The trick: "You need to give people the freedom to spend and the freedom to make mistakes," says Takeo Fukui, Honda's 61-year-old president. "If management oversight is too strong, then it's difficult to innovate." - Rob Schonberger
"To be a company that society wants to exist." - Bill Strathearn
Entire industries, and nations, can rise or fall based on their understanding (or lack thereof) of this phenomenon. - Sean McBride
The motto "to be a company that society wants to exist" brings to mind Kevin Kelly's recent post on the near future and whether we can create a vision of collective betterment that motivates people instead of galvanizing them with fear of others: http://www.kk.org/thetechnium/... - Keith Pelczarski
I also liked their motto: "To be a company that society wants to exist." - Davide D'Incau
"They have pooled their expertise and knowledge to adapt a miniature helicopter so that it can fly deep into dangerous craters where it can record the amount and type of gases being thrown out by the volcano.
Sheffield University-based volcanologist Andrew McGonigle has established that the carbon (CO2) and sulphur (SO2) dioxide gas contain vital clues about the status of the magma deep below and whether an eruption is imminent.
He hopes that eventually his work will lead to an early warning system weeks or even months before an eruption that could save thousands of lives.
The pioneering work involving science and the cutting edge technology of using model helicopters could revolutionise the work of volcanologists who monitor hundreds of active volcanoes around the globe.
It has earned Mr McGonigle a coveted $100,000 Rolex Award for Enterprise which will be used to perfect his project." - RAPatton
I care... hope you are coming back from that down. There is you for you, and there will be someone for you. in the meantime, lots of people care, including me. - marywallace
I love the comment at the bottom: "i'm guessing you wouldn't want to do this in a house with children, or else they might get the idea that eating Legos is ok." Yes, because when I was a kid, a bag of gummi bears made me want to just run out and eat a real bear. Now come on... - Wizetux
It is these types of people that think that candy cigarettes cause kids to smoke. - Wizetux
Librarians like new ways of retrieving, sharing, consolidating, and understanding information. FriendFeed satisfies all of those needs. - Squirrel Girl
We are addicted to information and what better way than the FF fire hose. Also, because we love technology, are early adopters, and generally are pretty decent people. I think we also have pretty high percentage in Second Life. - Kenley Neufeld
Librarians are like porn stars. We'll try anything once, & we'll go anywhere to do it. - joshua m. neff
+1 Josh, Do we even know how many people are on ff? I'd like to see some stats. - JasonTFleming †
Librarians have had a big online presence for years. So when friendfeed was the new thing, an existing librarian network took it up. For why there was already an online librarian posse, see SG and Kenley above. - Steve Lawson
So that when we get called out, we can respond like a big, scary mob and make sure you never ask questions again. - Greg Schwartz
Site Analytics (http://siteanalytics.compete.c...) says there are 648,443 people on Friendfeed (which is a 1012% growth in the last year) but you know not nearly that many people are active (if my friends list is any indication). What can the other librarians dig up? - Kenley Neufeld
What I find so interesting is how many people on FF have friends on FF who are librarians! I know we are here in huge numbers, but we could have stayed all insular. Instead, librarians have become this huge *presence* on FF. Dunno if we're as big as Scoble, but.... - RudĩϐЯaЯïaȵ
I think that I would qualify Kenley's statement by saying that a particular 'subset' of librarians are early adopters, love technology, etc. Unfortunately, not everyone in our profession embraces technology and new information systems as quickly as some. So, you should assume that there are some of us who are ahead of the curve, while others see no use or need for 2.0 type tools. It's an on-going debate about the developing tool kit that Web 2.0 has opened up for us. Either way, we kick ass. ;-) - W!cKeD
Because librarians are awesomesauce and friendfeed is awesomesauce...ergo they are one and the same...Flawless (nonsensical) logic FTW! - Alex Scoble CISSP
We're a bunch of lemmings following the "ooh shiny" wherever it takes us. - åņņå
Cecily, don't let the secret out. Everything is "research" and therefore work related but I can't let my non-librarian colleagues know I play so much. - Kenley Neufeld
Nice Alex. :) That logic works for me. - Squirrel Girl
FF is the perfect place for people that specialize in research. Their the best at finding things. One of the most useful class I ever took in college was a basic Library science class. - Michael Fidler
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Do most libraries even use the Dewey system anymore? I mean what's the point when all the books are searchable on a computerized database that tells you what section they are in...or even better, in PDX area you can request a book be sent to your local library for pickup. Awesomesauce. - Alex Scoble CISSP
I'm a former librarian... does that get me in the "hot" club or does it mean I was formerly hot? :) Seriously, the best full-time job I ever had was a five-year tenure at a college library while studying part time for my undergraduate degree. The library was the "brain center" of the place... - Kevin C. Tofel
