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David Puttnam

David Puttnam’s Keynote to the CLC annual conference.  Go here.
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Semantic Web

Hype, reality or viable business or a bit of all three?  Well I have just read an excellent and comprehensive report on progress to date by David Provost and it is very optimistic.  The conclusion:  it is on the cusp of mainstream and the pioneers are even beginning to make money.  He reviews the main
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Coaching Beats Classes

A colleague (a trained coach amongst other talents) has set up a new business:  The Culinary Coach.  She does NOT give cooking lessons, what she does is support the cook in his or her own kitchen and help build their confidence, transfer some skills and let them do it themselves.  What a great idea.  She
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Airline Blues

I have been stuck in Sao Paulo airport for over 7 hours.  My flight to Madrid and onto London with Iberia was delayed and then cancelled.  My boarding passes have been taken away and the Iberia staff have disappeared off the face of the earth having promised to sort out everything.  I noticed individuals being
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Bill Gates and Jerry Seinfeld Ads

Did you see them?  Here’s one for you to check out.  it is fun.  What it does for Microsoft I am not sure.
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Prediction Markets

Thanks to Linda English and LINGOS for pointing out that Prediction Markets software is really coming of age.  Never heard of it?  Well it is beautifully simple.  The software allows you to poll your staff (and customers if you want) and their reaction to a question or an issue will be processed in to a
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WiFi Everywhere??

I am in the Business Lounge in Madrid Airport waiting to board the flight to Sao Paulo.  The Lounge is huge and very very busy.  I can’t believe it is a Sunday morning not a Monday morning.  Hardly a seat to be had.  And NO WiFi apart from a paid provider Kubi who charge the
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Learn from Everything

I fell off my bike yesterday morning at about 7.10am.  It was a cold morning and I mashed up my right knee.  I was going to take a photo and post it but felt your sensibilities would not welcome a gooy mass on the front page. What I learnt: Don’t always rush;  perceived lateness ends
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Neuroplasticity

Quote from Norman Doidge author of the Brain that Changes Itself “Consciousness can direct genetic expression” That little phrase is the hope for us all.  So back to my brain exercises to attempt to direct my genes. I say go, they say slow.
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New Media v Old Media: More Tired than Wired!

The Democratic National Convention in Denver Colorado is now history, but spare a thought for these statistics.  There were 15,000 media people present in one guise or another.  Maybe not big news, but of those a significant number come from new media outlets.  The Huffington Post had 20 there, Slate 7, Daily Kos 10.  And
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