Links-Eyed

Tildalnetworks.com Domain is for sale

2009-06-12T05:07:00.002-04:00

Since I don't see myself updating the blog anytime soon (at least until graduation next year) I am selling the Tidalnetworks.com Domain.

The blog archive will stay here at frozenframe.blogspot.com

Considering the stats (all the hits from the bay area) someone might be interested in it. In that case, send an email to LouisLink@gmail.com

FlowingData and dotSub

2008-05-13T19:54:00.004-04:00

This is probably the last post for a few months:

1- dotSub, videosite with captions in many languages, users can also add new translations.

www.dotsub.com

2- FLowing data: making sense of data through vizualization.

Grand Challenges for Engineering

2008-04-08T21:23:00.003-04:00

The Major Challenges facing humanity and awaiting an engineering solution. An effort by the National Academy of Engineering. "The focus was not to find what could be invented, but what needed to be invented"

The List:

Maplecroft maps

2008-03-21T14:56:00.003-04:00

Maps covering topics ranging from disease (turberculosis, malaria, influenza) to military expenditure, civil liberities, minority rights, climate change, competitiveness, corporate governance and many others...

Maplecroft Maps

Education: 21st century skills

2008-03-14T14:07:00.003-04:00

MISSION STATEMENT Serve as a catalyst to position 21st century skills at the center of US K-12 education by building collaborative partnerships among education, business, community and government leaders
Also check the resources section: route 21

World Bank: Rapid Response

2008-03-04T21:17:00.003-05:00

Mission:

To promote financial and private sector reform, resulting in better business environments.
Ultimately to spur business, entrepreneurial, and employment opportunities for the poor in developing countries.

Note the toolkits and the doing business map with background information.

Social entrepreneurship jobs: Commongood careers

2008-02-27T16:29:00.002-05:00

Mission

To support social entrepreneurs with their recruitment and hiring needs at every organizational level, to provide resources for socially driven jobseekers, and to address talent related issues throughout the sector.

Think Tanks: The Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics

2008-02-24T22:53:00.003-05:00

"...Its agenda emphasizes global macroeconomic topics, international money and finance, trade and related social issues, energy and the environment, investment, and domestic adjustment measures. Current priority is attached to China, globalization (including its financial aspects) and the backlash against it, global trade imbalances and currency misalignments, the competitiveness of the United States and other major countries, reform of the international financial architecture, and new trade negotiations at the multilateral, regional, and bilateral levels...."

United Nations Industrial Development Organization

2008-02-16T10:54:00.002-05:00

Mission: The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) helps developing countries and countries with economies in transition in their fight against marginalization in today's globalized world. It mobilizes knowledge, skills, information and technology to promote productive employment, a competitive economy and a sound environment.

Portfolio Magazine: Blogs

2008-02-03T20:07:00.000-05:00

Portfolio Magazine, a refreshing recent addition to the business section compiled the following list of blogs:

(Click on graphic or Title to visit link)

Max Planck Institute for Human Development:

2008-01-27T20:14:00.000-05:00

In their words:
The Max Planck Institute for Human Development is a multidisciplinary research establishment dedicated to the study of human development and education. Its inquiries are broadly defined, but concentrate on the evolutionary, social, historical, and institutional contexts of human development, as well as examining it from life-span and life-course perspectives.

(Click on Graphic to visit site)

Gerd Gigerenzer author of Calculated Risks and Simple Heuristics (two excellent books) is co-director of the institute.

Gapminder: Global development visualized

2008-01-12T10:03:00.001-05:00

Hans Rosling's talk at TED talk in 2006 was a rare example of charts being both informative and fun.

Gapminder World is a powerful learning and presentation tool.

(Click on image to visit site)

Big Think: The new conversation

2008-01-07T20:42:00.000-05:00

Big hat-tip to the New York Times, today for this:

(click on photo to visit link)

Still under construction, hopefully it will keep growing and become economically viable.

