The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe Atlas that is maintained and updated by astrophysicists at the American Museum of Natural History. The new film, created by the Museum, is part of an exhibition, Visions of the Cosmos: From the Milky Ocean to an Evolving Universe, at the Rubin Museum of Art in Manhattan through May 2010.
Morgan Stanley’s 2009 report on trends in the mobile Internet marketplace makes for an important read for anyone doing business in 2010 and beyond. By anyone, I mean not only hardware, software, and wireless companies, but all small, medium, and large businesses including plumbers and dentists. They forecast that the Internet boom of the past 15 years will take a marked upward acceleration with the mobile web.
History suggests the mobile Internet has potential to create / destroy more wealth than prior computing cycles based on 10x user multiplier effect (from cycle to cycle, the number of users / units increases tenfold). Regarding pace of change, more users will likely connect to the Internet via mobile devices than desktop PCs within 5 years.
Here’s a Powerpoint of the 92-slide presentation from Slideshare.net
As company’s grow, they tend to suck more. We see this happen every, single, day. Yet some companies continue to innovate and do the right thing. What principles set these companies apart?
We need to study the principles that keep good companies from turning into sucky ones. Here’s an internal NetFlix document that goes a long way to identifying key elements of successful organizations. Every college student should read this before entering the workforce.
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