Snapshots from a Sustainopreneur

“If people don’t have an understanding of what science is...

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:05:18 +0200

“If people don’t have an understanding of what science is and what scientists do, then they can tend to think that global warming, for example, is just a matter of opinion.”

- Brian Cox in Seed magazine

(via Brian Cox | Profile on TED.com)

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:55:44 +0200

[#socialmediarelease] @shel - "Love social media releases or hate 'em, they work"

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 20:52:48 +0200

[#socialmediarelease] @shel - "Love social media releases or hate 'em, they work":

“PR agency Text 100 is out with a global survey of bloggers and damned if the results don’t reveal that social media releases—which inspire passion among those who object to them—work.”

/…/omitted text and pic/…/

“To me, this makes tremendous sense, given the disdain bloggers expressed for traditional press releases and their preference for incorporating images, video and audio into their posts. Social media releases (among many other things) make it easy to cherry-pick and embed multimedia assets into posts which, in turn, makes it easy for a blogger to customize the post to his audience rather than regurgitate the same text-based release that everybody else is copying and pasting.”

The News Release in the Social Media Era: Shel Holtz’s IABC presentation - slideshare/audio

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:09:55 +0200

The News Release in the Social Media Era: Shel Holtz’s IABC presentation - slideshare/audio:

Content summary: Shel Holtz was part of the “All-Star” track at the annual world conference of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC), presenting on the role of the news release in the social media era. The talk covered both the traditional news release and the social media release.

Both audio and PowerPoint are available in this blog post.

Social Media Release microformat: hRelease v 0.8 - SMR Wiki

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:51:59 +0200

Social Media Release microformat: hRelease v 0.8 - SMR Wiki:

XHTMLhRelease08 -

The SHIFT Communications template for Social Media /…/ Releases defines standard elements for the creation of an online news release. While the SHIFT template provides a standard layout for news releases on the Internet, it does not address the need to electronically markup those elements for Internet distribution. /…/ hRelease is an open, social media news release standard that encourages the electronic distribution of news across the Internet. hRelease will allow news authors to create a single copy of their online release and share it electronically with wire services, members of the press, and the public. The goal of the hRelease format is to enable a simple way to markup news, allowing authors to share news through blogs, personal and corporate websites, web feeds, and any other online repository.

"You aren’t going to turn passive consumers into active trollers on the Internet."

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:39:00 +0200

““You aren’t going to turn passive consumers into active trollers on the Internet.””

- - Stephen Weiswasser from 1989

Quoted in a magazine I bought the first issue from the second issue, first year (1.02 - 1993) and subscribed from next issue and onwards.

Wired 13.08: We Are the Web

The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version) (via mwesch). A modern...

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:18:53 +0200

The Machine is Us/ing Us (Final Version) (via mwesch).

A modern classic - the 5 min dissertation. From it was later featured, “The 100 Most Iconic Internet Videos - #90 - The Machine Is Us/ing Us” on URLesque blog;

“Cultural anthropologist, Dr. Michael Wesch set out to create a video to visually show and tell the shift to Web 2.0 online utilizing the very tools that represent the shift, in under 5 minutes. Wesch released a draft of his video to the masses in January 2007, and posted the final version a couple of months later that incorporated feedback from commenters on his first draft — a true representation of the 2.0 spirit.”

Where is Everyone? - Articles - Baekdal.com #amazingviz...

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:21:48 +0200

Where is Everyone? - Articles - Baekdal.com

#amazingviz illustrating the transition of news dissemination through the years

John Lennon - Give a laptop, change the world (via...

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 02:51:00 +0200

John Lennon - Give a laptop, change the world (via Pietro2008a)

OLPC (http://laptop.org) is an non-profit foundation creating
educational opportunities for the world’s poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop.

2008 Latest Edition - Did You Know 3.0 - From Meeting in Rome...

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:37:52 +0200

2008 Latest Edition - Did You Know 3.0 - From Meeting in Rome this Year (via buencaminos)

http://www.btang.net/

From YouTube More Info: “3.0 for 2008 - Newly Revised Edition Created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod; Globalization & The Information Age. It was even adapted by Sony BMG at an executive meeting they held in Rome this year. Credits are also given to Scott McLeod, Jeff Brenman”

One of the most spread visualization videos to illustrate the fast pacing change of the world and its implications. Now in its third incarnation.

Earth 2030 (via xplanevisualthinking) Animated movie addresses...