Pangea day

2007-12-22T14:10:00.000-05:00

Jehane Noujaim's TED wish last year was "to bring the world together for one day a year through the power of film."
Pangea Day is the result.

www.pangeaday.org

Poptech: The impact of technology on people.

2007-12-09T22:53:00.001-05:00

Downloadable talks from the PopTech conference.

Journals: 2 from MIT

2007-11-29T20:36:00.000-05:00

Two really good Journals from MIT Press:

1- Innovations: Technology|Governance|Globalization
"Innovations is about creativity addressing societal concerns. It is about social entrepreneurs, inventors, public leaders—all whose innovations meet local needs and address global challenges. It is less about what needs to be done, and more about what people are doing."

(Click image to go to page, and click here to go to see the different issues including FREE ones)

2- Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks:
"Our mission is to provide practitioners in online education with knowledge about the very best research in online learning."

(I have to admit I have mainly read abstracts from JALN, but they are still insightful)

Other Journals from MIT can be found here.

Remember that your local library might offer online access to most of these journals/articles through it's website.

Crowdsourcing: Innocentive

2007-11-25T22:51:00.001-05:00

One of the companies working on harvesting the energy of the masses to solve complex challenges.

Founded in 2001, InnoCentive connects companies, academic institutions, and non-profit organizations, all hungry for breakthrough innovation, with a global network of more than 125,000 of the world's brightest minds on the world's first Open Innovation Marketplace™.

5 Must-See YouTube Channels

2007-11-18T17:57:00.000-05:00

Here are 5 YouTube channel to watch when there's nothing fun on C-Span (Or B-Span):

1- World Economic Forum

2- Geography Matters by Harm de Blij

3- Ashoka DVD

4- Clinton Foundation

5- National Geographic

Sustainability: World Changing

2007-10-31T22:03:00.000-04:00

Also Checkout: Alex Steffen's's TED presentation.

Sustainable Development Portal on Wikipedia

2007-10-04T00:51:00.000-04:00

Impressive collection of articles on Wikipedia about most facets of sustainable development.

PS: I had been traveling, on vacation, then moving in the last few months, should be posting more often in the future!

L

Recently read and recommended

2007-07-03T00:26:00.001-04:00

The book is at times as enjoyable to read as a Malcolm Gladwell book, slows down a few chapters in but is nonetheless quite interesting.

You can also read the original article that spawned the book here:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.10/tail.html

BNET: Management, Strategy, Work Life skills And Advice for Professionals

2007-06-10T10:41:00.000-04:00

(Hat tip to Ross Mayfield)

Creativity Wiki: mycoted

2007-06-03T15:44:00.001-04:00

Good resource covering research and development in the field of Creativity.

Recently read and recommended

2007-04-26T22:25:00.000-04:00

Be that person that actually read the book being cited.

Interesting methods in deconstructing how thinking work.

Generally interesting, both in terms of the dynamics of the tech industry and the actions behind a turn-around plan.

Sustainability: Earth Institute

2007-04-15T11:47:00.000-04:00

Highlighted feature: Video and Audio of Jeff Sachs' speeches under his Bio.

TED Talks

2007-01-06T12:40:00.000-05:00

Talks from TED (Technology Entertainment and Design) events. Extremely diverse but always interesting.

Kiva: Be your own 'banker to the poor'

2006-12-23T17:26:00.000-05:00

Kiva: microfinance life-changing ideas

Blog: Global Economic Trend Analysis

2006-11-19T22:02:00.000-05:00

GETA

The financial forecast center

2006-11-12T23:22:00.000-05:00

Financial forecast center

Blogs: Creativity and Communication

2006-10-22T12:11:00.000-04:00

Two excellent Blogs:
'Applied Imagination' By Steve Dahlberg focuses on creativity and competitiveness.
'Presentation Zen' By Garr Reynolds highlights great presentation methods.

