems Integration and
Sustainability, Quest | scooters: vespanomics | SmaRT:
http://mts.sustainableproducts.com/index.htm | student competitions: netimpact,
www.thunderbird.edu/sites/tsis/index.htm | triple bottom line
energy transition: the point at which the composition of a nation’s installed capacity
for the generation of electricity is greater from renewable than from non-renewable
sources
farming: advocacy: Growing Home | backyard animals: hens | hydroponic farming:
cityhydroponic, video | organic farming: equalexchange | software: cropster
financial impact: How are sustainability considerations impacting the major
investment decisions that chief financial officers regularly make? What role is
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sustainability playing in achieving a more nuanced understanding of certain risks and
investment opportunities? How involved is the finance function in identifying the
metrics and indicators that are truly material in assessing risk and performance, and
collecting this data? What is the evolving best practice in sustainability reporting and
where is this heading? What impact is sustainability having on relationships with
mainstream investors? Ultimately, how is sustainability impacting the value creation
approach of a company?
fish farmng: sustainably farmed: cleanfish
renewable energy: biomass: gekgasifier, Proton Power | development:
lincolrenewableenergy | energy management platforms: www.gridpoint.com | food
waste: harvestpower | plants & trees: moringa | R&D: Energy Park sp
small-build: containers, dumpster, George Clarke’s Amazing Spaces, japan, tiny
house | apartments: Nakagin | buildings: Small Architecture Now! Jodidio
articles, books, magazines, movies, portals: CEO Study on Sustainability Accenture |
Collapse or Sustainability of Societies Motesharrei | Cradle to Cradle McDonough | Crowd
Supply | Greening the Media Maxwell | Mother Nature Network | Sustainable Chicago |
Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture Romanowski | Vitamin Green Bolchover
Universe | Critical Infrastructures | Research | Profitability | Climate | more
Financial Management
Taxes
Is the company current on all taxes owed? Did any new tax regulations have a
material impact on last fiscal year’s operating results? Can management summarize
for directors the latest three years of federal and state tax returns, including
amended or Net Operating Loss (NOL) carry back returns? What is the list of states
and foreign countries in which the company does business and where sales/use tax
returns are filed? What is the status of any tax appeals and litigation? Have the
auditors confirmed that the reported year-end earnings reconcile to the taxable
earnings reported to the IRS? Is the company's tax planning adequate? Has the
company taken advantage of all potential tax savings? Are the company's tax basis
records in good shape? Has the IRS proposed any tax audit adjustments that would
adversely affect the company's financial performance?
Federal Income Tax: Have there been any recent examinations by the federal tax
authorities? Were there deficiencies? Adjustments? Which tax years are open and
closed to future tax authority examination? Are there any special industry tax
considerations of material significance? Does the current income tax reserve cover
the current income tax requirements?
sales taxes: Is the company complying with all sales tax regulations? What is the
status of any sales or excise tax audits?
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in general: forms for legal structures:
www.sba.gov/starting_business/taxes/federal.html | loopholes: inversion | tax
professionals: http://www.taxadmin.org
Profitability | Legal Information and Compliance | more
Education
Teaching
in general: analytics: BrightBytes | capstone project | careers:
breakthroughcollaborative big idea | classroom management: engrade | games:
mindlab-group | interactive tools: prometheanworld | online collaboration toolkit:
merlot | online (cloud) platforms: blackboard, lore, schoology | professional
development: www.teachscape.com | short videos, complex topics:
www.commoncraft.com | supplies: chalkfly | videos: ed.ted
common core: curriculum, assessment, tracking, reporting: Common Core Standards,
MasteryConnect | organizations: International Center for Leadership in Education |
personalized learning platform: OpenEd
software: K-12: tynker
tutoring: www.brightstorm.com | www.globalscholar.com | thinkwell |
http://tutorvista.com/ | find: tutorspree | flash cards: anki, flashcardexchange,
studyblue digital | reading: Lindamood-Bell | study with friends: grockit, StudyRoom
books: Building a Better Teacher Green
Collaboration | Big Data | Parenting | Social | Lifetime Learning | more
big picture
Technology
moving faster and faster
Development of Technology
Elements of Technology
Fields of Technology
How can scientific and technological breakthroughs be accelerated to improve the
human condition?
Energy | Venture Capital | Innovation | Internet
Mind Wandering
think2ool sp
think2ool is a browse engine for wandering and connecting,
one topic to another,
at the speed of a click,
along the edges of new ideas.
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think2ool by scott pickard is a dynamic book of content that is created and destroyed
on a daily basis to maintain a zero-sum fixed size of 80,000 words (250 pages). One
new idea is posted each day to make you think, to surprise you, and to give you a
random starting place for browsing. The best way to search is to use Ctrl+F, but you
can click here to bring up a search box. think2ool is accessible on any mobile device
with an internet connection and will be available as a color paperback later this year.
think2ool uses these questions to filter content:
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Will this item still be relevant a year from now?
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Will it make you think about things?
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Will it challenge you?
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Is it excellent or praiseworthy?
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Does it address permanent and universal human concerns?
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Is it a big idea, game changer, disruptor, breakthrough?
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Will it influence other great works?
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Is it respected by experts?
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Is it cool and on the edge?
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Does it reflect the spirit of the times?
Learning and Thinking
Thought and Thought Processes
In general
Elements of thought: listening
Process of thought
concentration: game show recollection
Motivation
emotion
fear: monsters | what are the odds
Types of Thinking
realistic thinking
problem solving
collaboration
thought experiments
about | best of | books: Thought Experiments Sorensen | definition | ethics |
TV
in general: paradox: Paradoxes are not something you solve, they are
something you lerarn how to live with.
Major Systems of Communication | Randomness | Checklists | Crime | AI | more
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Risk Management
Threats
Is climate change the world’s most fearsome weapon of mass destruction?
Kerry
Is the company employing adequate threat management solutions that detect,
analyze, and respond to malicious computer attacks (penetration testing coresecurity)
enabling secure and uninterrupted business operations? Is application software
being automatically analyzed fortify for vulnerabilies? Are adequate security measures
in place to reduce the risk of tampering with incoming and outgoing mail? Are
mission-critical building and facilities monitored by intelligent video, GPS, 360-degree
cameras imoveinc and other sensors to automatically detect threats and issue alerts?
in general: chemical detection: spectrafluidics | gun shot detection:
www.shotspotter.com | optoelectronic screening: www.optosecurity.com |
personnel security screening: www.safe-view.com
homeland security: Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards | terrorist
preparedness: www.ready.gov
terrorism: Have we evaluated our exposure to random terrorist activities? Who is
going to attack? What are they going to attack with? What can we do to stop that
attack? If we can’t stop it, how can we lessen the impact? Where can we get help?
Are we developing business continuity response plans in that event? Can the
company feasibly scale down and apply a governmental homeland security model to
a multinational corporate model?
