The other week I received my Fitbit and have been in geek heaven ever since. Fitbit is a tiny magical device($99 USD) that automatically tracks your fitness and sleep statistics. Throughout the day it …
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My latest discoveries on personal knowledge management. Discover what PKM is all about, learn about the Semantic Web, and find out how to use Wikis to help track all of your important information.
I recently caught an article that Chuck Frey posted earlier in the month on the Mind Mapping Software Blog. In the article, The case for a Visual Mapping Body of Knowledge, Chuck interviews Wallace Tait.
Wallace …
Great news for mobile/cell owners and those who love learning:
“One of the great things about an iPhone or Android phone is being able to play Pacman while stuck in line at the post office. Sometimes …
George Dvorsky at Sentient Developments has posted a great article:
Eight tips to dramatically improve your chances of living forever
1. Eat the right foods
2. Avoid the wrong foods
3. Adopt a calorically restricted diet
4. Supplement your diet …
Very good viral video. I can’t wait until Watchmen hits theaters:
Discovered this while Googling for Semantic Wikis and Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)
Abstract. The use of semantic representations in document-oriented
environments – as formal annotations or embedded instances of a formal
knowledge base – is seen as an …
Found an intriguing post and powerpoint presentation on MyLifeBits, a Microsoft Research project led by Gordon Bell. MyLifeBits was inspired by Vannevar Bush’s hypothetical Memex computer system. The project includes full-text search, text …
Just discovered some exciting news from Semantic Media Wiki:
SMW now supports Ploticus and Exhibit for powerful data visualizations.
From http://semantic-mediawiki.org/wiki/New_data_visualization_for_SMW:_Exhibit_and_Ploticus
22 Jan 2009. Semantic Result Formats (SRF), the add-on package for query formats in SMW, has just …
Good overview of Kant and the Reenchantment of the world from Wilber’s Marriage of Sense and Soul (pg. 86):
“Critique of Pure Reason (written in 1781)
relentlessly exposed the inadequacies of
monological reason to grasp metaphysical
truths, and it …
From Integral Life:
“In this excerpt from Integral Psychology, Ken Wilber honors some of the forerunners to his own model Integral theory and practice: James Mark Baldwin, Jürgen Habermas, Aurobindo, and Abraham Maslow—intellectual giants upon whose …
Brian Johnson, entrepeneur and philosopher at heart, has created a new site/service called PhilosopherNotes. What is PhilosophersNotes?
Think: Mini-CliffsNotes for Self-Development Books!
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