"Applied Imagination"

"Presentation Zen"

Video Streams: Interviews with business leaders

2006-10-15T20:14:00.000-04:00

Financial Times 'View from the Top'

Recently read and recommended

2006-09-07T22:33:00.000-04:00

Some recently read books that were interesting and valuable:
(Direct links from Amazon's afilliate program, buy from the site of your choice!)

Systems Thinking

Marketing

Business Process Improvement

Value Stream Mapping in low volume high mix environments

Capitalism: key ingredients

Cognitive Science: human judgement

Linking strategy with metrics

China

2006-02-12T12:44:00.000-05:00

China Leadership monitor, Stanford.

China in the red, a video broadcast by Frontline.

Learn Mandarin: (Audio, Text)
ChinesePod.com
Mandarin Lessons with Serge Melnyk

Books:

Business: 50 Influential Gurus.

2005-12-04T23:35:00.000-05:00

Ranking of the "world's most influential business leaders."

The hands that shape humanity.

2005-11-10T00:31:00.000-05:00

Social Entrepreneurship: Omidyar Network

2005-09-12T23:00:00.000-04:00

Omidyar Network: Social Entrepreneurship.

Manyworlds

2005-08-13T23:52:00.000-04:00

Manyworlds

OpenBusiness

2005-07-17T23:11:00.000-04:00

"The vision of the Open Business Guide is to share, mix and facilitate the spread of innovative business ideas. Here the entrepreneurial community can share success stories and failures. From both we can learn."

Gladwell.com

2005-06-29T23:30:00.000-04:00

Articles and book excerpts from Maclom Gladwell, author of: "The Tipping Point" and "Blink".

(Marketing, Management, and much more.)

Video Streams: The Boardroom Connection.

2005-06-11T13:04:00.000-04:00

A partnership between the WSJ, InformationWeek and Optimize. Seems this site will have IT focused stories, case studies, etc.

The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness

2005-05-22T12:41:00.000-04:00

"The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness is dedicated to the study of competition and its implications for company strategy; the competitiveness of nations, regions, and cities; and the relationship between competition and society."

(Click on graphic to open link)

Foreign Policy Association's: Great Decisions

2005-05-03T19:12:00.000-04:00

"Great Decisions is an annual publication from the Foreign Policy Association that serves as the basic component of all Great Decisions programs. The briefing book consists of eight articles that educate readers on some of the key foreign policy issues of the day. "

International networks archive.

2005-04-06T23:43:00.000-04:00

(International networks archive)

Project Syndicate

2005-03-19T10:12:00.000-05:00

"Project Syndicate is an international association of 230 newspapers in 108 countries, devoted to the following objectives:
bringing distinguished voices from around the world to informed national audiences so as to create a global forum for broadening debate and exchanging ideas;..."

Commentary from Joseph Stiglitz, Jeffrey Sachs, Charles Taylor, and many others.

Businessweek Blogs.

2005-03-03T19:18:00.000-05:00

4 blogs by Businessweek: 'Brand new day', 'Deal flow', 'Tech beat', and 'Well spent'

Video Streams: Research Channel

2005-02-20T23:39:00.000-05:00

ResearchChannel is a consortium of research universities and corporate research divisions dedicated to broadening the access to and appreciation of our individual and collective activities, ideas, and opportunities in basic and applied research.

Economics network

2005-02-13T12:49:00.000-05:00

Interactive tutorials and audio-video presentations from the Economics network.

(click on graphic to open page)

ChangeThis

2005-02-04T22:36:00.000-05:00

" ChangeThis is creating a new kind of media. A form of media that uses existing tools (like PDFs, blogs and the web) to challenge the way ideas are created and spread.

We're on a mission to spread important ideas and change minds."

Nicholas Carr.

2005-01-28T17:04:00.000-05:00

Regular readers of HBR are quite familiar with Nick Carr and his May 2003 article: 'IT doesn't matter.'

