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Are you a member of The Cult of Competitiveness?

"But the most important things in life, the most vital and electric things that enrich the human experience into something greater than anything the most competitive of Darwin’s finches could hope for, are not to be found in competition. Love and companionship, in spite of and through hardship, will … [Read more...]

Five good reads: Mar. 25-31

In a nutshell:  Open Badges for getting "recognition of the skills you learn everywhere", the need for postnormal strategies, Social TV, Twitter engagement infographic, and "a rant in praise of the unremarkable". 1. Open Badges http://openbadges.org/ Way better than LinkedIn endorsements, I hope … [Read more...]

What Amanda Palmer taught me about social business

Businesses can learn a thing or two about treading the road to social business from musician Amanda Palmer. In her talk at TED2013, she relayed how the "Art of Asking" has become a creative pillar, if not a strategy, for pursuing her music and art and building her business model. A lot of hard work … [Read more...]

Recommended links: Big data analytics and the US Elections

Three relevant links showing the data-driven character of the Obama campaign and how big data analytics is changing the way insights, strategy and tactics are being utilised in elections. 1.  Wrath of the Math: Obama Wins Nerdiest Election Ever The role of big data analytics in the US elections: " … [Read more...]

Internet libel: a new criminal offense in the Philippines

A Cybercrime Law has recently been enacted in the Philippines that contains a last-minute and poorly thought out internet  libel clause, specifically targeting social media use. Senator Sotto inserted this libel clause with the intention to make people accountable for the content they produce and … [Read more...]

Politics, social media and magic realism

I wrote about the case of Senator Vicente Sotto of the Philippines and the criticism he got (and is receiving) from Filipino netizens. I said that though the issue snowballed in social media networks, the real "issue is not just about blogging, or copyright or giving proper attribution. This goes … [Read more...]

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