What Kind of Genius Are You?

Article on Wired online. "A new theory suggests that creativity comes in two distinct types – quick and dramatic, or careful and quiet...

Galenson "has found is that genius – whether in art or architecture or even business – is not the sole province of 17-year-old Picassos and 22-year-old Andreessens. Instead, it comes in two very different forms, embodied by two very different types of people.

“Conceptual innovators,” as Galenson calls them, make bold, dramatic leaps in their disciplines. They do their breakthrough work when they are young. Think Edvard Munch, Herman Melville, and Orson Welles. They make the rest of us feel like also-rans. Then there’s a second character type, someone who’s just as significant but trudging by comparison. Galenson calls this group “experimental innovators.” Geniuses like Auguste Rodin, Mark Twain, and Alfred Hitchcock proceed by a lifetime of trial and error and thus do their important work much later in their careers. Galenson maintains that this duality – conceptualists are from Mars, experimentalists are from Venus – is the core of the creative process. And it applies to virtually every field of intellectual endeavor, from painters and poets to economists..."

W: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.07/genius.html

Street-smart innovators - 27 July

"Business Review Weekly’s recent “Innovation” issue highlighted an important truth: “Successful innovators don’t need to be big, they just need to THINK big.”

This month LTC treats you to two highly successful, remarkable young innovators who did just that:

Anthony Bell, Bell Partners — BRW’s “No. 1 Most Productive Firm” and “10th Fastest-Growing Firm”. At just 35, this industry leader is a popular advisor to many of Australia’s highest-profile businesspeople and celebrities.

Bahar Etminan, Brandmakers – The press call her “The Cosmetic Queen.” A stand-out young entrepreneur, Bahar runs a leading cosmetic distribution company and has become a formidable force in the beauty industry.
Both are excellent presenters, with a wealth of experience to help you grow your business and career..."

W: http://www.lastthursdayclub.net/nextevent.asp

Comedian Russell Peters

Article in SMH: "Most Australians have never heard of Russell Peters, but if the Canadian-Indian comedian is worried by his low profile in the mainstream media, he isn't letting on. Without any advertising, Peters, who has built a cult following thanks to the video clips of his stand-up shows that circulate on the internet, has managed to sell out four shows at the Enmore Theatre. All the tickets went within four hours and he has hastily arranged a return visit in December. "I say that the people decide who the stars are these days - the media has nothing to do with it," he says..."

W: http://www.smh.com.au/news/arts/a-funny-way-to-get-a-cult/2006/07/10/1152383678516.html

Adobe Live 2006 - free 2 day conference

Adobe Live 2006 - Learn it. Live it. Love it.

Sydney 17&18 July | Auckland 20&21 July
"Featuring presentations by our Worldwide Evangelists:

Alan Rosenfeld (Creative Suite) | Greg Rewis (Studio 8) | Jason Levine (Production Studio)

..Creating breakthrough experiences with Creative Suite, Studio 8 and Production Studio. With Macromedia's software now part of the Adobe solution we know you have questions. Hear about technology workflows and developments that will help you differentiate your communications now and in the future..."

W: http://www.adobe.com/au/adobelive

Phillip Adams podcasts

"Admitted Luddite Phillip Adams has a new regard for technology since discovering his Radio National program Late Night Live consistently leads the ABC podcasting chart. The program is downloaded to computers or portable MP3 players 100,000 times a week..."

W: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/07/01/1151174437778.html

Them's the Breaks

"Made to Break reveals the roots of our throwaway culture.."

W: http://www.grist.org/advice/books/2006/06/29/grossman/index.html

ICollect short films - Canberra and online

"From July 1 - 31, 2006 12 NOISE artists will have their fantastic short films on bizarre collections screened at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra...

Icollect is a dozen short films exploring artefacts, memories and objects."

W: http://www.noise.net/feature-display.asp?id=30

The World's Most Innovative Companies

"Their creativity goes beyond products to rewiring themselves... To discover which companies innovate best -- and why -- BusinessWeek joined with The Boston Consulting Group to produce our second annual ranking of the 25 most innovative companies. More than 1,000 senior managers responded to the global survey, making it our deepest management survey to date on this critical issue..."

Innovative companies include: Apple, Toyota and Virgin.

W: http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/06_17/b3981401.htm

Two views on trends in public and academic libraries

ArchNewsNow interviews two leading architects, Mark Schatz of Field Paoli and Ed Dean of Chong Partners, based in the States, on library design trends.

"Both architects talk about the renewed roles that all kinds of libraries have to play in our civic life..."

W: http://www.archnewsnow.com/features/Feature194.htm

Hurry up and slow down

"For most of us, fast, mass architecture is (broadly speaking) ugly, while slow, organically grown architecture looks picturesque or even beautiful. We loathe concrete jungle and new estate alike. We love Tuscan hill towns, Celtic fishing villages and untouched Kentish hamlets. But is it slowness that generates (what we see as) beauty? Or does our nostalgia for apparently slower times erupt as aesthetic experience?..."

W: http://www.smh.com.au/news/elizabeth-farrelly/hurry-up-and-slow-down/2006/06/27/1151174197851.html

4 Entrepreneurs featured in SMH

Article in SMH titled 'Lone Wolves': "Samantha Leader talks to four up-and-comers who set up their own businesses - Eugene Tan (http://www.aquabumps.com), Katie Roberts (http://www.groper.com.au), Peter Crocker (http://www.petercrocker.com.au/), Juniper Sikora (http://www.juniper.au.com/).