Climate Change | Recreation | Crisis | Cyber Warfare | Identity Management
Manufacturing and Distributiona
3D
in general: augmented reality: www.t-immersion.com | baseball cards: www.timmersion.com | body scan & measure: http://it-fits.info | books: Tactile Picture
Books Project | CAD: spaceclaim | drawing and sketching: JJKAirbrush, pixologic,
3Doodler pen | facility/process modeling: www.geomagic.com, www.quantapoint.com
| free models: grabcad | gaming: musegames | learning: 3dvinci | maps:
popviewmaps | presentations: impress.js | software tools: geomagic, autodesk,
sketchup, spaceclaim | tour: floored, Google Business Photos | 2D-to-3D conversion:
legend3D movies | training: tactustech | TV: shop
printing, carving, cutting: www.dimensionprinting.com, shapeways | animation-toprint | buildings: Canal House, sand castles to buildings | carving: Carvey |
collaboration: thingiverse | fingers: Robohand | handheld: lixpen | hstory:
stereolithography | laser cutting: Ponoko | movies: Print the Legend | printers:
Isis3D, MakerBot, printeer kids, printrbot, 3dsystems, Voxeljet | store: Amazon 3D
Printing Store | trends: Wohlers Report
DIY | Robotics | Drawing | Product Engineering | more
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Elements of Technology / Measurement, Observation, Control
Time
Role in thought and action
Future
Organization & order: mise-en-place
Perception
Philosophies of time
Biblical: A Chart on the Course Of Time from Eternity to Eternity
sunrise and sunset: drive-by sunset sp
Time as systemized in a scientific society
Time measurement
Clocks: Long Now Foundation: 10,000-year clock | unconventional
Watches
smart watch: pebble
watch making: George Daniels: A Master Watchmaker & His Art Clerizo
in general: calendars: Google, pdfcalendar printable, www.trumba.com | diary: pin |
forecasts: www.intellicast.com, www.weather.com, http://weather.yahoo.com,
wxtrends year-ahead | advisories: www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp,
www.cnn.com/WEATHER | one year ago: timehop | time:
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/cgi-bin/timer.pl, www.time.gov, timeanddate,
www.worldtimeserver.com | other: www.ndbc.noaa.gov/rmd.shtml,
http://weather.yahoo.com/imgindex/index.html | stopwatch | ten things | time
capsules | time/expense tracking: www.equative.com, www.timeslips.com
articles, books: By the Silent Line Folk | George Daniels: A Master Watchmaker & His
Art Clerizo | You'll Feel Less Rushed If You Give Time Away Mogilner
Earth | Randomness | Cities | Checklists | more
Play
Toys and Games
robots that teach: play-i
in general: fun, educational, safe | cards: funybonetoys | cars: Cozy Coupe | children
around the world: photos | digital: akinator, tetris |eco-friendly: topozoo | inventors:
www.toyandgameinventors.com | kites | paper airplanes | pinball: restored |
puzzles: International Puzzle Party, redfishtoys | reviews: National Toy Hall of
Fame, timetoplaymag | tradeshows: www.chitag.com, T&G Con, toyassociation |
trivia: triviaasylum | wooden toys
board games: about | boardgamegeek | Jeopardy: The Final Wager | mobile:
playdekgames
Museums | Invention | Entertainment | Mathematics | Parenting | more
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Fields of Technology
Transportation Technology
History of transportation
Geography of primitive transportation
bridges: rope
Wheeled vehicles: Bicycles
Water: Oars and sails
Machine-powered transportation
Oceanic navigation: worldslargestship EEE | real-time: MarineTraffic
Railroad: stations
Automobile
Roads and highways
Asset Management
Construction
Design
GeoTech
Hydraulics
Pavements
performance evaluation: www.ltpp-products.com
repair: potholes
System Preservation
Vehicles and devices
Automobile
Rail transportation
maglev: about | Hyperloop | video
passenger booking: silverrailtech
subways: Crossrail big idea
Stationary conveyance systems: gondolas: The Gondola Project
Water transportation
Air transportation
human-powered flight
Sikorski Prize: Gamera
jets: bottom line: $cost / airseat-mile | remanufactured nextantaerospace
remote: bush pilot
Required Navigation Performance: RNP
Solar-powered: Solar Impulse
in general: automated customer service: logictree | route optimization: crowd, taxi
drivers, waze | traffic control: intelligent cars, superstreets
Unequivocals | Exploration | Museums | Cities | Solar | more
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Entertainment
Travel
accommodations: bed-n-breakfast: www.bedandbreakfast.com | cottagecountry |
dogs: dogvacay | Expedia: www.expedia.com | extended stay: www.valueplace.com
| hotels: booking, Top10, trivago | in-room entertainment: www.koolconnect.com |
last minute: hoteltonight | log cabins: Hills O’Brown | luxury travel: inspirato,
porticoclub, secretescapes, tablethotels, www.travelintelligence.net | Orbitz:
www.orbitz.com | peer-to-peer rentals: airbnb, 9flats | residences: onefinestay |
room views: room77 | Small Luxury Hotels: www.slh.com | social travel:
couchsurfing | st. thomas: mafolie | Travelocity: www.travelocity.com | video
search: www.tvtrip.com
adventure travel: aqua biking: boraboraunderwaterscooter | Arctic: Spitsbergen | b17 | books: The Lunatic Express Hoffman, The Rough Guide to Ultimate Adventures Witt |
canoesandkayaks | custom mobile guidebooks: offmap | guides: gadventures,
Yonder | hiking: alltrails, new zealand | hitchhiking | motorcycle travel:
horizonsunlimited | national parks | new7wonders | paragliding:
advancedparagliding, parahawking | performance driving:
astonmartindrivingexperiences | rallys: theadventureists | tour operators:
adventurecentral, Wilderness Collective | wanderfly
airlines: charter: flyjetbird | general: ceoexpress | inflight broadband: row44 |
midwest: planemasters | other: fly happy, great circle mapper | systems: itasoftware
cities: general: CNN | coolhunting | Berlin: The Berlin Design Guide Stappmanns |
Copenhagen: Herb Lester Guide | Los Angeles: Best Things to Do in Los Angeles Yoon |
San Francisco: vantigosf
discount travel: getgoing | www.isango.com | www.kayak.com |
http://tickets.priceline.com | sprice | www.travelguru.com | blogs: Frugal Traveler |
discount attraction card: www.smartdestinations.com | incentives: The Points Guy,
rocketrip | lift tickets: liftopia
driving, buses, taxis: driving directions: www.mapquest.com | point A to point B:
ridescoutapp |road traffic and construction: www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo, taxi &
limos: flywheel, gettaxi, hailocab, limos, lyft, sidecar, uber | traffic planning:
www.traffic.com, waze
grand canyon: grandcanyonskywalk | www.nps.gov/grca | book: Trail of Time
international: business cards: asianbusinesscards | health Information:
www.cdc.gov/travel, health insurance | legal assistance:
http://travel.state.gov/law/law_1734.html | New Zealand:
www.blacksheeptouring.co.nz | passport services:
http://travel.state.gov/passport/passport_1738.html | phone calling: truphone |
social atlas: dopplr | travel warnings:
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http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html, Smart Traveler
Enrollment Program | USA Today Travel: www.usatoday.com/travel
rentals: bed-n-breakfast: airbnb | distribution networks: leisurelink | sabbaticals:
www.sabbaticalhomes.com | UK: themodernhouse | vacation rentals:
www.homeaway.com, www.luxurylink.com, www.vrbo.com
ticketing and T&E management: www.expedia.com | http://us.makemytrip.com |
www.orbitz.com | www.travelocity.com | airport codes: www.world-airportcodes.com | ski lifts: liftopia | T&E management: concur
trains: www.amtrak.com, silverrailtech | South Africa: The Blue Train |subway
navigator: hopstop, www.landcentre.ca/lcframeweb.cfm?ID=3731
travel guides, tours, trip planning, diaries: apps: fieldtripper | AAA: www.aaa.com |
AmEx Travel: http://www134.americanexpress.com/travel | Concierge:
www.concierge.com | Europe Diary sp | Facebook gtrot | Fodors: www.fodors.com |
Frommer’s: www.frommers.com | italy: urbanitaly | local connections: triptrotting |
personal planner: mygola | search/compare: triporati | sightseeing: seemoresights |
trip planning: travelmuse, tripbirds, www.tripit.com itinerary | User-generated (trip
sharing): everytrail | World Heritage List: http://whc.unesco.org/en/list
books, blogs: Bon Voyage Jetsetter | The Man Who Walked Through Time Fletcher | The
Middle Seat McCartney
Apps | Autos | Entertainment | Nature | Unequivocals | more
Development of Technology
Trustworthiness
The glue that holds together
relationships, marriages, organizations, governments, and countries,
is TRUST sp
Parameters of trust
Integrity
So we are all human? Of course we are, but it doesn't mean we give up on
our values. Leaders must believe in their own commitment to integrity
(trustworthiness over time) and lead by example, still the most powerful
"situational" leadership tool. The trickle-down effect of integrity is very
powerful and drives the culture of the business. sp
Privacy
Electronic Privacy Information Center epic | Ponemon Institute | personal
privacy management: disconnect.me, privacyfix | Privacy By Design | terms
of service: crowd ratings, | track the trackers ghostery
Resiliency: Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder Taleb
Terms of Service: monitoring: docracy | ratings: crowd ratings
Truth (correctness)
photography: A bullet can kill a man, but a lying camera can kill a nation.
