Sky on Tech

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A walk through, with screen captures, of creating a MySQL Stored Routine in phpMyAdmin

A quick run through of the online visualization product, Tableau Public. Provides a summary of its features, and a discussion of how it can be used.

As Information Development managers, we need to be familiar with various social networking mechanisms currently in use and how they may be influencing our customers' expectations of the information experience we provide. Further, we need to begin integrating "community" experiences into our information deliverables and leveraging these to improve customer satisfaction with our content. Community technologies can enrich the customer experience with our online product documentation and other related external customer services.

A jQuery plugin for mobile web development on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and other forward-thinking devices.

An interview with Daniel J. Isenberg about the power of a successful, vibrant, entrepreneurial environment - from Rwanda to Chile, Israel, and Iceland.

Alec Ross, Senior Advisor for Innovation in the Office of Secretary of State and Co-founder of global non-profit One Economy, discusses in detail innovation policy and how it can change national diplomacy. In addition, Ross offers advice to global innovators, stressing quality time management, effective hiring practices, the mutual benefits of mentoring, and assertive risk practices.

Whitney Johnson, founding partner of Rose Park Advisors and author of the blog post Can "Nice Girls" Negotiate? The successes and drawbacks women face ensuring they are paid a fair wage in corporate america.

Tony Schwartz, president and CEO of The Energy Project and author of The Way We're Working Isn't Working. He is also the author of the HBR article The Productivity Paradox: How Sony Pictures Gets More Out of People by Demanding Less. He writes "Once people understand how their supply of available energy is influenced by the choices they make, they can learn new strategies that increase the fuel in their tanks and boost their productivity. "

Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with the President of Regulus Therapeutics, Kleanthis Xanthopolous, about his companies work in the field of micro RNA, it's role in disease and how it may provide an opportunity for treatment.

Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with author, Ted Conover, about the importance of roads in the evolution of human history, from the ancient Romans and Incas to modern day Israel and Palestine.

Dr. Moira Gunn visits with author, George Prochnik, to talk about his new book, In Pursuit of Silence: Listening for Meaning in a World of Noise, where he examines why we began to be so loud as a society, and what it is that gets lost when we can no longer find quiet.

An interview with Daniel J. Isenberg about the power of a successful, vibrant, entrepreneurial environment - from Rwanda to Chile, Israel, and Iceland.

A discussion with Gregory Berns, the Distinguished Chair of Neuroeconomics at Emory University and author of Iconoclast: A Neuroscientist Reveals How to Think Differently. From the summary of his book: "No organization can survive without iconoclasts -- innovators who single-handedly upturn conventional wisdom and manage to achieve what so many others deem impossible. Though indispensable, true iconoclasts are few and far between. In Iconoclast, neuroscientist Gregory Berns explains why. He explores the constraints the human brain places on innovative thinking, including fear of failure, the urge to conform, and the tendency to interpret sensory information in familiar ways."

An unflinching look at the good, bad…and ugly side of tumors. Robert tries to touch–literally touch–the tumor that killed President Ulysses S. Grant. And we get to know the woman who unknowingly held the key to unlocking modern medical advancements (from polio vaccines to chemotherapy drugs) in her tumor cells.

Dr. Moria Gunn talks with Jeremy Abbate and his partner, Yali Friedman about a new report published by Scientific American Worldview on the creation of the worlds first environmentally sustainable plastic.

Dr. Moira Gunn interviews author and Director of the Deloitte Center for the Edge, John Hagel, about his new book, The Power of Pull, which the Harvard Business Review calls an exhilarating read as the authors sublimely reinvent the world of enterprise.

Jonathan Boutelle and Rashmi Sinha, founders of the presentation-sharing site SlideShare, describe the entrepreneurial process as a series of pivots. Boutelle explains it's not just a jump, but an evolving growth of stages that leads to an idea that can start a business. From there, Sinha says that focused execution keeps the vision moving forward. By continually measuring the activity, they both believe that entrepreneurs can better recognize the growth stages of their company. See their site at http://www.slideshare.net/

In academia and the private sector, innovation is the most elusive element. And, adds Stanford University President John Hennessy, it's also needed to solve crucial local and global issues. In this address that launches the University's prestigious Entrepreneurship Week event, Hennessy discusses the evolving interplay between higher learning and commercial progress.

A wide ranging introduction to the technology and players in the upcoming, and on-going 'Smart Grid'.

TED Fellow and journalist Evgeny Morozov punctures what he calls "iPod liberalism" -- the assumption that tech innovation always promotes freedom, democracy -- with chilling examples of ways the Internet helps oppressive regimes stifle dissent.

Taryn Simon exhibits her startling take on photography -- to reveal worlds and people we would never see otherwise. She shares two projects: one documents otherworldly locations typically kept secret from the public, the other involves haunting portraits of men convicted for crimes they did not commit. See her website at http://www.tarynsimon.com/