Febrero 2012
12 publicaciones nuevas
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“Hoy la idea de Deleuze y Guattari de que el deseo lo recorre todo ya está...”
– La filosofía como un acto radical de creación - El País. Entrevista a José Luis Pardo con motivo de la publicación de El cuerpo sin órganos. Presentación de Gilles Deleuze (Pre-Textos).
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The Open Data Handbook →
This handbook discusses the legal, social and technical aspects of open data. It can be used by anyone but is especially designed for those seeking to open up data. It discusses the why, what and how of open data – why to go open, what open is, and the how to ‘open’ data…
Introduction
Why Open Data?
What is Open Data?
How to Open up Data
So I’ve Opened Up Some Data, Now...
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What is Reverse Innovation? →
A reverse innovation, very simply, is any innovation likely to be adopted first in the developing world. Increasingly we see companies developing products in countries like China and India and then distribute them globally.
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Organizing Principles
- Reverse innovation requires a decentralized, local-market focus
- Most if not all the people and resources dedicated to reverse innovation...
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Not just talk - The Economist →
Clever services on cheap mobile phones make a powerful combination—especially in poor countries.
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Localism and the web: a new era for England's... →
… is a shift towards localism, allowing communities to shape their own future. It is about small scale activity as opposed to those on a national or global scale, on everything from food and energy production to politics. Again this trend is not specific to the UK but finds resonance in other parts of Europe and North America. Taken together, localism and regionalism form part of a powerful...
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Building data science teams - DJ Patil →
A data-driven organization acquires, processes, and leverages data in a timely fashion to create efficiencies, iterate on and develop new products, and navigate the competitive landscape.
There are many ways to assess whether an organization is data driven. Some like to talk about how much data they generate. Others like to talk about the sophistication of data they use, or the process of...
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Restricciones y diseño
Diego Rodríguez en su blog Metacool:
1. Cita del arquitecto Joshua Prince-Ramus:
‘We’re seeing constraints as opportunities. It’s not like we’re getting around the constraints. We’re saying, “The project’s just the constraints.” If we can solve the constraints, that’s where the form will come, that’s where the beauty will come,...
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Air Quality Egg →
A project aiming to give citizens a way to participate in the conversation about air quality. It is composed of a sensing device that measures the air quality in the immediate environment and an on-line community that is sharing this information in real-time.
It is a community-developed, open source project that is driven by people who care about the air they breathe.
The real-time discussion...
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Alleyoop →
What is College Readiness?
What does college readiness mean to us? It is so much more than getting accepted. An astonishing five out of six middle and high school students will not succeed in college. The cost in terms of lost potential (and tuition) is huge. College readiness is our mission, and it is our belief that it starts with mastering math.
Why Math?
Teens who master math are more...
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The Cost of Knowledge. Researchers taking a stand... →
They charge exorbitantly high prices for subscriptions to individual journals.
In the light of these high prices, the only realistic option for many libraries is to agree to buy very large “bundles”, which will include many journals that those libraries do not actually want. Elsevier thus makes huge profits by exploiting the fact that some of their journals are essential.
They...