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lying: white lies vs black lies
Technologies of trust
If you’re not paying for the product, then YOU are the product.
big data
cyber-physical systems: terraechos
certifications: kikscore
federations: InCommon
passwords: keepersecurity
relationship mining: intersecting people sp | Relationship Science
scoring trust: TrustCloud
Fields of Application
Societal Risk Management (SRM): graduate program
Software: Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors
questions: Can we trust the NSA? Who do you trust? How do you know if someone is
trying to win, or lose?
in general: advertising: evidon, doubleverify | medical devices: Open Medical Device
Research Library omdrl.org | electronic voting: Do electronic voting machines improve
the voting process? | Failed States Index: fundforpeace | financial institutions: credit
cards, financialtrustindex | healthcare | internet | sports | transportation | water
articles, books: Dare: Accepting the Challenge of Trusting Leadership Weiss | Extreme
Trust: Honesty as a Competitive Advantage Peppers | Just How Fragile Are America’s
Bridges? Sofge | Likeonomics Bhargava | The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime Hill
Reference | Family | Utopia | Production | Leadership
Major Systems of Communication
TV
Does reality TV thrive on the Hawthorne Effect? Is TV the opiate of the masses?
What do people watch and buy nielsen? Is TV good or harmful for babies?
in general: You are what you watch. | ad-to-video matching: www.adap.tv |
advertising: www.backchannelmedia.com, www.invidi.com, www.spotrunner.com |
Asian primetime: dramafever | automated online monitoring
www.criticalmention.com | book: Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television
Mander | cable-in-the-cloud: bedrocket | critics: TV Worth Watching | football:
Superbowl XLVIII was the most watched/streamed/tweeted sporting event in history.
| HD video player: www.movenetworks.com | Honey, I Shot the TV | independent tv:
www.plumtv.com | industry: thehollywoodeconomist | in-store advertising:
http://rippletv.com | interactive platforms: ensequence | late night shows: Arsenio
Hall, David Letterman, Graham Norton Show, Jack Par, Jay Lenno, Steve Allen, Jack
Par | mobile: www.mobitv.com | movies: Network | National Geographic: natgeotv |
online: blinkbox, www.hulu.com, www.joost.com, www.kyte.tv, www.maniatv.com |
pay-TV content security: www.verimatrix.com | PC-to-TV: boxee, streamsworld |
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personal broadcasting: www.orb.com | program guide: clicker | ratings: NielsenTwitter | science: Vsauce | second screen: viggle | shopping platform: Delivery Agent
| smartphone-to-smarttv: movl | social networking: http://tioti.com | streaming
media players: Amazon Fire TV | TV-to-mobile: nuvyyo, slingbox | vimeo: High
Maintenance | world tv: viki | youtube: AwesomenessTV, Maker Studios
Mobile | Weird | Universe | Zeitgeist | Services | more
World Since 1920
Unequivocals
climb to Everest summit, jump off, fly down
What is the most heroic thing you have ever done?
in general: base jumping | buildings: Kingdom Tower big ideas | Empire State Building |
Golden Gate Bridge | high wire: Freddy Nock | kicking | Lawrence of Arabia |
memorials: D-Day, UTA Flight 772 | migrations: monarch butterfly | mind-contolled
prosthetic leg | models: Miniatur Wunderland, Metropolis II | mutain climbing: Into
the Silence Davis | Mount Rushmore | Panama Canal | par three | races: Iditarod,
Pamplona | records: guinessworldrecords | ships: Noah’s Arc | shopping: Mall of the
World | singing: polyphonic overtone | smoke jumpers | space: Felix
Baumgartner’s supersonic freefall | swimming: Cuba-to-Florida diananyad | toys:
World's Largest Toy Car Collection | car walking/hiking: Out of Eden Walk
comebacks: about | business: Arthur Anderson | music: Kate Bush | myth: Phoenix
Rising | sailing: America’s Cup 2013 | baseball: Boston Red Sox 2004
first person to: take off from a a ship
flying: adrift: Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea by Steven Callahan | humanpowered: Sikorsky Prize | solo: Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh
sailing: Antartica: Eric Forsythe | Kon-Tiki | solo-circumnavigation: jessicawatson
books: The Sun Also Rises Hemingway
Exploration | Music | Transportation | Earth | Values | more
Modern World to 1920
United States and Canada from 1763 to 1920
United States 1763 to 1865
Constitution: The law of God trumps the law of men.
about | Center for Constitutional Studies & Citizenship
Amendments: Amendments 1-10 Bill of Rights | Amendments 11-27
Abraham Lincoln: Gettysburg Address | Lincoln Library & Museum
Native Americans: The Long Walk | Trail of Tears
books: An Empire of Wealth Gordon | Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African
Americans Nelson | The Searchers: The Making of an American Legend Frankel
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Books | Anarchy | Exploration
World Since 1920
United States after World War II
Kennedy administration (1961-63)
Museum: John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
Johnson administrations (1963-69)
Martin Luther King, Jr
autobiography: The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. King | broadway
play themountaintopplay | museum: thekingcenter | Nobel Prize:
nobelprize | timeline: 1929-1968
Clinton administrations (1993-2001): Humor Jay Leno
Bush administrations (2001-2009): September 11 attacks
Obama administration
Seantor: The Audacity of Hope Obama
2009 to present
designing-obama | inauguration | speech: A More Perfect Union speech
2012 Presidential Election
Candidate Comparison Chart | election results | Obama’s Way Lewis
cabinet: Secretary of State
in general: native american experience: Sherman Alexie
Politics | Humor | Social Change | Capitalism | Decision Making
Matter and Energy
Universe
When will we find another Earth?
Cosmos
Structure and properties of the universe: dark matter and dark energy
Space-time continuum
parallel universe: The Fabric of Reality Deutsch big ideas
Origin and development of the universe: Extraterrestrial Life
Which of our basic physical assumptions are wrong? How does the observable
universe evolve? How does gravity work on macroscopic scales? How does
quantum gravity work in the real world? Why was the early universe hot, dense,
and very smooth but not perfectly smooth? What is beyond the observable
universe? What rules govern the evolution of complex structures? Is quantum
mechanics correct? How many bits are required to describe the universe? Will
“elementary physics” ultimately be finished?
