Coolhunting and Coolfarming through Swarm Creativity
Peter Gloor, Chandrika Samarth
Thu Jan 10, 17, 03-06:00pm, E51-145
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2008
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Discover what’s going to be cool—before everyone else.
In this course you will find out how to:
- discover cool trends for your field through Social Network Analysis by tapping into the collective intelligence of your potential customers (coolhunting)
- find the trendsetters who convert an innovation into a trend
- take the new trends you find and develop their business value (coolfarming)
You will also learn how to use the Condor software tool for dynamic social network analysis. As one major example we will apply microscopic dynamic social network analysis to optimizing communication flow, throughput and efficiency in hospitals.
This is a condensed version of a distributed course which has been repeatedly taught in Helsinki, Cologne, and Lecce (http://www.soberit.hut.fi/T-76.5651/).
Web: http://www.ickn.org/html/IAP.htm
Contact: Peter Gloor, NE20-336, x3-7018, pgloor@mit.edu
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Free and Open Source Software: A Comprehensive History, with Gossip
Chris DiBona
Tue Jan 15, Wed Jan 16, Thu Jan 17, 07-08:00pm, E51-325
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
After a brief review of the most popular Free and Open Source Software(FOSS) licenses , Mr. DiBona will talk about their genesis and rise which complemented and mirrored that of the internet and computer science in general. In this 3 part IAP session you will come to know the people, the companies and the stories that have made FOSS so interesting. This talk will be presented by Chris DiBona, a MIT Sloan Visiting Scholar, Google's Open Source Programs Manager, Author of 2 books on the topic and a former Slashdot editor.
Contact: Chris DiBona, cdibona@mit.edu
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Sustainable Development Forum: Being a Part of the Climate Change Solution: Individual Action for Collective Impact
Madeline Fraser Cook New Ecology, Inc.
Fri Jan 25, 08am-05:30pm, E-51
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 31-Dec-2007
Limited to 15 participants.
Single session event
The Regional Sustainable Development Forum ( www.newecologyforum.org), will focus on the importance of motivating a broad constituency to work together to address the consequences of global climate change. With climate change being one of the hot topics in mainstream media, how do we make sure that we seize the momentum on this issue and change social behaviors to reverse the warming trend and establish a more environmentally friendly future for all? Of equal importance, how do we make sure that at this stage of the environmental movement, we don't repeat mistakes of the past by narrowing the constituency to the "eco-elite"? How do we broaden it to include everyone from big business to community activists?
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, 253-2024, eglenn@mit.edu
Cosponsor: Urban Studies and Planning
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Tax Issues for Employees and Entrepreneurs
Howard Mandelcorn, Joseph Weber
Mon Jan 14, Tue Jan 15, Wed Jan 16, 03-05:00pm, E51-145
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
This course intends to expose students to a broad range of tax issues students will encounter shortly after graduation as an entrepreneur or an employee. For a new employee, taxes are an important consideration in decisions regarding deductions and retirement savings (through employee and employer contributions such as 401k's IRAs, etc). Taxes also feature prominently in decisions with respect to stock option-based compensation. Also, tax related issues for U.S. taxpayers working overseas will be addressed. For the entrepreneur, taxes also influence a new business venture's choice of entity: Corporation, LLC, Partnership, Sole Proprietorship. Instructor: Howard Mandelcorn is a partner at the Hutchings Baramian LLP law firm in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Contact: Jeff Werner, jmwerner@mit.edu
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Unschooling Yourself, Deschooling Society
Alec Resnick, Eric Von Hippel
Thu Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 03-04:30pm, E51-376
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Come take some time out to think about how the assumptions we've taken for granted about schooling and education for decades have perverted everything from the educational process to the job market to the health care system. We'll be thinking about how to fix and change education through the lens of close readings of two books by Ivan Illich: Deschooling Society, and Tools for Conviviality. For those interested, we'll work on writing articles about our educational experiences, as MIT students, for publication in educational media.
Contact: Alec Resnick, aresnick@MIT.EDU
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