Solvation

Changephilia

I had the opportunity to observe and participate a little bit in a process at a Palo Alto think tank.

There was an offhand comment that was made by someone, that sparked this post. He pointed out that his non-Californian friends had commented that only "you people in Northern California" care about these kinds of issues. (Think tank-y ones.)

So, I thought, woo-hoo: my time in Minnesota has some potential market value!  And here are my bloggish thoughts. 

Synopsis of Baruch Lev's book

Baruch Lev has a book called Intangibles: Management, Measurement, and Valuation.  Published in 2001 by Brookings Press, it's a brilliant orientation to the relatively new field.  I've run through the main points here.

Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Long-armed Law of the Wiki

Regarding the Merc article.

Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Long-armed Law of the Wiki.

http://www.typepad.com/t/trackback/3436282

and also evidently stickers go on computers now.

The tedium of gaming

Ah, now I get it.  I think the problem I had back in the mid-90's with my game startup was that it was, clearly, a "Female Game."  (It envisioned a completely different relationship with territory than what men typically prefer.)

How different people view information

I was excited to see a new blog aggregator: Memeorandum.

But was distracted by:  Colleges Protest Call to Upgrade Online Systems - New York Times.

M A R G O L I N

It was less-is-more day at the Old Margolin Homestead as I stripped down the site quite severely.

Non-profit intranet solution: Jot , SocialText

Jot and SocialText are structured wikis (a collaborative encyclopedia).  What this means is that people make applications out of this - that's right, it's an app development platform that can evolve organically.

Pull over to the right!

I just saw someone pull to the left to let the paramedics by, today.  My good friend Delya, who is an Emergency Medical Technician, urges: pull to the right!

I'm in Beaumont, Texas right now, helping Hurricane Rita recovery at a hospital. My company sent a whole bunch of ambulances and staff to transport patients.