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At this year’s Innotribe at Sibos (25-29 Oct 2010), we have a whole track on “Smart Data” aka “Semantic Web”. We decided to call it Smart Data is – at least in our industry – the words “semantic web” have ironically little meaning. I am a big believer of Semantic Web, and always on the [...]

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An emotional Jeff Bezos during graduation speech Princeton: “it is harder to be kind than clever” Full transcript here Every word is important and inspiring. Read and enjoy the full thing, but here are some extracts, mainly the grand-finale of his speech: Tomorrow, in a very real sense, your life — the life you author [...]

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If you have the time, please watch this presentation" How not to be seen” by futurist Mark Pesce. I mentioned it already yesterday in my post “The DJ with the Brainwave Helmet”, but now I took the time to watch the +/- 1 hour presentation.   Do it   It profoundly explains what’s going on [...]

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Found this TED 2010 video via Kurt Vega’s tweets. From the TED site: “Tan Le’s astonishing new computer interface reads its user’s brainwaves, making it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with mere thoughts (and a little concentration). She demos the headset, and talks about its far-reaching applications.” Out-of-the-box support for facial [...]

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Cross-Posted on SwiftCommunity.net Last week, Kosta kicked-off the next Innotribe @ Sibos2010. I am pleased and excited to complement Kosta’s introduction by sharing with you our high-level program for the Sibos week (25-29 October 2010). High Level program A good presentation/show has a fantastic start, and great core, and an exciting grand finale. That’s exactly [...]

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It’s holiday time, and I have reduced significantly my blogging, reading RSS feeds, tweeting, mailing, etc Time for hanging around, some biking, some good food, and… a good book. If you want to follow what I am reading, check-out my page on Goodreads. For me, a good book is one that leaves you puzzled, that [...]

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    Have a look at this stunning gesture based interface with character Milo. First of all, it is more than gesture based. Milo also reacts to voice intonation, movements, etc It is difficult to assess how much of this is a word-by-word script, or how much real interaction is going on here. The most [...]

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There has been a lot of coverage on the net about Prince’s statement “The Internet is Dead” and the responses “Prince is dead”. For me, Prince is never dead, as he left me with memories to the best concert I have ever seen during his Purple Rain tour, indeed quite some time ago ;-/ The [...]

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Great book Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. Summary here.   Multipliers are Talent Magnets: They look beyond their own capabilities to see the deep capabilities —or genius—of others. And then they utilize people at their highest point of contribution. Multipliers are Liberators: They eradicate stress and fear from their organization and instead [...]

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Big Bang Big Boom

Great video fully hand-painted. Amazing. BIG BANG BIG BOOM – the new wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

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