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Women in Leadership: Action Plan for Change

November 18, 2008 results of the UC Davis annual study of women in leadership in the top 400 companies in California.


Jacqueline Novogratz, CEO of Acumen Fund, shares lessons in leadership from her work in venture philanthropy.

MARCH 2009

As a venture philanthropist, Acumen Fund’s Jacqueline Novogratz leads entrepreneurial projects across the globe—many of which put women at the helm of emerging local businesses. In this video interview, she discusses her experience developing other women leaders, the way they have shaped her own approach to leadership, and the different leadership cultures she sees at play in the public and private sectors.

This interview was conducted by Bill Javetski, an editor with the McKinsey Quarterly, in February 2009. It was recorded in the New York office of Acumen Fund.






The Quarterly: One of the secrets of your activity in building entrepreneurialism is focusing on women as workers. Can you talk about that?

Jacqueline Novogratz: I had been in Rwanda where I worked with a small group of women to start the first microfinance organization in the country and, simultaneously, a bakery with 20 unwed mothers. My own background has taught me a lot about the power of investing in women, because you do end up feeding a family and not just an individual.

I worry actually that the international-development community may, in focusing so much on the women, end up demoralizing and devaluing men even further. I don’t want to be glib about just investing in girls. We have to build healthy societies and we have to recognize that boys and girls develop differently and [we have to] find ways really to include, to value, to have high expectations, and to provide opportunity.

And so there’s this big, philosophical question around how do you hire, how do you encourage different behavior. Can you—in the dormitories—bring in other activities to bring in reproductive health, to help with microfinance and savings? There’s a really interesting platform here.

The Quarterly: Your story of the bakery in Rwanda was in large part a story about developing the women that you worked with there. What did you learn about leadership from their experience of developing into owners and operators of that business?

Jacqueline Novogratz: I went in as a leader with pure audaciousness. I didn’t have as much humility in that I just assumed—I’m the eldest of seven, I can do the Bad News Bears thing really well, I’m just going to cheer them on—without having the humility of really understanding what their starting place was.

After many mishaps, including having them steal from me and having them not really know how to sell—I mean they would look down the whole time and have to explain to me that they were considered prostitutes by many; for them to go and look somebody directly in the eye and shake their hands was not exactly a Rwandan-woman kind of thing—so I had to learn to have the humility myself to really listen to their perspectives, and yet not stop there; to have the audaciousness to say, “It’s a good starting point, but we want to get you to this other place.”

The real lesson for me was how that dignity is so much more important to the human spirit than wealth. And that what these women, as all of us, needed was to know that we could cover basic needs, but to have the power of being able to say no to things that we didn’t want, that we didn’t want to do. And so leadership as a way of inspiring, listening, and letting people, you know, grow themselves in their own way.

And it was a small experience in some ways, and yet one that I think about all the time that taught me so much about listening and dignity—and laughter as a really, really key component. The more stressed I got, the less anything worked; and the more we could laugh, the more we got done. And so that was probably another really big lesson.

I’m a big optimist. I really believe in setting impossible goals and then making them possible. And I really love people—and I think people feel that from me. So it’s probably that sometimes very confusing mix of optimism, idealism, but also high expectations, lots of discipline, and pragmatism.

Part of the journey that those of us who are privileged, which is pretty much everyone in this country, has to make is not being embarrassed by privilege or guilty for privilege or confused by privilege, but to start from that place of recognizing that your responsibility is to use that privilege in the best way you can to serve the world. And there are lots of ways of serving the world.

The Quarterly: Many women work in social sector, fewer in finance. Let’s say actually fewer lead in finance. You’ve succeeded in both. Any thoughts on the skill set, and why one isn’t more prevalent in the other area?

Jacqueline Novogratz: I think that girls really are relational, and what I love about finance—and what I love about accounting even, which is kind of embarrassing to admit—is it’s another form of storytelling. And if you could teach young people to find the stories in the combination of the balance sheet and the income statement, I think we would see a lot more girls taking leadership in finding that comfort.

