Every Java programmer loves free eBooks on Java, don't you? When I shared my collection of top 5 Java programming books, one of my readers asked me to share some free Java books as well. Doing a quick search on the internet reveals lots of free books, resource, and tutorials to learn Java. I have chosen some of the good Java books, which are FREE, available for download or you can read it online in HTML or PDF format. These books are an excellent resource for any Java beginners, as well as an experienced programmer, and since they are free, it makes absolute sense to have a look on this before buying any other book in Java. These free Java books cover a wide range of technology including core Java, J2EE, JSP, Servlets, XML and general programming concepts. Though books like Effective Java or Java Concurrency in Practice are not free, they are worth of every penny spent. I didn't find any good FREE Java books on concurrency and multithreading, which I really wanted to include. If you come across genuine FREE multithreading books for Java programmer, then please let us know.
Update: 9th January 2016
I have added a new free Java book, Introducing Java 8, A quick start guide for lambda expression and Stream. A good book to learn Java8 absolutely free. It's the 11th book in this list, which started with just 7 books.
Update: 5th May 2017
8. Java Application Development on Linux
Author: Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz
Download: http://javalinuxbook.com/
Description: A perfect Java book, if you are developing or running Java application on Linux environment, which is the case in most of the investment banks. You can download entire books as PDF, along with all example programs. Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz has done an excellent job to put everything needed to run and support a Java program in Linux environment including how to start, stop, or kill Java process, checking logs with some handy useful UNIX commands. Paperback edition of this book is also available here in Amazon.
9.Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages
Author: by Marty Hall and Larry Brown
Download: http://pdf.coreservlets.com/
Description: Servlets and JSP are fundamental Java technologies for developing web applications in Java. Core Servlets and Java Server Pages, teaches you basics of these technologies. You can access all chapter of this book as FREE PDF online, they are also available for download. The good thing about this Java books is that source code and lecture notes are also available for FREE download. If you like to read paper book then you can also purchase, paperback edition of this book here
10. The Java Language Specification, Java SE 7 Edition (Java Series)
Author: James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy L. Steele Jr., Gilad Bracha, Alex Buckley (Author)
Download: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/jls7.pdf
Description: Official Java language specification for Java SE 7 edition is available online to view as HTML and download as PDF. This is the best FREE resource in Java, as it's from source and contains most up-to-date details about Java Programming language. If you like paperback edition, you can also purchase this books from amazon here.
11. The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Java SE 7 Edition
Author: Tim Lindholm, Frank Yellin, Gilad Bracha, Alex Buckley
Download: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se7/jvms7.pdf
Description: Knowledge of Java Virtual Machine is very important for experienced Java developers, to get the maximum out of JVM and avoid unnecessary optimization, which can be effectively done by JIT and JVM. For a beginner, It's too much ask, to know more about JVM, but since it's a free Java book, you can always download PDF and read it. Paperback edition of this Java book is also available for purchase on Amazon, here.
12. The Java Tutorial: A Short Course on the Basics (5th Edition)
Author: Sharon Biocca Zakhour, Soumya Kannan, and Raymond Gallardo
Download: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-se-7-tutorial-2012-02-28-1536013.html
Description: This is the official Java tutorials from Oracle, which explains different Java concepts in the form of short courses e.g. JDBC, JMX, JAXB. All tutorials are available online and you can also download them for free as eBook, available in both .mobi and .epub format, nice to read in iPhone and android phones. If you love paperback edition, you can also order it from Amazon. By the way, these tutorials are really good quality and the great way to explore different features of Java Programming language.
13. Thinking in Java 3rd edition
Author: Bruce Eckel
Download: http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/
Description: Thinking in Java is a Jolt Award winner and one of the classic books to learn Java programming. The third edition of this books is freely available for download and you can download them as PDF format for the offline read. By the way, the fourth edition of this book is also available which covers most of new Java 5 concepts in detail, but it's NOT FREE. you can purchase that from Amazon. One more thing, first six chapters of Thinking in Java 4th edition is also available in PDF format for free download.
