The Times They Are A Changin...

Here is a quick post to memorialize this moment.

High School, 40 years ago +/-: My English teacher, Mr. Eugene Conrotto, stated that he was a "walking dictionary" when asked how to spell a word. First time I heard the phrase "walking dictionary".

Conrottoism


Today: Reading a NY Times article about the freshly rejuvenated Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, the Chief Archivist is referred to as a "walking hard-drive" of Walholian facts. First time I heard the phrase "walking hard-drive".

Rearranging Warhol’s Legacy

Interesting how technology changes language.

Doing extraordinarily good things with extraordinary resources...

Great post by Richard Branson.

Google doing business for good

Inspirational Thoughts on Innovation

Some great quotes compiled by Paul Sloan (@PaulSloane):

Complexity Sunday

Here is a list of links as posted to Twitter for "#Complexity Sunday", January 19, 2014.

Traffic Jam Economics

Complexity Digest - Networking the Complexity Community

Jordan Pollack. "Beyond Competition"

Interview Francis Heylighen

CASR3PM

The Rule of Six - Judy Sorum Brown

Paul Hawken: The Biology of Technology

An intriguing discussion with environmentalist, entrepreneur and author Paul Hawken.

Paul Hawken and Joel Makower

Watch a 70-Year-Old Prefab House Unpacked and Rebuilt Over 48 Hours

This is really quite remarkable. It looks like some parts are new, however, for a structure 70 years old, it is in great condition.

Read the Gizmodo article and watch the video here.

Eight Story Timber Office Building

Case study of an eight story timber office building with precast and prefabricated components. Good article.

Click here for article.