Alex: most public libraries use Dewey, yes. (Looking at the Multnomah County Library's catalog, it looks like they do.) The section that a book is in is based on its Dewey categorization. - joshua m. neff
Not that I want in any way to be advocating for Dewey, which is deeply flawed, but it does more than just position a book in a section of the library. It positions it in a particular shelf-order that achieves more granular collocation of similar items than can be accomplished by sticking them in alphabetical order by author within a general section. The bigger the collection, the more important that granularity becomes. - Greg Schwartz
What else do they have to do inbetween check in and check out books....JOKING! :) lol. no seriously, I haven't been in a library since early college - I started using the internet for stuff that was book related. You can even use the online libraries. :) - dafire
Rock on Steve. Though I follow you on Twitter and FF, I first saw it on Twitter. Thanks for the question (and may end up being one of your highest commented topics if you're not careful). I've already picked up a few more "friends" to follow. And, Greg, WTF "achieves more granular collocation of similar items" - are you a librarian or what?? - Kenley Neufeld
Kenley, it actually is research for me - my title is Web Services Librarian. :) - Cecily
There are also a ton of scientists on FF. Since I'm a science librarian, I followed the scientists to see what I could learn about them. And, like Cecily said, it's a great way to combine fun and research. - John Dupuis
Librarians on FriendFeed. Hmm, define "so many"? There is an active library blogging community - they migrated naturally to twitter and FF. - Richard Akerman
Lets hear it for the big scary mob of hot librarians - it's a granular collocation of similar items. - Laura Norvig
Me too. IMHO you shouldn't have such a fear in a democracy. - Mo Kargas
I wish I didn't have to feel this way, but I want him safe and off the stage. In a time when there is such divisiveness and deep-seated ignorance, it's almost guaranteed we may have to deal with an unfair number of scares and that is the most tragic thing of all. - Louis Gray
Louis, I am *petrified* for him. I feel like I will be waiting to hear that announcement every fucking day. - Orphan Spinster Librarian
@Louis It is sad, but unfortunately history speaks for itself here; Americas Civil "Right To Bear Arms" means there are a squillion NutJob Rednecks out there allowed to have guns - history will show you that when someone controversial is 'Available" then such nutjobs will inevitably try to take them down....I predict we WILL see attempts; just pray that the offender ain't no John Wilkes Booth...for that matter, maybe we should lock up anyone with a middle name now! (we all know its the middle name tht kilz) - Mr.Tiggr
yeah, i know what your saying Louis...I had panics whilst he was just standing on stage there. Hopefully that feeling of panic will die away and we'll realise this is meant to be & will last. - Zee.
we all have that fear, but I (personally) have started to pray and visualize him wrapped in a "special" kind of energy - Jorge Escobar
Yeah that is very true, it is an amazing event but there is the fear factor to consider because stupid people exist. - Ray Marr
My wife was saying the same thing - will he be another Kennedy? I hope not. - Jesse Stay
I put my faith in the bulletproof glass that separated him from most of the audience. The Secret Service rocks. I hope they never have to demonstrate that they are heroes. - Robert Scoble
I am Spartacus. You are, too. All will be well. - Chris Baskind
Additionally, take a look at all those nut jobs of history past. Most were NOT law abiding citizens exercising their 2nd Amendment rights. Your racist comments, Tiggr, are childish and unnecessary. - Trevor Carpenter
@ChangeForge: That kind of thinking (relying on faith) leads to bad things happening. - Tanath
Its scary that so many people are talking about this. But they are. Never, never, never can we let this happen - no matter what your politics. I don't like Obama (didn't like McCain either) but he won and is our president. Period. Anyone who tries anything is a nut case who will only make matters worse. - Lisa
In Utah I keep hearing about people rushing the gun stores. My friend says he'll never support Obama. It's disgusting, as someone who's voted for the other side, to see the same from those that were complaining about this 4-8 yrs ago. - Jesse Stay
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Having lived through the JFK, RFK and MLK events, I trust our secret service and other security people are wicked smart and keep our president safe. I think they will. - ron k jeffries
I was out earlier and I overheard a couple of people talking about the motorcade getting gold rims and curb feelers, State of the Union speeches being rap videos, etc etc. Very disturbing, but as bad as that is, I too am worried there's much, much worse out there just stupid-crazy enough to attempt something terrible. I have so little faith in our country in this regard, still. There are always people out there that think they get it, but don't, and we all look bad in the end. - abacab
they should just liscense that CNN hologram technology. - Andy Lewandowski
"Original engineering on the tiny railway, which began taking passengers up the steep incline to Bunker Hill in the early 1900s, has been restored as well. A reopening date has yet to be scheduled. Historic cars were returned Saturday to the Angels Flight funicular, but no date has been slated for reopening the tiny railway, closed since a 2001 fatal accident.
