Threshold systems and Vertigo

Matt Jones gave a great presentation at CityCampLondon. This was a far-reaching and highly entertaining perspective. Well worth watching, and re-watching (see below).

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Teme working: the third dangerous step

The principles of memetics are intended to explain how ideas are replicated, through the human predilection for imitation. This TED talk from early 2008 takes things a step further by introducing the concept of temes, described as “a third dangerous step” to follow the preceding two “dangerous steps” of genes and memes. 

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Video of the week: Enterprise Radar (Tim O’Reilly)

Tim O’Reilly’s presentation at Web2.0 Expo (New York, September 08) described the way in which companies such as Google and Dell have created autonomic (self-learning) systems to drive their business.

A key quote from Tim’s presentation: “Enterprise 2.0 means letting users into your back-office and turning your company inside out… Or waiting for an innovative start-up to do it for you!”

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Video of the week: Clay Shirky – Institutions vs Collaboration

a great presentation by Clay, which concludes with a compelling message: “a true revolution doesn’t take you from point A to point B, it takes you from point A to chaos.”

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