Bob-Metcalfe-Internet-History-Applied-To-Solving-Energy_Imaginative and Thought provoking

Foresight-Hindsight by Bob Metcalfe - published slides freely available site Scribd as
"Bob Metcalfe-Internet-History-Applied-To-Solving-Energy_Imaginative and Thought provoking."

I have just added a new link to my RHS-right hand side menu in the Free Foresight books slides list.

The link to no less than 60 slides, related to the Internet's past contributions to the energy debates from the early days to the present day. Bob Metcalfe's approach suggests that Internet has a strong potential to contribute substantially to solving the current energy-climate crisis.

NB. It is now well established that "easy to harness fossil energy has reached it's "practical" limit on two counts (1) due to it's role in the man made contribution to global warming and (2) due to the limited resources of relatively easy to use fossil fuel, petrol gas and eventually the still dirtiest of all coal. (without CCS -carbon capture and sequestration which is today's situation and several countries notably China's et Al's "Option for the Future" ).

Source:
"Bob Metcalfe-Internet-History-Applied-To-Solving-Energy_Imaginative and Thought provoking."

Energy Executive Book Choices 2008-2009 - One in English one in French _ Translation? _ Just ask.

My Energy Executive Book Choices 2008-2009.

Two very good back-ground books to read and to use. Both are easily accessible musts for the energ executive and most useful for the general public. Although one is in french -perhaps I can help.

1. Energy Basics - Energy Balance _ Production capacity (hard work and Jobs?) vs Consumption (Too easy for human and planetary good?)
Title Without Hot Air by David J.C. MacKay free online or buy the print edition.

2. Energy and Economy policy for "Human Economy is essentially about how mankind transforms limited natural resources to make usefuln desirable products and services." quoted from the authers of:"C'est maintenant, 3 ans pour sauver le monde," (trans_ Now is the time-3 years to save the World) by Jean-Mark Jancovici et Alain GrandJean in french.

4. New Lessor Known Tools from Google, Google Insights for Search Tools, Videos available

Most informative. Try it out -no risk.
1. Google traffic estimator sandbox
Traffic Estimator
Get quick traffic estimates for new keywords without adding them to an account or using the AdWords sign-up wizard.
2. Adwords Keyword calculator
Don't be scared by the the pay-for Adword service here it's free for 1st order limited but highly informative use to bloggers.

Use the Keyword Tool to get new keyword ideas. Select an option below to enter a few descriptive words or phrases, or type in your website's URL. Keyword Tool Tips

WARNING from GOOGLE "Important note: We cannot guarantee that these keywords will improve your campaign performance. We reserve the right to disapprove any keywords you add. You are responsible for the keywords that you select and for ensuring that your use of the keywords does not violate any applicable laws."

Normally the intelligent user will write his post and ideas. The keyword tool may be useful to improve the bloggers choice of subjects to blog or when a multiple word choice may be allowed to express the same idea or concept.

I trust Google will be ethical in rewarding effort?

3. Google Search based KW tool
The Search-based Keyword Tool provides keyword ideas:Based on actual Google search queries.
Readers will also find these links on my Google Tools side bar menu RHS.

4. Google Insights for Search tool
See what the world is searching for.

More....

Link to Open Source print repository, Cognitive Sciences, Cogprint

LINK to "This-Above-All" Main Blog

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com_New Widget_Enhanced Reader Experience

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com

I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.

Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you "look ahead," before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.

Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.

New Year Best Wishes _Up-date to previous post Current Free online access to Stanford CA-USA Based SAGE journals

Earlier this year, SAGE celebrated the launch of the 500th journal site on the SAGE Journals Online platform. SAGE Journals Online provides users access to one of the largest collections of social science, humanities, and scientific, technical, and medical content in the world."



Unfortuneately one of the rare good things in 2008 has long ended.



As a New Year Wish I trust SAGE will celebrate the New Year 2009, the New President, and a more responsible in-tune global approach.



Personnally I shall be especially interested in Concurrent Engineering Approaches, a Sage Speciallity.


Cheers and many thanks for Sage USA-UK effort in 2008.

New Books - Manuals Source - Internationally Renouwned Works ASM and persomal ebooks

I have posted three links to some must reference sources for Internationally reputed Manuals and some simple tips on how to use the site search tool with key word tips.


Click The main Link here

As I remarked on my previous posts the full Manuals which interest me and brought me, again, to the "Scribd site" are very weighty (60Mo!) and download is slow but for the quality of the offer the time is well spent. Not all document are of this size. This reminds me I must upload my own ebook on project management to the Scribd website.