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How to see future trends on the Web – in Charts and Graphics

Using sophisticated graphics to illustrate complex ideas (or simple ones) on the Web is a growing trend. iChart is one of the enterprises offering “interactive web charts” that you can post, and more importantly can create to make a point on the web. For example, where are the world’s college graduates most likely to come [...]

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Future of Cities: Atlanta Fifty Forward

The Atlanta Regional Commission is the regional governance organization for Atlanta and surrounding counties. I first met them in the 1990’s when they invited me to assist in a project called Atlanta Vision 2020. In 2007, I assisted their Board and management in a long-range planning retreat. Later that year the ARC kicked off a [...]

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Outlook 2008

Here is my outlook for 2008, recorded December 21, 2007. Overview – 2008 will be a year that feels like a whip-saw. Promising innovations. Economic turmoil. Large events The Economy 2008 – Paradoxes 2008 will be one of paradox, innovation balanced by turmoil. Because of the tremendous interconnectivity of researchers, the availability of money for [...]

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