Before the days of tweeting and texting, people communicated with one another a little differently. Here is a look at the evolution of communication through the ages, and the methods and tools that have helped connect us all. 
Baidu International, the joint advertising venture between Chinese Internet giant Baidu - http://bit.ly/JFaOMx - and China Search International, has expanded its pan-Asia presence into Australia this week, offering consultancy for brands keen to advertise on Baidu’s system. The move is aimed at helping Australian brands gain a foothold in China’s lucrative market: "Over 175 million Chinese users have already made purchases online. Increasingly, it is Western goods and services that are benefiting from this maturing community. With the proximity to Australia, and the desire for these goods and services, Australian firms are ideally placed to benefit from the market growth and internationalisation of China." 
Almost all species have some sort of communication system. However, successful communication is the trait that has made humans the most successful species. Moo’s Infographic - http://bit.ly/JQcLba - shows how communication has evolved over time. It’s hard to imagine communication long before the hustle and bustle of email and text messaging. Technological communication has grown exponentially, leaving snail mail to be a thing of the past. Facebook and Twitter is the most popular form of communication right now. These social giants are changing the game of communication. Social media has taken the complexity out of communication, it is no longer organic, but short and to the point. Today’s style of communication represents the direction society a technology is headed, towards a more efficient form of communication 
USIP's Theo Dolan and Michael Dwyer recently returned from Afghanistan and Pakistan, where they are looking at ways to harness the power of social media to prevent or reduce violence and how to use a new radio program to educate rural Afghans on "rule of law concepts in attempt to strengthen security in those areas. Dolan is senior program officer for USIP's Center of Innovation for Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding. Dwyer is a senior program officer for the COI. Read the Interview here: http://bit.ly/K0RrJS 
With the "world's largest" gathering of atheists this weekend in Washington, D.C., the National Post's graphics department takes a look at how the world's religions break down. There is no escaping religion. It has enormous societal, cultural, political and historical implications. It has been blamed for wars and praised for bringing people together. But it is practised in some form across the world by billions of people everyday. So what are the world's major believing and non-believing constituencies? Richard Johnson - http://bit.ly/HYp9mz - coveys in this Infographic that these are estimates of the world religions based on the best data available. 
New Chinese social media sites have long been inspired by popular sites and trends from the West, such as Facebook’s distant cousin Renren and Twitter’s brother Sina Weibo. It is no surprise then that they have embraced Pinterest with both arms. Rather than just creating direct clones of the site, they have been inspired by the image-heavy, ‘waterfall-like’ layout (the Chinese describe the dynamic grid as ‘Pubuliu’, meaning ‘waterfall stream’), creating new sites that use this layout but add different features or use it in different ways to Pinterest. Jon Stokes - http://bit.ly/wRm7g4 - has found over 30 Chinese Pinterest variants (and the number is growing). What does this mean to brands interested in China? And should you secure your brand name on China’s Twitter, Sina Weibo? http://bit.ly/HKAO73 It is still early stages to decide which of the few Chinese Pinterest variants are here to stay, but we know that to copy like for like will not be sustainable. Here are a selection of the most interesting ones: http://bit.ly/HKA3ee [pdf] 
Google has announced that Google Art Project - http://bit.ly/HcWigt , where art lovers, students and armchair travellers can explore the visually creative world, has seen a major expansion. Now culture fans will be able to explore sculpture, street art and photographs from 151 Museums - http://bit.ly/HIC3SX in 40 Countries - http://bit.ly/HICzAb. A deeper appreciation Using completely new tools, called Explore and Discover, you can find artworks by period, artist or type of artwork, displaying works from different museums around the world. Google+ and Hangouts are integrated on the site, so that users can create personal galleries and an enhanced ‘My Gallery’ feature allows visitors to select any of the 30,000 artworks—along with favourite details to build a very personalised experience. Up close and personal The Google Art Project now has 46 artworks available with “gigapixel” photo capturing technology, photographed in extraordinary detail using super high resolution. Though purists will still want to seek out the atmosphere and smells of a location in which to enjoy their art experience, the Art Project is simple-to-use and fascinating to explore, not just for the works themselves, but also the unique way in which they have been presented. Superb! 