Sat, 06 Jun 2009 00:35:57 +0200

Earth 2030 (via xplanevisualthinking)

Animated movie addresses global energy usage trends and actions for positive change. Four-minute video was produced by XPLANE for global BASF Group.

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A great example of a visualization video.

"People who fail to see that our world has fundamentally changed are wrong. This is not the..."

Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:25:49 +0100

“People who fail to see that our world has fundamentally changed are wrong. This is not the contraction phase of a balanced cycle that will start all over again. This is a key moment, a turning point in the history of our civilization, a time to contemplate long-term consequences of our decisions. It is time to radically modify some of our concepts to adapt them to our new reality, the same way our ancestors had to admit the Earth was not flat and was not the center of the universe. This is what a group of people are trying to do under the name of AEREAS with a campaign to spread the concept of sustainopreneurship as the new way we should be doing business.”

- new concept: sustainopreneurship « Media, Innovation and Social Responsibility

Thanks, Guillermo Ortega Rancé @ortegance for the support of the campaign! You will be included in the “Googling Sustainopreneurship” blog post series on http://blog.slice.nu that also will be put on the Campaign Tumblr News http://sustainopreneurship.tumblr.com syndicated to campaign website home http://sustainopreneurship.wordpress.com reachable through http://1mcc.info or #1mcc on twitter!

"There are four billion phones, and only one billion bank accounts. Our view is you have to have a..."

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:14:00 +0100

“There are four billion phones, and only one billion bank accounts. Our view is you have to have a way for both the banked and the unbanked to participate in the mobile payment system.”

- The $70 Million Obopay Deal Is More About The UnBanked Than The Banked

For the US-centric skepticism towards the new banking by the mobile phone, this was a healthy and straight-forward response. The Majority World BOP Market = Target! Spot on.

"When we look at the most ReTweetable users we find /…/ content of Tweets is far more important..."

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 15:21:56 +0100

“When we look at the most ReTweetable users we find /…/ content of Tweets is far more important to the number of ReTweets it will get than the user who originally posted it. The users at the top of the list are typically posting news and information that is exclusive to them and widely sought by the rest of the Twitter community.”

- From Mashable Guest Blogger Dan Zarrella: The Science of ReTweets

A top 20 list that @GuyKawasaki is NOT on included.

Barry Schwartz: The real crisis? We stopped being wise (via...

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:20:59 +0100

Barry Schwartz: The real crisis? We stopped being wise (via TEDtalksDirector).

Values, Virtues, Hope, Wisdom. Let’s regain what we known for over 50 000 years. The first standing ovation TED video clip from this year’s session.

Dare to be Wise!

"‘Nearly everything important a human being wants can be reduced to one or more of these 15..."

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:16:11 +0100

“‘Nearly everything important a human being wants can be reduced to one or more of these 15 core desires, most of which have a genetic basis,’ said Steven Reiss, co-author of the study and a professor of psychology and psychiatry at Ohio State University.”

- People Guided by 15 Fundamental Desires and Values, Study Finds

Ohio State University, June 15, 1998

Certificate of my word adoption of ‘microcopy’ via...

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:29:38 +0100

Certificate of my word adoption of ‘microcopy’ via www.savethewords.org

'microcopy', n. v.

Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:23:51 +0100

n. pl -ies. a piece copywriting or short descriptor that fits in e. g. a microblog, a page descriptor on the web (that shows up in web search pages below the link) or used in other contexts with limited character space, usually 140 characters or less.

v. the act of copywriting in 140 characters or less.

“Can you do a microcopy of what we offer that fits a retweet with another @username, please?”

(2009, added meaning - used to mean photography primarily for microfilming)

Word adopted by Anders Abrahamsson, Jan 31, 2009 through Oxford Dictionary venture http://www.savethewords.org.

"You might wonder what the hell the weird sign on the front cover means. /…/ you are completely..."

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:11:48 +0100

“You might wonder what the hell the weird sign on the front cover means. /…/ you are completely right if you thought about Twitter. /…/we are in this issue focusing mostly on how Twitter is actually used by people and how it can create value for brands.”

- From intro to Urban Lifestyle Report - New Media #1 - 2009

"In a world beset by economic woes as well as environmental problems— from the scarcity of natural..."

Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:08:58 +0100

““In a world beset by economic woes as well as environmental problems— from the scarcity of natural resources to climate change—sustainability represents one of the few potential bright spots in an otherwise dismal recruiting environment.” - Francesca Di Meglio, MBA Programs Go Green, BusinessWeek”

- UNC Sustaina-Blog: The economy stinks? Not if you’re green!