Here's a link to his site,featuring his latest book and other discussions:

NGC

And, a couple of related articles:
http://www.strategy-business.com/press/article/04213?pg=0 [S+B: Free registration required]

http://www.cio.com/archive/050104/carr.html [CIO.com]

Blogs: Ross Mayfield's Weblog

2005-01-23T11:42:00.000-05:00

'Markets, Technology & Musings'

Consulting+

2005-01-15T10:59:00.000-05:00

Deloitte, like most other consulting firms, offers case studies and research focusing on business strategy and enterprise value creation.

You can also order books for free from their: Straight Talk Series.

(Deloitte)

Nobel prize video streams.

2005-01-06T22:49:00.000-05:00

Prize announcements, lectures , interviews with winners...

(Nobel videos)

Gallup Management Journal

2005-01-02T11:13:00.000-05:00

Most everyone heard of the Gallup organization and its polls.
In this management journal Gallup also offers other business insights collected from its research on "human nature and behavior".

(click to open the website in a new window)

Act!

2004-12-28T23:03:00.000-05:00

Please donate to one of the following organizations:

Red Cross
Care
Oxfam
Doctors without borders
Unicef

All it takes is 1 click:
Amazon honor system.

Or any other you are comfortable with.

Science: Edge

2004-12-26T20:16:00.000-05:00

E.O Wilson, Ray Kurzweil, Benoit Mandelbrot are some of the names that appear weekly on Edge for interviews and discussions.

A wide range of topics covering science and philosophy.

(Edge)

[The website enjoyed great coverage after its 'World question Center' issue on January 6 2003.]

Videostreams (International perspectives)

2004-12-19T11:49:00.000-05:00

From the website:
"Each episode of FRONTLINE/World features two or three "short stories" told by a diverse group of reporters and video journalists. These first-person stories will take viewers on adventurous journeys to foreign lands from Argentina to Zimbabwe." "By presenting viewers with compelling stories from around the planet, the series aims to not only help fill the void in current international news coverage but also to engage the American public in global stories that resonate in their own lives."

(Program also airs on PBS, check your local listings.)

Game Theory

2004-12-12T13:17:00.000-05:00

Game theory is a branch of mathematics that uses models to study interactions with formalized incentive structures ("games"). It has applications in a variety of fields, including economics, evolutionary biology, political science, and military strategy. Game theorists study the predicted and actual behavior of individuals in games, as well as optimal strategies. From the Game theory article on Wikipedia.
(Also from wikipedia, the most commonly used beginners example in game theory: The prisoner's dilemma)

Here are a few other links on Game Theory and its applications:

Gametheory.net:a portal with many links to lecture notes,articles.

An interesting article, with examples of how game theory is used in FCC auctions, Intel/AMD price war and other applications.

And this is a link to a lecture [audio] from the Stanford GSB.

Mckinsey Global Institute (Strategy)

2004-12-05T13:33:00.001-05:00

The following link is to Mckinsey, again a management & strategy consulting firm.
The MGI offers research publications on the state of local and global economies as well as forecasts covering industries and future opportunities.

You can also subscribe to the monthly newsletter and more frequent topic alerts, from your choice of industries,regions or functions, on the MckinseyQuarterly website. (I have been a subscriber for while and I have never received an uninteresting email. However, some are for premium subscribers only.)

Strategy Consulting.

2004-11-28T11:12:00.000-05:00

Management/Strategy consulting firms will always be prominently represented on this blog. The research papers they publish are usually key for understanding the dynamics of industries/markets, consumer behavior, economic growth opportunities, etc.

The following link is form Mercer. Click on 'Perspectives' and choose one of the options [Whitepapers, specialty journals, articles,...] for interesting reports.