I just did a panel for women on Wall Street, and what they spoke about was how rigid our financial institutions continue to be around integrating women into the workforce—particularly after they’ve had children—and that the rules are so driven by a different kind of discipline that the social sector has taken upon itself to reinvent. And that may be more to the point as to why we don’t see as many leaders—women leaders—in finance. It’s a much older club. It’s been driven by a stricter set of rules and expectations.

I have four brothers who all work on Wall Street, and I remember when one of my brothers’ wife had a child. And I said, “Well, is there, you know, paternity leave?” And he said, “Oh, yeah. We have the most liberal paternity leave on Wall Street—but I would never take it, because if I did, everybody would think I was, you know, wimpy.” And I think there’s great truth to that. So there’s a cultural piece that needs to be looked at. Whereas in the social sector, as a woman leader, you have the opportunity to invent the culture in which you want to work and thrive.

Young people often will come to me and say, “I really want to do this, but first I feel like I need to do A, B, C, D, and E.” In some ways I think we’ve put young people, especially, on a track where they have these expectations that they’re going to do one thing after another because that’s what everybody else does—and then they will get this freedom. And I think there are lots of different paths and that the path isn’t always clear, but you just should start; that work will teach you; and that I can’t imagine a more joyful way of living than a life when where you are serving in the spirit as equally of adventure as you are of change. Q logo

Interview Skills

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The Bloom Box

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Koplovitz Discusses Venture Capital for Women-Led Firms: Video Bloomberg Feb. 16, 2010. 12:56 PM EST

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Feb. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Kay Koplovitz, chairman of Springboard Enterprises, talks with Bloomberg's Betty Liu about how her company fosters investments in start-up companies led by women. Koplovitz also discusses the availability of venture capital funds. (Source: Bloomberg)

Vons Hermosa Beach

Just so you know what you are getting into in Manhattan Beach, here is last weeks event

How to Quickly Chill Wine - Screw It #28 - SuppleWine.com

You're thirsty and all you have is warm wine. Fortunately you don't have to wait hours for a cool, crisp and refreshing glass. More info at SuppleWine.com.

Chef David Dibari Old World cooking with a new twist

Get to know the hottest up coming Chef David Dibari and his new restaurant the Cookery in Dobbs Ferry NY.

Buenos Aires Tours: Culinary Adventures With Teresita

Buenos Aires Tours is all about Cooking Traditional Argentine cuisine. Immerse yourself in our culture by eating and drinking as the locals do. Be prepared to roll up your sleeves for a hands-on experimentation in Teresita's kitchen. We will share regional techniques, ingredients, and family recipes that have been passed down over the generations.

My Life as a grape, Tolosa Winery

Join Tolosa Winery to look into the life of a Pinot Noir grape in the Edna Valley.

Time to Wine Episodes

Time to Wine with Zita Keeley. Food and wine pairing featuring Chef Jesse Jones.




Time to Wine with Zita Keeley. Find out how to make your own wine at A Little Taste of Purple in Livingston, NJ.



Wine Appreciation show presented by Zita Keeley aka "The Wining Woman" www.allidoiswine.com

Winter in the vineyards: pruning with Dana Grande

Vineyard Manager Dana Grande of Jordan Vineyard & Winery talks about the most important vineyard work in winter months -- pruning -- and Jordan's approach to double-pruning its estate vines each season for increased efficiency and vine health

Tallowing oak-cask doors for 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon

Before blending our Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon each December, the Jordan cellar team practices the old-world tradition of tallowing (with wax) the doors of our oak-cask tanks. Our 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon was blended with Merlot and Petit Verdot, and will reside for three months in our 6,000-gallon oak casks (originally constructed in 1976) before moving to French and American oak barrels for an additional 12 months of aging. http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/01/tallowing-cask-doors-2009

2009 Jordan olive harvest report with Dana Grande

Vineyard Manager Dana Grande of Jordan Vineyard & Winery discusses the 2009 olive growing season and harvest. http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/01/2009-olive-harvest-report-with-dana-grande/

Martin Ranch Winery - Cooking for Solutions Monterey Bay Aquarium

Dan & I had the pleasure of pouring our wines at the Monterey Bay Aquariums Cooking for Solutions gala event. This is an annual sustainable cuisine event held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Great chefs, gourmet cuisine and fine wines make this the culinary event of the year—an elegant way to discover how your healthy choices protect the health of the soil, water and ocean wildlife.It was fun to be able to pour at this snazzy event, and the Aquarium at night was spectacular!