14. Introduction to Programming Using Java, Sixth Edition
Author: David J. Eck
Download: http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/
Description: This is another free Java book, which is available in both PDF and HTML format and teaches programming basics using Java programming language. I liked the chapter on Linked Data structure and Recursion, which teaches some of the key programming concepts with simple, non-trivial Java examples. You can also purchase paperback edition of this book on Amazon.
15. Processing XML with Java (A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX
Author: Elliotte Rusty Harold
Download: http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava/
Description: XML is one of the most desirable skills along with Java. You often need to work with XML files in large projects, as it's one of the most widely used data transport formats. This Java book is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of various XML technology and how to use them with Java programming language. You will learn about different XML parsers e.g. SAX and DOM, JDOM, XPATH, and XSLT etc. If your work involves, XML and Java, then this is the book you should read. This Java book is freely available for online read, and you can buy a paperback edition from any book store including Amazon.
16. Think Java (How to Think Like a Computer Scientist)
Author: by Allen B. Downey
Download: http://greenteapress.com/thinkapjava/
Description: Don't confuse this book with Thinking in Java, it's a different one. This is another great Java book for beginners which is available for FREE. You can download it as PDF or read it online on their site. It covers programming basics, object-oriented concepts, essential software development technique, debugging etc. It's actually tailored for students, who wants to give Computer Science advanced placement (AP) exam, but turn out be a great book for any beginner. If you just started learning Java, give it a try. Paperback edition of this book is available on Amazon here.
That's all guys, these are some really useful FREE Java books, especially the latest Introducing Java 8 book. As we all love free resources, download them as PDF or view online them as HTML. If you have slow Internet connection, then it's better to download PDF eBooks and read them offline. By the way, nothing can substitute a paperback book, eBooks are good but not for continuous reading. So don't forget to have a paperback edition of at least one Java book, when you start learning Java. If you are an absolute beginner then it's worth buying Head First Java 2nd Edition as well, one of the most recommended books for Java beginners.
Further Learning
Complete Java Masterclass
Java Fundamentals: The Java Language
Java In-Depth: Become a Complete Java Engineer!
If you like book, here are some more list to explore
10 Books Every Programmer Should Read (see here)
10 Algorithm Books for Programmers (see here)
5 Good Books to Learn Java 8 and Functional Programming (read)
5 Books to learn Spring Framework for Java programmers (see here)
5 Good Books to learn Hibernate for Java JEE developers (see here)
5 Books to Improve Your Coding (books)
5 Book to Learn SQL and Database(books)
Free JavaScript books PDF (see)
Free jQuery eBooks PDF - Online read (see)
Free Struts Framework books for Java EE programmers (books)
Free Data Structure and Algorithm Books (download)
Free Apache Maven eBooks (see)
Free Scala Programming Books and PDF (read)
For a beginner, It's too much ask, to know more about JVM, but since it's a free Java book, you can always download PDF and read it. Paperback edition of this Java book is also available for purchase on Amazon, here. SQL Exercises, Practice, Solution: Structured Query Language (SQL) is a language used to view or change data in databases. The sentences used in this language are called SQL Queries. File format: PDF. Java Programming for Beginners is an introduction to Java programming, taking you through the Java syntax and the fundamentals of object-oriented programming. Java Programming for Beginners About This Book. Learn the basics of Java programming in a step-by-step manner; Simple, yet thorough steps that beginners can follow. Java applications are ubiquitous, and the language is consistently ranked as one of the most popular and dominant in the world. Christopher Rose’s Java Succinctly Part 1 describes the foundations of Java–from printing a line of text to the console, to inheritance hierarchies in object-oriented programming. The e-book covers practical aspects of programming, such as debugging and using an IDE, as well as the core mechanics of the language.
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I have added a couple of new free Java programming eBooks from O'Reilly which will teach you latest and greatest in Java e.g. Dockers for Java Developers by Arun Gupta, Microservices for Java Developers by Christian Posta, Modern Java EE Design Patterns by Markus Eisele, Object-Oriented vs. Functional Programming by Richard Warburton, and Java: The Legend by Ben Evans.Free Java Pdf Books
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Without wasting any more time, here is the list of some of the great Java books, which are absolutely FREE, you don't need to pay anything to download or read this book. All you need is an internet connection to download this books on your computer, laptop, iPhone or android smartphone.