in general: about: the search for a theory of the universe as a whole system |
Foundational Questions Institute fqxi.org | universetoday | multiverse theory
Galaxies and Stars
Exoplanets: StarShade
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kids: kidscosmos
Solar System
The Sun: about | solar cycle: about, analemma
Planets and their satellites nineplanets
Venus: about | transitofvenus.org
Earth
Moon: exploration
Mars: missions: Curiosity, MAVEN, Rover
books, movies, TV: Cosmos Sagan | Full Moon Light | Gravity | Neil DeGrasse Tyson |
The Edge of the Sky Trotta | The Fabric of Reality Deutsch | The New Solar System Beatty |
The Universal Book of Astronomy Darling | The Universe in a Nutshell Hawking | The
Universe is Only Spacetime Macken
Sustainability | Exploration | Lifetime Learning | TV | Exploration | more
Phases (Levels) of Education
University
Is a college education (still) worth it? Will competency-based education be the BIG
DISRUPTOR of universities? How has politicization of university governance (by state
governments) critically damaged the university? Is the notion of the large, massive
public university dead? Why? Can the university continue to be all things
(education) to all people? Is a new approach to tenure needed to ensure the
university stays relevant to students and the outside world? What is it? Is the
footprint of the university just too large to sustain? Can corporations mitigate this
problem by buying and/or long-term leasing underutilized assets? What are the
advantages and disadvantages to this notion? Is the university’s educational model
increasingly falling behind the Internet-inspired leveling of the social playing field? If
so, why? What academic programs and operational functions should and/or could be
outsourced more efficiently and with equivalent if not better quality of service? How
much and how fast should the university migrate academic programs and operational
functions to the cloud? What can we learn from California today to take action on
tomorrow? Is online education a threat to tenured professors? If so, how would that
affect their objectivity towards radical change to survive? What kind of changes
would alumni want to see first before they step in to help out? Are universities
vulnerable to the lure of short-term, job-hopping academic administration
superstars? Do they damage the university? Are too many kids going to college?
in general: competency-based education: flex | conferences: Schools for Tomorrow,
Summit On Online Education 2012 big idea | democratizing education | faculty
performance tools: digitalmeasures | fraternities & sororities: Theta Xi, 1971 sp |
Massively Open Online Courses MOOC | online platforms: kaplan, straighterline, 2U |
student loans: pay it forward NPR | students speak out: unitingillini | watchdog:
Campus Reform
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books and articles: Academically Adrift Arum | Change.edu: Rebooting for the New
Talent Economy Rosen | College (Un)Bound Selingo | Going Broke by Degree: Why
College Costs Too Much Vedder | Mismatch | MOOCs lead professors to rethink online
‘classroom’ strategy Helenthal | Precipice or Crossroads? Fogel | Scholarship
Reconsidered: Priorities of the Professoriate Boyer | The Great American University Cole
| The Higher Education Bubble Reynolds | Will Your College Go Out of Business Before
You Graduate? Cuban
Sustainability | News | Lifetime | Digital |Change | more
Social Organization and Change
Utopia/Dystopia
Detroit has 50,000 unoccupied buildings.
If we had believed then that it could happen now, what would we have done
differently? sp Why does science fiction gravitate towards dystopia and not utopia?
big brother: Is big brother upon us? Is technology the quiet enabler? | Drones |
facebook | internet of things: sensors | journalism: Big Brother Watch
dystopia: art: Deadpan Comedy| about | books/movies: Brave New World Huxley, The
Hunger Games, Blade Runner, Citizen Kane Welles, Divergent Roth, The Hunger Games,
The Trial Kafka | music: Deltron 3030 | nazi germany: The Book Thief | postapocalyptic: Snowpiercer, The Giver, The Road McCarthy | slums: Torre de David chain
amazon
surveillance & people tracking: digital footprint: Dragnet Nation Angwin | license plates
| NSA: No Place to Hide Greenwald, Utah Data Center | Rapid Information Overlay
Technology | photography: gigapixel | satellite | Social Radar | spying on citizens:
The Watchers: The Rise of America's Surveillance State
utopia: Amana Colonies | Arcosanti | Atlantis | books/movies: In Utopia Hallman, Lost
Horizon Hilton, Peace Among the Willows White, Somewhere To Disappear | communes
& cooperatives: Marinaleda, Spain | fountain of youth | Garden of Eden |
governments: The Seasteading Institute big ideas | Havvada Island | Woodstock
books and movies: On Such a Full Sea Lee | The Maze Runner
News | Megacities | Social Radar | Running | Optimized-Self | more
Production and Utilization of Wealth
Valuation
Are business, financial, and liquidity risks all considered in a business valuation? How
does the company value its equity securities? Is the last valuation report available for
review? What is the current valuation of the company?
in general: antiques & collectibles: Price It! | art: artprice, Mei Moses All Art Index
MMAAI | book: How to Value and Sell Your Business Heslop | business valuation:
quistvaluation, shareholderinsite | EBITDA | services: www.accuval.net
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options: Has the company engaged in backdating stop options for executives? 5 steps
to enhance stock option plan: www.illinoistech.org/technologynews.aspx/924
stock: How has the economy affected the market price of the company's stock and
its price-to-earnings ratio? Does management believe that the company's current
market valuation is appropriate? What does management believe the appropriate
price-to-earnings ratio to be? How has the company stock performed as compared
with the overall market? What steps is the company taking to improve its stock
value? Have significant swings in the company's stock price affected its ability to
obtain equity financing? To improve market perceptions, does the company need to
consider a reverse stock split to restructure the per-share price upward?
www.marketwatch.com
Art | Real Estate | Family | Financial | Pricing
Philosophy
Values
Can nice guys finish first? How visible and well understood are the values of the
corporation among management and employees? How much responsibility does the
CEO take in communicating those values?
in general: corporate responsibility: Hilton | persuasion: nudge technology
civility: Do you pay attention? Do you acknowledge others? Do you think the best?
Do you listen? Are you inclusive? Do you speak kindly? Do you avoid speaking ill?
Do you accept and give praise? Do you respect “no”? Do you respect others’
opinions? Do you mind your body? Are you agreeable? Do you practice quietness?
Do you respect other peoples’ time? Do you respect other peoples’ space? Do you
apologize earnestly? Do you assert yourself? Do you avoid personal questions? Do
you care for your guests? Are you a considerate guest? Do you think twice before
asking for favors? Do you refrain from idle complaints? Do you accept and give
constructive criticism? Do you not shift responsibility or blame? Forni | acts of
kindness: www.behospitable.com
cooperation/self-interest: fairness | Tragedy of the Commons: about, NSF chalk talk
humility: Action speak louder than words. | Don’t overplay your hand.
