Telescopes and bathyscapes and sonar probes of Scottish lakes, Tacoma Narrows bridge collapse explained with abstract phase-space maps, some x-ray slides, a music score, Minard’s Napoleonic war: the most exciting new frontier is charting what’s already here.
Sabtu, 29 Oktober 2011
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Kamis, 13 Oktober 2011
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Simon Norfolk's workshop yesterday moved to the Valley of the Fallen, a natural granite formations, pine trees and streams, and spikes, Benedictine monks and winding roads. It is located in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is about 100 km. Aranjuez. The intention of this trip was premeditated inter-campus in many ways: he wanted this place to explain the formal aspects of field work, position, technique, gear, and also by the prior preparation of going at the right time and the exact spot he had devised. So far their teaching.
Norfolk does not stop here, because this same could have done for around campus. Norfolk's language ceases to be purely formal when you start digging in the image and find the track that history has left behind. In our case, a monumental cross of 150 m. governing the high valley and poise as if to lift it alone on any of the horizons. The landscape of Norfolk speech, then, political, economic and social, from here everyone interprets it their own way.
Valley of the Fallen
Google Maps
The route:
1. We arrived at the parking lot of the back of the cross in the parking lot of the Abbey. They struck up a friendly conversation with a resident monk explains curiosities, concerns, and the place to go.
2. After a steep slope of trees and hazards, with the team on his back managed to get to a clearing just below the forest track. On this track we could not pass the car, and was the longest road to walk.
3. Looking at the cross and the valley, were approximately three hours.
We were lucky to be with him in the Campillo, talking day and night, look for the moon and look through the
viewfinder of his camera spent wood.
Simon Norfolk's workshop yesterday moved to the Valley of the Fallen, a natural granite formations, pine trees and streams, and spikes, Benedictine monks and winding roads. It is located in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is about 100 km. Aranjuez. The intention of this trip was premeditated inter-campus in many ways: he wanted this place to explain the formal aspects of field work, position, technique, gear, and also by the prior preparation of going at the right time and the exact spot he had devised. So far their teaching.
Norfolk does not stop here, because this same could have done for around campus. Norfolk's language ceases to be purely formal when you start digging in the image and find the track that history has left behind. In our case, a monumental cross of 150 m. governing the high valley and poise as if to lift it alone on any of the horizons. The landscape of Norfolk speech, then, political, economic and social, from here everyone interprets it their own way.
Norfolk does not stop here, because this same could have done for around campus. Norfolk's language ceases to be purely formal when you start digging in the image and find the track that history has left behind. In our case, a monumental cross of 150 m. governing the high valley and poise as if to lift it alone on any of the horizons. The landscape of Norfolk speech, then, political, economic and social, from here everyone interprets it their own way.
Valley of the Fallen
Google Maps
The route:
1. We arrived at the parking lot of the back of the cross in the parking lot of the Abbey. They struck up a friendly conversation with a resident monk explains curiosities, concerns, and the place to go.
2. After a steep slope of trees and hazards, with the team on his back managed to get to a clearing just below the forest track. On this track we could not pass the car, and was the longest road to walk.
3. Looking at the cross and the valley, were approximately three hours.
We were lucky to be with him in the Campillo, talking day and night, look for the moon and look through the
viewfinder of his camera spent wood.
Simon Norfolk's workshop yesterday moved to the Valley of the Fallen, a natural granite formations, pine trees and streams, and spikes, Benedictine monks and winding roads. It is located in the municipality of San Lorenzo de El Escorial is about 100 km. Aranjuez. The intention of this trip was premeditated inter-campus in many ways: he wanted this place to explain the formal aspects of field work, position, technique, gear, and also by the prior preparation of going at the right time and the exact spot he had devised. So far their teaching.
Norfolk does not stop here, because this same could have done for around campus. Norfolk's language ceases to be purely formal when you start digging in the image and find the track that history has left behind. In our case, a monumental cross of 150 m. governing the high valley and poise as if to lift it alone on any of the horizons. The landscape of Norfolk speech, then, political, economic and social, from here everyone interprets it their own way.
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Getting started in organic farming/ranching requires a mind set and determination to do things differently than the conventional. Organic production is all about working with nature rather than trying to force our goals and expectations on the land. Building Soils for Better Crops, a Sustainable Agriculture Network (www.sare.org) publication by Fred Magdoff and Harold van Es, provides an easy-to-read description of soil functions and processes and is a great foundation.
The difference between conventional and organic production is all about how products are raised. Section 205.202 of the National Organic Program rule states that no prohibited substances can be applied to land for a period of three years preceding the harvest of the crop. So, document when the last prohibited substance was applied, add 36 months, and this is your first opportunity to sell organic products.
