http://www.storiesofthefuture.com The blog of Alessio Bresciani Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:44:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand. - Confucious http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2008/09/05/quote-2/ In Chris Anderson’s book The Long Tail (detailed review here), he raised to my attention this stellar quote from Paul Graham on the efficiencies of following market trends in business. This lesson from Google I think can be applied to any industry and any business. It’s easy to ... http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2008/08/30/quote-the-long-tail/ For small businesses, this is a time saving book. Time saving because the wisdoms in the book’s pages could save you from stress, overwork and ultimately the failure of your business. This book has many lessons. Here I’ve summarised a few. To cover them all would require ... http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2008/08/25/book-review-the-emyth-revisited-by-michael-gerber/ Chris Anderson’s book ‘The Long Tail’ is a book that reshaped my thinking on how where the opportunities are online. So, what is the long tail? Well, according to Anderson, “the long tail is nothing more than infinite choice. Abundant, cheap distribution means abundant, cheap, and unlimited variety – ... http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2008/08/18/book-review-the-long-tail-by-chris-anderson/ The world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds - and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds. We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significance as we do, largely because we are ... http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2008/07/27/quote-whorf-on-languageperception/ http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2008/02/14/movie-condorman/ Ever wanted to know what future predictions about our time were written in newspapers fifty years ago? This site is dedicated to this. I particularly like ‘Foolproof Weatherman of 1989′ (from 1939) or how about ‘The Mechanical Man of The Future’ (from 1928). Paleo Future: http://www.paleofuture.com/ http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2008/01/14/website-paleo-future/ I’m a big fan of The Big Blue, The Fifth Element and The Professional, so when I spotted this Luc Besson film, Angela, in the video store, I had to borrow it. This film blends classic black and white cinema with Parisian streets, a six foot blonde, a guy ... http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2007/12/25/movie-angela-directed-by-luc-besson/ I loved the Pullman books….so I just had to take the ‘what’s your daemon?’ test on the website. I was flattered to be called a tiger , but I’m sure all the daemons are cool, and make people feel good. Well, maybe not Mrs. Coulter’s daemon, the ... http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2007/12/12/this-is-groovyi-loved-the-book/ A new study by Oxford scientists explores the basis for parallel universes. In Everett’s “many worlds” universe, every time a new physical possibility is explored, the universe splits. Given a number of possible alternative outcomes, each one is played out - in its own universe. A motorist who has a near miss, ... http://www.storiesofthefuture.com/2007/09/30/parallel-universes-exist/