Idealism at its best, but it’s always important to set missions and goals. 1. I believe the next generation is charged with a challenge: to coalesce gracefully with a rapidly evolving world, 2. I believe the current status quo in institutional education does not equip us with relevant tools to meet this challenge, nor does…
Some of you may be familiar with Foursquare, the fast growing location-based mobile application that encourages people to explore local businesses and check-in for points, potential discounts etc. Like many, I was initially a bit hesitant with the check-in service because I couldn’t quite understand its value. Two years ago, I asked an early Foursquare adopter…
Imagine a world lifestream. David Gerlenter, professor at Yale, otherwise known as oracle, predicts that in the future all of the world’s data will be consumed through a ‘lifestream’. A particular goal is to create a lifestream which aggregates the most popular social network streams, and includes email and stuff like that. It will generate…
The Social Files 