Most of the new eBooks which I have added recently are absolutely free, legal and you can download them in PDF, EPUB or MOBI format for online and offline reading.
1. Introducing Java 8
Author: by Raoul-Gabriel Urma
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/introducing-java-8.csp
Description: This is the latest Java book which is FREE. Many Thanks to O'Rilley who has published an introductory book on Java 8, titled with Introducing Java 8, A quick start guide to lambda expressions and streams. The author Raoul-Gabriel Urma, who is also an author of one of the best seller book of last year, Java 8 in Action, explains how improved code readability and support for multicore processors were the prime movers behind Java 8 features.
He’ll quickly get you up to speed on new classes including CompleteableFuture and Optional, along with enhanced interfaces and the new Date and Time API. No doubt a great guide for any Java programmer willing to learn Java 8 by himself. If you will follow examples given int his book, you will learn lambdas and Streams in real quick time.
2. Object-Oriented vs. Functional Programming
Author: by Richard Warburton
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/object-oriented-vs-functional-programming.csp
Description: This book discusses the difference between Object oriented and Functional programming. Since Java 8 is now support some of the functional programming concepts e.g. lambda expressions, map, flatmap, reduce etc, it becomes important to learn how to work together in both OOP and FP at the same time.Java technologist Richard Warburton, author of Java 8 Lambdas, discusses similarities between these programming paradigms and points out that both FP and OOP are actually moving closer toward each another.
3. Java: The Legend
Author: by Benjamin Evans
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/java-the-legend.csp
Description: Java has come a long way in last 20 years. It is no more the fancy language of developers but it has now become the mainstream of any application development in the world. The use of Java in Android has taken Java into even more larger domain
This book will take you to journey of Java programming language starting from very first version to the current Java 8 version. Benjamins Evans, author of the modern Java book, the Well-grounded Java Developer will explain to you the design decision was taken at the start e.g. making it platform independent and always keeping it backward compatible and how they paid off.
4. Docker for Java Developers
Author: by Arun Gupta
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/docker-for-java-developers.csp
Description: If you have worked in Java development and production services you know that how painful is to deploy a Java application. You have to deploy code, configuration, database changes, file systems changes etc. Though this is the tried and tested approach and working well from a long time, it can be improved.
In this free Java EE eBook, Arun Gupta, author of the Java EE 7 Essentials explains how you can use Docker to deploy Java application both on server and cloud. This can improve both deployment and startup time of your Java application in Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
5. Microservices for Java Developers
Author: by Christian Posta
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/microservices-for-java-developers.csp
Description: Microservices is a new buzz word in Java world, touted to replace huge, monolithic SOA applications with hundreds and thousands of micro web services. In this free Java Microservice eBook, Christian Posta, a Principal Middleware Specialist/Architect at Red Hat explain to you whether Microservice architecture is right for your organization or not. He outlines both benefits and drawbacks of Microservices and explains to them how to implement them using popular frameworks like DropWizard and Spring Boot. This free Java book is full of useful examples.
6. Modern Java EE Design Patterns
Author: by Markus Eisele
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/modern-java-ee-design-patterns.csp
Description: There are not many good Java EE design patterns books available in the market, forget about free books, so when I found this free Java EE eBook, I got really excited. Since Java EE landscape is quickly changing with the advent of Microservice and it is challenging Java EE's monolithic SOA like architecture. In this book, Markus Eisele explains Java EE with MicroServices and explores design patterns like aggregator, proxy, pipeline etc.
7. Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java
Author: Bruno R. Preiss
Download: http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus5/index.html
Description: Great book to learn data structure and algorithm in Java programming language. Filled with a lot of samples but non-trivial examples of implementing different data structures e.g. stack, queue, linked list in Java. Since data structure and algorithm are very important for any Java programmer and quite a common topic in Java interview, it is an absolute must to have a strong command in both. If you are preparing for Java job interviews then you can also take a look at some of my favorite algorithm and data structures questions, it may help in your preparation. If you like to read paperback edition, you can order it from Amazon as well.
Most of the new eBooks which I have added recently are absolutely free, legal and you can download them in PDF, EPUB or MOBI format for online and offline reading.
