Pace of technological innovation

Good source of various measures of the rate of change of technology
Was Moore’s Law Inevitable?

Bakery - Sacramento

Mahoroba Japanese Bakery

Address: 4900 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95822

Phone:(916) 454-1879

Sundial watch / ring

Sundial Ring

San Francisco links

Privately Owned Public Open Spaces

Is Collaboration Overstated? Two Articles on the Office Management Front

Whoever thought an open floor plan or low cube walls was a good idea?  A lot of people, apparently.  It's as if somehow, a cube wall prevented collaboration, that workers couldn't get past that barrier.

Not only that, the idea that groups produce better results than individuals, is suspect.

It's time to rethink the office, not only because of the above, but also the shift from long term, permanent employment to wide-scale, free-lance employment.  See Accenture's "Rise of the Extended Workforce," Princeton's "Decline of Worker-Firm Attachment," the Aspen Institute's "Future of Work."  A short book that explains the underlying factors in the trend: "Race Against the Machine."

Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments

At Harvard

Some mind mapping tools

Text2Mindmap simple and easy to use; allows you to outline your ideas and draw a map from indented text.  Bit limited (no notes, links, cross-node links)

Coggle - requires Google login.  Allows drag and drop of formatted (indented) text to create a map.  Seems limited (no notes, links, cross-node links)

WiseMapping - free, seems pretty full featured; no apparent limits.

Mindmeister - limited to three maps for free account.  Revert change requires premium account