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11Ants Analytics

February 24, 2011 by  
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“11Ants Analytics is determined to make data mining technology accessible to less-technical users. Ordinary people like me and you. They got rid of the intimidation-factor most people like us experience when attempting data mining by integrating their Model Builder into Microsoft Excel so it also provides some seamless workflow conditions.

Sugata Mitra: New Experiments in self-teaching

February 20, 2011 by  
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Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education, the best teachers and schools don’t exist where they’re needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionise how we think about […]

Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a life of Immersion

February 19, 2011 by  
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We each want to live a life of purpose, but where to start? In this luminous, wide-ranging talk, Jacqueline Novogratz introduces us to people she’s met in her work in ‘patient capital’, people who have immersed themselves in a Cause, a Community, a passion for justice. These human stories carry powerful moments of inspiration.

Clifford Stoll: 18 minutes with an agile mind

February 13, 2011 by  
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Clifford Stoll captivates his audience with a wildly energetic sprinkling of anecdotes, observations, asides and even a science experiment. After all, by his own definition, he’s a scientist: “Once I do something, I want to do something else.”

Johanna Blakley: Lessons from fashion’s free culture

February 13, 2011 by  
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Copyright law’s grip on film, music and software barely touches the fashion industry and fashion benefits in both innovation and sales, says Johanna Blakley. She talks about what all creative industries can learn from fashion’s free culture.

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