kindness: acts of kindness: www.behospitable.com, hellohumankindness, suspended
coffee
resilience: homelessness: Hard Times Generation: Families living in cars
60 Minutes
books, poems, articles, reports: beliefs: This I Believe Allison | civility: Choosing Civility
Forni, Civility in America 2012 | cooperation over self-interest: The Penguin and the
Leviathan Benkler | evolution: The Cooperation Instinct Ohlson | humility and strength: If
Kipling | life: The Prophet Gibran | resilience: Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds Fu,
Unbroken
Politics | Ethics | Unequivocals | Family | Recruiting | more
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Financing
Venture Capital
finding the next big thing big ideas
IARPA’s Foresight & Understanding from Scientific Exposition FUSE
in general: cash is king |
http://venturecapital.dowjones.com/products/prod_vw_pro.html |
www.ventureone.com | www.venture-capital-forum.com | associations:
www.nvca.org, www.strategicventureassociation.com | Berlin: earlybird | cannabis:
arcviewgroup | data and stats:
https://www.pwcmoneytree.com/MTPublic/ns/index.jsp | dealmaking:
buckswoodside restaurant | entrepreneur-in-residence:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur_In_Residence | europe: www.tornadoinsider.com | Israel: ivc-online | jobs at startups: www.ventureloop.com | news:
http://venturebeat.com | open directory: www.crunchbase.com | pacific nw:
www.nwinnovation.com | pitch deck: dwolla private investment: caplinked |
recently-funded deals: www.crunchbase.com, Dow Jones,
www.privateequityinfo.com,
https://www.pwcmoneytree.com/MTPublic/ns/index.jsp,
www.techcrunch.com/2008/02/11/version-2-of-crunchbase-released,
http://www.thealarmclock.com, www.thedeal.com, www.thefunded.com,
www.tornado-insider.com, http://venturecapital.dowjones.com/index.html,
www.VentureLoop.com | reviews of funds: www.thefunded.com | rocky mtn:
www.techrockies.com | silicon valley: www.silicontap.com, www.alleyinsider.com |
southern ca: www.socaltech.com | texas: www.texastechpulse.com | travel: Concur
Perfect Trip Fund | uk: www.angelnews.co.uk | university research: innovation
density | venture magazine: www.avce.com
angel investors: AngelList | angelpad | angelcapitalassociation | canada | Gust |
keiretsu | student run: Dakota Venture Group
books: Angel Financing for Entrepreneurs Preston | Grassroots Philanthropy Somerville |
Term Sheets & Valuations Wilmerding | This 18-Slide Pitch Just Landed Payment Startup
Dwolla $16.5 Million Shontell
Social Radar | Innovation | Technology | Crowd | Acquisitions | more
Major Systems of Communication
Video
advertising & commercials: Is marketing exploiting every major form of online
advertising www.viewpoint.com? ad networks: www.blackarrow.tv,
http://brightroll.com, www.digitalsmiths.com, www.yumenetworks.com | bid and
pay per video: www.spotxchange.com | end-to-end video publishing:
www.extend.com | interactive pre-roll: innovid | platforms: videology
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calling: free: www.tokbox.com | live phone-to-phone: http://qik.com/ | clips free
download | directory | stockfootageforfree
games: monopolycitystreets | www.tetrical.com | www.trilogystudios.com
filming, production, distribution: automatic: videolicious |cameras: flip | CD and
DVD production: discmakers | enterprise: www.qumu.com, studionow | for hire:
manwithacam | print to digital: www.pressmart.net | distribution networks &
services: www.highwinds.com, tvn
on demand: amazon HD video on demand | content delivery: www.bitgravity.com |
customized and branded online video players: vbrick | live streaming video from
android: justin.tv
relay: www.sorensonvrs.com
search and sharing: http://blip.tv/ | www.metacafe.com | www.mevio.com |
www.veoh.com | vmix | www.youtube.com | playlist: jinni | streaming delivery:
www.movenetworks.com
sureveillance: Is the company capitalizing on the benefits of video surveillance? |
www.3rv.com | www.envysion.com | eyewitnesssurveillance | www.intellivid.com |
www.iverify.us | www.livewave.com | www.videonext.com | www.vidsys.com |
indexing and analyzing software: www.agilenceinc.com | in-store: www.dttusa.com |
night vision: www.noblepeak.com | omni-video systems: www.remotereality.com |
video analytics: http://agentvi.com, objectvideo, 3vr | video management software:
milestonesys | webcams: earthcam | wireless networks: micropoweerapp
tools: interactive: HapYak |tagging: themadvideo
videoconferencing: Has the company explored the benefits of life-sized managed
video teleconferencing facilities? Has the company integrated webcasting across all
functions as a cost-effective communications tool? consumer video calling:
sightspeed | HD: vidyo | panacast: altiasystems | telepresence: Cisco,
www.teliris.com | webcasting: on24
viral: measure behavior: www.visiblemeasures.com | platform: virool
books: The New Science of Viral Ads | The Viral Video Manifesto
Ads | Sports | DIY | Health | Brand | more
Modeling & Simulation
Virtual
cloud: vmware
desktops: www.desktone.com | Ncomputing
manufacturing: community supply chain management (C-SCM): www.mitrix.com
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trade shows: How does the company evaluate the marketing effectiveness of its top
three trade shows where the company exhibits? | end-to-end event management:
AllianceTech | rentals: www.iccrents.com | virtual: inxpo
worlds: www.gaiaonline.com | secondlife | animation studios: http://disney.go.com,
image-metrics, www.wildbrain.com | avatars: http://fix8.com | books: A Rape in
Cyberspace Dibbell, Mirror Worlds Gelernter | currency: tapjoy | cyberspace: Berkman
Center | developers: www.electricsheepcompany.com, www.metaversum.com |
events: www.unisfair.com | headset: oculusvr | immersion: CUBE | Kids:
www.dizzywood.com, www.rocketon.com, secretbuilders educational,
http://tribalnova.com | learn english: 8dworld
Visualization | Gaming | Construction | Cyberspace | DIY
Modeling and Simulation
Visualization
If what you do is beautiful, it will turn out to be useful.
What makes a data visualization memorable?
in geneal: awards: information is beautiful | business applications:
http://www.irise.com, xplane | data sets: www.inforsense.com, www.siderean.com,
visualcomplexity | deconstruction: cities | feltron | charts & graphing: bubble plot,
chartio, graph theory, plotting | circular: Circos | gifs: graphonaute | infographics:
coolinfographics, fathom.info, football grid of shame, infographics, Oxford Internet
Institute, visual.ly | language: Chineasy | mobile apps: irise | real-time data analysis:
panopticon | royalty-free: gumgum, istockphoto | scientific visualization (big data):
www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/vislab, SciDAC Institute of Scalable Data-Management-AnalysisVisualization | server network: www.qlayer.com | share: zingzag | word frequency
analysis: tagcloud | world trends: gapminder
graphic design: book covers: http://bookcoverarchive.com | brochures: microbrochure sp | colors: the science | online production: www.vistaprint.com |
photoshop training: www.youtube.com/user/IceflowStudios | visual elements: veer
holography: projection systems http://lightblueoptics.com
mashups: www.kapowtech.com | enterprise data: www.jackbe.com | self-publish
mobile: www.rocketalk.com
mind mapping: directory: www.topicscape.com/mindmaps,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mind_mapping_software | tools:
www.mindapp.com, mindjet
presentations: big displays: mersive, planar, projection mapping | charts & graphs:
chart.js | crime scene: Evidence Room |kinect projection: personifyinc | pecha
kucha: 20 images x 20 seconds | prezi: best examples | slideshare | multimedia:
smilebox | screen capture & recording: camtasia, snagit | situational awareness:
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sitscape | Spacial Operating Environment (SOE): oblong | training:
presentationtrainers | video/slide synchronization: compare all platforms
surgery: Checklist Manifesto | color coding big ideas | illumination: invuity |
microsurgery: www.truevisionsys.com
visual search: www.like.com | parts: www.imaginestics.com
x-ray: port inspection www.passportsystems.com | through-wall vision:
www.camero-tech.com
books: Beautiful Evidence Tufte | Indigo: The Colour that Changed the World Legrand |
Information is Beautiful McCandless | 100 Ideas that Changed Graphic Design Heller | Prezi
For Dummies Diamond | The Back of the Napkin Roam | The Best of Brochure Design 9
Godfrey | The Visual Display of Quantitative Information Tufte | The Visual Miscellaneum
Perception | Cities | Invention | Science | Market | more
Human Behavior / capacities & inclinations
Visuospatial
Does puzzle play improve math skills?
in general: about | card sorting: iCardSort | cognitive test: Alzheimer's | games: xcube | maps: BeachMap sp | toys: paperpunk, skallops
blocks: digital + real: cloudBoard | legos: home, sculpture | magnetic: tegu
cursive: How does one take quick notes without being able to write and
understand cursive? How important is cursive (handwriting) to study and
learning?
Writing | Maps | Books | Ideas | Art | more
Politics & Government / peace and war
War
Is war destined to be permanent to the human condition?
Should we allow autonomous drones to make the kill decision without a human in
the loop? Should the United States continue its use of drone strikes abroad? Is the
war here or there? Can we avoid war if at all possible? If we can’t avoid war, have
we committed all our resources to win? If we made a bad decision to enter a wrong,
unjust war, are we making every effort to pull out?
in general: Afghanistan: Korengal Junger | data: Correlates of War.org | guerilla &
insurgency: Find Fix Finish F3 | landmine removal | lessons learned:
http://call.army.mil | music: What’s going on? Gaye | social radar: CIA Open Source |
strategy: kingsofwar | war crimes (UN international criminal court): www.un.org/law
holocaust: museums: www.gfh.org.il/eng, www.ushmm.org
invasion: Pottery Barn Principle: You break it, you buy it.