Floral design at Jordan with Nitsa Knoll

Director of Hospitality & Events Nitsa Knoll tells the story of how she became enamored with flowers, and also discusses Jordan's approach to floral design and continuing education. http://blog.jordanwinery.com/2010/02/flower-power-my-inspiration-and-continuing-education/

Pizza and Pasta Wines

Tom from Vino 100 Newburgh discusses wines to pair with Pizza and Pasta dishes. To learn more about wine visit www.freewinetip.com

Tour of Yorkville Organic Vineyards

Vineyard dog, Shadow, helps Deborah and Edward Wallo show their organic vineyard in Mendocino County, CA.

Mr. Children - मर.Adults

Damien Rice ： The Blower’s Daughter

The Blower’s Daughter
And so it is
Just like you said it would be

Life goes easy on me
Most of the time

And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky

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And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We'll both forget the breeze
Most of the time

And so it is
The colder water
The blower's daughter
The pupil in denial

I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off of you
I can't take my eyes off you
I can't take my eyes off you
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Oooooooooohh

Did I say that I loathe you?

Did I say that I want to

Leave it all behind?


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'Til I find somebody new

Subtlety

Another Great Adam Curtis Documentary

If Dogs Had Hands

A conversation with Mickey Drexler

SpaceClaim Touches a 3D Nerve

SpaceClaim Touches a 3D Nerve
By Sanderson22. 七月 2009 13:52
There’s fresh evidence that computer mice are about to join the endangered species list. SpaceClaim says its 3D Direct Modeling software will be compatible with Windows Touch, due out this fall with the release of Windows 7.

SpaceClaim’s 3D Direct Modeling solutions includes SpaceClaim Engineer, a modeling and simulation tool, and SpaceClaim Style for conceptual design, will both run in the touch environment. On the hardware side it will support several multi-touch hardware tools that will use Windows 7, including 3M, N-trig, HP, Dell, and Lenovo.

The company isn’t releasing any Beta test versions yet. But the system works as effectively as in this promo video, computer mice should be afraid … be very afraid.

Did You Remember The Pork Cartridge?

Did You Remember The Pork Cartridge?
By Kkelly26. 八月 2009 09:02
As if figuring out the proper print cartridge for your home computer isn’t difficult enough, along comes Electrolux with: the 3D molecular food printer. Yes, you read that correctly.

As part of the company’s annual Design Lab competition, undergrad and graduate industrial design students are tasked with coming up with home appliance inventions that are likely to take root in the next 90 years.

Which brings us to one of the more interesting finalists, the Moléculaire, a CNC food printer that prepares everything from basic to complex food recipes using layering printing techniques to create 2- and 3-dimensional foods. The secret is the ability to use small food particles from a multitude of ingredients. Designed by Nico Kläber at the Köln International Schools of Design in Germany, Molèculaire assures every meal will taste great, albeit somewhat geometric. So is cartridge number 45 peas or green beans?

ION Electrifies Sportbike World

ION Electrifies Sportbike World
By Kkelly8. 九月 2009 09:17
Diehard motorcycle riders will tell you there’s nothing like the feeling of having a V-twin between your thighs while carving through a back-country road, but when you have something as sexy as Tom Miceli’s ION electric sportbike you may be ready to rethink that power only comes from an internal combustion engine.

While earning his BS in Industrial Design at Appalachian State University in Boone, NC, Miceli dedicated one semester to developing and designing the ION on a “minimal” budget. The results are astounding: the 84 volt lithium battery-powered bike uses an AC motor that generates 105 lb.-ft. of torque and 46 hp with regenerative braking. Range is estimated at 60 miles with a top speed of 81 mph.