(Mercer MC)

Focus: Artificial Intelligence + Business

2004-11-21T13:03:00.000-05:00

I got this article last week from s+b, a previously recommended magazine. It mentions how Dell is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to better serve its customers.
So I decided to post a couple of articles about how AI and business are coming together, and, a link to Ray Kurzweil's AI website.[about Ray Kurzweil]

Recommended Wired articles:
-It's Alive!
(Don't miss the linkbox inside the introduction for the different examples of AI applications)
-A Machine With a Mind of Its Own

(Kurzweil AI Website)

General resources 2 (Classes, Studies, Seminars)

2004-11-14T10:49:00.000-05:00

MIT's open courseware offers a considerable number of courses covering all disciplines of study at MIT. Some offer few class notes and others offer in-depth and interactive material.

(MIT open courseware)

Fathom used to be a fee-based educational website by institutions like Columbia university, The London school of economics, The science museum and others. Now it offers its archives for free.

(Fathom)

Magazine Blogs (tech, business,entrepreneurship)

2004-11-07T11:42:00.000-05:00

Both RedHerring and FastCompany are great magazines to read. The links below point to their respective blogs.

(Fast Company blog)

(RedHerring Blog)

Trends &Forecasts.

2004-10-26T20:14:00.000-04:00

The two links below include publications on worldwide economic and demographic trends.
I have already linked to one of the Goldman publications.
Also, the IMF has tons of interesting data, research papers and videos. However, The design of the whole website is not user friendly. But if you are patient you might find something like this. (A summary of the international financial system from 1871 to 1999)

(IMF: World economic outlook)

(Click on image to open in new window)

(Goldman Sachs research insights)

(Click on image to open in new window)

Innovation Partnership Programs at NASA

2004-10-22T23:36:00.000-04:00

NASA has many initiatives to share the wealth of technologies and expertise.
The following page includes links to some, including:
-NASA small business innovation research/technology transfer.
-NASA technology portal.
-NASA SpinOff

(NASA: Innovation Partnership Program)

L

Blogs: Bnoopy (Entrepreneurship)

2004-10-17T14:48:00.000-04:00

Quoting the blog's author: "My name is Joe Kraus and Bnoopy is a blog about entrepreneurship -- thoughts, lessons learned, open questions. It's all stuff I'm thinking about right now in the midst of starting a new company. My background is that I was one of the founders of Excite. Then I co-founded DigitalConsumer.org and now, I've got a new project still in stealth mode."

(Bnoopy: an entrepreneurship blog.)

Blogs: VentureBlog

2004-10-12T17:19:00.000-04:00

There are a few blogs that definitely need to be highlighted. I will try to post some, hopefully sticking to the 5 main subjects of 'links-eyed':
Science, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Business, and, Strategy.

I will start with Venture blog because it covers all five.
The contributors are investors and high-tech entrepreneurs.
The posts cover:'Conferences, Entrepreneurial Success,Legal Issues, Management Issues, Presenting Your Company, Semiconductors, Software, The Economy & Finance' and many others.

(Venture Blog: a random walk down sand hill road)

Social enterprise.

2004-10-08T01:13:00.000-04:00

Whenever you feel like using your energy and skills for a good cause, you should consider the vast opportunities in social entrepreneurship.

Here are a few links that will provide some information about joining or starting and managing a succesful social enterprise.

(Socialedge: online community for social entrepreneurs)

(Social enterprise at Harvard Business School)

(Net Impact: Business leaders for a better world)

L

Magazine (S+B)

2004-10-04T11:11:00.000-04:00

Strategy+Business is a very interesting magazine published by Booz Allen Hamilton, a strategy consulting firm.
Topics range from HR to the science of complexity management [s+b34 recommended].
And, unlike HBR, you can read most of the articles online by doing a quick free registration.

(Strategy+Business:click on graphic to open page in new window.)

Think-Tanks

2004-09-29T23:48:00.000-04:00

For anyone not familiar with the term a Think-Tank is: 'a research institute or other organization providing advice and ideas on national or commercial problems; an interdisciplinary group of specialist consultants.'-OED

There are dozens of think-tanks but the following 3 are my personal favorites for in-depth research, analysis and forecasts.