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killing by machines: movies: Colussus: The Forbin Project, Terminator
nuclear weapons: Can Iran be trusted and/or verified that they are complying with
international non-proliferation laws? How can we reduce the risk of human
extinction? | www.ploughshares.org | www.thebulletin.org | ballistic missile threat:
www.missilethreat.com | electromagnetic pulse attack: www.empcommission.org |
non-proliferation: Institute for Science and International Security isis-online | Monterey
Institute of International Studies miss.edu
war in Iraq: Should the U.S. have attacked Iraq? Is Iraq a safer place now compared
to what it was like during Saddam Hussein's regime? about | news
books and movies: @War: The Rise of the Military-Internet Complex Harris |
Army Field Manual #3: Principles fo Warfare | Catch-22 Heller | El Libertador Bolivar |
Man's Search for Meaning Frankl | On War von Clausewitz | Railway Man redemption | Seven
Pillars of Wisdom Lawrence | The Iraq War Reader Cerf | The Long Walk Castner | The
Narrow Road to the Deep North Flanagan
Cybersecurity | Future | Weird | Globalization | Peace | more
Hydrosphere
Water
We pay for water when we use it,
and we pay for water when we get rid of it.
GLOBAL: How are humans changing the global water cycle, the associated
biochemical cycles, and the ecosystem function of the global water system? What
are the socio-economic and environmental feedbacks arising from these changes?
Will a lack of water threaten energy production? How can everyone have sufficient
clean water without conflict? INDUSTRY: Is the water quality of the plant internally
and externally in compliance with relevant environmental laws? What percentage of
the company's revenues does it spend to maintain water quality to mandated levels?
Is it reasonable or getting out of control?
in general: | about | catastrophes: West Virginia | conservation: Americans have no
idea how much water they’re using Yoshida | images | point-of-use (POU) purification:
www.halosource.com, hydronovation | serionix, SODIS solar disinfection | modeling:
aquaveo, WaterML 2.0 | organizations: water.org | rain barrels | recycling: stillsuit |
research: Global Water System Project | scarcity: When the well runs dry, we shall
know the value of water. Franklin, The End of Abundance Zetland | smart sprinkler
systems: www.cyber-rain.com | sponsored projects: bluewater.rbc, charitywater |
underground lakes: Kenya |water cycle: video, diagram | water from air: islandsky big
ideas | waterless textile dyes: airdye | water rights: California Water Wars
educational literacy: α (1 / diarrhea) α (clean drinking water) α (solar rays + water)
water quality: arid environments: sand dams | rooftop tanks: Inside City’s Water
Tanks, Layers of Neglect Rivera | filter mechansisms: drinksoma, puremadi, WaterBean
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|bottleless water coolers: quenchonline | denitrification: eosenvironmental |
desalination: www.altelainc.com onsite, voltea | on-site potable water purification:
www.clearwatercomplianceservices.com, www.miox.com | pool-in-a-river: pluspool
| USEPA Sole Source: Mahomet Aquifer | wastewater filtration: mmfwater
books: The Big Thirst Fishman | Water Wars: Privatization, Pollution, and Profit Shiva
Poverty | Fields | Biosphere | Crisis | Cities
Internet
Web Site
Why do customers abandon our web site tealeaf? Can the company continuously
measure website users' satisfaction and future behaviors, such as the likelihood to
return to the site or refer the site to others? Is the company optimizing its web site
for wireless access on mobile devices? Does the company's Web site consistently
meet a set of standards that promote credibility with customers? How does the
company fully exploit its Web site? Is the Web site being used to integrate and
increase the speed of information exchange among parties inside and outside the
company? What impact is the Web site having on the company's overall advertising
and promotional programs? Is the company considering providing multiple language
translations of its Web site? How robust is the search engine on the company's site?
Are customers generally pleased with the relevance of results listings? Does the
company have a content strategy that recognizes the different requirements and
limitations of an online environment? Is the content carefully checked, edited, and
refreshed on an appropriate cycle? Does the company's IT staff have the expertise to
handle the latest Web applications? Can the IT department ensure reliable
performance, including the ability to allocate more hardware and Internet bandwidth
when traffic volume surges? Is the company prepared to budget sufficient funds to
set up and operate internal hosting?
in general: APIs: www.mashery.com | application development:
www.laszlosystems.com | awards: lovieawards, webbyawards | books: The Big
Switch Carr | browsers: authentic8, chrome, firefox, ie, safari | build one free: yola |
code generation tools: www.nexaweb.com | creation: skyword | enterprise tools:
ektron | fonts: typekit | integrated applications: www.atomz.com | portal:
Webmaster.M106 | reputation monitoring: stopthehacker | security: trustwave,
whitehatsec | templates: www.homestead.com | third-party reviews:
consumerwebwatch | translation: smartling | walk-throughs: walkme
analytics: Do we have the right tools for testing content to optimize conversion
rates? www.compete.com | coremetrics | www.covario.com | customer experience:
clickfox | quantcast | multivariate testing & segmentation: maxymiser | outsource:
www.mu-sigma.com | real-time: chartbeat | record/playback each click:
www.clicktale.com | web performance optimization: hiconversion, tracelytics,
webtrends
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design: A/B testing: optimizely | commenting systems: IntenseDebate | conferences:
warmgun | drag-and-drop: pagelines, moonfruit, webflow, weebly | galleries:
http://cssmania.com, www.thefwa.com | html code: code inspector, table generator
| launch (splash) pages: launchrock | mobile:
https://www.networksolutions.com/learning-center/mobi-guide.pdf, responsive
design | online publishing tools: hibu, onepagerapp, squarespace, http://triggit.com,
wix, www.zude.com | open design community: www.alistapart.com,
http://opendesigns.org, www.csszengarden.com | optimization: monetate, yottaa |
real-time functionality realtime.co | search box: elicitsearch | three-column layout:
http://css-discuss.incutio.com/?page=ThreeColumnLayouts
flash: development platform: http://bluestreaktech.com, flypaper | download free
image viewer: www.airtightinteractive.com/simpleviewer/ | museum of pre-load
screens: www.prettyloaded.com | web site tools: wix
hosting: domain names: www.amenworld.com, www.directnic.com,
www.godaddy.com, www.networksolutions.com, http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com |
ftp: filezilla | hosted content management system (CMS): webvanta | Internet
Infrastructure As A Service (IaaS): dyn
mobi: Is the company’s web site optimized for mobile phone users? online emulator:
http://emulator.mtld.mobi/emulator.php | social networking:
http://icebreaker.mobi
URLs: popular URLs to the latest web buzz: http://popurls.com | shorten: http://bit.ly
Software | Social | Small Business | Museums | DIY
Popular Culture
Weird Cool Funny Scary Absurd Quirky Ridiculous Shameful Horrific
in general: action figures: Captain Picard sp | blogs: RandomWeekend Projects |
Borogove | Burning Man | cats: How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity | circus
& carnival: clowns, Wall of Death | cities: ecosystems | clothes: chubbies | comics:
