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  • Zemanta – Part 2 – The API

    My previous post on Zemanta got quite some traction 😉 I even got a comment from Jim Hirshfield, VP of Biz Dev at Zemanta. He sent me a link to a demo of their API. Here is what he sent me: Peter – What a great write up on Zemanta. Thanks. If you’re interested in… Read more

  • Avatar

    Went to see Avatar this afternoon. Here is the link to the official website, which is an experience on itself: put the audio ON please. Have also a look at the Wikipedia site about the film. And i was lucky to see it in 3D. What an experience! First of all, it was quite some… Read more

  • HR and Innovation

    In my previous blog “Brand, Workforce and Innovation”, i started making a case for a leadership role for HR in Innovation. I wrote: I’d love to see more HR in a true leadership role. Leadership as opposite to management in its narrow definition of executing a course set out by somebody else. See also below… Read more

  • Need for a new currency based on abundancy

    Thanks to my subscription to Fredzimmy’s blog, I found this wonderful blog from Esko Kilpi. I really recommend you to explore this site from A to Z. Look at the wonderful slidedeck on Slideshare Have a look at the Flickr photos Have a look at the Bookmarks MIT Media Lab Human Dynamics Group, Howard Rheingold… Read more

  • Education, Elites and Bologna

    I was watching this morning a television program with Christine Van Den Wyngaert. The program was in essence about her views and role in the Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, but mu attention was triggered by something she said in the introductory part of the interview. She was referring to the dramatic decrease of… Read more

  • Zemanta and the Semantic Web

      If you want to have an idea what Semantic Web can mean for you and your business, have a look at http://www.zemanta.com. It comes as a Google Chrome Extension, or a Firefox extension, or a IE Plug-in or Safari Bookmarklet. I tested the Google Chrome extension on my PC. In this case a Mini-HP… Read more