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here.
Imagine yourself as an observer in a universe but not part of the universe. This universe contains no created objects or even energy that you can sense. No mater which way you turn or move through this universe, you sense no change. In this universe you would have no perception of space. Any place you were would seem like any other place and you would have no reference betwee…
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Added by Paul Schumann on November 21, 2009 at 11:47am —
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The Central Texas Chapter of the WFS presented Visioning Epochal Changes on November 17, 2009.
Our meeting will featured two authors—John Petersen and Penny Kelly— who have written provocative books about epochal changes they foresee in the 2020 + 10 year time horizon, and what we can do now to make things better then.
John Petersen is founder and CEO of the
Arlington Institute (TAI), a non-profit, future-oriented research instit…
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Added by Paul Schumann on November 18, 2009 at 8:30am —
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David Talbot, Technology Review
"Open video" could beget the next great wave in Web innovation--if it gets off the ground.
In 2005, Michael Dale and Abram Stern, a pair of grad students in digital media arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, decided it would be fun to make video remixes of speeches in the U.S. Congress. Their goals were artistic; Stern had notions, for example, of editing a Senate floor speech to remove everything but the pronouns. They would be following, loosely,…
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Added by Paul Schumann on August 22, 2009 at 9:13am —
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Introduction
This webinar, jointly sponsored by Glocal Vantage Inc., presented a summary Marshall McLuhan's work and applied it to understanding the past, present and future. It covered - the medium is the message, hot and cool media, our change from pre-literate to literate to post literate, characteristics of the post literate society, and the four laws of technology. It will close with a discussion of the wave of the future.
The benefits of understanding this approach are that you:
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Added by Paul Schumann on August 21, 2009 at 10:30am —
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Introduction
It’s a relatively recent phenomena that an individual can create a video and have it “go viral” in a short time and be seen by hundreds of thousands of people (if not millions). “Go viral” is an analogy to the spread of a disease like human flu. Some of these have been about the future. New technology is making the production of potentially high impact videos possible for anyone. And, the web 2.0 technologies, especially social networks and blogs, can cascade and link the vid…
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Added by Paul Schumann on August 19, 2009 at 9:30am —
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Google wave is an open sourced, shared, hosted service that marries the features of e-mail, instant messaging, Google Docs and Wikis for collaboration and multi user, simultaneous or asynchronous content creation, editing and comments. it easily interfaces with social networking site, blogs wikis, microblogs and many other social media tools. Google wave handles text, photos, graphics and videos. In the future, it will handle presentations and spreadsheets. It has improved spellcheck and languag…
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Added by Paul Schumann on August 2, 2009 at 4:00pm —
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From the Futurist Update
Since the global recession has forced many employers to cut costs—
including labor costs—one area may need a resurgence of investment:
training.
U.S. employers continue to struggle with finding new hires who have not
just the basic skills, but also higher-level critical thinking and
creativity skills, according to a new report from The Conference Board.
Since the education system is not supplying young workers with these
skills, companies may have to devote more of the…
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Added by Paul Schumann on August 1, 2009 at 11:33am —
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Kermit Pattison, New York Times
Local review sites are reshaping the world of small business by becoming the new Yellow Pages, one-stop platforms where customers can find a business — and also see independent critiques of its performance.
How do you manage your reputation when everybody is a critic?
For some business owners, this is a terrifying prospect that seems more like mob rule than the wisdom of crowds. Negative reviews can hang an albatross around your neck if they appear prominently…
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Added by Paul Schumann on July 31, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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You are in the cross hairs of change. Demographic, sociopolitical, technological and economic forces are driving significant, maybe even revolutionary, change in your industry. In times of systemic change, you have to ask yourself the question, "Do I need to become a prophet in order to have a profit?" I think that the answer is a resounding "Yes!". In this talk I will establish some steps you will have to take to become your own futurist. I will discuss three steps - how to develop insights abo…
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Added by Paul Schumann on July 28, 2009 at 6:00pm —
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What do these terms mean and are they important to me? How can tools with names like Twitter, Delicious, Facebook, Wiki, Blog, Vlog, TalkShoe and Ning provide serious advances in business and personal productivity, creativity and innovation? Can't I just ignore the buzz?
Find out what web 2.0 is about and how serious the movement is in Paul's interesting and informative discussion. If you miss this set of disruptive innovations, it's going to be difficult to catch up.
This webinar was held on…
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Added by Paul Schumann on July 24, 2009 at 10:00am —
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Gerd Leonhard, MediaFuturist
I think you may have noticed by now - I really like Twitter. Twitter and my tweeps have been a huge influence on my work.
