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Instrumenting social responsibility

As I'm sitting in an Orlando hotel idly flicking through RSS, I come across this guest post by Stacey Monk on Go Big Always. To cut a long story short: After all, I'm the perhaps crazy person who, after a trip to Africa last year, left a really successful...

Tags: SAP AG, Stacey Monk, EpicChange, Web 2.0, Corporate Social Responsibility, Internet, Leadership, Management, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-05-02

Additional Resources

Ad targeting technology violate privacy, groups say

NebuAd's "consumer-centric behavioral targeting network" is nothing less than malware, Public Knowledge and FreePress charge in a new report PDF. The ad insertion technology violates "several fundamental expectations of Internet privacy, security and standards-based interoperability," the report says. Stacey Higginbotham reports at GigaOm...

Tags: Advertisement, Privacy, Behavioral Targeting, NebuAd, Ad Insertion Technology, Internet, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Instrumenting social responsibility

Instrumenting social responsibilityGratitude & HopeDennis, I'm so grateful; you can pimp me anytime :) Interestingly, my first post on the Epic Change blog was entitled Serendipity. I revel in its many blessings, and hope that other kind folks like you find it serendipitous to donate, volunteer & lend their...

Tags: Blogging, Instrumenting, Tanzania

Discussion threads 2008-05-02

Angelus the Necromancer (for Windows) (exe)

Venture into an ancient tomb and destroy Angelus the necromancer who dwells there. Play one of 8 heroes: warrior, archer, rogue, explorer, wizard, monk or one of two mystery heroes. Sharpen your tactical skills fighting monsters such as skeleton archers, imps and stone golems. Explore an ever changing, randomly created...

Tags: Tomb, Microsoft Windows, Arcane Journeys, Games, Palm OS, Operating Systems, Personal Technology, Software

Software downloads 2008-04-30

Our big carbon footprints

A class of MIT students in mechanical engineering has studied the carbon footprints of different lifestyles, from the homeless to multimillionaires. And the results are both fascinating and frightening. According to the study, even the people with the lowest incomes in the U.S. emit twice more carbon than the average...

Tags: U.S., Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Carbon, Carbon Footprint, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Comcast's "seat-warming" execs can't be trusted

Comcast's "seat-warming" execs can't be trustedcomcastI’m holding this position until someone with an appropriate comment arrives.Thanks Comcast for showing us how to protect free speech.Message has been deleted.As much as I side with Comcast overallThis behavior is really unbecoming of the corporation. Do they not think that their lobbyist...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Net Neutrality

Discussion threads 2008-02-28

A very religious robot

Three German artists have reprogrammed an industrial robot to copy the complete Bible as translated by Martin Luther. The robotic scribe has worked day and night during 7 months in a Karlsruhe museum to write the 66 volumes and the 3.5 million letters of the full German version of the...

Tags: Bible, Installation, Machine, Robots, BIOS, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Components, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-28

CES: HD Camcorders, and set-top boxes, and cheap Blu-ray, oh my!

CES: HD Camcorders, and set-top boxes, and cheap Blu-ray, oh my!re:vod and cableCARDjust a headsup regarding cc's and dvr's. presently, cc's are capable of vod, its just the hardware is not enabled. on the various tivo forums, this has been discussed quite often. at some time in the future i'm...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, Blu-ray, DVD, Consumer electronics, HD-DVD, HD Camcorders, camcorder, set-top, set-top box, Consumer Electronics Show

Discussion threads 2008-01-10

Draw Flowcharts With Word and PowerPoint

For someone who needs to draw a diagram, such as a flowchart, but is not sure if he or she should use Word or PowerPoint, this paper is useful. Word is a word-processing program that includes drawing tools, whereas PowerPoint is geared toward slide presentations and drawing. Both are easy...