A prohibited substance is anything that is genetically changed (GMO), synthetic, or altered from its natural state. The three major prohibited farm inputs are pesticides, chemical fertilizer, and GMO seeds. If you intend to sell more than $5,000 of product to anyone but an end-user, you need to be certified by a USDA accredited certifying agency. This agency should be contacted before applying any substances, even during the transition phase.
Documentation is key to organic production. Develop a field history sheet that lists historical inputs and crops. Define field boundaries and buffer zones if adjacent to conventionally managed land. Identify contamination risks such as chemical drift and runoff threat to see if your field can produce an organic crop that meets the requirements. Field identification also enables the product or crop to be traced back to its origin.
The transition period is a time for the land to adjust to its natural production capabilities and cleanse itself of synthetic inputs. It is also a good time for the operator to develop a written Organic System Plan concerning all aspects of agricultural production. Components of the Organic System Plan include:
> Practices & Materials used on the farm to build soil quality, improve water quality, prevent contamination, and insure organic integrity.
> Recordkeeping to show traceability back to the field and accountability for all that enters and leaves the farm.
> Monitoring the data recorded to show progress and/or improvement.
There are several excellent web sites to help you through the transition phase:
> New Farm (www.newfarm.org) has three helpful tools: 1) An online transition exercise that allows you to develop an organic systems plan; 2) A financial comparison of organic versus conventional production; 3) A comparison of organic certifying agencies.
> Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Services (www.mosesorganic.org) provides free education materials and fact sheets to help during and after the transition phase.
> Appropriate Technology Transfer for Rural Areas (ATTRA), 800.346.9140 (http://attra.nact.org) is a USDA-funded information site with a helpful staff dedicated to providing you with the information you ask for about sustainable farming and organic production.
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Ajah featured in Don Magazine
Ajah, our Python powered interactive directory of funders for Canadian non-profits, was recently featured in Don Magazine. We've been in the local news before but the previous mentions were all were by the tech community. Don Magazine is a publication for non profits and it's rewarding to see that beyond the cool tech, the non-profit sector sees a real value in the service that we developed.7
2010 may very well be a Margaux vintage: the best wines show finesse, elegance and freshness.
Château Lascombes general manager and Yair Haidu share their first positive impressions on Margaux 2010.
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Recently, I've had a lot of plates spinning. The result is what you'd expect: some drop and break, others then get more of my attention, and every once in a while another pole with a plate on top comes into place and splits my attention again. Still a capacity issue, but that's part of the show in this metaphor -- the ability to scale a difficult task many times over.
Some might think this the typical balance of project portfolio management and business development. It's actually kind of a hideous way to live. There are some plates in motion for me right now that might have fallen long ago, but have not and probably won't because I'm directly handling them. Basically, when you hire a Lovely Assistant (metaphor, I assure you) to "give this one a turn every so often", eventually you need to get your hands on it again no matter the state and may find it more than a bit wobbly. My hands get pretty tired sometimes.
I'm pretty busy with a couple of really interesting startups right now. We're executing on their evolving product vision, and I'm quite pleased with the net results. I hope to have long, healthy relationships with them. I could do that through Fending Group (my firm) with limited scaling capacity except for contractors, or bring more people into the circle and market a totally different company. Starting soon, I'm going to do the latter.
There will of course be announcements and such about that when it happens. The exciting thing for me is that my partners and I share recent experience in a few of the same verticals, and tend to be drawn to and shy away from the same kinds of projects.
There are three areas that summarize our direction for this new company.
Strategy
The word Strategy is overused. By a lot. I'm not not about implementation planning when I say Strategy, though that is a tangible work product based on it. Identifying risks and opportunities, then having a plan for addressing them, is of high value. I've been giving away strategy consulting -- and even implementation planning -- to get engagements. We're not going to do that.
Products
We excel at product invention and execution. To this end, we need to eat a little of our own dog food and execute on a couple of our own ideas once in a while. And if "project work" comes our way that does not define a company or its product, we pass it on to other firms that focus on traditional "client" work. We are not a Bodies For Hire shop, and never will be. Our referral network will be a strong one.
Services and Engagements
Services differ from termed engagements. My preference is to have multiple long-term relationships with clients that help to not only maintain but continually define their product when an initial product buildout engagement concludes. This may in fact involve bringing in more Partners (not Lovely Assistants) over time. It also means firm partnerships to better serve clients.
So that's the next chapter in my life. Fewer plates, more hands, and no more Lovely Assistants.
I'm pretty busy with a couple of really interesting startups right now. We're executing on their evolving product vision, and I'm quite pleased with the net results. I hope to have long, healthy relationships with them. I could do that through Fending Group (my firm) with limited scaling capacity except for contractors, or bring more people into the circle and market a totally different company. Starting soon, I'm going to do the latter.
