SuperHappyDevHouse 42: San Jose Tech Museum

Here in Silicon Valley we have the Super Happy Dev House where developers gather for a hacking session.

This February they met at the Tech Museum - and were inspired by the "Mother of all Demos" featuring Doug Engelbart in 1968

The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present

Thanks to David Allen's newsletter (he's the Getting it Done author) - he asked today

"Is it time to get disorganized?"

to avoid stagnant thinking and ends with this great quote from the I Ching which I feel impelled to share



"Just as the tumultuous chaos of a thunderstorm brings a nurturing rain that allows life to flourish, so too in human affairs times of advancement are preceded by times of disorder. Success comes to those who can weather the storm."

-I Ching

Design Thinking in the schools - Kim Saxe

Getting excited about Education - YES !

What Makes Facebook Fan Pages Successful? - eMarketer

Local Businesses come up tops in Facebook Fan pages - Location Location Location strikes again

Another interesting Facebook Friendships visualization is at http://jonchui.wordpress.com/2010/12/15/the-facebook-world-map-with-countries-overlaid/

This is a mashup from FB Intern Paul Butler's original post in FB Engineering done by Canadian Jon Chu



What Makes Facebook Fan Pages Successful? - eMarketer