Public marks from user ravi with tag hype Public marks from user ravi with tag hype http://blogmarks.net/user/ravi/marks/tag/hype US tops world Connectivity Scorecard despite broadband ills http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080130-us-tops-world-connectivity-scorecard-despite-broadband-ills.html When it comes to using information technology well, people power is as important as wires, chips, and radio signals. That's one of the assumptions driving the new Connectivity Scorecard benchmark put together by Leonard Waverman of the London Business School. Waverman found that the US takes the worldwide lead on "connectivity" when measured in this way, but subpar broadband infrastructure holds the country back. 2008-01-31T22:17:07Z ravi hype, tech

US tops world Connectivity Scorecard despite broadband ills

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When it comes to using information technology well, people power is as important as wires, chips, and radio signals. That's one of the assumptions driving the new Connectivity Scorecard benchmark put together by Leonard Waverman of the London Business School. Waverman found that the US takes the worldwide lead on "connectivity" when measured in this way, but subpar broadband infrastructure holds the country back.

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]]> Tipped over: social influence "tipping point" theory debunked http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080130-tipped-over-social-influence-tipping-point-theory-debunked.html Clive Thompson has been getting some well-deserved attention for his recent Fast Company piece, in which Columbia University sociologist Duncan Watts explodes the hierarchical theory of social influence and trend propagation popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in the bestselling book The Tipping Point. 2008-01-31T22:12:58Z ravi hype

Tipped over: social influence "tipping point" theory debunked

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Clive Thompson has been getting some well-deserved attention for his recent Fast Company piece, in which Columbia University sociologist Duncan Watts explodes the hierarchical theory of social influence and trend propagation popularized by Malcolm Gladwell in the bestselling book The Tipping Point.

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