Times Are A Changin’

Aliens

The strange star that has serious scientists talking about an alien megastructure

Ok, maybe not Aliens... lol...  but this is still a pretty cool news... The Many, Many Times Astronomers Mistook Mundane Phenomena for Aliens

Meet-up:  Gurteen Knowledge Management NYC

I recently joined a meet-up group for the first time.  And I’m so glad I did!

Prior to the invitation to the group “Gurteen Knowledge Management” I had heard of neither the name “Gurteen” nor the term “Knowledge Management”. From the description on the “About” page and the title of the next topic “Breaking Down Silos Through Working Outloud”   I decided it looked interesting enough to attend a meeting and find out more...

About the group: 21,000 people in 160 countries are part of the Gurteen Knowledge Community.  Help us create a strong core in New York City.  After all, there is a lot of knowledge here to be shared!  This is a group for knowledge management enthusiasts who like to share KM practices, learn from others and improve their organizations. Knowledge sharing practices can make a company run more efficiently and increase employee productivity. Join us in sharing practices of ways you share knowledge in your organization!

The presentation at the meeting was fantastic! 

view Joachim’s slides on Google Drive 

connect with Joachim on google+

I had long been a fan of Jane Bozarth’s work:

Jazne Bozarth Website  |  @JaneBozarth  |  Show Your Work (on Amazon)

But Joachim mentioned many other pioneers and practitioners of the same philosophy to check out:

Dave Winer, “Narrate Your Work” Bryce Write, “Breaking Down ‘Work Out Loud’” John Stepper “Working Out Loud:  The Making of a Movement” (TEDx video) Catherine Shinners “They Dynamics of Working Out Loud” Dennis Pearce “Working Out Loud Doctoral Thesis”

Besides a great presentation, I also really enjoyed the group discussion.  

One of the topics that we talked about that  I am particularly interested in right now is slack-

Slack results (from their website) My OneTab: Slack

One last link- WOL Week on Twitter

It’s not aliens... but...

Not a Drill:  SETI is Investigating a Possible Extraterrestrial Signal From Deep Space

   some of my related posts

Kardashev Scale (tumblr post)

Fermi (weebly page)

other old, related tumblr posts

http://krillion.tumblr.com/post/140353978285/aliens

http://krillion.tumblr.com/post/137384284965/update-aliens-maybe

http://krillion.tumblr.com/post/131250260930/aliens

#Fordham DLC was AWESOME today!

Check out:  Digital Literacies Collaborative

Blog

Wiki

Agenda from the conference today 

Tech Talk Bingo

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The Panama Papers

Panama Papers:  The Secrets of Dirty Money

What are the panama papers?

What you need to know about the panama papers

Images from Tweets:

so, biggest corruption story EVER, and these were the front pages that reported on it in the United States on Monday:

Hmmmm....  what does that say about the media in this country?  What does that say about corruption in this country??

Panama Players:  The Power Players

400 reporters kept the Panama Papers secret for a year.  Here’s how they pulled it off

With over 2 GB of data...  11.5 Million documents....  this, is only the beginning...  there will be many, many more stories to come.... Not only that....  but:

Giving blogging another chance

some of the posts read on 12/4

The NSA Hiding a Shadow Government Behind a Haystack to Keep Us Safe via Dailykos.com

I've been doing a lot of reading lately on this subject (and related subjects), but managed to be even more shocked by this one...

Prada, Yuck-- Or the New Trouble with Capitalism? via Ricochet

Liberal Fascism on Broadway via Ricochet

Culture of Ignorance via Washingtonsblog

Governments From Around the World ADMIT That They Carry Out False Flag Terror via Washintonsblog

Take it to the Bank via Washingtonsblog

Healthcare.gov sort of fixed, good enough for "vast majority" via Ars Technica

In airport security scanning, ultra-rare items are harder to catch via Ars Technica

Charged with Theft, Man Arrested For Plugging Car into School's Outlet via Ars Technica

Why YouTube Buffers: The Secret Deals that Make- and Break- Online Video via Ars Technica (need to finish)

FCC Chair: ISPs Should Be Able to Charge Netflix for Internet Fast Lane via Ars Technica

Genetic Adam and Eve May Have Walked on Earth at the Same Time via Ars Technica

NSA Collects Nearly 5 Billion Cellphone Location Records per Day via ArsTechnica

Your Questions About the New IPCC Climate Change Report Answered via ArsTechnica

Dear Congress, It's No Longer OK to Not Know How the Internet Works via Motherboard

No Girls Allowed via Polygon

Wall Climbing Concept Car Wins LA Auto Show via Dvice

Self Dimming Smart Windows Change With Superhuman Speed via Dvice

Tiny Slide Projector Takes Your Instagrams to the Next Retro Level via Dvice

Full Text of Benedict XVI's Letter to Athieist via National Catholic Register

Climate Change 'Tipping Points' Imminent via Physorg

Obama: "I'm not allowed an iPhone'" via Physorg

Investment Program Can Cut Global Health Disparities by 2035 via MedicalXpress

Study Gives New Meaning to 'Let Your Fingers Do the Walking' via MedicalXpress

Humans Not Smarter Than Animals, Just Different, Experts Say via Physorg

Scientists say this 191-year-old symphony could help your heart health.

I had previously posted the link to this article, but since I had posted it as a link I couldn’t update that post...  **note to self, use “text” instead of “link” when posting to tumblr... lol...  

Anyhow, I wanted to update it with a playlist of the tracks mentioned in the post...  since the links in the post were from soundcloud, I figured it would be easiest to create the playlist in soundcloud...  which meant... yes...  another social media account...  

Hearthealth playlist

What other classical pieces can I add to this list?

Pen addiction

Read more over at Flickr

Snowden

3d print of Snowden

Education Reform

Dear Karl, Scott, Daniel, and John : The Future You Predicted Seems Right On Schedule

What If They All Took Art?