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"The Allophilia Project - a new framework for understanding effective intergro..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:42:31 GMT

The Allophilia Project - a new framework for understanding effective intergroup leadership

"The very things a leader does to promote strong identification and cohesion within a group can exacerbate conflicts with other groups. This creates one of the most painful dilemmas of leadership: the tradeoff between ingroup and outgroup effects."

Todd L. Pittinsky

–The Allophilia Project

"“As we communicate with people around the world, we must move beyond messagin..."

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:51:05 GMT

“As we communicate with people around the world, we must move beyond messaging. We need to listen more and lecture less. We have to learn how people listen to us, how our words and deeds are actually heard and seen.”

—Judith McHale,
U.S. Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
June 11, 2009

–Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation | Public Diplomacy Collaborative

"The sort of thing boosterism doesn't account for: increased Balkanization of ..."

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:51:06 GMT

The sort of thing boosterism doesn't account for: increased Balkanization of individuals.

[I]ncreasing access now has the sole effect of giving agents more potential partners to select from. Since agents prefer similar partners, increasing access allows them to find more and more partners of the same type to form connections to. Thus, the number of affiliations per agent will decrease and Balkanization increases. For our particular society, with universal access, all agents connect only to those of the same type, so the Index of Balkanized Affiliation reaches a maximum of one."

–A Simple Model of Increasing Access

""[T]o flourish, humans need to develop virtues of independent thought and ack..."

Sun, 07 Mar 2010 18:41:22 GMT

"[T]o flourish, humans need to develop virtues of independent thought and acknowledged social dependence"

In "Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues" under "the conditions for human flourishing", Alasdair MacIntyre notes that, "The virtues of rational agency need for their adequate exercise to be accompanied by what I shall call thethe virtues of acknowledged dependency" including, as Carol Taylor points out in her "Health and Human Flourishing", includes "the attentive and affectionate regard for others".

–Dependent Rational Animals: Why Human Beings Need the Virtues" By Alasdair MacIntyre at Google Books

"Disputatio: (Scholastic) Out of the quaestiones disputatae developed graduall..."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:55:30 GMT

"Disputatio: (Scholastic) Out of the quaestiones disputatae developed gradually a rigid form of scholastic disputation. The defensor theseos proposed his thesis and explained or proved it in syllogistic form. The opponentes argued against the thesis and its demonstration by repeating first the proposition and the syllogism proving it, then either by denying the validity of one or the other premises (nego maiorem, minorem) or by making distinctions restricting the proposition (distinguo maiorem, minorem). In the disputations of students under the direction of a magister the latter used to summarize the disputation and to "determine the question". --Rudolf Allers"

–Dictionary of Philosophy

"7:37AM 1MAR2010 @timoreilly tweeted: "Apps for the Army is live! http://bit...."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:35:43 GMT

"7:37AM 1MAR2010 @timoreilly tweeted: "Apps for the Army is live! http://bit.ly/cOjSkn Many thanks to @ArmyCIOG6 and @corbett3000 for carrying this idea forward #gov20 #apps4army""

–Twitter / Tim O'Reilly: Apps for the Army is live! ...

"Archon Fung begins his "Creating Deliberative Publics: Governance After Devol..."

Thu, 04 Mar 2010 02:17:56 GMT

Archon Fung begins his "Creating Deliberative Publics: Governance After Devolution and Democratic Centralism" with the following: "In the Public and Its Problems, John Dewey lamented the stagnancy of democratic political forms in the face of a rapidly changing economy and society."

I can depict my long-historied pre-occupation with a variation of that: in the face of a rapidly changing society and economy I lament the ineffectiveness of democratic political forums!

–Archon Fung - Creating Deliberative Publics: Governance After Devolution and Democratic Centralism - The Good Society 11:1

LOL, so familiar.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:42:29 GMT

LOL, so familiar.

[Reposted from robi42]

"What's the right approach to new products? Pick three key attributes or featu..."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:41:36 GMT

"What's the right approach to new products? Pick three key attributes or features, get those things very, very right, and then forget about everything else."

–Paul Buchheit: If your product is Great, it doesn't need to be Good.

[Reposted from robi42]

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:41:05 GMT

"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."

–Albert Einstein

[Reposted from robi42]

Re: Facebook integration

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:23:02 GMT

To activate cross-posting to Facebook, open your Soup's options panel (cogwheel icon) and go to "Automatic exports".

