- Talk Transcript – Last year here at TED I asked you to give me your data, to put your data on the web, on the basis that if people put data onto the web — government data, scientific data, community data, whatever it is — it will be used by other people to do Read more...

Facebook Timeline = Facebook 2.o The changes in Facebook ratify that on the Internet it’s all about momentum (an Zuckerberg has plenty of that). How can the Internet’s second biggest juggernaut make such impressive changes to it’s core business and have not one notice it? Not only did the Facebook Dev Team execute a marvelous Read more...

This just in from Darden’s Dean Bob Bruner:   Dear Darden Community, I am pleased to announce two Top 10 rankings for Darden: ·         The Princeton Review for Entrepreneurship magazine released today its annual ranking of the top 50 entrepreneurship programs in the United States. From the more than 2,000 programs reviewed, Darden ranked #3 Read more...

The faboulous Gina Bianchini (social media’s wonder woman and ning co-founder) has launched a new project called Mightybell. I quote: “At the core of a Mightybell Experience is creating something other people want to do. The difference between Mightybell and making an online video, writing a blog post, or answering a question on a Q&A Read more...

  If you read HNews or follow the Y Combinator companies, you’ve probably heard about the new open Stanford Engineering programs. Recently, I got my confirmation email from SEE for the Artificial Intelligence class (www.ai-class.com).  These experiment in higher education will take the world by surprise and prepare a new generation of “self-actualized” leaders. Course Read more...

Recent research by the McKinsey Global Institute examined the Internet economies of the G8 nations—Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States—as well as Brazil, China, India, South Korea, and Sweden, and found that the Internet accounts for a significant and growing portion of global GDP. The report includes findings Read more...

I get this questions like these lot: What’s the best computing tool for an upcoming MBA student? Can you recommend new software to make my life easier? And the proverbial: How can I work faster and be more organized using a computer? All these questions have the same answer: Use a personal database! Spend some Read more...

Everybody’s wondering what will happen to Yahoo. Just yesterday, Jason Calacanis voiced his plans for a Yahoo restructuring we he elected as CEO. Here, I re-post the whole letter as it’s highly interesting.   By Jason Calacanis A lot of folks have asked me about Yahoo and what I would do if I were CEO Read more...

The Twitter IPO is not near AT ALL. Twitter’s management can’t get around solving simple technical issues related to the service. To make matters worse,there’s seems to be no one that actually cares for selling advertisements at Twitter. For example, this is what happens when you try to get a quote for promoted tweets: Jordhy, Read more...

This amazing article describes the philosophical perspective on the current economic crisis. It’s a great piece by Prof. Noam Chomsky. “It is a common theme” that the United States, which “only a few years ago was hailed to stride the world as a colossus with unparalleled power and unmatched appeal is in decline, ominously facing Read more...