xkcd | conventions: ventriloquists | dance: chicken dance, gangnam style, Morris |
dinosaurs: chicken from hell |fact or fiction: Area 51, Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster |
fake paparazzi | festivals: duct tape festival, Insect Fear Film Festival, Kanamara
Festival | fitness: shakeweight | facial hair | food: dirt | gossip: TMZ | jackass | John
Hodgman | lawn rangers | Mad Magazine | mascots: Sparky the Sun Devil | Mondo
Elvis | movies: big fish, borak, cable guy, edward scissor hands, fight club, Star Wars
dubbed in Navajo | movie watching: Piscine Pailleron | photography: The Lytro–izer,
tiger in the tall grass | Pirates | poetry: Shatoetry | politicians: Anthony Weiner |
portals: Off Track Planet | products: one wipe charlies | random: brown cardigan |
reenactment: Conventional Wisdom, Reenacters Fest | restaurants: Chucky Cheese |
robotics: robo-roach | russian playgrounds | Salvador Dali | sculpture: aquascaping,
beer can house, homo sapien chalkboard skull, gator-in-the-bay | ships: ghost ships |
songs: Best Disrespectful Car Songs | sports: bubble football | superheros: Aging
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Superhero | tattoo maps | Triumph the Insult Dog | TV: Clutch Cargo, Duck Dynasty,
Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Shark Week, Thunderbirds | zombies: The Last of Us
clowns: there’s a shortage | fear of clowns: npr | organizations: Clowns of America
Wes Anderson: master of quirky | The Grand Budapest Hotel | The Life Aquatic with
Steve Zissou
books/movies: Sharknado sci-fi | The 5th Dimension Benzel | Zombie Tits, Astronaut Fish
and Other Weird Animals Crew | Meet Mr. Bomb Hendra
War | Particular Arts | TV | Running | more
Health & Disease
Wellness
keep moving
Nutrition and diet
Food: functions | classes | feeding behavior
diets
high-vegetable: diseaseproof, Food Porn Index | hunter-gatherer: The
Paleo Diet | therapeutic
healthy foods: Just Mayo
Cooking: grilling: winter pm grille sp | pizza: uuni.in
Beverages
protein and antioxidant: www.mix1life.com
wine: lot18, www.openthatbottlenight.com
Weight loss
calorie counter: myfitnesspal
guidance & feedback: retrofitme
Exercise and physical conditioning
Fitness
Sleep
circadian rhythm | obstructive sleep apnea: ventusmedical | sleep tracking:
myzeo | worldsleepsurvey
Regularity: elimination: Squatty Potty
Relaxation: massage: Dream Wave Chair
Belonging and Shared Identity: we rather than I
in general: alternative: zeel | dehyrdration/rehydration: dripdropors | diet: shopwell
| education & information: everydayhealth, healthguru, healthtap personalization & sharing,
healthteacher, medicinenet, medify, organizedwisdom | foods: attunefoods | games
for health: healthgamesresearch | genetic testing: navigenics, 23andme | health
network: www.medikeeper.com, priviahealth, everydayhealth | infection control:
cleankeysinc keyboard | interactive whiteboard: getwellnetwork | mind over matter |
personalized programs www.realage.com | monitoring: instantheartrate, tinke |
music is medecine: youngatheartchorus | patient waiting room: digitalassent self check189
in,
http://phreesia.com | pharmacy: www.pharmaca.com, The People’s Pharmacy,
www.wellpartner.com home delivery | Q&A: sharecare | quote: Physician, heal thyself. |
skin: skinstore | smoking: www.chantix.com, e-cigarette | sunlight: Rjukan |
symptoms | wireless devices/data: qualcommlife
aging: Exceptional longevity is all in the genes. | drugs: resveratrol | independence,
dignity, choice: thescanfoundation.org | life expectancy: caluculator | longevity: game,
life@100+, 100 over 100 | oxygen concentrators | research: Buck Institute for
Research on Aging, Institute for Aging Research, Longevity Genes Project, Newcastle
Initiative on Changing Age, Palo Alto Longevity Prize | Seventh Day Adventists: no
meat, alcohol, tobacco, caffeine | sports: Huntsman World Senior Games
brain fitness: assessment www.neurotrax.com | brain exercise for seniors
www.dakim.com | fitness centers: http://mind-spas.com, www.niftyafterfifty.com,
www.sparksofgenius.com, www.vibrantbrains.com | neuroplasticity:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSu9HGnlMV0 | on-demand: lumosity, memorando |
research: www.cognitivecenter.org, www.dakim.com, www.sharpbrains.com |
software: about, www.cognifit.com, www.happy-neuron.com,
www.positscience.com | stores: www.marblesthebrainstore.com
eldercare: directory: www.eldercarelink.com | home care network: independa,
seniorlink | information: caring | longtermcare | monitoring: sensors |
transportation for seniors: www.itnamerica.org
articles, books: Alone and Invisible No More Teel | Healthy at Home Low Dog | My Dog
Skip | Never Say Die Scudellari | Sparks of Genius Root-Bernstein | Brain Age 2 Nintendo | The
Big Book of Brain Games Moscovich | The Epic of Gilgamesh | The Nature Principle Louv
Food | Optimized | Medicine | Home | Family | more
Problems and Solutions
Who, What, When, Where, Why, How? Five Ws
What if?
about me: What if I get fired? What if I fail? What if I die? What if I become
terminally ill? How do I spend my remaining time? What if I win the lottery?
about us: Instead of going up, what if we start building the world’s deepest
building? What if the euro collapses? What if particles can go faster than light?
What if Shakespeare was a fraud? What if the deficit does grind our country to a
halt? What will happen? What if bio-hackers in their basements can develop
their own artificial life forms? What if we can’t cap the well? What if cyber
attacking escalates exponentially uncontrolled by the rules of war? The arms race
favors offense over defense: it is far cheaper and easier to develop cyberoffense
than to defend against it. What if the instrumentation and interconnection and
data collection in every corner of our world grows beyond our ability to
understand and cope with it? What if the deficit is too big to solve? What if
global warming continues? How will it affect the company and how do we hedge
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against that risk? What if we lose our CEO tomorrow? What's our plan? What if
there is a run on the bank? Can we survive? What if the two owners divorce?
Are buy-sell agreements in place? What if you die? What happens then? What
if the university goes bankrupt? What if the State goes bankrupt? What if the
country goes bankrupt? What if there are UFOs? What does that mean?
counterfactual history: about
in general: about: Five Ws | comics | innovation: whatifinnovation | questions |
Q&A: formspring, wayin | whacky ideas
History | Crisis | Cyber | Green
Elements of Technology
Wind Energy
Could ocean wind farms diffuse hurricanes before landfall? big idea Does proximity
to wind power (turbines) have an impact on residential property values?
in general: airborne: makanipower, windlift | blades: modwind | Department of
Energy | direct drive: boulderwindpower | gearless turbines |growth: map | offshore
| pickensplan | power plant: vestas | renewable enrgy: Wind Power Gipe | sound
effects: infrasound | wind assessment: 3tiergroup | windspire: mariahpower
Randomness | Energy | Engineering | Facilities | Green
Popular Culture
Women girls Men boys
If more women were on corporate boards a few years ago would we have seen the
kind of catastrophic financial and economic meltdown that occurred in 2008? Would
the presence of female corporate directors have mitigated the damage? How can the
changing status of women help improve the human condition? Is it difficult to recruit
women to the board? Why? What does the company need to do to make it more
attractive to women to serve on the company's board? Will the dynamics of the
board change with more women? How?
