Exquisite timelapse of day and night in Yosemite National Park.
Im really looking forward to seeing this one day… maybe this year :P
Via curiosity counts
Awesome inspirational videos that take audio of Carl Sagan and overlay it with visuals. Some great messages in there too. I really agree we are facing a huge transitional period which is scary, exciting and powerful.
“Better to embrace the hard truth than a reassuring fable”
This is amazing stuff! Really highlights the amazing world we live in! A world we must look after… which reminds me… I need to post about the Sagan Series.
This video is a Time lapse sequences of photographs taken by Ron Garan http://fragileoasis.org/bloggernauts/Astro_Ron and the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011, who to my knowledge shot these pictures at an altitude of around 350 km with a high ISO HD Camera developed by NHK Japan, nicknamed the SS-HDTV camera.
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The era of the 9-to-5 job is over. Even just a few years ago, you were expected to commute to work, put in your hours and drive back home. Once you left work, it was done until you came back into the office the next way. Thanks to laptops, smartphones, tablets and Wi-Fi, that has all changed. …
Philippe Starck weaves a remarkable story of design, existentialism and moral philosophy in his 2007 talk. He explores the question ‘why design?’. I like how he demonstrates how our field of vision relates to our intelligence.
When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.
– R. Buckminster Fuller (via livejamie) Via livejamie.comCreating a Social Movement needs Ideas, Narrative, Symbols & Leaders.
Why do transnational extremist organizations succeed where democratic movements have a harder time taking hold? Maajid Nawaz, a former Islamist extremist, asks for new grassroots stories and global social activism to spread democracy in the face of nationalism and xenophobia. A powerful talk from TEDGlobal 2011.
This is a powerful argument that is relevant for anyone wanting to create a social movement, including those in organisations. Too often we focus on the action we need to take or think about change management as an ‘after thought’ whereas if they created the grass roots desire through the above mechanisms they wouldnt need traditional change strategies. In the words of the speaker … they would be “voting IN a democracy instead of voting FOR a democracy”.
Often in organisations there is a more powerful movement with a narrative, symbols and leaders that are counter to the best interests of the organisation. These movements can be both subvert and overt. To create change (or maybe even to stay alive) they need to construct counter movements that are just as convincing and work effectively in the ‘Age of Behaviours’.
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Beautiful Venice, a set on Flickr.
I thought I would revisit one of my Flickr albums. My parents just got back from a few months in Europe. They went to Venice for the first time. And it got me thinking and remembering.. it really is a special place. But why did I like it so much?I think its how unique it is, how authentic it is… but most of all… how easy it is to take great photos there.
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