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Author Archives: abdimom
First year blogging anniversary
Just a quick post. Today is my first year blogging anniversary. I would like to thank my family and friends for support and encouragement. Without your support and encouragement this blog would not have happened. Snapshot statistic: 80 posts, 77 … Continue reading
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Russia’s web community is preparing for the 2011-2012 political season.
Lenta.ru: Интернет: “Живой журнал” интегрировался с Twitter и Facebook. “Живой журнал” (LiveJournal, the most popular blog platform is Russia) now is integrated with Twitter and Facebook. LiveJournal has 26 million users, one quarter of which belong to the Russian-speaking blog-sphere. … Continue reading
Posted in Future of the Web, L'idea Della Settimana
Tagged Social Media, System thinking, thoughts
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Using ViralHeat
Technology Review: Mining Mood Swings on the Real-Time Web: Many companies are turning to social-media sites to gauge the success of a new product and service. The latest activity on Facebook, Twitter, and countless other sites can reveal the public’s … Continue reading
Posted in Future of the Web, My Quickpress Posts
Tagged Social Media, social network, System design, System thinking
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Russia. August. 2010. Part 2: Wildfires.
(cont. from Russia. August. 2010. Part 1: Grain. ) The surge of wildfires this summer has shown two important developments in today’s Russia: deteriorating regional/local government system and growing importance of Russia’s blogosphere. Ever since 2000, when then President Putin … Continue reading
Posted in L'idea Della Settimana
Tagged blog, Blogging, globalization, Putin, russia, Social Media, thoughts, Vladimir Putin
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Michael Davies teaches Systems, Leadership and Management (SLaM) Praxis and Lab for SDM MIT Fellows
ESD.945 SL&M Praxis – Systems, Leadership and Management Praxis course overview: “This course is about praxis1; it gives SDM Fellows a systematic approach and the practical skills needed for the application of their rich and deep learning and frameworks about … Continue reading
Posted in System Design and Management Program at MIT
Tagged crowdsourcing, information, Leadership, SDM, Social Media, social networking, System design, System thinking
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2nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CRISIS MAPPING (BOSTON, OCTOBER 1-3, 2010)
The International Network of Crisis Mappers (CM*Net) was launched by 100 Crisis Mappers at the first International Conference on Crisis Mapping (ICCM 2009) in October 2009. As the world’s premier crisis mapping hub, CM*Net catalyzes communication and collaboration between and … Continue reading
Posted in Future of the Web
Tagged crowdsourcing, Forecasting, globalization, human factor, information, Social Media, social network, System thinking
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While my MacBook was on repair for the last two weeks…
“The Influence Project concludes this Sunday August 15 at midnight EST. The surge of interest continues and there’s that last minute at an eBay auction feeling pulsing through this network of networks that is the modern Internet.”
MIT SDM Students on Blue Hill Reservation Hiking Trip
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Russia. August. 2010. Part 1: Grain.
(cont. in Russia. August. 2010. Part 2: Wildfires. ) It seems that August continues to be most intense month in Russia’s political life. The heat wave followed by massive wildfires in the central Russia and Siberia add to the long … Continue reading
Posted in L'idea Della Settimana
Tagged comodities, Dmitri Medvedev, FAO, financial regulations, food prices, Forecasting, globalization, grain, information, Prediction Markets, russia, Russian Federation, System thinking, thoughts, Vladimir Putin
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RIP Google Wave
Official Google Blog: Update on Google Wave. RIP Google Wave… “Wave has not seen the user adoption we would have liked. We don’t plan to continue developing Wave as a standalone product, but we will maintain the site at least … Continue reading
Posted in Future of the Web
Tagged Google, Google scholar, google wave, http://fcinf.com/v/c9ua, information, Social Media, social networking
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