While on the topic of fonts, the [http://www.lucasfonts.com/lucasfnt/sun/sun-.html Sun font] is my standard and favorite, as you can [https://aardrock.com see on AardRock’s home page]. The Sun font is designed by [http://www.lucasfonts.com/ Lucas de Groot] from [http://www.fontfabrik.com/ FontFabrik]. Even [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_de_Groot Wikipedia has a page on Lucas de Groot].
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Martin Majoor and his literary typeface
I’ve got something with fonts. Especially sans fonts. A couple of months ago, I got a small booklet handed out by Premsela titled “[http://www.morf.nl/inhoud/morf_nr4/artikelen/index/-/nl Morf 4]”. Martin Majoor writes about the correct use of typography in is article [http://www.morf.nl/inhoud/morf_nr4/artikelen/04_06_majoor/-/en Did the French king have shoe size 49?]. Nice and clean piece of work on emdashes, …
Fair money distribution game
Quickly jotted down a few inspirational sources for ”’fair money distribution games”’: *http://www.econoclass.com/games.html *http://www.frisch.uio.no/firstnordic/Hole-Final-paper.pdf *http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/300/5626/1755 *http://www.aueb.gr/imop/papers/pente.pdf *http://www.google.com/search?q=fair+money+distribution+game Based on these sources as well as input from [http://authenticiteit.nl/ Gaston Vilé], [http://www.vernieuwendmanagen.nl/ Stanley van Maaren] en [http://harryvandervelde.nl/ Harry van der Velde], I wrote up ”'[http://wiki.aardrock.com/Oprechte_deelgeving oprechte deelgeving]”’ (Dutch). Thoughts?
Joost—free TV with a peer-to-peer community
From http://www.joost.com/about.html: :What’s Joost? It’s free TV, with the choice to watch alone or with friends. Joost is packed with internet tools such as instant messaging and channel chat, allowing people to really share the TV experience. :It’s a completely secure platform for content owners that respects their rights, while protecting and enhancing their brands. …
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TextBender—Web 3.0 distributed Wiki-like text writing
Interesting new way of distributed collaboration… TextBender is a system of collaborative writing based on recombinant text, textbender has these characteristics: *Your text belongs to a population, one text per author. *Quality bits of text are swapped among authors, peer to peer. *Individual authorship is retained and traceable throughout. Textbender is currently ”’aimed at creative …
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Reputation: net promoter score (NPS)
Yet another reputation system—a Net Promoter Score (NPS) is the result of a customer satisfaction survey in which customers are asked only one so-called “Ultimate” question: :”’How likely are you to recommend Company or Product X to a friend or colleague?”’ Does this work for communities and personal reputation as well? Sparkle from http://www.expertlog.nl/2007/03/meer_winst_make.html#more
Natural Capital Institute
[http://wiki.aardrock.com/LandONE ] Eduard Povel tipped me on the Natural Capital Institute today—helping society move towards a socially just and environmentally restorative existence. ”’All open source. Hurray!”’ Wow, what a fine initiative. I’m going to contact them to find synergy between NCI and my LandONE initiative.
Quantum Consciousness
Stumbled over http://www.quantumconsciousness.org/. Don’t want to forget about it so this is just a little reminder for me to find back later and explore…
Co-creation: whoever has the smartest customers wins
Do consumer driven innovation, customer care and Wikinomics work? Well, at Procter & Gamble they do. Read CIO Magazine on Wikinomics. I’m a ”’big big fan of co-creation”’ and it’s been like this ever since the great Internet technologies like mail, the web and [http://java.net Java] emerged. [http://kk.org Kevin Kelly] already wrote about it when he says: …
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Can ‘Spiritual Computing’ Drive Web 3.0?
Computer scientists and visionaries today see a future in which Web 3.0 will help us engage in virtual battles with cancer cells, keep us physically independent as we age, and achieve a deeper emotional connection to things that matter most to us. Dana Pavel believes that technology can make a profound difference in our lives …