Comments for Anthony D. Williams http://anthonydwilliams.com Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:35:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on The “truth” about Isaac Newton by George DeRise http://anthonydwilliams.com/2008/01/21/the-truth-about-isaac-newton/comment-page-1/#comment-72471 George DeRise Fri, 22 Jul 2011 18:35:41 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/2008/01/21/the-truth-about-isaac-newton/#comment-72471 It is well known that Robert Hooke had a dibilitating disease of the spine causing him to be hunchbacked. Also if I recall, Newton did not want to give Hooke any credit for the theory of gravitation. It is well known that Robert Hooke had a dibilitating disease of the spine causing him to be hunchbacked. Also if I recall, Newton did not want to give Hooke any credit for the theory of gravitation.

]]> Comment on Books by „Alles was du besitzt, besitzt irgendwann dich“ « gophis Versuch einer Methexis http://anthonydwilliams.com/books/comment-page-1/#comment-71575 „Alles was du besitzt, besitzt irgendwann dich“ « gophis Versuch einer Methexis Sun, 03 Jul 2011 11:20:50 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/?page_id=950#comment-71575 [...] Waren und Gebrauchsgütern völlig altmodisch erscheinen wird. 2006 beschrieben Don Tapscott und Anthony Williams in „Wikinomics“ den digitalen Siegeszug menschlicher [...] [...] Waren und Gebrauchsgütern völlig altmodisch erscheinen wird. 2006 beschrieben Don Tapscott und Anthony Williams in „Wikinomics“ den digitalen Siegeszug menschlicher [...]

]]> Comment on About by internetszene.at » Archiv » Werbeplanung.at Summit 11 in Wien http://anthonydwilliams.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-70035 internetszene.at » Archiv » Werbeplanung.at Summit 11 in Wien Mon, 06 Jun 2011 14:43:48 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/about/#comment-70035 [...] Digital Marketing Entwicklungen. Zu den internationalen Experten gehört auch der kanadische Autor Anthony D. Williams, der gemeinsam mit Don Tapscott den Bestseller „Macrowikinomics – Rebooting Business and the [...] [...] Digital Marketing Entwicklungen. Zu den internationalen Experten gehört auch der kanadische Autor Anthony D. Williams, der gemeinsam mit Don Tapscott den Bestseller „Macrowikinomics – Rebooting Business and the [...]

]]> Comment on City of Toronto’s web 2.0 summit starts tomorrow by Government 2.0: The Rise of Citizen Innovation Through Open Data | iStrategyLabs - A Social Experiential Agency http://anthonydwilliams.com/2008/11/25/city-of-toronto-web-20-summit-starts-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-68285 Government 2.0: The Rise of Citizen Innovation Through Open Data | iStrategyLabs - A Social Experiential Agency Thu, 05 May 2011 03:31:47 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/?p=184#comment-68285 [...]  http://anthonydwilliams.com/2008/11/25/city-of-toronto-web-20-summit-starts-tomorrow/ [...] [...]  http://anthonydwilliams.com/2008/11/25/city-of-toronto-web-20-summit-starts-tomorrow/ [...]

]]> Comment on Science’s Big Data Revolution Yields Lessons for all Open Data Innovators by Annie Shum http://anthonydwilliams.com/2011/03/30/sciences-big-data-revolution-yields-lessons-for-all-open-data-innovators/comment-page-1/#comment-66355 Annie Shum Tue, 05 Apr 2011 18:06:55 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/?p=1117#comment-66355 Thanks for the very interesting info on on the elevated role of curation in tenure applications. Would love to continue this dialog on Big Data : maybe through good old-fashioned email. Thanks for the very interesting info on on the elevated role of curation in tenure applications. Would love to continue this dialog on Big Data : maybe through good old-fashioned email.

]]> Comment on Science’s Big Data Revolution Yields Lessons for all Open Data Innovators by Anthony D. Williams http://anthonydwilliams.com/2011/03/30/sciences-big-data-revolution-yields-lessons-for-all-open-data-innovators/comment-page-1/#comment-66354 Anthony D. Williams Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:50:20 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/?p=1117#comment-66354 Thanks Annie. I like what you're saying about iterative discovery processes and the importance of curation. One thing I did not mention in the post above is the way the big data revolution is changing the reward structures in science and even the types of activities that count towards a researcher's publication record and tenure. For example, curating a valuable scientific data set now counts as a form of publication and is considered in tenure applications. Will be interesting to see how other institutions reward data curators and what new occupations emerge as a result. Thanks Annie. I like what you’re saying about iterative discovery processes and the importance of curation.