For an existing user, switching to FB Connect as login method is not entirely straightforward and doesn't make a whole lot of sense, so we're not particularly encouraging that. If you want to give it a shot: Log out, go to the front page and click the Facebook Connect button, then provide your existing login data instead of choosing a new username.

Does that answer your questions?

[Reposted from kitchen]

Spot on! So it was there, right under my nose. :-)

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:20:05 GMT

[Reposted from kitchen]

Spot on! So it was there, right under my nose. :-)
I really look forward to implementing this; thanks kindly.
p.s. sort of odd to have what are comments to this blog showing up in my Soup ... I didn't want that. Shows how targetting / streaming / directing this sort of material gets complicated.
p.s.2 Got it working. Very nice. Know what would be sweet? (RFE!!) To be able to edit the material on the FB side. Publishing in a different context calls for slightly different text; FB is a /very/ different context.

heh ... are you keeping it a secret? is this meant as just a preliminary announcement, like a press release?

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:00:05 GMT

[Reposted from updates]

heh ... are you keeping it a secret? is this meant as just a preliminary announcement, like a press release?
I came here expecting "Click this then click that and login here and then go there" sort of instructions. But you've held back the details.
Is there some other page with an explanation? or have I overlooked something here?

"Deliberative democratic theory continues to “come of age.” In this contribut..."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:53:04 GMT

"Deliberative democratic theory continues to “come of age.” In this contribution to its development, we assume that deliberation should clarify conflict as well as help participants to discover and forge common interests.
Although we want to stress the importance of seeking a genuinely common good, we argue that deliberation can and should in certain conditions include both self-interest and the negotiation of conflicting interests. Convergence, incompletely theorized agreements, integrative negotiation, and fully cooperative negotiations are compatible with deliberative ideals. They are forms of deliberative negotiation.
Voting and the negotiation of cooperative antagonists are not themselves deliberative acts but, when they are justified through deliberative procedures and preceded in practice by such procedures, can be accepted by deliberative theorists as legitimate components of democracy complementary to and in some cases integrated with deliberation."

–"Jane Mansbridge et.al. on Deliberative Democracy" from the "Political Theory - Habermas and Rawls" blog

"Cohen's first line in this book: "A lucky man lives in many communities." Wha..."

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:33:53 GMT

"Cohen's first line in this book:

"A lucky man lives in many communities."

What came to my mind when I read this was, "Who knows only his side of an argument knows little of that" ... Hume?
But what does this mean these days? We are, typically, historically, closed-minded and biased, at least partial if not prejudiced. How to communicate notions of eclecticism and pluralism to people who are increasingly scattered and superficial?"

–Ted Cohen's "Jokes: Philosophical Thoughts on Joking Matters" at Google Books

"Our mission is to provide non-partisan information for voters in the Presiden..."

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:48:56 GMT

"Our mission is to provide non-partisan information for voters in the Presidential election, so that votes can be based on issues rather than on personalities and popularity. We get our information daily from newspapers, speeches, press releases, and the Internet"

–OnTheIssues.org - Candidates on the Issues

"Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organiz..."

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 17:18:41 GMT

"Pournelle's Iron Law of Bureaucracy states that in any bureaucratic organization there will be two kinds of people: those who work to further the actual goals of the organization, and those who work for the organization itself. Examples in education would be teachers who work and sacrifice to teach children, vs. union representative who work to protect any teacher including the most incompetent. The Iron Law states that in all cases, the second type of person will always gain control of the organization, and will always write the rules under which the organization functions."

–Chaos Manor

"... realism versus idealism. Realists accept that the world is complicated an..."

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:47:41 GMT

... realism versus idealism. Realists accept that the world is complicated and that when you have more than one goal they may be in conflict with one another, and that as a practical matter it is always necessary to make tradeoffs and compromises. Realism is more or less "half a loaf is better than none at all". Idealists, on the other hand, consider anything less than a perfect solution to be a failure. They've got their eyes on the stars and will accept nothing less.

–USS Clueless - Left and Right

"[T]here is an opportunity for a third-party vendor to provide commercial supp..."

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:49:42 GMT

[T]here is an opportunity for a third-party vendor to provide commercial support and products around HipHop for PHP. However, without control of the project and the project's copyright and trademark, it's difficult to monetize usage.

