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Clay Shirky’s “Institutions versus collaboration” talk at TED
In this prescient 2005 talk, Clay Shirky shows how closed groups and companies will give way to looser networks where small contributors have big roles and fluid cooperation replaces rigid planning [...]
Posted in information technology, innovation Also tagged adjunct professor, Amazon, BBC, Business Awareness, Clay Shirky, collaboration, Collaborative Projects, Interaction Design, Library of Congress, New York, New York University, Nokia, Social Networks, social software, TED conference, wireless network, wireless networks Leave a comment
Living in China: Beijing, Shanghai increase salaries
Despite the severest economic crisis in decades, Beijing and Shanghai continued to significantly increase workers' salaries last year, according to official statistics. In Beijing, workers earned on an average 44,715 yuan ($6,570) last year, 4,848 yuan more, or a 12 percent increase, than in 2007, according to the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics. In Shanghai, the average monthly salary last year was 3,292 yuan, a 400-yuan, or 13.8-percent, jump from 2007, according to the Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau announcement [...]
Posted in China Also tagged Average Salary, banking, Beijing, Beijing Municipal Bureau of Statistics, Living In China, Living In Shanghai, municipal government, Secretary General, Shanghai, Shanghai Daily, Shanghai Municipal Statistics Bureau, Shanghai World Expo, software industries, Statistics, technology research, Yuan 1 Comment
Robert Fabricant’s “Behavior is our Medium” keynote at IxDA | Interaction ‘09 Conference
Robert Fabricant talks about Interaction Design as a practice beyond just computing technology. He gives examples of Interaction Design as far back as ancient history, all the way to a humanitarian project underway today. He shows that Interaction Design’s primary medium is behavior, extending far past the high technology world into the realm of human [...]
Posted in design Also tagged adjunct professor, BBC, behavior, creative director, desktop software, GE, high tech, High Technology, Interaction Design, Interaction Design Association, IxDA, Keynote, Los Angeles, microsoft, Microsoft Research, Museum, New York, NYU, relationships, retail, Robert Fabricant, technology research, Vimeo, Wall Street Journal, Wired Leave a comment
Autodesk Announces New Infrastructure Modeling Software for Utilities, Telecommunications and Governments
Autodesk announced new Infrastructure Modeling software products, which help users in utilities, telecommunications organizations and government agencies improve the design and management of their infrastructure. Autodesk’s portfolio of products — including AutoCAD Map 3D 2010, AutoCAD Raster Design 2010, Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise 2010, and Autodesk Topobase 2010 — provides users with an intelligent and comprehensive [...]
Posted in design, information technology, software Also tagged 3D modeling systems, AEC Solutions, AutoCAD Map 3D, Autodesk, Autodesk Mapguide, Autodesk MapGuide Enterprise, Autodesk Topobase, CAD, Civil Engineering, Data Access, designer, Digital Model, energy, enterprise applications, Feature Data, geospatial software, Government Agencies, Imagery, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Design, Infrastructure Modeling, Jay Bhatt, microsoft, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows, Modeling, Modeling Software, Product Designer, Raster, Report, Software Tool, software tools, Spatial Data 1 Comment
Chinese People and Their Mobile Phones: Over 117 Million Mobile Internet Users in China
China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) recently released two reports on China’s mobile Internet, according to the reports, by the end of 2008, there were already over 640 million mobile phone users in China, and the number of users who access the Internet via mobile phone already exceeded 117.6 million, according to the Research Report on Behavior of Internet Access via Mobile Phone released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) on February 18 in Beijing...
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“Built For Conversation: The Interaction Design of Social Media”, Will Evans’ talk at NYC IxDA Face-to-Face meeting
Social Media Networks, because they are built on the collective participation of individuals, can only be effectively guided by means of a researched and learned examination of social psychology. In this presentation, Will Evans discuss design patterns in social media site architecture and their impact on human behavior, and why interaction designers engaged in building social networking ecosystems must leverage sociology, social network analysis, and behavioral economics to ensure their social media site is Built for Conversation.
Posted in design Also tagged architect, architecture, behavior, designer, Human-computer interaction, IBM, Information Visualization, Interaction Design, Interaction Design Association, Interaction Designer, internet, IxDA, Modeling, Modeling Software, social network, social networking, Vimeo, Will Evans Leave a comment
Designing Infrastructure: market drivers affecting the utility industry
Autodesk Technical Evangelist Pete Southwood, Senior Industry Manager for Utilities and Telecommunications Alan Saunders, and Utilities Industry Marketing Manager Doug Laslo discuss the market drivers affecting the utility industry over the next few years, industry pain points, and how Autodesk solutions address these issues. Listen to the podcast, from Autodesk Geospatial Resource Center...
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Internet in China: 77.83 million broadband users
From January to July 2008, China reported a total of 11.4 million new broadband Internet access subscribers, and the total number of broadband users reached 77.8 million. At the same time, China's telecommunications industry revenue continued to grow and achieved revenue of 467.8 billion yuan, up 9.1 percent year-on-year, according to the latest figures released by Chinese National Development and Reform Commission [...]
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e-Commerce in China: dot-com economy grew over 60 percent year on year in the second quarter/2008
China's dot-com economy grew nearly 63 percent year on year in the second quarter, despite increasing inflation and the effects of the Sichuan earthquake, a Shanghai-based research firm reported recently. Revenue generated by China's online search, game and travel providers reached 13.32 billion yuan (US$1.94 billion) in the April-to-June period, iResearch said...
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Internet in China: Comparing internet activities of Chinese and Americans