Miceli displayed the bike at the Southern Energy and Environment Expo 2009…and actually took it out for a spin, where he called it “kinda scary.” Just watch the video to see what he’s talking about:

Automist Wins Dyson Award

Automist Wins Dyson Award
By Kkelly9. 九月 2009 13:17
While you may be familiar with James Dyson from his appearance in the vacuum cleaner commercial dissing four wheels in favor of the maneuverability of a giant ball, what you may not know is that he sponsors a design award, cleverly named the James Dyson Award. Participants are required to design a product that “solves a problem.” For this year’s award, more than 400 ideas were submitted by designers in 21 countries. The winner: Automist, a home water mist fire suppression system that can be integrated into any existing water tap. It was designed by two U.K. Royal College of Art students, Yusuf Muhammad and Paul Thomas, who had read that conventional home fire extinguishers are often misused or too slow to put the fire out. Their solution: use a wireless heat detector to trigger an under sink water pump to activate mist nozzles under the water tap when a fire is detected.

In addition to the name-brand honor, their ingenuity results in a £10,000 ($16,500) grant to fund development of the invention for commercialization, along with another £10,000 for the university.

solidThinking Harnesses Mother Nature’s Design Approach

solidThinking Harnesses Mother Nature’s Design Approach
By Kkelly16. 九月 2009 09:00
When it comes to shapes, there’s no better inspiration than nature. Whether its the bone structure of the human body or the shapes found in a spider web, the ability to mimic natural forms has been an almost-elusive task. solidThinking has come up with new software technology, called “morphogenesis,” that it says can mimic nature

Included as part of the 8.0 Inspired software package, morphogenesis takes initial shape definitions outlined by the designer and then “grows” the most efficient shapes around the initial structure. “With the debut of morphogenesis form generation, designers are provided with an environment to replicate biological growth processes in nature where structure develops and takes shape in response to environmental stimuli,” says James Dagg, vice president of software development at solidThinking.

The addition of morphogenesis also paves the way for designers to easily and cost-effectively modify forms without having to conduct complex computations, thereby permitting more experimentation.

Watch this video to see how morphogenesis can change the way you approach industrial design:

SketchBook Mobile

Autodesk: Yes, there’s an app for that
By Kkelly28. 九月 2009 14:47
On average, 6.6-million apps are downloaded from the Apple iTunes store every day.

That number may get a bump from designers, now that the Autodesk SketchBook Mobile is available for the iPhone and iTouch. Based on the paint engine that drive’s the full-blown SketchBook Pro, these portable versions—the there the free SketchBook Mobile X and the $2.99 SketchBook Mobile—that allow you to not only create back-of-the-napkin sketches, but even create usable art.

Upon hearing about the app at the annual IDSA conference last week, I immediately hit iTunes to download the free version and needless to say I was impressed. While the diminutive size of the iPhone screen provided some limitations in terms of developing detailed drawings for novice users like myself, several design professionals have already used the app to create some pretty cool stuff. What’s even better is that you can email copies of your ideas to friends and colleagues right from your iPhone.

Microsoft’s Mice Get Touchy

Microsoft’s Mice Get Touchy
By Kkelly6. 十月 2009 10:47
Those of you who haven’t been following the advent of Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system are probably unaware that it incorporates multitouch technology, which recognizes more than one finger touch at a time. Yes, Apple’s already done that, we know. So in an effort to make this technology useful and distinctivel, Microsoft Research has developed a family of five mice that utilize it interesting ways, like being able to flick a cursor across the screen, or pinching to shrink photos. Yes, Apple. . . .

We could try to explain how each one works, but you’d probably much rather see them in action:

Say Goodbye to Training Wheels

Say Goodbye to Training Wheels
By Kkelly19. 十月 2009 09:16
It’s been a right of passage for generations of toddlers: the day when your parents break out the crescent wrench and take the training wheels off your bike. The day usually ends with success as you travel down the sidewalk balancing your two-wheeler with relative ease, but that usually comes after a few bruised and scraped knees or elbows. What if there was a way to skip the pain and move right to the reward?

