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- Best Connected Individuals Are Not the Most Influential Spreaders in Social Networks – CLIPS: "…. the importance of hubs may have been overstated, say Kitsak and pals. "In contrast to common belief, the most influential spreaders in a social network do not correspond to the best connected people or to the most central people," they say.
At first glance this seems somewhat counter intuitive but on reflection it makes perfect sense. Kitsak and co point out that there are various scenarios in which well connected hubs have little influence over the spread of information. "For example, if a hub exists at the end of a branch at the periphery of a network, it will have a minimal impact in the spreading process through the core of the network."
By contrast, "a less connected person who is strategically placed in the core of the network will have a significant effect that leads to dissemination through a large fraction of the population." The question then is how to find these influential individuals."
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- Calling non-USA based women activists – CLIP: "Today I'm proud to announce the BlogHer 2010 International Activist Scholarship Program. Here's how it works: If you or someone you know is a woman blogger, outside the United States, blogging to raise awareness, consciousness or funding to change their community, region, country or the world, then please nominate yourself or such a blogger to win one of these four scholarships.
Scholarship Winners Will Receive:
* A full 2-day conference pass to BlogHer '10
* Round trip airfare to and from New York, NY for the BlogHer '10 annual conference
* 2 nights stay at the New York Hilton during the conference
* The opportunity to present their work during a prominently-scheduled session at BlogHer '10
The Criteria:
If you review the nomination form, you'll see that we're asking you to describe not only the mission of the blog/blogger and how they are effecting change, but also how they could benefit from their BlogHer experience."
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Final hiccups solved! Ever since I upgraded to Snow Leopard, I’ve been struggling to get my netconnect broadband modem to work as well as it previously did. I’ve blogged about my initial hiccups, where I thought I’d found a great solution. Well it worked, but my speeds have been abysmal. Called Reliance service guys – they couldn’t find a fix – and asked me to locate a driver at the Apple India – and there was none of course. It’s been a few months now – small mercies that this is just my travel mate, and not my main connection.
I finally figured it out. With help from someone called Guru who suggested:
So I inserted the modem, opened the folder in finder, right-clicked on the blue Reliance Netconnect icon, got into Package Contents, clicked Resources and there it was.
Installed it. Found the Reliance Netconnect icon in my Applications folder, opened it and sure enough, found my setting was set by default to the lowly High Speed Internet and not Broadband. Changed that to Broadband + and voila – problem solved 
Here’s the fix again:
Do not try to install the mobile connect application. Insert Modem, right click icon in Finder, click Show Package Contents, go to Resources and then install the file mobile_connect_drv_app.pkg.
Thank you, Guru – whoever you are!
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- A New Mobile Radar concept from Nokia Research Centre | via @tsuvik – Make sure you check out the video too! CLIP: "Nokia Research Center (NRC) Helsinki today unveiled a new research concept at “Demo House 2010″ research exhibition in Espoo, Finland. The mobile radar demonstration shows how a mobile device can use an active radar sensor to measure speed, its distance and the direction of movement of approaching objects, similiar to the traditional RADAR. It uses electromagnetic waves to provide a different type of mobile wireless sensing."
This research concept could enable new ways for users to interact with their device, for example via gesture control. It also opens the door for the creation of radar based applications which could be used in sport, for entertainment or personal safety.
- The Elevator Pitch for Enterprise 2.0 – ReadWriteEnterprise – Enterprise 2.0 Elevator Pitches to different levels in a company – CEO, Head of HR, CIO, Middle Managers, Experts. Original post here – http://www.techiteasy.org/2010/01/25/five-elevator-pitches-for-enterprise-2-0-adoption/ – CLIP: "We have not been writing too much as of late about Enterprise 2.0. Perhaps that's in part because it seems like the phrase is getting a bit tired.Perhaps also it is because it feels like so much of the discussion centers around the technology that Enterprise 2.0 is all about. In any case, we found this post on Tech IT Easy. It goes through five elevator pitches to make for Enterprise 2.0. It's a telling post. While it seems like Enterprise 2.0 is becoming widely adopted, there is still a struggle for how to explain what it means and how to pitch the concept to executive management, middle managers and the people who may find the technology valuable for their work".
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- Demographic Dividend Theory – A parable of India’s Growth – CLIP: To this effect, a recent report published by the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) has estimated that India would face ‘talent gap’ of more than 5 million by 2012, as existing educational institutions do not impart employable skills. The report titled, ‘India’s Demographic Dilemma’, brings out the fact that $1.1-trillion economy will have a shortfall of 7, 50,000 skilled workers over the next five years. In contrast, during the same period there will be a surplus of 1.3 million unskilled and unqualified school dropouts and illiterates.
If you consider the above data to be reliable, then one must understand that talent gaps if widened in the process could only lead to choking economic development and become counterproductive. The proposed Public Private Partnership model (PPP) to reform the culpable education sector is considered as a planned approach with budgetary support of over Rs. 35,000 crore.
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- Go thataway: Google Maps India learns to navigate like a local – Much better Googlemaps!! CLIPS: We found that using landmarks in directions helps for two simple reasons: they are easier to see than street signs and they are easier to remember than street names. Spotting a pink building on a corner or remembering to turn after a gas station is much easier than trying to recall an unfamiliar street name. Sometimes there are simply too many signs to look at, and the street sign drowns in the visual noise. A good landmark always stands out.
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This reminded me of Shaffi Mather's TEDTalk on a new way to fight corruption – a for-profit BPO kinda service to battle corruption, one bribe at a time! Here's the link – http://www.ted.com/talks/shaffi_mather_a_new_way_to_fight_corruption.html. CLIP from Global Voices post: "On January 18 Global Voices will launch the Technology for Transparency Network, a collaborative research mapping of internet projects that promote greater transparency, government accountability, and civic engagement. This is the first in a series of posts that will explore related issues through the eyes of bloggers worldwide."
Not new, but a good reminder through a neat collation of tips on how to deal with a digital business crisis. It is meant for marketers and social media agencies operating in the Enterprise 2.0 space, either for marketing their brands, services or for managing corporate reputation.
Introduction to the Presentation: This is a practical guide for using social media for crisis management. We developed this at Ogilvy within the 360 Digital Influence and Public Afairs teams. It offers 5 trends, a framework to follow and 5 keys to managing a crisis. This was delivered as a live session across Asia in partnership with the Wall Street Journal and support from GoToWebinar
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