Quoting Gillian Tett of the Financial Times:
In recent years, the concept of a “Goldilocks” economy has permeated the policymaking world. For after decades of painful economic booms and busts, politicians and central bankers have become wedded to the idea of chasing a growth rate that is neither “too hot, nor too cold, but just right” [...]

China’s power today is driven by economics first and foremost. Want to lead the charge, make a difference, influence their human rights policy? Forget the Olympics, forget Olympic Torch protests. The Olympics are symbolic, and while as a Buddhist, I certainly acknowledge and applaud any attention given to the plight of Tibet, protests will accomplish [...]

I’m loading up my iPod before heading back to Boston, and it occurred to me this simple thing:
With as much content as we have available to us - TED Talks, Google Talks, Google Employee Discussions, NY 2012, PodCamps, etc. - if you own the gear and don’t arrive at your destination smarter than you left, [...]

It’s all good fun today on April Fool’s Day as Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up is linked from all of YouTube’s featured videos. Just fun, right?
Heck no. There’s a lot more to this.
We’ve heard a lot of metrics about YouTube and other social sites, about how many users there are. But what would [...]