A new innovation called the Gyrowheel has been designed to help make the ordeal of graduating from training wheels more enjoyable and less painful. The wheel replaces the traditional front spoked wheel with one packed with a spinning disc that uses a rechargeable battery pack to spin independently at various rates to stabilize the bike, even when it’s rider-less. Think of it as something similar to the way a Segway balances itself and you get the idea. The speed of the disc can be adjusted based on the comfort level of the rider.

The Gyrowheel will be available in early December, which is about the time when you might want to divest of your investment in Band-Aid stock.

Listen Up

With the exception of those people on infomericals with the big rigs on their heads, most people who use hearing aids prefer to be somewhat more discrete in their use, particularly in public. Consequently, some of these people have found themselves in awkward situations at social or business events because they didn’t want to have to go through the all-too-obvious and often-complicated volume-adjustment routine. So they simply agree and end up with. . .an anchovy pizza.

This issue formed the impetus behind the development of new “sweep” touch volume activation technology developed by design firm Stuart Karten Design and Starkey Laboratories for Starkey’s new S Series line of hearing aids.

The bottom half of the hearing aid is completely touch-activated, allowing for quick and easy volume adjustment. An upward sweep of the finger along the surface turns the volume up, while a downward sweep results in lower volume. A quick touch of the device switches operation between digital listening modes.

“By giving patients more control over their hearing aids, I hope we’re giving them a greater sense of freedom in their lives,” says Ron Pierce, SKD’s director of strategy and research. Finding a way to mix design and technology in a form that can make people’s lives easier should be the goal of every product developer.

Bike Storage 3.0

In Japan, where more than 18 million bicycles are sold per year to people who use them for daily transportation, even to and from work. Consequently, people-powered transport is one of the biggest growing sectors in the Japanese economy.

Having millions of bicycles on the streets daily means those bikes have to be parked somewhere. Traditional bike racks are an eyesore, not to mention the fact they leave bikes exposed to elements, and who wants to commute with a wet seat?


One town in Japan has come up with an innovative way to store bikes that’s both convenient and dry. The “bike tree” is a fully-automated storage system that can store up to 6,000 bikes in one location for a small monthly fee. The bikes are fitted with an electronic tag that transmits data to the tree. Once the bike is inserted into the retrieval slot, the tree recognizes the size and weight of the bike and then grabs it and places it in the rack system. When the owner wants to retrieve their bike, they simply swipe their mag stripe card through the reader and their bike is delivered to them in minutes. It’s interesting to watch the tree in action:

The Future of Musical Instruments?

The Future of Musical Instruments?
By GSV18. 十二月 2009 08:50


Or is it something that is going to cause a reboot of Thomas Dolby, Kraftwerk, and Emerson, Lake and Palmer?

It’s called the Eigenharp Alpha from Eigenlabs. It features 120 keys, 12 percussion keys, two strip controllers, a breath pipe, and even pedal inputs. And there is even what can be described as “disco lighting” up and down the neck.

The company’s creative director Richard Campbell calls it “The most expressive musical instrument ever made.” It is certainly one of the most digital. And it isn’t cheap: While it will be introduced in the U.S. next month, you can pick one up in the U.K. for £3950.

By the way, if you watch this video and get to about the nine-minute mark, the guy on the left is playing an instrument that Eigenharpers may not recognize. It’s called an “acoustic guitar.”

Fast Chinese Train Is, Well, Really Fast

Fast Chinese Train Is, Well, Really Fast
By GSV29. 十二月 2009 08:28
On December 26th, while you were, perhaps, in a long line at a department store trying to return that gift you’d received, a line that moved with all of the alacrity of a tired, wounded snail, a group of folks in China were setting a land-speed record.

The Harmony Express passenger train traveled between Guangzhou to Wuhan, a distance of some 1,100 km, in less than three hours, averaging 350 km/hr. According to a story in the Financial Times, this speed is significantly faster than that of the Japanese Shinkansen or the French TGV trains, which have a maximum service speed of 300 km/hr.