For instance, who and which company comes to mind when you think about of Ruby on Rails? If you said David Heinemeier Hansson and 37signals, you'd probably be in the majority. David Heinemeier Hansson founded Ruby on Rails, and his company, 37signals, uses it as the infrastructure to build applications that 37signals sells. Several third-party vendors offer support and related products for Ruby on Rails. However, none are as well known as 37signals, which does not offer support or commercial Ruby on Rails products.

Next, who and which company comes to mind when you think about Drupal? If you said Dries Buytaert and Acquia, you'd probably be in the majority. Dries founded Drupal and then co-founded Acquia to monetize the software itself. Companies can purchase Drupal support and commercial offerings directly from Acquia, which benefits from the awareness associated with Dries being co-founder.

–Facebook's PHP doesn't really compete with Zend | Open Source - InfoWorld

"Sandel challenges us with difficult moral dilemmas and asks our opinion about..."

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 07:07:58 GMT

"Sandel challenges us with difficult moral dilemmas and asks our opinion about the right thing to do. He then asks us to examine our answers in the light of new scenarios. The results are often surprising, revealing that important moral questions are never black and white."

–Harvard's "Justice" with Michael Sandel

"Abraham Heschel writes:“What impairs our sight are habits of seeing as well a..."

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:31:53 GMT

Abraham Heschel writes:

“What impairs our sight are habits of seeing as well as the mental concomitants of seeing. Our sight is suffused with knowing, instead of feeling painfully the lack of knowing what we see. The principle to be kept in mind is to know what we see rather than to see what we know.”

“Rather than blame things for being obscure, we should blame ourselves for being biased and prisoners of self-induced repetitiveness. Insight is the beginning of perceptions to come rather than the extension of perceptions gone by. Conventional seeing, operating as it does with patterns and coherences, is a way of seeing the present in the past tense. Insight is an attempt to think in the present.”

–cited in "Beginning & Ending" in Curiosity Matters

"For pure play web 2.0 company – how to get users to contribute? – how to mone..."

Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:16:56 GMT

For pure play web 2.0 company – how to get users to contribute? – how to monetize the contribution and inter-linkages?

Either you win big or you lose: Big becomes bigger and more successful – small becomes smaller and extinct
Chance of success very low: No room for niche player – Small and successful is not possible
First mover may not win: Google was not the first search engine – FaceBook was not the first social networking site

–3 Faces of Web 2.0 « Udayan Banerjee’s Blog – From The Other Side

"The Synaptic Web is not new. It is not a recent trend. It is something that s..."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:36:21 GMT

"The Synaptic Web is not new. It is not a recent trend. It is something that started before the advent of HTTP and HTML gave birth to the actual Web and will continue long after the boom of 'real-time' fades away. It is a simple observation that the most interesting aspect of the Internet generally and the Web specifically is not the nodes on the network, but the type, density and flexibility of the connection between them.

We use the metaphor of the Synapse (the connection between brain cells) as a way to try to relate this idea to the real world - a literal mental model if you will, and over the years, we've observed these connections have morphed in surprising ways. Nodes have atomized (i.e. nodes are now more granular and there are more of them) and the nature of the connections are changing at an accelerating rate."

–louisgray.com: Synaptic Web: Realtime is Just the Beginning

"The perceptive systemic dynamics of information/knowledge processing depend, ..."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:21:32 GMT

"The perceptive systemic dynamics of information/knowledge processing depend, directly, upon agile local cognitive systemic weavings, supported by interconnected cooperative systemic networks, and, indirectly, depend upon local mechanisms, connected to nonlocal cognitive interfaces, in which intervene cognitive dynamics of abstraction, supported by local systemic dynamics of reflection, reflexivity and reflexibility."

–Philosophy, Systems Theory and Risk Science: On perception...

"''Quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur Medieval adage that synt..."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:20:46 GMT

''Quidquid recipitur ad modum recipientis recipitur

Medieval adage that synthesizes an eidos of proportion: Whatever is received is received according to the mode of receiving of the receiver

The (re)tension and the (pro)tension (from the Latin tensio) can consistently be synthesized in an abstract language, as primitive notions to the gathering and utilization of information, in the assumption that the patterns that configure the systems incorporate, in their formative nature, mechanisms of potential rotative projective resonance, linked to the reflexibility of the systems, with appetence and capability to place in relation that which in the systems is the act made proportionately available as presence to the potency (semper quod ens) and that, because of that, determines it.

