…how many Twitter followers they have? LinkedIn Connections? Instagram followers? Do you know if they have a blog/tumblr? Do you have any idea at all what kind of network that person will be bringing into your organization? Why not? No,…… Continue reading

A recent study put the US at number 31 in the world in overall download speed, lagging behind much smaller countries like Estonia, Hungary, and Slovakia. Source: truth-out.org Continue reading

although the challenges of connecting people sound the same, every trip offers up a new angle on what connectivity means to the locals: its impact on gender roles in India; the rise of love-marriages in Afghanistan; a more level playing… Continue reading

With the success of movies like Guardians of the Galaxy, The Avengers and Man of Steel, it’s easy to forget that once upon a time comic books […] Source: www.newnownext.com Talk about LOL Continue reading

Animator Ben Ridgway creates abstract animations that explore organic and metaphysical imagery, relating to aspects of life and interconnectedness. His latest film, Cosmic Flower Unfolding, recently won several awards and has been touring film festivals around the world since late… Continue reading

As Denton seeks to become the first city in Texas to ban fracking, the industry is trying to frame the fight in economic terms. But that turns out to be a poor choice. Source: www.truth-out.org Go Adam with  your Op/Ed… Continue reading

“Knowledge workers” tend to be more unfocused in both the early morning and mid-afternoon. Why force them to work when they’re least productive? Source: m.theatlantic.com Continue reading

I attended the recent conference of the International Big History Association.  The association is oriented toward researching and teaching “Big History,” which aims (as their website says) to “und… Source: becomingintegral.com Continue reading

The Texas Republican party once again proved that it is living in a previous century, when over 60 of its members got together to sign a legal brief which states that same-sex marriage opens the do… Source: www.addictinginfo.org In states… Continue reading

Don’t Call It Threat Modeling Source: medium.com I think that Deleuze would find this a great introduction to the Society of Control: “Networks overlay each other and touch each other and affect each other all over the place. In this… Continue reading

Quite frankly, we’re surprised it didn’t end with a rose ceremony. Source: www.vanityfair.com Continue reading

Take two kids, the same age, who grew up in the same city. Which one is more likely to go to jail … or college? Source: www.npr.org “Just 33 children — out of nearly 800 — moved from the low-income… Continue reading

With its academics and its finances under fire, the Texas sports academy created by Deion Sanders, the Hall of Fame cornerback and N.F.L. commentator, faces the loss of its state charter. Source: www.nytimes.com If you understand Texans and football, you… Continue reading

A History of Gay Marriage by Rictor Norton Source: rictornorton.co.uk Continue reading

Destruction of land and soil by poor farming isn’t inevitable. Source: truth-out.org The perpetual cycle of planting mono-crops, saturating the crops and fields with toxic chemicals, tilling them under and replanting them destroys the soil and degrades the land by… Continue reading