1. Introducing Java 8
Author: by Raoul-Gabriel Urma
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/introducing-java-8.csp
Description: This is the latest Java book which is FREE. Many Thanks to O'Rilley who has published an introductory book on Java 8, titled with Introducing Java 8, A quick start guide to lambda expressions and streams. The author Raoul-Gabriel Urma, who is also an author of one of the best seller book of last year, Java 8 in Action, explains how improved code readability and support for multicore processors were the prime movers behind Java 8 features.
He’ll quickly get you up to speed on new classes including CompleteableFuture and Optional, along with enhanced interfaces and the new Date and Time API. No doubt a great guide for any Java programmer willing to learn Java 8 by himself. If you will follow examples given int his book, you will learn lambdas and Streams in real quick time.
2. Object-Oriented vs. Functional Programming
Author: by Richard Warburton
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/object-oriented-vs-functional-programming.csp
Description: This book discusses the difference between Object oriented and Functional programming. Since Java 8 is now support some of the functional programming concepts e.g. lambda expressions, map, flatmap, reduce etc, it becomes important to learn how to work together in both OOP and FP at the same time.Java technologist Richard Warburton, author of Java 8 Lambdas, discusses similarities between these programming paradigms and points out that both FP and OOP are actually moving closer toward each another.
3. Java: The Legend
Author: by Benjamin Evans
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/java-the-legend.csp
Description: Java has come a long way in last 20 years. It is no more the fancy language of developers but it has now become the mainstream of any application development in the world. The use of Java in Android has taken Java into even more larger domain
This book will take you to journey of Java programming language starting from very first version to the current Java 8 version. Benjamins Evans, author of the modern Java book, the Well-grounded Java Developer will explain to you the design decision was taken at the start e.g. making it platform independent and always keeping it backward compatible and how they paid off.
4. Docker for Java Developers
Author: by Arun Gupta
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/docker-for-java-developers.csp
Description: If you have worked in Java development and production services you know that how painful is to deploy a Java application. You have to deploy code, configuration, database changes, file systems changes etc. Though this is the tried and tested approach and working well from a long time, it can be improved.
In this free Java EE eBook, Arun Gupta, author of the Java EE 7 Essentials explains how you can use Docker to deploy Java application both on server and cloud. This can improve both deployment and startup time of your Java application in Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.
5. Microservices for Java Developers
Author: by Christian Posta
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/microservices-for-java-developers.csp
Description: Microservices is a new buzz word in Java world, touted to replace huge, monolithic SOA applications with hundreds and thousands of micro web services. In this free Java Microservice eBook, Christian Posta, a Principal Middleware Specialist/Architect at Red Hat explain to you whether Microservice architecture is right for your organization or not. He outlines both benefits and drawbacks of Microservices and explains to them how to implement them using popular frameworks like DropWizard and Spring Boot. This free Java book is full of useful examples.
6. Modern Java EE Design Patterns
Author: by Markus Eisele
Download: http://www.oreilly.com/programming/free/modern-java-ee-design-patterns.csp
Description: There are not many good Java EE design patterns books available in the market, forget about free books, so when I found this free Java EE eBook, I got really excited. Since Java EE landscape is quickly changing with the advent of Microservice and it is challenging Java EE's monolithic SOA like architecture. In this book, Markus Eisele explains Java EE with MicroServices and explores design patterns like aggregator, proxy, pipeline etc.
7. Data Structures and Algorithms with Object-Oriented Design Patterns in Java
Author: Bruno R. Preiss
Download: http://www.brpreiss.com/books/opus5/index.html
Description: Great book to learn data structure and algorithm in Java programming language. Filled with a lot of samples but non-trivial examples of implementing different data structures e.g. stack, queue, linked list in Java. Since data structure and algorithm are very important for any Java programmer and quite a common topic in Java interview, it is an absolute must to have a strong command in both. If you are preparing for Java job interviews then you can also take a look at some of my favorite algorithm and data structures questions, it may help in your preparation. If you like to read paperback edition, you can order it from Amazon as well.
8. Java Application Development on Linux
Author: Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz
Download: http://javalinuxbook.com/
Description: A perfect Java book, if you are developing or running Java application on Linux environment, which is the case in most of the investment banks. You can download entire books as PDF, along with all example programs. Carl Albing and Michael Schwarz has done an excellent job to put everything needed to run and support a Java program in Linux environment including how to start, stop, or kill Java process, checking logs with some handy useful UNIX commands. Paperback edition of this book is also available here in Amazon.