There will of course be announcements and such about that when it happens. The exciting thing for me is that my partners and I share recent experience in a few of the same verticals, and tend to be drawn to and shy away from the same kinds of projects.
There are three areas that summarize our direction for this new company.
Strategy
The word Strategy is overused. By a lot. I'm not not about implementation planning when I say Strategy, though that is a tangible work product based on it. Identifying risks and opportunities, then having a plan for addressing them, is of high value. I've been giving away strategy consulting -- and even implementation planning -- to get engagements. We're not going to do that.
Products
We excel at product invention and execution. To this end, we need to eat a little of our own dog food and execute on a couple of our own ideas once in a while. And if "project work" comes our way that does not define a company or its product, we pass it on to other firms that focus on traditional "client" work. We are not a Bodies For Hire shop, and never will be. Our referral network will be a strong one.
Services and Engagements
Services differ from termed engagements. My preference is to have multiple long-term relationships with clients that help to not only maintain but continually define their product when an initial product buildout engagement concludes. This may in fact involve bringing in more Partners (not Lovely Assistants) over time. It also means firm partnerships to better serve clients.
So that's the next chapter in my life. Fewer plates, more hands, and no more Lovely Assistants.
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Andrea Rota from Liquid Culture kindly invited Alex Johnson (New Media Director), Christopher Sheppard (Executive Director) and George South (Consultant) to present SP-ARK at the Open Space session, part of Open Knowledge 1.0 at Limehouse town hall this Saturday.
This event was the first in a series to be put on by the Open Knowledge Foundation, a group set up to ensure that the “increased and more equitable access to knowledge…as well as its collaborative development” offered by the technological revolution is actualized.
Open media panel
Though a day of discussions on the semantic web essentially all pertained to issues of online archiving, most immediately pertinent to SP-ARK were the insights given by Paula Ledieu during the Open Media session regarding her experience in what she frankly termed the “fuck up” that was BBC’s Creative Archive project (now, two years after its launch, in the process of a PVT). Previously Project Director of the BBC Creative Archives project, now Managing Director and Director of Open Media at Magic Lantern Productions and at OK1.0 to present on OMNI, she stressed her concern that the public had “failed to exploit the institutional momentum that presented itself a few years ago regarding public access to public assets…To enshrine archives to look at and not participate in is not acceptable”.
Open media panel (L-R: Paula Ledieu, Susana Noguero and Olivier Schulbaum from Platoniq, Zoe Young, coordinator of Transmission's metadata working group)
Whilst Potter’s work is not a public domain collection, we fully support Paula’s reasoning that it is critical that it is communicated to the BBC (as well as the BFI and those in other public sectors that hold collections) that we know they have been holding these collections in trust for the public until they can provide - as a clause in the BBC’s Charter describes - “meaningful access”. We now have the technology before us to do just this - to make our UK cultural heritage accessible to all in a participatory form. Taking this landscape into consideration SP-ARK is a clearly a timely project.
In her capacity as ex-Director for Creative Commons International, Paula also requested that the community refocus on outcomes rather than philosophy when it comes to the use and re-use of data and to question the underpinnings of a system that conflates legal and business models. SP-ARK were keen to discuss with other participants how aspects of our application might be made more open and developed within this culture of openness and free information, given the certain restrictions imposed on the project by Adventure Picture’s necessity to ‘protect’ certain uses of Sally Potter’s assets (a working, live archive still used by the original creator herself). During the Q&A George South and I discussed how the main impetus of SP-ARK was as an open learning tool, rather than the importance being placed on the redistribution of assets for secondary creative use, and that all user content would be made available through CC -or equivalent- licenses.
L-R: Christopher, Alex and George
Saul Albert from The People Speak encouraged us to look at incorporating tools that are already actively being used by the open media community and Dr Lars Christof Armbruster invited discussion on the concept of an application (SP-ARK) being simultaneously academic and user run, citing the 911 archive at the Center for History and New Media at George Mason University as an academic resource that includes new media aspects and UGC and has just been acquired by the Library of Congress. Paula Ledieu and Jessica Clark from the Center for Social Media at the American University, Washington expressed their interest and a wish to hear more on SP-ARK.
Thanks to Rufus Pollock and the OKFN team for letting us get involved and congratualtions on a great event.
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The Future of Business Communications
Presentation Date: 08/05/2008 (Wellington Branch)
In this topical presentation Jonathan Stuckey, Solutions Specialist in Business Productivity and Office tools for Microsoft New Zealand, outlines how Unified Communications give people the power to work better together, connect more easily to information, and work wherever and whenever they want.
He also outlines how software-powered unified communications technologies streamline communications between people and organizations, regardless of medium, platform, device, or location.
He also outlines how software-powered unified communications technologies streamline communications between people and organizations, regardless of medium, platform, device, or location.
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