in general: lean in | www.divinecaroline.com | www.glam.com | artists:
whodoesshethinksheis | computing: www.girlgeeks.org | conferences & events:
inspiringwomensummit, International Women’s Day | confidence: imposter
syndrome | directorship: director development, womencorporatedirectors | equity:
Catalyst, gender gap, Made in Dagenham pay| entrepreneurship: 10,000 women big
ideas, womenentrepreneur | execudiva | fashion: popsugar | financial literacy:
dailyworth, learnvest | gender equity: Women, Work, and the Economy IMF | green
products: ecomom | IT: www.ncwit.org | mobile startups: womeninnovatemobile |
technology professionals: 20 orgs, Girls in Tech in Paris, womenwhotech | tools:
www.countmein.org | venture capital: femanomics | women on women: wowowow
fashion: apps: poshmark | beauty: www.totalbeauty.com | blog: sartorialist | buzz:
polyvore, www.stylesight.com | coolhunting: rodarte, styleowner, videdressing |
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cosmetics: beautylish | designer clothes: bluefly, wondermode | girls-only:
sweetyhigh | luxury brands: www.gilt.com, modaoperandi | personalized: myshape,
styleforhire | private shopping: www.privateoutlet.com | real-time advice: fashism |
removable tattoo: www.freedom2ink.com, tatt.ly, tattootattaa | search:
bergfashionlibrary, glimpse | self-design: fashionplaytes girls | shapewear | shoes:
Quoddy | urban: karmaloop | used: threadflip | versatility: revolutionapparel |
wholesale buying: jooraccess
girls: art: School of Doodle | freedom: Skate Girls of Kabul
articles, books, films, magazines, social: education: I Am Malala Yousafzai |
Fashionable Technology Seymour | Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake Quindlen | Machisma
Gorney | magazines: Cosmopolitan | memorist: Mary Karr | Not That Kind of Girl Dunham
| The Changing Lives of Women NPR | The Golden Notebook: A Novel Lessing | The
Sartorialist Schuman | Wonder Women! The Untold Story of American Superheroines
Guevara-Flanagan | Vfiles | Wadja Al Mansour
CEO | Eclectic | News | Human Rights | Popular Culture | more
Issues
World Cafe
How can genuine democracy emerge from authoritarian regimes? What is your
formula? Your equation? Your algorithm? What do you believe is true even though
you cannot prove it? What is your dangerous idea? What are you optimistic about?
What have you changed your mind about? Why? How do emotions shape our
worldview? How do we face our own mortality? Can science explain why we
believe?
in general: theworldcafecommunity | aggregate replys: www.circleup.com |
charrette | community forum | free online community: www.askville.com | chaordic
design | global fellowship: niagarafoundation | National Coalition for Dialogue &
Deliberation | volunteerism: www.nationalservice.org
books: From Dictatorship to Democracy Sharp | The World Café Brown
Art | Change | Cities | Design | Equations
History of Mankind
World Since 1920
International Movements, Diplomacy, War Since 1920
World War II, 1939-1945
Pearl Harbor: Warning & Decision Wohlstetter
Racism
Survival of the Human Spirit
International Relations
Postwar 1945-57
1957+
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NATO: think bar scene in Star Wars
Economic developments from 1940
Globalization
Production
Unequivocals
Europe Since 1920
Nations of western Europe since 1920
Great Britain
foreign policy news: www.fco.gov.uk | guide: www.i-uk.com |
residential property database | trade & investment:
www.uktradeinvest.gov.uk | what’s happening: www.qype.co.uk
Scotland
Ah yes, nothing screams Scottish freedom quite like a millionaire
Australian anti-semite on horseback. Oliver
Ireland: art: children’s: Children’s Art Competition
Italy
Sicily: Fighting The Mafia Through Food NPR
Eastern and central Europe
The states of eastern Europe
Russia, Ukraine, Belarus since 1991; Commonwealth Indep. States
Russia: Putin: profanity | Ukraine: Crimea
Arts and intellectual life in Europe since 1920
Research and Development
United States & Canada Since 1920
United States since 1920
U.S. after WW II
2001: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Foer
2011: The Post-American World Zakaria
2012: 911memorial.org
Latin-American & Caribbean Nations
East Asia in the 20th century
China since 1912
Korea since 1910
North Korea
crazy like a fox: Ferocious, Weak and Crazy Friedman | secret state:
Frontline
South and Southeast Asia since 1920
Burma (Myanmar)
activism: Aung San Suu Kyi | documentary: Crossing Midnight
Indonesia & Phillipines
Singapore
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book: From Third World to First Yew | Economic Development Board:
www.edb.gov.sg
Phillipines: Earth’s Surface Features volcanoes
Southwest Asia and Africa since 1920
in general: leaders: 100 remarkable people
books: Age of Extremes Hobsbawm | Bring Me My Machine Gun Russell | Tablet & Pen Aslan
| The Great War for Civilisation Fisk
Humor | Globalization | Photography | China | War | more
Particular Arts / literature
Writing
a writer writes
in general: automation: Babel Generator | buy/sell: storiad | collaboration: mixedink,
The Writing Squad | contests: write a novel in a month |editing: scribendi |
freelance: contently | outsourced writing | query letters | software tools: scrivener |
teaching kids to write: boomwriter, 826valencia | whitepapers: template |
word/character count: Text Mechanic, Word Count Tools
grammar & references: citing sources: endnote, www.noodletools.com/quickcite |
Common English Errors: www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/index.html | Guide to
Grammar & Writing: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar | Presentation
Tips: http://wps.ablongman.com/ab_public_speaking_2 | Press Release Guide:
www.press-release-writing.com
quotes: The hardest part of writing is the first word. sp |Bartlett's Quotations:
www.bartleby.com/100 | Brainy Quote: www.brainyquote.com
style guides: Citation Styles: www.bedfordstmartins.com/online/citex.html |
Economist Style Guide: www.economist.com/research/StyleGuide | Elements of
Style: www.bartleby.com/141/index.html
vocabulary : Can improving your vocabulary improve your life?
voice recognition: iPhone: siri | nuance
blogs, books, movies, portals: A Moveable Feast Hemingway | On the Boulevard sp |
screen writing: Barton Fink Coen | The Elements of Style Strunk | Writer’s Digest |
Writing a Winning Book Proposal Hyatt
Collaboration | Visuospatial | Ideas | Anarchy | Content | more
Popular Culture
Zeitgeist
the spirit of the times
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in general: google: google zeitgeist | quantified self: fitbit, quantifiedself, getsaga |
top web sites: alexa | twitter: mood maps | word of the year: selfie
books: Going Solo Klinenberg | Zeitguide Grossman
Humor | Products | Sports | Popular Culture | TV | more
Whatever is true, whatever is noble,
whatever is right, whatever is pure,
whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy -think about such things.
Saint Paul the Apostle in Philippians 4:8
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What is think2ool?
think2ool is a browse engine for wandering and connecting, one topic to another, at the
speed of a click, along the edges of new ideas. think2ool is a dynamic book of content that is
created and destroyed on a daily basis to maintain a zero-sum fixed size of 200 pages. One
new idea is posted each day (www.think2ool.com) to make you think, to surprise you, and to
give you a random starting place for browsing. The best way to search is to use “Ctrl+F”, but
a search box is available on think2ool’s companion wordpress site. An annual snapshot of
think2ool is published in paperback form because people still enjoy the ability to annotate,
highlight, and doodle on the pages of a book. think2ool is also accessible on any mobile
device with an internet connection.
think2ool uses these questions to filter content: Will this item still be relevant a year from
now? Will it make you think about things? Will it challenge you? Is it excellent or
praiseworthy? Does it address permanent and universal human concerns? Is it a big idea,
game changer, disruptor, breakthrough? Will it influence other great works? Is it respected
by experts? Is it cool and on the edge? Does it reflect the spirit of the times?
think2ool’s topic format has been carefully designed for the wandering mind to enable easy
browsing and it is packed with valuable content components: hierarchical position within a
big picture context; in-a-nutshell quotes; good questions and (links to) good answers; big
ideas; good books/authors; cross-references to the most relevant topics; links to think2ool’s
companion wordpress site; grayed-out placeholders for future content; yellow-highlighted
last post.
The library of world knowledge is like an accelerating train speeding at a pace beyond our
grasp, so think2ool captures a curated sampling as the train flashes by. It is a dynamic,
never-ending book that aims to sift and curate the best and most enduring of our shared
global society.
Scott Pickard
November, 2014
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