Futerati: Futurist Gerd Leonhard presents his favorite Twitter people, visionaries, thinkers and futurists

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brendacooper | 2010-03-12 17:26:26

Y'know - I gotta say it's lovely to have a Friday Furlough -- everybody else is working and I'm sitting and tweeting and about to read/write

brendacooper | 2010-03-12 17:25:09

#FF @jay_lake for writing so much about and in spite of cancer

brendacooper | 2010-03-12 17:23:59

Just ordered Lisa Mantchev's next book, Perchance to Dream. Gorgeous cover: http://bit.ly/9f8BPC

brendacooper | 2010-03-12 17:20:04

#Ff Sfsignal for the great mind melds that they do - asking good questions to a bunch of us at a time. Fun.

brendacooper | 2010-03-12 17:19:22

Whew! Hugo noms in! That took some time. Aussiecon is looking unlikely short of a inning lottery ticket with time and money attached.

brendacooper | 2010-03-12 16:17:47

@CIOsConnect Oh yes, I agree! But that doesn't sell to the non-technical. I'm reaching for medical and education and transportation etc.

brendacooper | 2010-03-12 02:01:29

@CIOsConnect Yes - in the sense of explaining to citizens re why this matters to them. I have a list - just looking for things I missed.

brendacooper | 2010-03-12 01:59:48

I am a tamogotchi according to article at Wired: http://bit.ly/98HBRf - they're right, BTW. I have, for example, a fitbit, and it's fun.

brendacooper | 2010-03-12 01:25:54

@mikigarrison Cool ideas! I like the crowdsourced freecycling on leftovers!

brendacooper | 2010-03-12 00:26:34

What are some of the best "social good" applications you can think of for really high speed Internet (1 Gig or better).

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Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 17:20:35

Could math help communities manage sex offenders? http://tr.im/RB2h

Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 16:50:33

Author poses as 10-year-old to weasel rare answers from the famous http://u.nu/9fup7

Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 16:45:32

Man weds pillow. Seriously. http://is.gd/aduYp

Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 16:29:56

If you're not sick of me yet, another appearance in Austin: http://om.ly/gubv "How to Use Twitter as a Weapon:

Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 16:25:06

Come see TITS: Twitter Indispensable Tools Seminar http://om.ly/guan

Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 16:20:37

Best/only way to get fast Internet access at SXSW? http://tinyurl.com/ygaz2me

Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 16:15:31

Stories posted over the weekend most shared on Facebook http://u.nu/39tp7

Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 16:05:33

6 ways to market using LinkedIn http://is.gd/aiW0j

Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 15:56:14

Enter our "Over the Top" SXSW contest to win iPad, HP Photosmart, Kodak Zi8, Cirque du Soleil tickets http://om.ly/guYr

Guykawasaki | 2010-03-12 15:55:32

CNN US president "afraid" of social networking sites http://tinyurl.com/yzevrtr

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gleonhard | 2010-03-12 17:15:22

2 good FreedomLabs videos by Alan Moore (no straight lines) and Gerd Leonhard (open network economy) http://ow.ly/1hSo0

gleonhard | 2010-03-12 16:45:11

"Movie licensing costs driven by greed + exclusive rights making online content a prohibitive job" Blockbuster boss says http://ow.ly/1fAHe

gleonhard | 2010-03-12 10:06:47

New on MediaFuturist: the Foolishness of Hadopi 2, the French Internet Law http://ow.ly/1hQ16 (nice stats from telecomTV)

gleonhard | 2010-03-12 00:05:10

Meet me April 13 in Munich / Germany Internet World Kongress http://ow.ly/1fOv6 Keynote on Mobile | Social | Realtime Web http://ow.ly/i/FrI

gleonhard | 2010-03-11 22:35:07

Nice new site: Mediagazer http://ow.ly/1fMkD The power of good filtering and aggregation! @mediagazer

gleonhard | 2010-03-11 22:05:08

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Very cool: Google Maps: Users can now choose biking when deciding how 2 get to their destination http://ow.ly/1gTeh will try this in SF next

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TelecomTV: the Foolishness of Hadopi 2, the French Internet Law

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Social Media and the Future of Football (Slideshow)

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