Tags: Flowchart, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

White papers 2007-12-01

China kung fu monks irked by Net user's ninja affront

China kung fu monks irked by Net user's ninja affrontWhat!? R U Kidding Me?Is the alleged post on wikipedia, or something? I had NO IDEA monks were so sensitive...or had attorneys! Some lame-brain posts an opinion on some stupid forum ( I assume it is the MONKS R BETTER THAN...

Tags: religion, NET USER

Discussion threads 2007-08-31

ViewSonic N3235w

For the last three years, we've rated ViewSonic's 32-inch LCD HDTVs as relatively good performers for the price point, and the company's newest model, the N3235w ($679 street), doesn't buck the trend too much. Where this set falls a bit short is around back, where it just doesn't offer the...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, ViewSonic N3235w, ViewSonic Corp., HDTV, Vizio

Product reviews 2007-05-15

UFOs, Global Warming, and AI

UFOs, Global Warming, and AIhead, sand and stickingI would love to see the historical record that supports the current high in co2 (which is the highest its been in 650k years) which also includes the current unnatural ratio of c12/c13/c14 carbon isotopes.I would suggest staying with nix or try UFOs...

Tags: gase, global warming, UFO

Discussion threads 2007-02-08

Can open source content make money?

Can open source content make money?Actually, this is an inevitable effect of the technologyBasically, what media companies do is package and sell content. The internet and the tools out there for using the net have made it possible for the artist to package and market their own content. ...

Tags: open source, Internet

Discussion threads 2006-12-08

HP: Social networking not marketer friendly

Are users in control in the Web 2.0 world of online social networking? Maybe. But brand marketers remain in control of their ad spends, or not, at the online social networking properties.This afternoon’s “Taking Control of User Generated Content” panel at the Interactive Advertising Bureau Leadersip Forum promised a discussion...

Tags: Mary Bermel, social networking, Hewlett-Packard Co., marketing, brand, networking

Blog posts 2006-10-30

Zen Puzzle Garden (zip)

Each puzzle in Zen Puzzle Garden is a Japanese rock garden which can be solved by raking all of the sand. The player controls a little monk with a rake, who must find a way to complete the garden without raking himself into a corner. There is no time limit,...

Tags: Puzzle, Player, Pattern

Software downloads 2006-10-23

Hurd: HP's founders would be appalled

Hurd: HP's founders would be appalledGreat, Congress is involvedSeems to me politicians are masters of leaks for political gain. They have a biased interest in this case. Its in Congress' best interest to make sure that people who leak information have the advantage....Its not freedom of speech of the inside...

Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Insider Trading, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd

Discussion threads 2006-09-28

The Quest (exe)

The Quest is a turn-based role-playing game with an emphasis on tactics and strategy. In the course of the journey, you will face many fierce monsters and interact with different people that will aid or hinder you in your quest. To achieve victory over your enemies, you will have to...

Tags: Quest, Enemy, Strategy, Management

Software downloads 2006-09-20

Google loses in Belgian court

Google loses in Belgian courtthat's M$ work herethey convinced bribed some whiners to sue Google and cut the oxygen supply.M$ agents are infiltrated all over the place and are activated when the beast needs them.They've already taken it downSearch for http://www.google.be/search?q=La+Libre+BelgiqueAnd I get a censored page with this link at...

Tags: Channel management, SEARCH, M$ agent, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-09-18

Apple taking iTunes to the movies?

Apple taking iTunes to the movies?True--Sometimes...Good example, "Front Row". Fancy and animated, but absolutely useless interface. What is worse, Apple will not repair its uselessness. They will go their jolly way assuming it is perfect "as is". Love it or lump it. A big problem with Apple currently.Apple will do...

Tags: Digital music, DVD, Digital media, Consumer electronics, TVs, Advertising & Promotion, Apple Inc., home entertainment, Apple iTunes

Discussion threads 2006-09-11

Windows Vista inches forward

Windows Vista inches forwardWindows Vista inches forwardForward march says Microsoft to Vista! With each new beta it just keeps getting better and better. January is going to be a great month for the computing industry.[i]The new test version does not include any new features, but a representative for the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, security industry, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-08-25