Posted by Maria Ode

–Philosophy, Systems Theory and Risk Science: (re)tension and the (pro)tension: proportion

"Increasingly, large media organizations are learning and adapting to the noti..."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 22:02:48 GMT

Increasingly, large media organizations are learning and adapting to the notion that their job is changing. It is moving from 100% content creation through editorial processes to a mix of original content and what many call ‘content curation’.

That is, observing, hand selecting and adding value to content from the social, real-time web. ...

This trend is unfolding for many reasons. Economic constraints, technology advances, the evolution of social media and the emergence of the real-time web mean that everyone with a Twitter account can contribute to telling and spreading the story.

–Got Kit? JS-Kit/Echo » "The Transformation from Creation to Curation"

"A recent article in The New York Times discussed the innovation process at Ap..."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 01:53:45 GMT

A recent article in The New York Times discussed the innovation process at Apple. Clearly the process begins and ends with Steve Jobs. And clearly Mr. Jobs is a creative genius. He also has a lot of help with top notch design engineers. As a result, Apple is perceived as one of the most innovative companies on the planet.

If you have visionary leadership at your company, this might be a good way to go. But companies like Procter & Gamble (P&G) also have strong leadership and they have taken a different route to innovation. P&G has been a leader in Open Innovation, and many of the new products they have launched in the past few years have come from outside the company.

–Blogging Innovation - Innovation blog articles, videos, and insights

"In several countries more official data are being issued in raw form so that ..."

Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:33:24 GMT

"In several countries more official data are being issued in raw form so that anybody can use them. This forces bureaucrats and creative types to interact in new ways"

–Data and transparency: Of governments and geeks | The Economist

"Patterning problems: patterning the problematique The number of problems and..."

Fri, 29 Jan 2010 20:18:15 GMT

Patterning problems: patterning the problematique

The number of problems and their degree of interrelationship are a continuing challenge to comprehension. Without any patterning, the amount of information is overwhelming. The simplistic patternings characteristic of conventional practice in documentation systems are however part of the conceptual problem rather than the solution. They disguise complexity and create deceptive impressions of order where order is lacking, or rather where higher forms of order are implicit.

–World problems project - commentaries | Union of International Associations

"The "Do Good Gauge"; Measuring the Democratic Value of an Intelligent Argumen..."

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 00:08:55 GMT

The "Do Good Gauge"; Measuring the Democratic Value of an Intelligent Argument

"Humans have learned scientifically that the exact truth can never be attained or told. We can reduce the degree of tolerated error, but we have learned physically, as Heisenberg discovered, that exactitude is prohibited, because most exquisite physical experiment has shown that "the act of measuring always alters that which is measured".
Buckminster Fuller

–The Do Good Gauge - The Buckminster Fuller Connection

"An amusing yet deep cutting article titled 'Renouncing Evil Powers' appeared ..."

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:39:17 GMT

"An amusing yet deep cutting article titled 'Renouncing Evil Powers' appeared in the International Herald Tribune this morning written by Garrison Keillor. My favorite quote from the article goes like this, "War requires very well-brought-up people to do vicious things that they are able to do efficiently because the recipients of their viciousness are unknown to them.""

–Seasonal Paradise: Is Facebook A Catalyst For World Peace?

"Don't Be a JerkBack when dinosaurs ruled the earth, FM 22-100, Military Leade..."

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:15:43 GMT

Don't Be a Jerk

Back when dinosaurs ruled the earth, FM 22-100, Military Leadership, listed a sense of humor as one of the 23 traits of character. If memory serves, it was number sixteen down the list, between Candor and Competence. So we all got shot up or shot down — big deal. Berating other players sucks the life out of everyone; likewise, we can see the score and know you did a great job."

–SimHQ.com - Land Combat Zone - Roger, Out! TeamSpeak Rules of the Road

"In P2P James Burke reports: "Stefan Meretz has produced, with his daughter, a..."

