Google Project 10 to 100 - what a joke

Google launched Project 10 to 100 with the stated aim of "Project 10¹⁰⁰ (pronounced "Project 10 to the 100th") is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible."

They commited 10 million USD to making the ideas a reality.

154,000 entries and the finalists have been announced. If these are the best ideas we can come up with then it's no wonder we're in the state we're in on this planet. What a joke.

Some of the ideas:

Encourage positive media depictions of engineers and scientists

WTF?! HOw is this going to help the most people? If Engineers and Scientists are not being depicted positively (besides the fact that might be for good reason) then boo f#&*ng hoo. My hearts beelds for them and of course we should be spending 10 million large to help the poort things. Maybe we should be helping the Scientists who invented the landmines so they can be viewed more positively, oh hang on, there's a google 10 to 100th tihng for that:

Create more efficient landmine removal programs

No wait, that's opposed to the first one really isn't it. But if the scientists build the landmines then we can spend money removing them and presenting them in a positive light, win win!

Make government more transparent

Well Government's been trying this for years and haven't sorted it so how's this going to work; hack into Govie computers and get the info they need to hide? Maybe this can work with this:

Provide quality education to African students

and we can find out why the African Governments keep making dictators rich, or is this for 1st World Governments only? Then we can see why they haven't been able to sort Africa for 50 years.

Maybe this one can tie into the transparent African Governments:

Create genocide monitoring and alert system

and with the new found 1st World transparency we can see exactly what these Governments didn't do to stop it happening and what they're not doing now.

Fail Google. You may be number one at search and maps but here's where you hit the limit. The problems we face can't be solved by you putting it out there to the great unwashed for solutions and then putting together a board of the great unqualified to choose them.

more on levels of work

more on levels of work

 
 

Complexity Level	Stratum	Complexity Level	Complexity Level
Most Complex	8	Construct and pursue world wide strategic plans in the largest of the world's corporations.	Super Corporation CEO
	7	Construct and pursue world wide strategic plans. Place businesses in the world.	Corporate CEO
	6	Lead the accumulated impact of multiple business units.	Corporate EVP
	5	Optimize the function of a single business unit or corporate support staff.	Vice President Business Unit President
	4	Manage multiple, interdependent serial projects. Balance resources among a number of departments.	Director General Manager
	3	Plan and carry out sequential projects while considering contingencies and alternatives.	Regional Manager Unit Manager Manager of Managers
	2	Accumulate bits of information to diagnose and anticipate problems. Proactivity appears. Trends are noticed.	District Manager First Line Manager Supervisor
Least complex	1	Follow predefined procedures. When an obstacle is encountered, seek help. No anticipation of problems is expected.	Shop Floor Operator Clerk Cashier Teller

 
 

Pasted from <http://www.peoplefit.com/Learning-Library/Level-of-Work-and-Role-Complexity.html>

 
 

My new view

The view from my new office window. You can just see a bit of the harbour :). Hopefully though I'll be able to work much more from home or on the road so I won't have to actually be "in" the office a lot.

Funding confirmed

An exciting result from my trip is that we've just had funding confirmed for our next venture. So no holidays for me for the near future. We've also signed the strategic partnership we've been courting for our ICT partner and so that's all go. 2008 will be a busy year. On a side note I just ordered a replacement for the Fuji P1610D. It has served me well but I've finally committed to a new convertible tablet solution that will allow me to run Vista considering it's such a resource hog. I've ordered a LG P-100 Express Dual. With 2GB of Ram and a dedicated graphics card it should be able to handle Vista Business.

Super ultra mobile

This trip I decided to travel super ultra mobile. No 7 inch UMPC for me. No 5 inch UMPC. No I instead opted for a Nokia N95 with a Stowaway Bluetooth Keyboard


All my email goes to my mobile and I figured I'd only need to send a couple of emails and possibly logon to the intranet (which I can do from the phone too actually) a couple of times, so I thought I'd probably get away with this ultra-portable setup. I did.

I successfully conducted all my business from the phone/keyboard and even did these blog posts. The N95 has all sorts of connectivity options, wifi, bluetooth, 3G internet, etc. I found the wireless handy for the free wifi in the Qantas club and otherwise when away from a wifi I could connect via 3G. It wasn't perfect as the screen is very small and the keyboard can get a bit tiring to type long comms on, but overall I was very happy and know I could do it again no problems.