Thought Into Motion

The Real Life Social Network v2

Paul Adams from Google has put together a very informative presentation on the history of the social network.  He some of the mistakes made in modern day social networks and how we can examine our real lives to build better social networks.  

The presentation is quite long, but a great read of anyone who is looking to build a social network or is very interested in the physiology of social networking

The Real Life Socaikl Network V2

The Creativity Crisis - Newsweek

The Creativity Crisis

For the first time, research shows that American creativity is declining. What went wrong—and how we can fix it.

Back in 1958, Ted Schwarzrock was an 8-year-old third grader when he became one of the “Torrance kids,” a group of nearly 400 Minneapolis children who completed a series of creativity tasks newly designed by professor E. Paul Torrance. Schwarzrock still vividly remembers the moment when a psychologist handed him a fire truck and asked, “How could you improve this toy to make it better and more fun to play with?” He recalls the psychologist being excited by his answers. In fact, the psychologist’s session notes indicate Schwarzrock rattled off 25 improvements, such as adding a removable ladder and springs to the wheels. That wasn’t the only time he impressed the scholars, who judged Schwarzrock to have “unusual visual perspective” and “an ability to synthesize diverse elements into meaningful products.”

via www.newsweek.com

Good article in Newsweek on creativity. If you have a second check it out.