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 06:08:52 GMT

"In P2P James Burke reports: "Stefan Meretz has produced, with his daughter, a very useful and clear taxonomy of common goods, according to five criteria." viz:

"Commons are common pool resources. Commons are common goods. Commons are social relationships. You can find all of these descriptions for the term. Which is the correct one? All three versions are valid—at the same time! The word „common“ is the best starting point for the analysis. The common thing within a commons are the resources, which are used and cared for, are the goods resulting from joint activities, and are the social relationships emerging from acting together. These three aspects are so different for all commons, that no one could describe them in a reasonably complete manner."

–P2P Foundation » Blog Archive » Commons in a taxonomy of goods

"From paperwork to public buildings, from social networks to street protests, ..."

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:04:53 GMT

"From paperwork to public buildings, from social networks to street protests, the liberal project has always relied on a set of tools and techniques to make its way in the world. Sometimes it finds these tools lying around; other times it is forced to forge them on its own. The purpose of this working group will be to study the technics of liberal states, societies, and social movements in historical and comparative contexts.

[...] What can technics tell us about liberalism, its pasts, its presents, its futures, its powers, and its failures? How have liberal technics circulated between metropoles, colonies, and postcolonies? Do neoliberal or illiberal projects rely on qualitatively different tools and techniques? How and why are non-liberal techniques marshaled in the name of liberalism? What happens when liberal technics break down, or fail to engage? What accounts for liberalism’s resiliency, and what are its limits? And finally, how can the "global university," with its contradictory imperatives to reproduce and critique these technics, work to ensure that liberalism becomes increasingly democratic?"

–Technics of Liberalism | Institute for Public Knowledge

""Could Data Governance Help the War on Terror?" > http://bit.ly/8xAbto <..."

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 18:56:43 GMT

""Could Data Governance Help the War on Terror?" > http://bit.ly/8xAbto < "the government should be addressing process issues." (Follow @jilldyche)"

–Ben Tremblay (bentrem) on Twitter

"One California community is honing in on this vulnerable segment of the homel..."

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:53:27 GMT

"One California community is honing in on this vulnerable segment of the homeless population. The Ventura County 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness calls for a zero-tolerance policy of discharging people from jails, hospitals and other institutions to the streets. The plan also requires a coordinated effort to cut the number being discharged into homelessness by at least 10 percent annually"

–Replacing the Revolving Door With the Front Door | End Homelessness | Change.org

"[The] study on "Social Software and National Security," out of the Pentagon-s..."

Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:08:09 GMT

[The] study on "Social Software and National Security," out of the Pentagon-sponsored National Defense University, that actually makes sense. Written by Mark Drapeau and former Pentagon CIO Lin Wells, the upcoming paper takes a clear-eyed view of what these new apps can do — and makes some smart, if basic, suggestions for how government types might uses the tools.

NB: see "Missional Government 2.0" and "Crossing Over Technology With Government" at Technosailor.com

–WTF? Military Web 2.0 Report Actually Making Sense | Danger Room | Wired.com

"Gnit Pick from nit·pick (nit'pik') intr.v. nit·picked, nit·pick·ing, n..."

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:22:15 GMT

Gnit Pick

from nit·pick (nit'pik')
intr.v. nit·picked, nit·pick·ing, nit·picks

verb (used with object)

1. to be excessively concerned with or critical of inconsequential details.
2. to criticize by focusing on inconsequential details.

noun
3. a carping, petty criticism.

adjective
4. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a nitpicker or nitpicking.
Also, nit-pick or gnit-pick

Origin:
1965-70; nit 1 + pick 1
Dictionary.com Unabridged

–Definition of Nitpick at Dictionary.com

"It does seem to me that those who believe that humans are causing the planet ..."

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:06:34 GMT

It does seem to me that those who believe that humans are causing the planet to warm may be guilty of some dirty tricks regarding peer review inclusion of dissenting views. This is a shame because peer review and debate to me is a time-honored tradition and through the friction of opposing views, observers can come to informed conclusions.

I wish political arguments on say health care used peer review. Then most of us Americans might know a bit more about what we are talking about and logic might prevail over emotions.

–Climate Debate accelerates as Copenhagen begins - Global Neighbourhoods --Shel Israel

The Computer and Information Sciences Research Group leads and manages an adv...

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:41:05 GMT

The Computer and Information Sciences Research Group leads and manages an advanced technology program that can research, identify, understand, develop, and apply new and emerging technologies for transforming raw data items into actionable information.