Archive for May, 2011

Tailored Content, Laziness and Self-directed Teams

May 4, 2011

I’ve been challenged in thinking about how human laziness influences self-directed teams.

This morning I stumbled on this talk by Eli Pariser about the affects of  “tailored content.” “Tailored content” means content on the web is algorithmically filtered and, so, “tailored” for you according to your behavior, according to what you click on. In practice, this can mean you don’t get to see links that might challenge you and might not be in accordance with your usual patterns. (more…)

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Martin Luther King Jr. Quote – Correct Version With Source

May 3, 2011

In case you’ve seen the Martin Luther King, Jr., quote circulating on Twitter and the web, and found out it was slightly edited, here’s the real version.

The full title of this book, published in 1967, is “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community?”

The correct quote: (more…)

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