And the “fast” train in the U.S., the Acela, brings to mind the aforementioned snail—comparatively speaking—as it travels the 300 km between Boston and New York in 3.5 hours, for a speed of about 86 km/hr.

In the event that you want to see a fast train—labeled the “fastest”—check out this video which, as you’ll note from the fact that the guys are speaking French, is not the Harmony Express::

Get Published Now

If you've got a manuscript, there's never been a better time to get published. This video from Author Solutions will tell you how to get started on your publishing journey. For more information, visit www.authorsolutions.com.

Nooka Augmented Reality Accessorizer: Not real but it should be

Nooka is one of our favorite brands and these guys created a new way to try on a Nooka watch at home. By using augmented reality technologies – albeit technology that may not work quite yet – you can try on any watch just by putting on a specially coded bracelet. The system senses the position of your hand and lets the Nooka watch appear in 3D right on your wrist. It’s honestly an amazing idea and someone better patent it before Trojan and Victoria’s Secret get their hands on it.

We’ve seen a few of these, including Avatar toys that come to life on your screen, but never have I seen them shown in such a compelling and fascinating manner. If you were flipping through a magazine would you stop and take a photo of a little bug in the corner of the page or are you more likely to peel of a intriguing watch and go to a website to see something even cooler?

AR is finally getting to a point where the uncanny valley has finally been reached. Expect amazing things in just the next few years.

Thanks, Dr. Mark Wright

Music and the Brain: How the Mind Interprets Music

Music and the Brain: How the Mind Interprets Music
Hosted by: Leila Lemghalef
Daniel J. Levitin has worked with some of the biggest names in the recording industry: Stevie Wonder, Eric Clapton, Santana and Joe Satriani, to name just a few. He has penned two best-selling books, This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human Obsession, and, The World in Six Songs: How the Musical Brain Created Human Nature. Both these books aim to make accessible to laypeople the ideas and theories connecting music and the mind. In this video, WatchMojo.com speaks with Levitin about his book, This Is Your Brain on Music, and learns about some of his most memorable experiences in the record industry. For more information click Here

COMMUNITY

Brain Exercises: Insight Into The Science Of The Real World

Brain Exercises: Insight Into The Science Of The Real World
Hosted by: Rebecca Brayton
We all know that to keep our bodies healthy we should exercise and feed it appropriate foods. Keeping our brains healthy uses the same principles of exercise and fuel. By constantly feeding our minds information and challenging ourselves with new facts, we can help keep our brains fit well into old age. Dr. Joe Schwarcz – better known simply as Dr. Joe – is dedicated to explaining science to the masses and helping to foster a public interest for his chosen field. And this bestselling author informs and entertains on a wild assortment of science-based topics in his book "Brain Fuel". In this video, WatchMojo.com speaks with Dr. Schwarcz to learn more about how an interest in scientific trivia can keep your brain engaged, energized and healthy.

Sense Or Nonsense: Chemical vs. Natural

Sense Or Nonsense: Chemical vs. Natural
Hosted by: Rebecca Brayton
The terms 'natural' and 'organic' have come to be associated with health, whereas the word 'chemical' today connotes poison and toxicity. But Dr. Joe Schwarcz, a chemist by trade, wants the world to know that just because something is synthetically made does not mean it is inferior or more dangerous than a natural product. Examples such as snake venom and poison ivy stand as proof that Mother Nature can be just as volatile as a scientist. In this video, WatchMojo.com speaks with Dr. Schwarcz about chemical versus natural, and also which chemicals have unfairly been classified as 'bad,' as discussed in his book, 'Science, Sense and Nonsense.'