9.Core Servlets and JavaServer Pages
Author: by Marty Hall and Larry Brown
Download: http://pdf.coreservlets.com/
Description: Servlets and JSP are fundamental Java technologies for developing web applications in Java. Core Servlets and Java Server Pages, teaches you basics of these technologies. You can access all chapter of this book as FREE PDF online, they are also available for download. The good thing about this Java books is that source code and lecture notes are also available for FREE download. If you like to read paper book then you can also purchase, paperback edition of this book here
10. The Java Language Specification, Java SE 7 Edition (Java Series)
Author: James Gosling, Bill Joy, Guy L. Steele Jr., Gilad Bracha, Alex Buckley (Author)
Download: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jls/se7/jls7.pdf
Description: Official Java language specification for Java SE 7 edition is available online to view as HTML and download as PDF. This is the best FREE resource in Java, as it's from source and contains most up-to-date details about Java Programming language. If you like paperback edition, you can also purchase this books from amazon here.
11. The Java Virtual Machine Specification, Java SE 7 Edition
Author: Tim Lindholm, Frank Yellin, Gilad Bracha, Alex Buckley
Download: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/jvms/se7/jvms7.pdf
Description: Knowledge of Java Virtual Machine is very important for experienced Java developers, to get the maximum out of JVM and avoid unnecessary optimization, which can be effectively done by JIT and JVM. For a beginner, It's too much ask, to know more about JVM, but since it's a free Java book, you can always download PDF and read it. Paperback edition of this Java book is also available for purchase on Amazon, here.
12. The Java Tutorial: A Short Course on the Basics (5th Edition)
Author: Sharon Biocca Zakhour, Soumya Kannan, and Raymond Gallardo
Download: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-se-7-tutorial-2012-02-28-1536013.html
Description: This is the official Java tutorials from Oracle, which explains different Java concepts in the form of short courses e.g. JDBC, JMX, JAXB. All tutorials are available online and you can also download them for free as eBook, available in both .mobi and .epub format, nice to read in iPhone and android phones. If you love paperback edition, you can also order it from Amazon. By the way, these tutorials are really good quality and the great way to explore different features of Java Programming language.
13. Thinking in Java 3rd edition
Author: Bruce Eckel
Download: http://www.mindview.net/Books/TIJ/
Description: Thinking in Java is a Jolt Award winner and one of the classic books to learn Java programming. The third edition of this books is freely available for download and you can download them as PDF format for the offline read. By the way, the fourth edition of this book is also available which covers most of new Java 5 concepts in detail, but it's NOT FREE. you can purchase that from Amazon. One more thing, first six chapters of Thinking in Java 4th edition is also available in PDF format for free download.
14. Introduction to Programming Using Java, Sixth Edition
Author: David J. Eck
Download: http://math.hws.edu/javanotes/
Description: This is another free Java book, which is available in both PDF and HTML format and teaches programming basics using Java programming language. I liked the chapter on Linked Data structure and Recursion, which teaches some of the key programming concepts with simple, non-trivial Java examples. You can also purchase paperback edition of this book on Amazon.
15. Processing XML with Java (A Guide to SAX, DOM, JDOM, JAXP, and TrAX
Author: Elliotte Rusty Harold
Download: http://www.cafeconleche.org/books/xmljava/
Description: XML is one of the most desirable skills along with Java. You often need to work with XML files in large projects, as it's one of the most widely used data transport formats. This Java book is a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of various XML technology and how to use them with Java programming language. You will learn about different XML parsers e.g. SAX and DOM, JDOM, XPATH, and XSLT etc. If your work involves, XML and Java, then this is the book you should read. This Java book is freely available for online read, and you can buy a paperback edition from any book store including Amazon.
