melbourne had its first ignite last night: igniteweb. the introductory talk by steve(?) someone, defining & introducing the ignite concept, was superb. punchy.
i was also inspired by mike bailey's "building a bushfire charity website in 24 hours" - he contacted a group who were trying to find homes for misplaced pets and offered them technological assistance to sort through 10,000 emails (which translated to about 4,500 people offering help & feedback) and they accepted.
another great talk was daniel donahoo's "we can't afford a generation gap". my interpretation:
our housewarming is this saturday night. come along or file a noise complaint. (aside: i was surprised at how many people on hunch said that they had phoned the police to file a noise complaint!)
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update: i made my aardvark questions more specific and detailed today, and received some good answers in return. more effort, more gain. i guess that's the go.
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on the hunch blog, there are some interesting initial tidbits of analysis:
i was also inspired by mike bailey's "building a bushfire charity website in 24 hours" - he contacted a group who were trying to find homes for misplaced pets and offered them technological assistance to sort through 10,000 emails (which translated to about 4,500 people offering help & feedback) and they accepted.
another great talk was daniel donahoo's "we can't afford a generation gap". my interpretation:
- there are new communication channels, and if you're not using them you won't be able to communicate with some people who are (e.g. kids using skype - if grandma learns skype, she can talk to them, but they might not be willing to phone her or write her).
- have a heart. reach out and teach other people how to use technology. everyone and anyone.
our housewarming is this saturday night. come along or file a noise complaint. (aside: i was surprised at how many people on hunch said that they had phoned the police to file a noise complaint!)
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update: i made my aardvark questions more specific and detailed today, and received some good answers in return. more effort, more gain. i guess that's the go.
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on the hunch blog, there are some interesting initial tidbits of analysis:
If a person says "I like to fit in and be in tune with those around me" — they're more likely to get the "switch to a Mac" result, but if they say they like to be perceived as unique and different to make their own mark — it's correlated with sticking with a PC! Mac users are not really thinking different after all, but following the herd. ...
Some other interesting things: People who believe in alien abductions are more likely to blame Nancy Pelosi for the financial crisis, and people who eat more often in restaurants than at home read Paul Krugman’s blog Conscience of a Liberal.
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