(Rand Corporation)

(The Brookings Institution)

(The Cato Institute)

Book Recommendations

2004-09-26T22:02:00.000-04:00

(Click on the picture to open in new window)

This page mainly includes recommendations from business school professors.
The books are very diverse and the short summaries are quite informative.

Posts

2004-09-19T21:59:00.000-04:00

After a 6-week vacation;
I will restart posting as soon as next week.
L

Globalization (Video streams)

2004-07-27T01:31:00.000-04:00

Commanding heights is a six hour documentary based on the book by the same title.
You can watch the full documentary online (in short clips), and, get more in-depth information for several countries, covering economic and geopolitical issues.

Very insightful points of view and cases, for anyone interested in globalization.

enjoy,
L

Business (Audio-Video Streams)

2004-07-23T17:28:00.000-04:00

Another, link from Stanford.
This time it's from the graduate school of business.
(Speakers, Conferences, etc)

Entrepreneurship

2004-07-21T00:43:00.000-04:00

The Stanford Technology Ventures Program (STVP) educators corner:a comprehensive site for entrepreneurs; covering a wide range of topics from building a good founding team to product marketing, financials, and many others.

(STVP)

Business Strategy

2004-07-19T22:04:00.000-04:00

Two great links from two great authors:
Tom Peters (In search of excellence, Re-Imagine)
and Jim Collins(Built to last,Good to Great)
Focus on: :Leadership &business strategies.

Tom Peters

Jim Collins

To check (on websites) : presentations, ideas, lectures, articles and case studies.

Further reading

Industrial Design

2004-07-17T14:51:00.001-04:00

I believe Industrial design is a great example of how creativity is used to balance form and function.
Today's first link is to IDEO one of the best (and best-known) design firms. You can browse their projects gallery, see conceptual designs and read about the design process.

(IDEO)

The second link is to the industrial design society of america (IDSA). Make sure you visit the design awards [IDEA] galleries.

IDSA

News Map

2004-07-12T14:32:00.000-04:00

The following is a link to a page that displays Google news in a visual format. It could also be configured according to your preferences.

(click on graphic to open page)

Business (Video streams)

2004-07-09T08:45:00.000-04:00

Speeches by CEO's of major companies, nobel prize winners & other leaders. [Northwestern university Kellogg school of management]

(click on the picture to open the new page)

Recommended:
Jack Welch
Sumner Redstone
Joseph Stiglitz

L

Magazines (culture,technology,foreign policy, business)

2004-07-02T13:43:00.000-04:00

A few of the most intriguing and informative magazines out there:

1- Culture, Politics, Art:

Harper's Magazine

The New Yorker

2- Business:
Inc. 'The magazine for growing companies'

Business 2.0

Harvard Business Review (my personal favorite, subscription only)

3- Foreign affairs/policy:
Foreign Affairs (published by the CFR)

Foreign Policy

4- Technology:

Tech Review (by MIT)

IEEE spectrum

enjoy!

L

Giving back

2004-06-28T12:57:00.000-04:00

If you are reading this, chances are, you are much more fortunate than the majority of the world's population.
It is never too early to think about giving back; you don't have to wait until you are a millionaire. Consider all the unnecessary things we waste our money on; trust me, you can afford to donate some money and maybe even some time for a good cause.

To make it even easier The hungersite only asks for a mouseclick. By visiting that webpage (and the affiliated pages:breastcancersite,childrenhealth,rainforest, and, animal rescue) and clicking a button you are redirected to a new page with a few banners, and, the sponsors donate on your behalf for the respective cause.

You can also learn about many important issues by visiting the: UNDP where you can learn about the issues facing the developing world. And the AD council, where you can learn about current campaigns and research specific issue you might be interested in.

