Joost Van Nispen @ Jornada EUROECOM 08
L’Anella have posted a video of Joost Van Nispen speaking at the Jornada Euroecam08.
Click here to watch (in Spanish)
21st Century Deception
When I was a kid I believed the future would be a tech paradise….
Standing in chaotic queue at the hospital, everybody crammed into a small space to keep their place while the seats are empty becuse there is no turn system
Why can’t the doc do this - he’s sending me to another doctor -why can’t he do the appointment from his computer instead of sending me to the disorganised queue for appointments
Holding 3 copies of the same paper - paperless office anyone? The paper has a sticker with a bar code…
Health centre and hospiital computers not linked so my old address appears from Barcelona - trivial but what about records in an emegency situation?
Please, please, please let Google organise the health adminstration because clearly the administrators now DO NOT KNOW HOW TO…
notes for a post, written on the iPhone from the Hospital Arnau in Lleida
Adam Greenfield: This Charming Man
A couple of weeks ago I went to Madrid to meet Adam Greenfield and record a conversation with him for the PodCamp Barcelona Podcast. This is the first part of the conversation - I’ll post the second part shortly.
I’d like to take this opportunity to thank Adam for his time and being so approachable. If you ever get the chance to see Adam speak, take it - he is very interesting, stimulating, unassuming and an all-round charming man. Read his book Everyware to see how someone can write about complex ideas in beautiful, understandable language. And check out his blog Speedbird for more of the same great thoughtful and thought-provoking writing.
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Watching Back
Cory Doctorow posted this on his blog today
Vernacular Video by Howard Rheingold
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Howard Rheingold posted this video to YouTube
“Inexpensive digital cameras, laptop editing, and network distribution have detonated an explosion of vernacular video, from YouTube to Open Courseware. This is a broad look at the ways video vernaculars are changing pop culture — and a hint of changes to come in education.”
The Tool in Your Hand: The Mobile Revolution
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Ever wonder what the social implications are of the mobile revolution? Take a look…
From MobileActive.org
Wii like to be under the sea!
Just read a great post on the Consolarium blog about how Mrs Bullivant, a teacher in Stirling, Scotland, and her class of P.6 children are using a game on the Wii in the classroom. Check it out here.
A return to pre-industrial communities?
During his talk yesterday at the Jornada Euroecom, Joost van Nispen mentioned that somebody (sorry, I don’t remember who) has said that what is happening on Internet is a return to a pre-industrial community in the sense that your reputation has become your “brand”. The net is also creating bespoke products which had previously been lost in the process of moving to mass-production. Any opinions???
Ricard Espelt has now posted an English language version of his rundown of the event.
ACC1Ó?
Writing this on the iPhone on the way back to Lleida from the Jornada Euroecom organized by ACC1Ó, a new initiative by the Generalitat to promote innovation in business.
The event was aptly summed up by a question after one of the speeches when somebody asked for advice about a start-up instead of all the examples given about big companies. As usual the structure of the event was old school while talking about innovation and web 2.0. ACC1Ó should realize that events have to be 2.0 as well. The speakers had a wealth of experience, but the format was that of “experts” dispensing knowledge instead of getting down & dirty…
See The Plate is Hot for a rundown on the event by Ricard Espelt (in Catalan).
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Here, There & Everyware
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It’s going to be a crazy week…
Open Research Day
Visualizar’08: Database City
Adam Greenfield
Everyware