Business social networking is set to grow five fold in China with the number of users tipped to reach 100 million by 2013, according to data from Tianji. Via Jonha Revesencio 
Israel Loves Iran, the Facebook meme started by an Israeli graphic designer, does something unique: in one sentence it challenges historical thinking about the relationship between Israel and Iran, and at the same empowers citizens of both countries a way to make a difference. This campaign to prevent war is based on hope and goodwill. What is so refreshing about this is the positive spin on a very serious subject: nuclear and conventional war. It’s storytelling at its best ... Ronny Edry and his wife Michal Tamir are Israelis deeply concerned about an impending war with Iran. Ronny uploaded a poster (seen at the top of this blog post) to his Facebook Page with the message: “Iranians, we will never bomb your country, we love you.” Ronny’s poster hit a nerve with his message is that we are all one humanity, and the government does not speak as one voice for the people. In one day, Ronny Edry changed the message and started something big. A movement, in fact. What makes it so powerful? http://bit.ly/GIyvoc (For more on how the story unfolded, see the visual history - http://bit.ly/GIyiBh ) 
China's Internet censorship policy, known as the Great Firewall, has a huge impact on the country's Internet space. Not only are a number of popular Western Web services blocked — including Twitter and Facebook — but those in the country have restricted access to content — both Chinese and foreign — that is considered ‘sensitive’ by authorities. Those who are looking to know more can find it, word-by-word, at the Blocked On Weibo - http://bit.ly/y5FsSP - Tumblr; a promising, if small-scale, initiative that documents some of the thousands of terms that are blocked in the country. The blog is the creation of Jason Q. Ng - http://bit.ly/xaFFb7 - who does his best to explain the reasoning behind the blocking of each word, although often explanations are speculative as it can be unclear, while there is no official line from the government. See post - http://tnw.co/zWkYO2 by Jon Russell - http://bit.ly/waY5f1 
By Sonos - http://bit.ly/waIlvM @Sonos The discovery of radio in 1892 sparked amazing technological advancements, fundamentally guiding the development of how we communicate with each other and entertain ourselves. Use the Infographic - http://bit.ly/yh5zjY to trace the evolution of radio from the very first frequencies observed by Tesla to the social radio phenomenon Turntable.FM. 
By Michael Deal ◊ http://bit.ly/xBWfjg @dealville Exploration of Beatles music through infographics (ongoing project) Many of the diagrams and charts are based on secondary sources, including but not limited to sales statistics, biographies, recording session notes, sheet music, and raw audio readings. Authorship and Collaboration NOTES: Color patterns offer clues about the band's gradual fracturing as each member became more independent. Red stalks (signifying jointly written songs) decrease in the second half of the timeline; the split-color bars give way to solid bars of a single color. George Harrison also began to compose more music as he matured as a songwriter, signified by the increase in green bars (Lennon and McCartney's lack of support through Harrison's development is widely cited as a factor contributing to the band's eventual breakup). 
By Russ Koesterich - http://bit.ly/xHLKHN These five smaller, developed countries appear fundamentally stronger than most of their large counterparts. CASSH is an acronym that stands for: Canada; Australia; Singapore; Switzerland; and Hong Kong Find out why in our latest Infographic. |
The world wide web is supposed to be just that: world wide. Sometimes it simply isn’t, however: This Guide, by author Jim Rion, is a must-have for anyone looking for access to the complete Internet. This complete guide to the International web will show you: http://bit.ly/Joo3QB **Which governments around the world restrict Internet access 
This Infographic by Moo, looks at the evolution of Business Cards – from their origins in 15th Century Japan right through to the modern day developments in card stock and printing techniques. In 2007, the business card industry was a 12 billion dollar industry. Since the 19th century business cards have been passed out as a form of communication and marketing and is still growing today. Business cards now are more than a name and number. Personal Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn accounts are present on a good majority of business cards today. Many young professionals think having an innovative business card design is pivotal to gaining important people’s attention. Like using metal or plastic for their cards instead of paper. The innovative progression of business cards will continue as long as society keeps looking at them as a form of entertainment as well as a marketing tool. 
Albert Einstein’s was estimated at 160, Madonna’s is 140, and John F. Kennedy’s was only 119, but as it turns out, your IQ score pales in comparison with your EQ, MQ, and BQ scores when it comes to predicting your success and professional achievement. Research carried out by the Carnegie Institute of Technology shows that 85% of your financial success is due to skills in “human engineering,” your personality and ability to communicate, negotiate, and lead. Shockingly, only 15% is due to technical knowledge. Additionally, Nobel Prize winning Israeli-American psychologist, Daniel Kahneman, found that people would rather do business with a person they like and trust rather than someone they don’t, even if the likeable person is offering a lower quality product or service at a higher price. With this in mind, instead of exclusively focusing on your conventional intelligence quotient, you should make an investment in strengthening your EQ (Emotional Intelligence), MQ (Moral Intelligence), and BQ (Body Intelligence). These concepts may be elusive and difficult to measure, but their significance is far greater than IQ. If you can master the complexities of these unique and often under-rated forms of intelligence, research tells us you will achieve greater success and be regarded as more professionally competent and capable. Original Article Here: http://onforb.es/Il3p3m By Keld Jensen - http://bit.ly/Il3uDY; an expert on trust, negotiation, leadership, and communication. 
Here are some key factors that make a good influencer
There are many benefits to being an influential member of a team including flexibility, trust, decision making power, and proof of ability just to mention a few. #1 Listen More Talk Less #2 Give Before You Get #3 Work Outside Your Comfort Zone #4 Suggest Collaboration Do you thinking working towards influencing your team members is a self serving strategy, or will it help the greater good? 
"I see that life can very much be lived as a form of art. We can each choose to become multidimensional, a unique creative expression, a story of elegance, beauty and grace. The cultivating force is love"
This is one of those gems that don't come along very often. It is moving, written with grace and certainly has something that will connect with anyone who reads this, it's about the story of your life.
Here are some highlights:
**Life is simple That is the beauty of it. Narratives define the relevance of antagonistic complexity and the centrality of that which is beautifully simple to us, that which in our universe has become tame to us
**Have a narrative for every discipline you care about
**every person that you care about
**every part of your body
**every part of yourself
**every idea you bring into this world
**imagine the world as it would be without your presence
**then imagine if you had infinite love and finite time. Identify an infinite variety of possible quests that relate to the narrative of each
**define your diversification strategy so that you seek returns of the right forms of meaning for who you are and who you wish to become
**review the top pages of that list prioritized by feasibility and your own constraints
**Redesign iteratively until the parts of yourself symphonically agree that having a specific implication in your world would be an act of art worthy of the identity you would wish to gift yourself.
**Leave everything you care about better off to the degree to which it is in your life as a matter of art the grace of only being traceable by our love and not by the degree to which we are a burden to our world
**Be visible only in the love we create in our world so that when we look in the mirror if we see what the world sees then all we will see is love
This piece was written by Venessa Miemis - http://bit.ly/JeETmB - for her blog.
Selected by Jan Gordon covering "Storytelling, Social Media and Beyond"
Read full article here: [ http://bit.ly/JeFWmx ]
Thank You Jan this is beautiful [as you are]! Via janlgordon 
It's easy to forget that Ai Weiwei - http://bit.ly/IY7rBa -is an artist, at times. The man who is so often (and rightly) described as 'outspoken' and a 'dissident' is one of the most vocal critics of the Chinese regime, particularly on the subject of Internet censorship, to the point that it tends to overshadow his work. “[China] blocks major internet platforms – such as Twitter and Facebook – because it is afraid of free discussion,” Ai says. “And it deletes information. The government computer has one button: delete.” Ai compares China’s Web effort to the construction of a dam: http://bit.ly/HNwwMv China may seem quite successful in its controls, but it has only raised the water level. It’s like building a dam: it thinks there is more water so it will build it higher. But every drop of water is still in there. It doesn’t understand how to let the pressure out. It builds up a way to maintain control and push the problem to the next generation. Ultimately, he believes, this approach will see the Internet and freedom “win” in the communist country: It still hasn’t come to the moment that [the regime] will collapse. That makes a lot of other states admire its technology and methods. But in the long run, its leaders must understand it’s not possible for them to control the internet unless they shut it off – and they can’t live with the consequences of that. The internet is uncontrollable. And if the internet is uncontrollable, freedom will win. It’s as simple as that. It remains to be seen how his latest article will be received by authorities in China and whether there will be further punishment dealt out to Ai Weiwei for his criticisms. The full opinion article is most definitely worth reading, you can find it here. http://bit.ly/HNwwMv 
Ah, Marilyn Monroe. One of the most beautiful women to ever grace the big screen - or the world, for that matter. Marilyn Monroe quotes range from the funny to the insightful to the, well, sad. If you're a huge fan and want to check out more on Marilyn, take a look at this great list of Marilyn Monroe interviews - http://bit.ly/IiNpgT - for more insights on one of America's greatest celebrities of all time or even check out all of the lucky guys on the Marilyn Monroe lovers list - http://bit.ly/IiNEbI. My Choice: #25 "Not An Angel" http://bit.ly/HNxUiw "I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am just a small girl in a big world" What's Your Favoorite? Let me know A great example by Laurie M - http://bit.ly/HNwXqt - of Curation at its best 
Mashable's new series, The World At Work - http://on.mash.to/HdA8U4 - highlights the people, projects and startups that are driving innovation and making the world a better place. Using the power of digital, these five companies have empowered citizens in need, rewarded innovation and created uniquely shareable tools that are key in affecting real change. Although they range in issues from education to sustainability, the one thing that all of these companies have in common is the drive and passion of those at the helm. 1. Kaggle - http://bit.ly/HdApGD hosts contests for data scientists 2. Recyclebank - http://bit.ly/HdADgT gives the planet a rewards system using gamification techniques 3. Pencils of Promise [POP] - http://bit.ly/HJWzUT by adopting the pencil, both symbolically and literally, POP builds schools and educates children in developing countries 4. Wefunder - http://bit.ly/HAfcXT provides a platform that allows startups to hold fundraising with a crowd of investors 5. Reward Volunteers - http://bit.ly/HAfXQV an app for volunteers to log time, share what they’re doing and earn rewards for themselves and the organizations they serve Check out all these stories - http://on.mash.to/HAgGS7 By Lauren Hockenson - http://bit.ly/w9VQJW 
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the Antipodean public service broadcasting equivalent of the BBC, is marking its 80th anniversary by launching a new website called 80 Days That Changed Our Lives - http://bit.ly/H2H0dA . Reflecting on 8 decades of newsworthy and notable events. The site offers 80 segments of audiovisual content from its archives. However, the ABC is also simultaneously releasing some of these reports to Wikimedia under a Creative Commons license. This release of these assets is a first for Australia, and for Wikimedia, as it’s “the first collection of broadcast ‘packaged’ footage released to Wikimedia Commons under a free license.” Indeed, no other Australian broadcaster, commercial or public, has donated video footage directly to the Wikimedia Foundation, and you can see here where it’s already being used within Wikipedia articles - http://bit.ly/H2ICnB . Continue reading - http://tnw.co/H2Jetv - original post by Paul Sawers 
Hmmm… actually, that’s how it would be ideally. But in reality, the divides between the 1% and the 99% are deep and firmly set. Only 1/2 of the folks in the top 1% actually know they’re in the top 1%. The others probably don’t realize the income cutoff is lower than they thought, since you can make well under $1,000,000 per year and still be in the top 1%. How? That’s because a lot of the difference comes down to overall wealth: net worth rather than net income. If you can get a college degree, turn your political views to the right, bag a managerial, executive or supervisor position outside of finance, get married, have some young kids, receive an inheritance, invest in the stock market and pay all your debts immediately, you’ll be well on your way to busting into the top 1 percent. (In theory, anyway.) 
By Paralegal - http://bit.ly/yXNEfX It’s a good thing movies like Titanic and The Lion King are being re-released – movie executives are too busy fighting the war against digital piracy to make any new film content. Even though the internet essentially defeated the SOPA and PIPA bills, the movie industry is still relentlessly waging war against piracy. They continue to push forward with treaties and bills like ACTA. What many of us don’t know, though, is that the film industry fled to Hollywood in order to get away from copyright laws and fees in the first place. The film industry now wants these copyright laws to be conveniently enforced for their own benefit. This Infographic will identify just how much hypocrisy is surrounding Hollywood. Think about what you are helping to fund next time you buy that over-priced movie ticket. You might just be funding a war against yourself. Embed this Infographic on your blog by copying the following code or dowload here: 
By Nancy Messieh - http://bit.ly/wWOKkY @nfm Facing a prison sentence as a result of statements made on Twitter seems to have become the norm in Kuwait. Today, reports have emerged that Mohammad al-Mulaifi was detained by the Kuwaiti secret police over a week ago, with the public prosecutor detaining him for 21 days pending investigation. Al-Mulaifi has been accused of insulting the Muslim Shi’ite minority, which in al-Bathali’s case led to a three year prison sentence. 
By Paul Sawers - http://bit.ly/zl3ztU @TGW_Paul “The last 12 months have shown us just how truly transformative the Internet can be: the Arab Spring, Occupy Wall Street, WikiLeaks and the continued aggregation of private data into global corporates. But with great power, comes great responsibility. From individual users, to the corporate world, to governments and lawmakers the challenges are coming thick and fast: from the courtroom to the boardroom to the living room.” On Tuesday we were at Freedom of Tweet: Censorship, Governments, Marketers & The Law, - http://bit.ly/yxZlES which saw Mark Stephens CBE- http://bit.ly/zL8VVp, one of the UK’s leading legal minds and a veteran of WikiLeaks, discuss freedom of speech and censorship: |
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