Tired of bullying bosses, pointless projects and crowded commutes? Working for yourself could be the answer. Of the 1.25 million small businesses in Australia, nearly 75 per cent are operated by one person, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics..."

W: http://radar.smh.com.au/archives/2006/06/lone_wolves_1.html

Kilojoules, kilograms and killer diets

"There's nothing like going on a diet to make you realise the world's become a conspiracy to make us fat. It's certainly helped me understand why so many of us have a weight problem. We're presented with temptation wherever we look. Whether you're running a supermarket, a food store or a restaurant, it's only ordinary business sense to make your product as enticing as possible..."

W: http://www.smh.com.au/news/ross-gittins/kilojoules-kilograms-and-killer-diets/2006/06/27/1151174197848.html

Article on cinematographer Dion Beebe

Article in the SMH on cinematographer Dion Beebe. His work includes: winning an Oscar for Memoirs of a Geisha, Chicago, Collateral, and Miami Vice.

W: http://www.smh.com.au/news/film/how-did-that-oscar-get-there/2006/06/22/1150845292222.html

NSW KM Forum - Know Your Market - 4th July

"Know Your Market - Eloise Lindsay, Market Intelligence Manager, Zurich Financial Services Australia

What: How can organisations better understand the markets they work in & the competiton they face? How does cultural analysis interplay with technological and systems analysis to create a high-performance research service? In order to answer these questions, Eloise will draw on her experience creating a market intelligence service from scratch within a high-pressure financial services environment.

Who: Eloise currently works as Market Intelligence Data and Services (MIDAS Manager) with Zurich Financial Services Australia where has designed and rolled out a company research service platform and database. Previously, Eloise was employed as Knowledge Services Manager by Wolters Kluwer Asia Pacific where she created a company-wide research service and database where none existed previously within a very short time-frame by redeploying existing intranet and electronic document managements systems."

When: 12.30 - 1.30 Tuesday 4th July - PLEASE NOTE TIME!
Where: Standards Australia, 286 Sussex Street, Sydney NSW 2000.
How Much?: Free!

If you plan to attend, please RSVP by e-mail to: nswkmforum@gmail.com

W: http://www.nsw-km-forum.org.au/wiki.pl?NextMeeting

Buffett to give $54b to charity

"Buffett, 75, pledged in an interview with Fortune to give away 85 per cent of his stock - worth more than $54 billion - in his Berkshire Hathaway investment firm, starting in July..."

W: http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/buffett-to-give-54b-to-charity/2006/06/26/1151174098161.html

Organic Expo 2006 21-23 July

At Exhibition Hall 3, Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney

Friday 21st July 2006 2.00pm – 6.00pm (Trade Only)
Saturday 22nd July 2006 9.00am – 6.00pm
Sunday 23rd July 2006 10.00am – 5.00pm

W: http://www.organicexpo.com.au

You've got to find what you love - Steve Jobs

"This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005" to Stanford University graduates.

"I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I've ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories..."

It is a really great speech. Well worth reading, listening to, or watching!

Text version: http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2005/june15/jobs-061505.html

Audio version in mp3 and aac formats: http://www.wiredatom.com/jobs_stanford_speech/

Video version from the itunes music store for free(link from wiredatom.com). There are other lectures and speeches at this link also: https://deimos.apple.com/WebObjects/ITCSBrowse.woa/wa/Browse/StanfordPublic-1770144-1770146--1770159--13566653_25658415?i=1106939093

ten[d]ancy - Artists & curators: in conversation - 9 July

"Curated by Sally Breen & Tania Doropoulos ten[d]ancy is part exhibition, part intervention. Eight contemporary local and international artists – Gary Carsley, Shaun Gladwell, Hannah Furmage and Jonathan Jones working individually, and Claire Healy, Sean Cordeiro, Martin Blum and Simone Fuchs working collectively – were invited to develop site-specific installations which engage critically with the history, architecture and colonial structures – both social and political – that inform the Macleay family home, ‘the finest house in the colony’.

The curators will engage in conversation with each of the artists, unpacking the diverse and often complex ideas and concepts that inform the installations commissioned for ten[d]ancy.

Elizabeth Bay House | Sunday 9 July | 2pm - 3.30pm | Free with museum entry | Bookings not required"

See also related ten[d]ancy events at the link below.

W: http://www.hht.net.au/museums/ebh/exhibitionswhats_on

1 painting every day - blog

Jeremiah Palecek from the Czech Republic completes 1 painting a day and you can purchase these.

"The 1 painting every day blog started on may 8th 2005. Here you will find a new oil painting which I have finished every day. For this painting blog I intend on creating imagery from digital mediums, although occasionally I do more classical imagery. All paintings are for sale, email the title and date of the painting you are interested in, and I ll let you know the price. Smaller paintings begin at 100 dollars US. I hope to inspire others to do a painting a day..."

W: http://jeremiahpalecek.blogspot.com/

The Voice of Pod

Interesting article on podcasts and vodcasts (video casts) in the SMH with a few interesting links listed. "Homemade audio and video shows are making a big impact on the internet as their audiences grow around the world..."

W: http://www.smh.com.au/news/home-audio/the-voice-of-pod/2006/06/21/1150845243193.html