Makati Streets Get Technology Hope Pasay Gets It 126.7
My hat’s off to the Makati Parking Authortity (MAPA) for investing in such innovative IT-enabled instruments. The photo at left shows the M-Pad used by a traffic warden at Legazpi Village to collect parking fees and print receipts. It has a large potential for cost savings in delivering parking service as remittance and accounting are [...]
A Nook for Books 124.0
I may have found a version of e-book reader I am ready to buy, Barnes & Noble’s Nook. Click the links at the bottom for a post and a video of its nice features. I have only two concerns that are typical with leading edge products.
Remove U-turn Slots, Just Apply Basic Discipline with Traffic Lights 118.0
Filipinos living overseas seem to behave differently from Filipinos in the Philippines. I am now engaged in an ongoing e-forum debate. My antagonist blames attitude and culture as if the Filipino disembarking from a plane in Heathrow suddenly becomes a changed person. For me, the difference only proves that a Filipino adapts his behavior well [...]
SYNTHESiST Publishes at Technorati BlogCritics 116.6
Technorati’s BlogCritics invited SYNTHESiST to contribute to their online magazine, BC. I accepted their invitation and sent my contribution which was published today: “Innovative Applications as Paul Romer’s Endogenous Technological Change Approaches Its 20th Anniversary”.
Quo Vadis, Filipinas 114.5
It is depressing to post about national innovation systems when the country remains unprepared, year-in and year-out, for the twenty typhoons that are expected to happen every year. The Europeans, according to Max Weber, became a strong civilization because of the need to prepare and live through harsh winters year-in and year-out through the centuries.
Technical Change and Economic Theory – A great book find in September 113.0
The past week was busy and eventful. Forgive the hiatus in my posts. Firstly, I won two game-nights with my poker friends after four weeks of no contests. Great! Secondly, I finally acquired my copy of a second-hand book, Technical Change and Economic Theory also called IFIAS 6. Better!!
Noynoy for President and an Addendum to Yesterdays Entry 106.0
Noynoy Aquino has announced his candidacy for President and mentions Rep Risa Hontiveros-Baraquel of party-list Akbayan as possible candidate for Senator. From yesterday’s post , this indicates a strategic alliance of sorts between two of four key factions in Philippine society. On one hand, if the formal agreement was reached with Akbayan, this is a [...]
Why Not Forum 7 and A Nuanced View of the Philippines 105.0
Imagine the New Filipino Homebound, not outbound Competitive, not complacent Global perspective, not regional mindset Renegades, not robots It is not difficult to imagine what we can achieve in the world as Filipinos, and this is my take, if we have more young leaders like the speakers, the host, the reactor, the organizers and the [...]
Diffusion is a Hotbed in Innovation Research 104.0
Everett Rogers pioneers in Diffusion of Innovation
Musings as SYNTHESiST Turns Six Months Today 98.0
I feel like a daddy looking after my newborn, first child. First published this year on the same day as EDSA 1, February 25, SYNTHESiST has 98 posts as of today (that is roughly one post every two days). Also, I have commented on 39 books and journals or one every five days. In the [...]
Protection of Property Rights Guarantees Innovator Returns 97.0
On intellectual and other property rights, I have copied a relevant post from another Forum that I joined, VoiceOver 2015. A similar scheme for HIV/AIDS drugs for the developing world has been applied elsewhere (See Post #75) after a real threat from US$1 per dose substitute from India, a countervailing force needed for robust democratic [...]
I Joined VoiceOver 2015 95.0
On August 15, I joined VoiceOver2015, a forum on politics hosted by the Dutch NCDO (National Committee for International Cooperation and Sustainable Development). I joined as one with interests in business and finance, education, the environment and democratization. After this introduction, I will only post relevant entries from VoiceOver2015 in SYNTHESiST.
