Category Archives: Technology

Google Reveals Its 9 Principles of Innovation | Fast Company

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Ever wonder what makes the Google the holy grail of productivity and creativity? There’s no magic in the drinking water at the Mountain View, CA company. The tech giant draws from what Google’s chief social evangelist, Gopi Kallayil, calls the nine core principles of innovation.

Kallayil shared his insights at this week’s San Francisco Dreamforce summit. Here are the nine rules that any enterprise, large or small, can adopt to steal Google’s innovative culture.

The principles:

  1. Innovation Comes From Anywhere
  2. Focus On The User
  3. Aim To Be Ten Times Better
  4. Bet On Technical Insights
  5. Ship And Iterate
  6. Give Employees 20 Percent Time
  7. Default To Open Processes
  8. Fail Well
  9. Have A Mission That Matters

Read more: Google Reveals Its 9 Principles of Innovation | Fast Company | Business + Innovation.

News: Books & Publishing, Music & Film

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News: Education & Technology, Librarianship

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Education & Technology

Librarianship

Are Digital Libraries A ‘Winner-Takes-All’ Market? OverDrive Hopes So | Forbes
“Schools and libraries in all forms are transitioning their spends from providing physical items that are being stored on shelves and branches to digital items — the fastest portion of their growth,” said Steve Potash  in a recent interview. Potash is President and CEO of OverDrive, the Cleveland-based provider of technology for managing and distributing digital content for lending libraries.

Gross: Fifty Shades of Grey goes viral – literally | theguardian
Library copies of the bestselling sadomasochistic romance were found to carry traces of herpes and cocaine.

Make Your Own Computer For $99 | Co.Design

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For most of us, the inner-workings of a MacBook Air remain a pleasant, whirring mystery. That is until, something goes horribly south and we realize we need a Genius to fix it. But what if there was a way to demystify the mechanics of computing and simply build your own?

That’s the promise behind the new Kano computer kit, which is touting itself as “the first computer that anyone can make.”

Read: Make Your Own Computer For $99 | Co.Design | business + design.

Cyberbullying [Infographic] | BestEducationDegrees

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Cyberbullying [Infographic] | BestEducationDegrees

Make Google behave: techniques for better results | Karen Blakeman

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50 year after JFK’s death, new website asks people to share their stories about his legacy | The Washington Post

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There’s no shortage of places for people to share memories of where they were 50 years ago when they found out John F. Kennedy had been assassinated. But a website debuting Monday aims to take the focus from past to future by asking people of all ages — even those who weren’t alive when Kennedy died — to share their thoughts about how he has inspired them.

The website is part of the JFK Library and Museum’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of JFK’s death, which is Friday. The museum also plans a new exhibit of never-before-displayed items from his three-day state funeral, including the flag that draped his casket and notes written by first lady Jacqueline Kennedy.

Visitors to the “An Idea Lives On” site can explore an interactive video that includes NASA Commander Chris Cassidy, former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, comedian Conan O’Brien, Freedom Rider Charles Person and others talking about Kennedy’s lasting impact.

Read more: 50 year after JFK’s death, new website asks people to share their stories about his legacy | The Washington Post.

A Girl Who Codes | Fast Company

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A Girl Who Codes | Fast Company | Business + Innovation

Computing has always been a boys’ club. How 18-year-old nikita rau–and other young women like her–are finally changing that.

Read: A Girl Who Codes | Fast Company | Business + Innovation.

3 Ways to Use Social Media for Fundraising | See3 Communications

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The Beginner’s Guide to Spotify | Mashable

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Digital music might not have the same allure as sitting down to listen to a record on your turntable, but what it lacks in atmosphere, it makes up for in convenience — especially when you aren’t home with your collection.

It’s been five years since Spotify publicly launched and shifted the music industry’s focus toward streaming as a way to combat illegal downloading. While the streaming business model is far from perfect, even the most casual music fan should test out streaming while it’s still growing.

If you’re just dipping your toe into the stream, follow our beginner’s guide and soon you’ll be listening to Spotify’s massive library without the worry of losing precious hard drive space.

Macro topics:

  • Signing Up
  • Organizing Your Music
  • Sharing and Discovering Tunes

Read: The Beginner’s Guide to Spotify | Mashable