Gokivo Navigator

Gokivo Navigator

Gokivo Navigator provides users with one-touch access to geo-centric searches with ratings and reviews that have been composed by millions of users. Gokivo Navigator is designed with Apple’s native look and feel for quick maneuvering. Easily find your way with real-time turn-by-turn visual and voice-prompted directions whether travelling by car or on foot.
Traffic alerts give you a heads-up on your next move
Enjoy your music library while navigating. Before voice-prompts are announced, the music volume automatically lowers for upcoming turn notifications
View rich 3D moving maps to quickly display the location of an address or point of interest
Pinpoint your current location and map every turn of a trip while staying connected sharing geo-coded locations with friends --- without leaving the app
Share a location with your friends via in-application email
Small application size leaves you plenty of room for your music, video and applications – compare our low 2.7MB size to other 1GB+ navigation applications
Gokivo Navigator is supported on iPhone 3G and 3GS only and requires iPhone OS 3.0 or later to be installed. Available in the United States only.

Why have an expensive, separate device for navigation when you can have it all on your iPhone! Download Gokivo Navigator Today!

Attend Startup School on October 24th

Watch live video from Startup School on Justin.tv

Startup School

Where: Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley.
When: 24 October 2009, 9:00 am.
Application Deadline: 1 October 2009.

Are you a hacker who has thought about one day starting a startup? Have you already started it? Then you're invited to a free, one-day startup school this October 24 at Berkeley. We'll have a range of experts speaking about startups from their own experience.

The atmosphere of energy in the room at startup school is something you have to experience to believe. Many founders have told us that this event was what finally made them take the leap.

The event is free, but because more people may want to come than we have room for, we ask you to fill out a brief application form if you want to attend. The application deadline is noon PT on October 1, and we'll issue acceptances by October 8.

Drew Houston of DropBox [eTalk by CSUA]

Drew Houston of DropBox [eTalk by CSUA]
by KRUTAL DESAI on FEBRUARY 1, 2010
CSUA recently invited DropBox CEO Drew Houston to Berkeley to speak about his experience as a young entrepreneur. Lots of insightful information. Be sure to check it out below:

DropBox eTalk part 1 from Catherine Duncan on Vimeo.

The Tech Behind The Hard Rock Cafe

The Tech Behind The Hard Rock Cafe

While there's nothing wrong with the California Club, you don't go to a Hard Rock Cafe because you love food. You go because you love music, and now you're likely to stay longer because you love technology. Knowing the value of memorabilia, Hard Rock took on the huge task of photographing their memorabilia collection in high resolution, feeding it into their office SharePoint. Today, that SharePoint drives the Hard Rock Memorabilia site, the 18'x4' multitouch "Rock Wall" in Orlando, the Rock Wall Solo in Seattle, all the Hard Rock Surface computers, and Microsoft Pivot. And all of it is tagged and indexed with the inside story and Deep Zoomable.



The access to this content is incredible when you think about it. These rockers could teach the world a thing or two about how digital curation is done. Think of how much stuff sits on a shelf at the Smithsonian, Vatican, and thousands of other museums and art galleries around the world. In this video, Hard Rock CIO Joe Tenczar gives us a tour of some of the tech you’ll see in the latest Hard Rock Cafes.

Here is a link to the Photosynth of Tommy Alsop's wallet that I mentioned in the video. And don't miss my behind the scenes look at the Hard Rock Cafe

The Skinny Pancake

About this Episode February 10, 2010
Right in downtown Burlington sits The Skinny Pancake, a mobile creperie focusing on seasonal, organic ingredients. Started by a few friends, The Skinny Pancake quickly grew into a popular destination for all. In fact, it became so popular they were able to open up a brick and mortar restaurant nearby.

While there I feasted on there locavor, fall harvest, and lemon sugar crepes.

Learn more about them online at SkinnyPancake.com

Scrapblogs

Scrapblogs

We did our absolute best to make Scrapblog as simple as possible to use, but we also know you might want a little help getting started. We've put together a quick tour of the most common features of Scrapblog. Enjoy!

Now you can print your one-of-a-kind creations into high-quality photobooks and cards. Take a tour of printing or learn more.

Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

On a warm summer's evenin' on a train bound for nowhere,
I met up with the gambler; we were both too tired to sleep.
So we took turns a starin' out the window at the darkness
'Til boredom overtook us, and he began to speak.

He said, "Son, I've made my life out of readin' people's faces,
And knowin' what their cards were by the way they held their eyes.
so if you don't mind my sayin', I can see you're out of aces.
For a taste of your whiskey I'll give you some advice."

