Open access to public sector information. If information is power, then information use and re-use can be powerful and potentially drive innovation in the digital economy. Recognising this, we are exploring the issue of open access to public sector information and invite you to tell us how this should be implemented to benefit you... [Digital Economy Future Directions Latest Topics]
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Digital economy future directions paper. This paper aims to identify the themes and suggestions that will inform the action plan of the forthcoming future directions paper for Australia's digital economy. [Creative Economy : Reports]
Abrupt Climate Change: Will It Happen this Century?. The United States faces the potential for abrupt climate change in the 21st century that could pose clear risks to society in terms of our ability to adapt. [ScienceDaily: Latest Science News]
Why the Northern Territory Government needs to support outstations/homelands in the Aboriginal, Northern Territory and national interest. This paper argues for an innovative outstation/homeland policy which solves the problem of government service delivery of Indigenous Australians' citizenship entitlements - so that it provides a choice for Indigenous Australians where they want to live and how they want to engage nationally…
"Advertising is the tax you pay for being unremarkable" On the Fast Company weblog, Danielle Sacks has posted a brief summary of highlights from The Idea Conference organized by Advertising Age . The "breakout star of the day" was Robert Stephens of Geek Squad, who regaled the audience with stories about launching and bootstrapping Geek Squad from untested concept to…
Harvard pointers on global innovators. Corporate R&D labs used to be the key for companies to create competitive advantage. But now innovation is moving across the globe. That’s why Harvard Business School professor, Alan MacCormack, believes that a real source of competitive advantage is skill in managing innovation partnerships. Innovation is increasingly driven through collaborative teams due to product complexity,…
Unit pricing iPhone app. The ACCC recommended that all supermarkets provide unit pricing for goods that would allow consumers to compare the price per unit for, say, toilet paper, to the price per 4, 6, 8 or 12 pack. I’m not sure what happened to that policy but in the meantime an iPhone app has appeared that does just that.…
On deliberate practice. I am reading Richard Sennett's (2008) The Craftsman London; Allen Lane. It is a brilliant attempt to make explicit the implicit or tacit "knowledge" which underpins craft skill; and it fails. I've read a couple of reviews, such as Roger Scruton's in the Sunday Times and Fiona MacCarthy's in the Guardian. They are both respectful and enthusiastic,…
On a potentially amazing resource. I don't usually simply plug other sites, but one cannot but admire the chutzpah of this site;"Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education. As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real…