If you want to be more active, consider:
Volunteering:
-Search for opportunities by location or area of focus
-With the United nations
-And more opportunities.
-also consider mentoring

thanks,

L

International affairs (Video streams)

2004-06-25T09:50:00.000-04:00

The first is one my favorite programs on TV, Frontline. The site has about 35 different episodes already online (all new episodes are available online a couple of days after the TV broadcast); each episode has a dedicated webpage with articles, interviews and can completely viewed on high or low bandwidth connections.
All episodes are recommended but 'China in the red' is highly recommended.
(This research paper from Goldman Sachs will go very well with it.)

The second is B-SPAN; the online streaming site for the world bank. Here you can watch very interesting presentations, seminars and roundtables on worldwide economic/development issues. Speakers include Nobel laureates, heads of central banks and others.

The last one for today is SAIS. A large collection of speeches (usually audio streams but some are video too) from heads of states, foreign ministers, ambassadors, senators, professors, etc.
The topic is usually international relations, but you might find other topics too.
[Scroll down to the bottom of the page to get to the archives from previous years]

General resources (Encyclopedias, Dictionaries)

2004-06-24T11:57:00.000-04:00

Two web encyclopedias:

1- Wikipedia a free online encyclopedia created entirely by users; however, the content is quite accurate and reliable.

2- Encyclopedia.com is another resource, but, one nice feature is that it also looks for magazine and newspaper articles that contain the search-term.

And three dictionaries:

1- Meriam Webster

2-Reference.com

3-Le grand dictionaire terminologique (french)

Web tools

2004-06-23T12:38:00.000-04:00

Today I have some tools that you might use to save time, be more productive or make your life easier.

The first is: TinyURL a website that lets you transform a large address into a short one, making it easier to exchange with others.

The second is a Conversion tool that makes converting distances,temperatures,currencies and other units, quick and easy.

And finally, you can use this
Online virus Scan in case your software is not up-to-date. It is a trustworthy service by Trend Micro.

Science+

2004-06-22T10:57:00.000-04:00

Since my first post was about travel, this one will be about science!

The first link is HowStuffWorks a site that has a large collection of articles explaining everything from Aspirin and Asteroids to Windshield wipers and X-rays. It's targeted to the general public, so it's very simple and easy to read. (One cool note: the company is a few minutes away from here, and,I had the chance to meet the founder Marshall Brain.)

The second resource is The National Science Digital Library a gigantic collection of information, and, links to external websites dealing with science, engineering and mathematics. The navigation is not optimal, but, you can use their search engine to look for audio,video, text and other kinds of media. Also make sure you go to 'collections' and browse the whole collection alphabetically.

Two more websites are from public television in
The UK and here in The US these include a mix of articles, videos (from TV shows) and other interesting material.

Make sure to visit Nova and Scientific American Frontiers.
(You can watch shows online)

The last link, I believe is targeted for Kids it would probably be useful to get them interested in science and engineering.

That's it for now!

Travel

2004-06-21T10:02:00.000-04:00

Since it's summer and time to think about travel (or if you're lucky actually do it!),
today's links will be from cool travel sites.

The first one is:

Vagabonding.com a site built by Mike Pugh while he was traveling around the world, (check the equipment in his backpack!) I found the site in mid-2003 when Mike was still traveling, but it's still very interesting with a collection of very nice pictures and stories.

The second link is from a much more popular resource, msn, it is a collection of 25 adventures that you can consider with descriptions,links and prices.
You can find it here

Rules

2004-06-20T21:09:00.000-04:00

Well,
The rules are simple, I will try to classify each link, maybe some explanation, and note if it's a broadband (BD) link, meaning it probably requires a cable, dsl, T1 connection or better. [you can still try to access it if you have a dial-up connection]

thanks!

Change

2004-06-16T23:55:00.000-04:00

This blog is now officially dedicated to sharing links and ideas. Friends seem to enjoy my collection of links, and, it seems logical to share the finds of about 8 years of surfing, specifically because there are so many resources on the web and it is so easy to find what you want. The most interesting pages you will find, are the ones you were never looking for.

L