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Changes in technology and in how information is shared both further and faster are transforming how organizations operate. Thomas Malone, of the MIT Sloan School of Management, shows how the changes in organizational structure mirror changes in how human society has organized and operated. His presentation illustrates that these changes can be primarily tied by a single factor, the cost of communication, and he presents present-day examples to show what the organization of the future may look like.

wealth and inequality

Economist uses lego bricks to show the ugly truth of social mobility

Here's What Happens When White People Move into Your Neighborhood

This is What Gentrification Really Is

my bookmarks

David Bowie

David Bowie, An Icon Who Wrote Anthems For The Alienated 

We Didn't Just Lose a Musical Hero, We Lost a Rebel

David Bowie Dies at 69; He Transcended Music, Art and Fashion

A Life of Legend:  Rockstar and Fashion Icon David Bowie

RIP David Bowie — Here’s His Isolated Vocal Track From “Under Pressure” With Freddie Mercury 

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Helen Green:  David Bowie animated gif (above)

David Bowie In Pictures Through The Years 

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The perfect David Bowie tribute is astronaut Chris Hadfield singing “Space Oddity”

Bowie himself called Hadfield’s cover “possibly the most poignant version of the song ever created” when he shared the video on Facebook. The video features views of Earth from space and is spliced with shots of Hadfield singing and playing the guitar.

Bing Crosby & David Bowie - "The Little Drummer Boy (Peace On Earth)"

David Bowie’s last music video was most likely meant as a sort of goodbye

What did David Bowie do at your age? (type in your age and find out)

David Bowie's list of 100 favorite books reveal his true inner nerd 

Listen to David Bowie's incredible isolated vocal tracks to his iconic songs 

15 unforgettable David Bowie appearances from TV and film

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Other musicians scoffed at the web. David Bowie started his own Internet service provider.

'He was always funny': Conan remembers David Bowie with a touching tribute 

Visit to the MET 12/27/18

Going to the MET with a friend tomorrow, my list of things to check out...

SPECIFIC ITEMS

Bacchanal: A Faun Teased by Children by Bernini (sculpture)

Viewpoint:  “The action unfolds as you encircle the piece.”  Very cool, one of the things that I like about his sculpture of Daphne and Apollo is that as you walk around the sculpture story is brought to life, action is given form.  

I’m excited that I’m going to get a chance to see one of his works in NYC. 

Aside from Daphne and Apollo at Villa Borghese, my other favorite Bernini pieces I saw in Rome:  Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi nella Piazza Navona, St. Peter's colonade, the angels on the Ponte Sant'Angelo, Ecstasy of St Teresa in the church of Santa Maria della Vittoria

The Denial of Saint Peter by Caravaggio (painting)

I am also excited that I will be able to see one of Caravaggio’s works at the Met.  Caravaggio is best known for his technique of chiaroscuro.  I saw many of his paintings in Italy:  the works in Cappella Contarelli in the church San Luigi dei Francesi on the theme of St. Matthew, David with the Head of Goliath and Saint Jerome Writing in Villa Borghese

If there’s time, I’d like to see paintings by Velázquez, Goya (or this one) and El Greco and some works by Rodin (or the Hand of Rodin, Study for Obsession, Pygmalion and Galatea or The Hand of God)

EXHIBITS

Dutch Masterpieces

- The Disillusioned Medea - Curiosity - Young Woman with a Water Pitcher

Everything is Connected:  Art and Conspiracy

And then depending on what my guide is interested in viewing, perhaps something from one of these exhibits?

Dangerous Beauty:  Medusa in Classical Art Relative Values:  The Cost of Art in the Northern Renaissance Celebrating Tintoretto:  Portrait Paintings and Studio Drawings The Poetry of Nature:  Edo Paintings from the Fishbein-Bender Collection Children to Immortals:  Figural Representations in Chinese Art Streams and Mountains without End:  Landscape Traditions of China Epic Abstraction

Links to exhibits on the Met website with information and digital resources

http://io9.com/watch-classical-paintings-come-alive-in-beauty-1503708585

Creepy and beautiful

Octopuses

Octopus slips out of aquarium tank, crawls across floor, escapes down pipe to ocean

Swarms of Octopus Are Taking Over the Oceans

Octopuses may indeed be your new overlords

Deep Intellect

The Death of Delicious

I just found out that Delicious has been sold and shuttered.

I saved my first bookmark on July 29th, 2005 and social bookmarking ultimately led to my career in Instructional Technology.  I talk about social bookmarking in my book, The EdTech Bible, in fact it's the first chapter*.  At last count, I have over 13,000 links.  I customized my Delicious avatar.  I used my Delicious bookmarks constantly and shared them with all of my teacher friends.  My Twitter header is made of a word cloud of my Delicious links and I even designed a tote bag based on them.  Basically I am one of those die hard Delicious fans...

Even though the last couple of years Delicious has been bought over and over again....   even with the numerous problems and downtime of the site....  I still believed....  And even though I was temporarily using another service these past couple of months because bookmarks must be saved...  I still had hope.... I waited and waited, hoping for the day that I could return. 

And now...  now, it's over....  

The hope is gone.

Delicious is done.  

It's the end of an era.   Delicious represented not only my first Web 2.0 experience, it was an essential tool I used almost every single day for the past 17 years.  I'm thankful that Pinboard's Maciej Cegłowski bought Delicious to save it (read only) from disappearing but so, so sad to see it go.

Related links

History of Delicious- since these links are all on Delicious I'll make an update once their available

Pinboard acquired Delicious- Pinboard blog post 6/1/2017

My Delicious Avatar- flickr blog post 4/5/2016

My Old Delicious Avatar- flickr blog post 12/21/2010

My Old Delicious Avatar take2- flickr blog post 12/21/2010

My Delicious account

*Resources from the first chapter of my book, The EdTech Bible, on social bookmarking (which I will need to make an urgent update to now!):

Tips

Top 10 Ways to Use de.icio.us via @lifehack Del.icio.us Tips via @suewaters 7 Things You Should Know About Social Bookmarking via @EDUCAUSE 10 ways you can tap the value of the Delicious community via @awsamuel

Articles

Why Delicious is an effective teaching tool for journalism educators Culver, Katy. "Why Delicious Is an Effective Teaching Tool for Journalism Educators." Poynter@40. N.p., 25 Nov. 2014. Web. 03 Dec. 2015.

Exploring the Use of Social Bookmarking Technology in Education: An Analysis of Students’ Experiences using a Course-specific Delicious.com Account Farwell, Tricia M., and Richard D. Waters. "Exploring the Use of Social Bookmarking Technology in Education: An Analysis of Students’ Experiences Using a Course-specific Delicious.com Account." MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching June 6.2 (2010): n. pag. Merlot. Web. Tools Packrati.us Bookmark your Twitter links Delicious extension for Chrome Browser Delicious phone apps and native support for Firefox IFTTT Recipes Delicious Toolbox: 80+ Updated Tools and Resources About Del.icio.us YouTube Founders Revamping a Site for Link Sharing Innovators Under 35 (2006): Joshua Schachter Other Social Bookmarking Sites Diigo Pinterest Bibsonomy Alternatives to Delicious 50+ Social Bookmarking (and News) Sites : Importance of User Generated Tags, Votes and Links For Additional Information and Resources:  the Fordham EdTech Resource Site

Democracy

Trump’s Seven Techniques to Control the Media

The 15 Warning Signs of Impending Tyranny

via Robert Reich

5 Principles of True Patriotism: