What is viralness?

Everything on the web is supposed to be viral, but what does it mean for a product, service, video, ppt, or other object to be viral?

IlliGAL website has new look

See here. The lab also has its own domain name at last, www.illigal.uiuc.edu.

Tech visionaries & models

Here is the ppt from module 4 of Creative Modeling for Tech Visionaries.

Tech Visionaries and Models from David E. Goldberg Transforming Higher Education

Click on the number for modules 1, 2, and 3.

And the winners were

Earlier I mentioned my nomination for Most Entrepreneurial Scientist in the USA. The top 3 were as follows:

1. Paul Schimmel for his work on drug delivery in Alkermes Inc.
2. Joseph DeSimone for his work on drug delivery and fule cells in Liquidia
3. Leroy Hood for his work in Homestead Clinical.
   

I knew I was in trouble when Leroy Hood came in 3rd. Actually, it was grand to make the short list in such august company.

Who, what & where questions?

Florida is talking about fathers teaching their children to ask the what question (what will you study/do?), mothers teaching their children to ask the who question (who should you marry), but who teaches us to ask the where question? And the where question matters, because of the concentration of human effort is critical.

External human capital as building block of innovation

Richard Florida is talking about Jane Jacob's theory external human capital as the basis of innovation.

Is the world flat?

Florida is now talking about place and UN population data. The world now has over 50% of its population in urban areas. After some cool data analysis involving electrification and patents that say there are 12 region/cities in the world that matter.

What a great message!

I love Florida's message, and he's a very persuasive messenger. Creativity doesn't care about gender or race. Creativity is about people following their passions.

Toyota as creative company

He's talking about Toyota as a creative company because of the high-level realization that Toyota is a great company because of the capability of each one of its associates.

The dissociation of theories from their intellectuals

Richard Florida just did a great riff on how theories take on a life of their own when people become public intellectuals.