One thing I did not mention in the post above is the way the big data revolution is changing the reward structures in science and even the types of activities that count towards a researcher’s publication record and tenure. For example, curating a valuable scientific data set now counts as a form of publication and is considered in tenure applications. Will be interesting to see how other institutions reward data curators and what new occupations emerge as a result.

]]> Comment on Science’s Big Data Revolution Yields Lessons for all Open Data Innovators by Annie Shum http://anthonydwilliams.com/2011/03/30/sciences-big-data-revolution-yields-lessons-for-all-open-data-innovators/comment-page-1/#comment-66353 Annie Shum Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:38:13 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/?p=1117#comment-66353 Excellent post. Good insight particularly relevant for the emerging era of Big Data and the "Internet of Things". Your observation that we need “the larger emergent patterns arising out of the cacophony of information we are constantly assembling” is right on. A-ha moments & actionable insights are not something one can “buy” but instead they emerge from an immersive and iterative process of discovery, serendipity and connecting the dots. Beyond search (deep) and building better/smarter/context-aware filters, we need curation: both top-down and bottom-up: leverage top down expert-driven as well as harness bottom-up horizontal (self-organizing) curation. Excellent post. Good insight particularly relevant for the emerging era of Big Data and the “Internet of Things”.
Your observation that we need “the larger emergent patterns arising out of the cacophony of information we are constantly assembling” is right on.

A-ha moments & actionable insights are not something one can “buy” but instead they emerge from an immersive and iterative process of discovery, serendipity and connecting the dots. Beyond search (deep) and building better/smarter/context-aware filters, we need curation: both top-down and bottom-up: leverage top down expert-driven as well as harness bottom-up horizontal (self-organizing) curation.

]]> Comment on The “truth” about Isaac Newton by Monte http://anthonydwilliams.com/2008/01/21/the-truth-about-isaac-newton/comment-page-1/#comment-65786 Monte Fri, 25 Mar 2011 19:00:53 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/2008/01/21/the-truth-about-isaac-newton/#comment-65786 To remove the `probable' insult to Hookes, I would suggest citing the true source of "standing on giants" from below: John of Salisbury. 1159. The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-Century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the Trivium. Philadelphia, PA: Paul Dry Books. Translation by Daniel McGarry [2009]. Publicity and popularity is not innovation. Isaac Newton was the politician of innovation, not a innovator. Certainly he made important ideas popular through his social networks, but did he create any new science or math? What exactly did Newton do that was a contribution? Argue with a hunchback? Get Knighted? Rewrite Galileo's geometric proofs in algebraic form using fluxions? (Dialogue on the Two Systems) To remove the `probable’ insult to Hookes, I would suggest citing the true source of “standing on giants” from below:

John of Salisbury. 1159. The Metalogicon: A Twelfth-Century Defense of the Verbal and Logical Arts of the
Trivium. Philadelphia, PA: Paul Dry Books. Translation by Daniel McGarry [2009].

Publicity and popularity is not innovation. Isaac Newton was the politician of innovation, not a innovator. Certainly he made important ideas popular through his social networks, but did he create any new science or math?

What exactly did Newton do that was a contribution? Argue with a hunchback? Get Knighted? Rewrite Galileo’s geometric proofs in algebraic form using fluxions? (Dialogue on the Two Systems)

]]> Comment on About by macrowikinomics--the-choice-between-atrophy-or-renaissance http://anthonydwilliams.com/about/comment-page-1/#comment-64520 macrowikinomics--the-choice-between-atrophy-or-renaissance Tue, 08 Mar 2011 07:33:43 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/about/#comment-64520 [...] Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams [...] [...] Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams [...]

]]> Comment on A 21C Innovation Economy Needs More Digital Public Goods by Anthony D. Williams http://anthonydwilliams.com/2011/02/01/a-21c-innovation-economy-needs-more-digital-public-goods/comment-page-1/#comment-62142 Anthony D. Williams Wed, 02 Feb 2011 18:05:16 +0000 http://anthonydwilliams.com/?p=1105#comment-62142 Thanks for the tip John. Checking out Lewis' work now. Thanks for the tip John. Checking out Lewis’ work now.

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