One of the most important realizations that has recently transpired via my Twitter pipeline is how much I am gaining from the ever increasing Sharism i.e. by what others are sharing with me. I am indeed very, very lucky to be connected to so many brilliant and like-minded people that are publishing their thoughts freely and openly, using platfor…
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Added by Paul Schumann on July 6, 2009 at 9:00am —
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Kurzweil.net, ScienceDaily
Tiny, single-cell algae known as diatoms could be genetically engineered to actively secrete oil products, scientists in Canada and India suggest....
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Added by Paul Schumann on June 26, 2009 at 9:03am —
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Robert McIntyre, The Futurist, 3/1/09
Our oil addiction may be cured by one of the primordial sources of petroleum itself.
First, the bad news. A 2006 report by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) predicts that cars and trucks powered by batteries or hydrogen fuel cells will total only one-tenth of one percent of new vehicle sales in the year 2030, mainly because of the limited driving range, high vehicle costs, and lack of infrastructure for refueling.
With fuel cells, there's also the probl…
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Added by Paul Schumann on June 18, 2009 at 12:00pm —
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What do these terms mean and are they important to me? How can tools with names like Twitter, Delicious, Facebook, Wiki, Blog, Vlog, TalkShoe and Ning provide serious advances in business and personal productivity, creativity and innovation? Can't I just ignore the buzz?
Find out what web 2.0 is about and how serious the movement is in Paul's interesting and informative discussion. If you miss this set of disruptive innovations, it's going to be difficult to catch up.
Paul Schumann is a futuri…
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Added by Paul Schumann on June 18, 2009 at 10:30am —
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KurzweilAI.net, June 1, 2009
Futures Research Methodology Version 3.0 is the largest, most comprehensive collection of internationally peer-reviewed methods and tools to explore future possibilities ever assembled in one resource, according to the Millennium Project.
Written by leading futurists Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon, the 39 chapters include methods such as prediction markets, real-t…
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Added by Paul Schumann on June 15, 2009 at 3:13pm —
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What does foresight mean in today's environment? How do manage differently if the environment is simple, complex or chaotic? These and other questions will be answered by Paul Schumann's provocative discussion.
Paul Schumann is a futurist and an innovation consultant. He is the president and co-founder of Glocal Vantage Inc. (GVI).
He has been a technologist and technology manager in the semiconductor industry (IBM), internal entrepreneur (IBM), cultural change agent (IBM), and consultant (Tec…
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Added by Paul Schumann on May 20, 2009 at 3:00pm —
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This is a follow-up to our monthly meeting on April 21, 2009. After the slides there are embedded videos mentioned in the presentation and an audio recording of the seminar and discussion. The speakers were:
Archana Ramachandran
Archana Ramachandran spoke on a SXSW Interactive panel regarding the use of technology in the classroom and is part of an the 8-member student team called Longhorn Confidential. She blogs about student lives at UT to gi…
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Added by Paul Schumann on May 11, 2009 at 11:00am —
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Mark McGuinness on April 29, 2009
You’ve probably noticed Twitter by now.
Whether you love it, hate it or just don’t get it, there’s no getting away from it — Twitter is ‘going mainstream’, the way Facebook did a couple of years ago.
Which means it’s no longer just the geeks and early adopters who are using it. Famous people such as Barack Obama, Steven Fry, Oprah Winfrey and Britney Spears are on Twitter.
Twitter message by Tim Siedell: At last, Oprah has an outlet for her thoughts and opin…
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Added by Paul Schumann on April 29, 2009 at 12:15pm —
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Listen to Interview (mp3, 27MB, 1 hour)
David Pearce Snyder, Life-Styles Editor of The Futurist magazine, is a data-based forecaster whose thousands of seminars and workshops on strategic thinking have been attended by representatives from most of the Fortune 500 companies, and from local and federal government agencies, educational institutions and trade associations. Before entering private practice as a con…
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Added by Paul Schumann on April 23, 2009 at 3:28pm —
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Jim Ronay
Do you remember "mangles"? My parents had one (1955) and I used it occasionally.
What might you find. How would this compare to a list of US occupations?
What insights can be drawn from this "data"?
1. Top Ten London Occupations in the year 1871.
1. Domestic servants (168,701)
2. Dressmakers and milliners (29,780)
3. Boot and shoe makers (28,780)
4. Tailors and breeches makers (21,517)
5. Commercial clerks (20,417)
6. Carpenters and joiners (18,321)
7. Laundry keepers, washers and…
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Added by Paul Schumann on April 23, 2009 at 12:34pm —
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