About grokiam

Computer geek and innovation consultant. Worked on hundreds of technology initiatives in distributed, parallel and complex systems, massive data analysis, artificial intelligence, machine learning, business process design and am currently into the cloud. I live on Earth at present, and I don't know what I am. I know that I am not a category. I am not a thing - a noun. I seem to be a verb, an evolutionary process - an integral function of the universe. R. Buckminster Fuller; I Seem to Be a Verb; 1970

Stephen Wolfram Blog : Data Science of the Facebook World

Posted on April 28, 2013 by grokiam

A very rich analysis of humanity as expressed through Facebook posts Stephen Wolfram Blog : Data Science of the Facebook World.

62 Top Startup Accelerators in the US, Canada & Beyond | Emergent By Design

Posted on April 13, 2013 by grokiam

62 Top Startup Accelerators in the US, Canada & Beyond | Emergent By Design. and lots of other useful links

Can’tada | Tracking the stuff you can’t use in Canada

Posted on January 24, 2013 by grokiam

Can’tada | Tracking the stuff you can’t use in Canada.

Lists things like Netflix and various cloud services that are not available in Canada

Fans Of Monty Python, Life, Science, And All Other Nerds Stop And Watch This Now | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce

Posted on January 15, 2013 by grokiam

Fans Of Monty Python, Life, Science, And All Other Nerds Stop And Watch This Now | Co.Create: Creativity \ Culture \ Commerce.

Wow very very very nice video trailer for the start of a new show about the awesomeness of nature.

ebackupinc – YouTube

Posted on December 9, 2012 by grokiam

Calgary company that provides backup in the cloud

ebackupinc – YouTube.

Site builder shootout: Drupal vs. Joomla vs. WordPress – Computerworld

Posted on October 31, 2012 by grokiam

The Canadian Cloud Council canadiancloudcouncil.ca site is built in Drupal. I, being a very primitive developer (haven’t coded hard in probably 15 years!) built one of my little websites somanysites.com in WordPress and another grokiam.com in WebSite Tonight.

Site builder shootout: Drupal vs. Joomla vs. WordPress – Computerworld.

Pitching your passion in 2-3 minutes! An infographic – Alex Bruton’s website and blog – The Innographer » Alex Bruton’s website and blog – The Innographer – Practical innovation education and speaking

Posted on October 31, 2012 by grokiam

This is a very nice infograph and has some good ideas about thinking about how to pitch your idea.

Pitching your passion in 2-3 minutes! An infographic – Alex Bruton’s website and blog – The Innographer » Alex Bruton’s website and blog – The Innographer – Practical innovation education and speaking.

21st Century Education

Posted on September 17, 2012 by grokiam

I heard a great CBC radio documentary about the changes that are happening in Education. Education is the most important building block of a society and it will be changing with digital technologies. Digital/social media will transform education as it is changing other things like business, communities, information sharing, and overall connectedness.

Universities in the Digital Age http://www.cbc.ca/thesundayedition/shows/2012/09/09/universities-in-the-digital-age/

Also mentioned:

Udacity – 21st Century University.
Khan Academy
Coursera
Massive Open Online Course