So I handed him my bottle and he drank down my last swallow.
Then he bummed a cigarette and asked me for a light.
And the night got deathly quiet, and his face lost all expression.
Said, "If you're gonna play the game, boy, ya gotta learn to play it right.

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.

Ev'ry gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
Is knowin' what to throw away and knowing what to keep.
'Cause ev'ry hand's a winner and ev'ry hand's a loser,
And the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep."

When he'd finished speakin', he turned back towards the window,
Crushed out his cigarette and faded off to sleep.
And somewhere in the darkness the gambler, he broke even.
But in his final words I found an ace that I could keep.

You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em,
Know when to walk away and know when to run.
You never count your money when you're sittin' at the table.
There'll be time enough for countin' when the dealin's done.
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Twitter’s Development History Beautifully Visualized In A Video

Twitter Code Swarm from Ben Sandofsky on Vimeo.

Twitter’s Development History Beautifully Visualized In A Video

by MG Siegler on February 5, 2010

Twitter just recently launched a new Twitter Engineering blog, and to kick things off, one team member, Ben Sandofsky, decided to share a video he made representing Twitter’s development history. The video was made using Code Swarm, a software tool used to visualize data.

As Sandofsky notes, “it isn’t exactly scientific, but it still goes to show Twitter’s explosive growth mirrored in engineering.” More importantly, it looks awesome. You can see the shift in Twitter development from Jack Dorsey in the early days (2006) to Blaine Cook to Alex Payne to Twitter’s now large team of developers. Each team member is represented in the video by their Twitter avatar.

Watch it below. It’s mesmerizing.

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Walt Mossberg, David Carr And Michael Arrington Talk iPad With Charlie Rose

Charlie Rose had The Wall Street Journal/All Things D’s Walt Mossberg, The New York Times’ David Carr and our own Michael Arrington on his show Thursday night to talk about the Apple iPad. You can also view the video on the Charlie Rose website, here. This was Mike’s sixth time on Charlie Rose.

Shake Up Your 2010 Recruiting Strategy - Get Social And Get Results

Shake Up Your 2010 Recruiting Strategy - Get Social And Get Results

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Monday Morning HR Humor: Can A Monkey Do My Job?

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it, and I have all kinds of questions.

When did we stop putting monkeys to work?
Exactly how are monkeys a communist threat?
When did we have button-pushing factories? Will they hire my brother?
The past is so weird.

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T2K: a Paradigm Shift in K-12 Education

T2K: a Paradigm Shift in K-12 Education from Time To Know on Vimeo.

T2K: a Paradigm Shift in K-12 Education

Time To Know featured on TV from Time To Know on Vimeo.

Ignite Show: Veronica Belmont - " The Do's & Don'ts of Making Your Business a Meme", Ep 16

"Don't be a jerk, don't try to hard, and be entertaining". It's good advice for everyone, but it's especially important if you're trying to establish a presence on the web. In this week's episode of the Ignite Show, Veronica Belmont takes us through the ins and outs of making your business a meme. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

How to Work a Crowd by Alexis Bauer - Ep23

In this week's Ignite Show episode, Alexis Bauer show's us how easy and effective it is control your own social fate and turn a room full of strangers into friends. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

HOW TO REPLACE YOURSELF WITH VERY SMALL SHELL SCRIPT by Hilary Mason, EP 40

Hilary Mason was tired of sending the same email over and over again. So she decided to create a program to write and send them for her. She offended some people along the way, but now that she's perfected it you never know if she or her personal Skynet is responding to your mail. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Distributed by Tubemogul.

THE NEW HOW by Nilofer Merchant, Ep 43

Consultant and author of the recently released book, "The New How", Nilofer Merchant shares her ideas on how to keep your company functional and vibrant. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Distributed by Tubemogul.

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How To Create a Scrapbook Page Layout

How To Create a Scrapbook Page Layout
Hosted by: Samantha Star
In this video our scrapbooking expert Samantha Star shows us how to create a picture book layout to bring your photo albums to life