16. Think Java (How to Think Like a Computer Scientist)
Author: by Allen B. Downey
Download: http://greenteapress.com/thinkapjava/
Description: Don't confuse this book with Thinking in Java, it's a different one. This is another great Java book for beginners which is available for FREE. You can download it as PDF or read it online on their site. It covers programming basics, object-oriented concepts, essential software development technique, debugging etc. It's actually tailored for students, who wants to give Computer Science advanced placement (AP) exam, but turn out be a great book for any beginner. If you just started learning Java, give it a try. Paperback edition of this book is available on Amazon here.
That's all guys, these are some really useful FREE Java books, especially the latest Introducing Java 8 book. As we all love free resources, download them as PDF or view online them as HTML. If you have slow Internet connection, then it's better to download PDF eBooks and read them offline. By the way, nothing can substitute a paperback book, eBooks are good but not for continuous reading. So don't forget to have a paperback edition of at least one Java book, when you start learning Java. If you are an absolute beginner then it's worth buying Head First Java 2nd Edition as well, one of the most recommended books for Java beginners.
Further Learning
Complete Java Masterclass
Java Fundamentals: The Java Language
Java In-Depth: Become a Complete Java Engineer!
If you like book, here are some more list to explore
10 Books Every Programmer Should Read (see here)
10 Algorithm Books for Programmers (see here)
5 Good Books to Learn Java 8 and Functional Programming (read)
5 Books to learn Spring Framework for Java programmers (see here)
5 Good Books to learn Hibernate for Java JEE developers (see here)
5 Books to Improve Your Coding (books)
5 Book to Learn SQL and Database(books)
Free JavaScript books PDF (see)
Free jQuery eBooks PDF - Online read (see)
Free Struts Framework books for Java EE programmers (books)
Free Data Structure and Algorithm Books (download)
Free Apache Maven eBooks (see)
Free Scala Programming Books and PDF (read)
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Big Issues Big Picture
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Corporate Governance
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Facilities and Equipment
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Financial Management
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Human Resource Management
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Information Technology (IT)
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International Business
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Legal Information & Compliance
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Management and Best Practices
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Manufacturing and Distribution
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Marketing
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Products and Services
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Risk Management
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Sales and Customer Service
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Software & Web Development
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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, 3
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 4
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 5
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 6
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 7
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 8
fusion about magnetized target fusion: generalfusion big ideas pulsed power: Z-machine subatomic elementary particles: about | Higgs boson | research: Hadron
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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 9
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 10
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? 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 117
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 119
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 120
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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 122
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
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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, 125
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 126
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 127
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 128
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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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 131
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
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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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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 134
(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 135
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 137
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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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 139
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 140
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Risk Management Big Data | Business Continuity | Cash Management | Checklists | COLI | Computer
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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: 141
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 142
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
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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? 144
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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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 147
| 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: 148
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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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 150
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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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 153
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 155
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 156
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 158
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 159
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 | 161
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 162
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 163
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? 164
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 165
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 166
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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 167
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
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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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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
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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 171
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. 175
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 | 176
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 177
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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 178
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:
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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 180
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
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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 181
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 Scalables 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 186
|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 188
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
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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, [email protected]+, 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 190
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 | 191
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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+ 192
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 193
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
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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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Table of Contents Big Ideas
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Big Issues Big Picture
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Corporate Governance
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Facilities and Equipment
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Financial Management
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Human Resource Management
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Information Technology (IT)
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International Business
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Legal Information & Compliance
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Management and Best Practices
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Manufacturing and Distribution
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Marketing
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Products and Services
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Risk Management
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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, 3
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 4
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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 5
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 6
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 7
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 8
fusion about magnetized target fusion: generalfusion big ideas pulsed power: Z-machine subatomic elementary particles: about | Higgs boson | research: Hadron
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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 9
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 10
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? 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 117
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 119
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 120
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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 122
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
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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, 125
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 126
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 127
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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
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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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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 131
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
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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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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
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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 135
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 137
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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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 139
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 140
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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: 141
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
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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 142
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
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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? 144
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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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 147
| 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: 148
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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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 150
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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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 153
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 155
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 156
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 158
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 159
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 | 161
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 162
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 163
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? 164
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 165
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 166
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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 167
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
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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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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
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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 171
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. 175
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 | 176
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 177
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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 178
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:
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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 180
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
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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 181
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 Scalables 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 186
|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 188
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
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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, [email protected]+, 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 190
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 | 191
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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+ 192
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 193
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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