John H. Welborne, president of the Angels Flight Railway Foundation, said so many dates for restarting the downtown Los Angeles line have come and gone, he hesitates to name another. But with the historic cars back in place, he hopes to see the railway back in operation by year's end or early next year." - RAPatton
YAY!!!! There are some old movies with these in them, and my grandparents used to talk fondly about the flight of the angels.. aw, this is so cool. - anna
Let's hope this time they don't 1) breakdown and 2) kill someone again. - Anika Malone
I was just wondering what they were planning to do there. This is great. - Tsega Dinka
“For all of you who follow my brother as well as me...I am in fact, not quitting friendfeed...that was an obvious joke...except for those of you who do not see the obvious in anything.”
No worries...this picture is priceless...post it everyday!! I am curious if someone will actually do this scene on their front porch this Friday? - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
"# Can’t afford a white label social network for your corporate intranet? Leverage FriendFeed’s real-time option in the same way you would use a Facebook group. Create a room, invite your employees to that room, and create the content you wish. Foster communication with your staff and let them join the conversations on the feed itself — which can be embedded in on the intranet site.
# Create a room that would attract, or to which you could invite, your ideal customer or prospect. Create conversations in which they can interact and embed this on your corporate Web site. Monitor the conversation (note: monitor not control) and welcome other visitors to your Web site to engage in these conversations." - Paul Buchheit
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Paul - I created a couple rooms to prep for election coverage in the US with colleagues abroad/foreign journalists; seemed like a great way to track story dvlpt, and share ideas...however, the pagination link at the bottom of the page is missing so that older posts cannot be accessed from my rooms, effectively shutting down the usefulness. Sent feedback to FF wks ago; Ana replied that it would be fixed...Abandoned the rooms concept for this project, but I see the potential for media collabs. - Maryam
Maryam, the paging problem should be fixed now. Please let me know if you spot any more problems. - Paul Buchheit
Paul, I've created the room for our company and educated the folks. Another login id was the major blocker though. Did I say openID? Anyway, we use FF more and more instead of these mail lists. Add ssl support and we may eventually shift even more discussions from trac and email to FF. - Eugene
Fantastic-thank you, Paul. I'm excited to bring co-producers on here; FF's great for developing content and sharing the thought process in dvlpt w/partners - Maryam
I created a room for Nelnet a few months ago and couldn't get folks to nibble...too fearful of the socnets; even though was created as a private room. I can barely get collaboration on our internal private Atlassian Confluence Wiki and Sharepoint sites sometimes... augh! - Susan Beebe (Santa Claus)
This is how I am using FriendFeed with our PR firm. It lets people collaborate and share info with our internal employees without forcing e-mail threads. We're also pulling in RSS feeds. - Louis Gray
I actually find a lot of the random things we throw into conversation to make things flow pretty annoying. "So, Uh, well, uhm, Look". Throwing random words in the beginning of the sentence...it's all pretty retarded when you think about it - ♫ Rahsheen ™ ★
The term is 'disfluencies' like/you know/uh, etc - Eric Rice
if you come across an actual person who uses the term "methinks" I'm sure you're allowed to slap em, agreed? - Marko Bon
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I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE TYPE IN ALL UPPERCASE OH WAIT CRAP - Akiva Moskovitz
I've been glued to every political blog and yes, I've noticed the ALL CAPS TYPING WHEN VEHEMENTLY MAKING A POINT EVEN IF IT MAKES NO SENSE - Eric Rice
My peeve: "To be honest, ...". Wait, you weren't being honest before, or what? *smack* - abacab
Look at it this way. It looks like they must like the way it looks to use look to begin a sentence. Looking at it from their point of view, it looks fine to me. - Cathleen Rittereiser
“I have just created a new private room: Inappropriate Discussions. It's basically for conversations that we wouldn't hold in public - sex talk and/or poop threads basically. :D Comment here if you'd like an invite.”
"The writing style which is most natural for you is bound to echo the speech you heard when a child. English was Conrad's third language, and much that seems piquant in his use of English was no doubt colored by his first language, which was Polish. And lucky indeed is the writer who has grown up in Ireland, for the English spoken there is so amusing and musical. I myself grew up in Indianapolis, where common speech sounds like a band saw cutting galvanized tin, and employs a vocabulary as unornamental as a monkey wrench." - Dave Winer
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KV drives my writing more than anyone else I've ever read. His prose is like an advancing series of jabs to the nose (maybe _Galapagos_ was like a series of gut punches). The first time I read _Cat's Cradle_, I got to the last paragraph, flipped the page expecting more, flipped back, again, about a half dozen times, not believing that he had ended it like that. - Kirk Kittell
I can't disagree with this enough. My writing style is entirely alien to the speech I heard as a child. - Akiva Moskovitz
Exposure to different styles helps the fledging writer learn their own way - Michael W. May
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