You load sixteen tons...

A major paradigm in our human existence is mining. Mining in its basic form is the extraction if valuable... materials. Although linked historically to minerals it has now been expanded into the knowledge domain. The link itself is if the utmost importance in its social classification - it reflects its rise into the ranks of economic importance just as its historic counterpart.

Although there are automated ways that sift through social media looking for arbitrary links based on a concept of repetition and vocalized interest, it still seems to be focused at a scale limited in perception. Of interest too, this same activity is a threat depending on the knowledge management system containing this paradigm.

Extracting value seems to be an underlying activity regardless of the nature of the material. The mining process is limited and confined to major knowledge management activities and subject to predominate historic perceptions. The way the mining is done is critical in the social context of how it is perceived but all mining activity exists within the confines of our human experience.

System approach...

http://www.informationweek.com/mobile/mobile-devices/googles-android-contract-not-very-open/d/d-id/1113837

This is a continuous problem with all large scale strategic endeavors - a system is designed to work together in its functionality but somehow its function is seen as a threat or unsupportive of another system...

Cheap Phones...

So all my tricks did not help my phone - it died. The last test was a factory reset. No cell tower signal at all - I think I just wore it out. Wi-Fi just seemed to use more battery so I would just leave it on cell tower data all the time. Don't think it should have died though. Its funny because I'm using Lisa’s old one that I originally bought for myself. I've been through two to her one:-) Guess I push their limits - probably need to buy a quality one but it goes against my senseabilities. As a mater of fact I'm going to push the low end especially since its the low end phone that I'm using.

They are all from China but built with different specification and quality control. Its interesting that China has decided to develop their own operating system because Google Android has an official system design that has made it more expensive while the Chinese manufactories used their open source system to design more inexpensive phones.

Google is such a unique company that I always chuckle when so called industry insiders compare them to other companies. The recent news was lambasting them for selling off Motorola but as always, they are a technology company not a phone company. Lenova is a dominate supplier in China and now they will be able to sell officially licensed android phones in the largest market in the world.

However, I thought of replacing my Latin American Samsung Mini with a Moto G but its still too expensive to me. Two out of three phones dying within a relatively shirt time period not to mention the replacement phone I received while on Virgin Mobile. This time I'm gonna go sub $100 and check it out. Just bought a huge 5 inch phone with a Gorilla Glass screen for $120 so I'm gonna go with a 4 inch phone without the Gorilla Glass. Found one for $85 dollars.

But as before I know I'm going to have problems with my favorite game. It has has been updated many times and while trying to put back on my old phone I found a new problem. It requires an SD card now and this made it easy to nix the Moto G but I know there be a storage problem anyway. If I'm gonna have problems I want to save all the money I can...:-)

PS: The modular phone is on its way...

Android Bookmarks...

Bookmarks seem overly difficult on Android and if you've ever had to change phones then you may have experienced this. The built in management is terrible so I did what everyone does - downloaded an app to fix it.

Found a great one called "Bookmark Folders” by DynamicG. It used a special character, such as a dash (-) to recognize/create a virtual sub folders. Very simplistic and functional except on the backups. Google played havoc on bookmark backup programing especially if you don't use an SD card and would like to backup to the cloud.

It took a while but I found another program that worked seamless with ”Bookmark Folders”.  It backs up the default web browsers bookmarks to an HTML file. It too was on Google Play and its called ” Bookmark Sort and Backup” by Happydroid. It also  backs up the default web browser bookmarks to a directory of my choice - I can the send them anywhere.

Its my understanding that Chrome will soon be the default browser on future Android releases but it will be hard to beat the functionality of "Bookmark Folders". I will of course use them as long as I can.

Repurposing :-)

Love the concept of repurposing - such a practical concept. Viewing things for their intrinsic value rather than a social or economic purpose. Ideas and concepts are the same way - aspects of their social value become detached with advances in communication and human creativity. Conflict arises in leadership based on conflicting ideals - one side not trusting the others perceptions or methods. Successful leaders are able to create unity without using the age old method of fear and a common enemy. Repurposed fear is hope and a reposed enemy is a friend. The measure of a leader that has endured throughout the ages revolves around sacrifice. Do they sacrifice others or themselves?

Human Terrain...

The military concept of human terrain has more significants to me than just the integration of anthropology and human geography. It also seems to reflect a spiritual element that our current society has lost. It's a method of developing social structure and concepts based on the complexities of the immediate biosphere. This can be seen as the method of thought that sustained or most earliest ancestors for many many generations.

My initial research began on two topics when initially assigned in Afghanistan, one was to understand the function of the human terrain element in the information dominance center and two, to explore more fully the anthropologist concepts on tribal structure. What was apparent to me, due to my background in graphic design, was that their are many historical symbols even in our own culture that originate in our immediate biosphere. My interest was the wonder of a more profound connection that may influence our perception of these symbols.

This led to one more field of study that fits into a concept of social influence and that began to emerge in the 1990's but is linked to the influence of the British evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in his book entitled The Selfish Gene (1976). The book is said to describe a concept for discussion of evolutionary principles that could explain the spread of ideas. This concept has grown through the practice of applying biological algorithms to explain the spread of knowledge and ideas in our social structure. Interesting enough is the very open distain for the spiritual that Mr. Richard Dawson publicly displays.

To try and explain this biospherical link and how it effects culture based on the perception and persistents of its symbols is to use an apology of human terrain. This communication model can be more easily recognized rather than a biological model of cell reproduction. In addition it also opens up a new direction in the study of memetics. There is a persistent symbol that permiates all cultures used to represent and understand communication and it's social implications. This symbol is also found in ancient writings and may generate a better understanding of early concepts of a human terrain. This symbol is the use of water and it's dynamic to represent human communication. Water in all its natural form and functions to understand the enigma of our existence.

The Symbolic Life...

"We have no symbolic life, and we are all badly in need of the symbolic life. Only the symbolic life can express the need of the soul - the daily need of the soul, mind you! And because people have no such thing, they can never step out of this mill - this awful, banal, grinding life in which they are "nothing but." . . . Everything is banal; everything is "nothing but," and that is the reason why people are neurotic. They are simply sick of the whole thing, sick of that banal life, and therefore they want sensation. They even want a war; they all want a war; they are all glad when there is a war; they say, "Thank heaven, now something is going to happen - something bigger than ourselves!"

http://www.jung.org/readingcorner.html