EU Urban Audit: The findings
The data released on Tuesday was mostly collected in 2004. Urban Audit covers 321 cities, with populations ranging from 50,000 to 10 million in the EU member states, as well as 26 Turkish cities.1...
View ArticleThe atlas of the real world
Hungry for your week-end dose of anamorphic mapping ? There you go !1 Vote(s)
View ArticleWhy are the Dutch leaving the Netherlands ?
Netherland's net migration sum is negative. Why would anyone emigrate from one of the richest countries in the world ? As a French national, I am surprised that food is not among the reasons.1 Vote(s)
View ArticleUnited States 2008 federal budget
This graph of the main volumes of the United States 2008 federal budget puts the Wall Street bailout into perspective. Gone wild like that I would rather call it the 2008 feral budget !2 Vote(s)
View ArticleUS academic salaries
This article graphically represents the actual average and median salaries at US Doctoral-granting universities. It shows where these institutions put their priorities.1 Vote(s)
View ArticleGoogle’s user data empire
Pagerank is under assault from obnoxious SEO. Lots of user data helps Google figure out what is actually going on. I believe that the privacy issue is moot. But concentration of market power isnt1...
View ArticleThink tanks : pour retrouver l'actualité en matière de clubs de réflexion...
Cet outil a été développé, en partenariat avec Netvibes, par la Fondation Res Publica et l'Institut de Relations Internationales et Stratégiques (IRIS). Il propose les dernières publications, au1 Vote(s)
View ArticleThe attention economy impacts the workplace
Control of attention is the ultimate individual power. Employer can enforce presence but they can't enforce attention. For knowledge workers, focused attention is the new pinnacle of work ethics1 Vote(s)
View ArticleFostering a creative entrepreneurial spirit at Gore
Did you know about the company culture at Gore ? If you don't you're in for a surprise. A self organizing organism that promotes risk taking and hybrid roles is quite unusual. And it works !1 Vote(s)
View ArticleEscroquerie et vidéo au Ministere de l'interieur
Sponsorisé par le ministère de l'intérieur, donc je suppose que ce n'est même pas pris dans le budget pharaonique du service de la propagande de l'elysée, I presume...2 Vote(s)
View ArticleA few principles for working on what matters
Tim O'Reilly explains some of the rules he lives and work by, building personal success and Gross National Happiness with love and generous contribution that more than matches retribution.1 Vote(s)
View ArticleWhere discarded electronics are recycled
Guiyu, China breaks down some of the world's discarded electronics, slowly poisoning itself in the process. There are other places like it - mostly in China, India and Africa.1 Vote(s)
View ArticleFrench university and research reform seen from abroad
According to Nature, the broad science reform movement is sound. But to succeed, Sarkozy must engage with French researchers. Melodrama and authoritarian action are no substitute.1 Vote(s)
View ArticlePC INpact propose une lecture critique de la lettre type de l'UMP
Pour ceux qui suivent ça de trop loin parce qu'ils pensent que c'est trop technique | que cela ne les concerne pas, etc.2 Vote(s)
View ArticleLes droits de l'homme utilisés contre eux-mêmes - un cas d'école de démagogie
"La revendication contre la diffamation des religions est construite par des élites qui reprennent un sentiment populaire largement répandu pour le retourner contre leur propre population".2 Vote(s)
View ArticleThe politics of the Maastricht convergence criteria
The Maastricht convergence criteria are political instruments. They were ignored in 1998 to facilitate the Eurozone's creation. Now they are stringently applied to slow its enlargement.1 Vote(s)
View ArticleFantasque Time Line : 1940, la France continue la guerre
Un groupe de travail international de chercheurs, d'enseignants et d'étudiants développe une histoire alternative de la 2nd guerre mondiale, basée sur des travaux de recherche et de simulation.2 Vote(s)
View ArticleThe Grand Unified Theory On The Economics Of Free
A nice summary of the state of the economics of goods when scarcity is removed. It is about trends that are impacting all infinite goods and can be used to anyone's advantage.2 Vote(s)
View ArticleMisconceptions and failed attempts – Microsoft’s strategy for Africa
Examples in this article demonstrate the growth of awareness and informed decision making as well as the development of African innovations based on Open Source.1 Vote(s)
View ArticleMali resists aiding French deportations
Diawoye Keita had been living, working and paying taxes in France for 16 years before he was deported to Mali at the end of last year, never managing to get the right to permanently live there.1 Vote(s)
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