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Friday, September 5th, 2008
Quote
Tell me, and I will forget. Show me, and I may remember. Involve me, and I will understand.
- Confucious
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Quote: The Long Tail
In Chris Anderson’s book The Long Tail (detailed review here), he raised to my attention this stellar quote from Paul Graham on the efficiencies of following market trends in business. This lesson from Google I think can be applied to any industry and any business. It’s easy to move with currents than try […]
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Book Review: The eMyth Revisited by Michael Gerber
For small businesses, this is a time saving book. Time saving because the wisdoms in the book’s pages could save you from stress, overwork and ultimately the failure of your business.
This book has many lessons. Here I’ve summarised a few. To cover them all would require so many pages, you may […]
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Monday, August 18th, 2008
Book Review: The Long Tail by Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson’s book ‘The Long Tail’ is a book that reshaped my thinking on how where the opportunities are online.
So, what is the long tail? Well, according to Anderson, “the long tail is nothing more than infinite choice. Abundant, cheap distribution means abundant, cheap, and unlimited variety – and that means the audience […]
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Sunday, July 27th, 2008
Quote: Whorf on Language/Perception
The world is presented in a kaleidoscopic flux of impressions which has to be organized by our minds - and this means largely by the linguistic systems in our minds. We cut nature up, organize it into concepts, and ascribe significance as we do, largely because we are parties to an agreement that […]
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Thursday, February 14th, 2008
Movie: Condorman
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Monday, January 14th, 2008
Website: Paleo Future
Ever wanted to know what future predictions about our time were written in newspapers fifty years ago? This site is dedicated to this. I particularly like ‘Foolproof Weatherman of 1989′ (from 1939) or how about ‘The Mechanical Man of The Future’ (from 1928).
Paleo Future: http://www.paleofuture.com/
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Tuesday, December 25th, 2007
Movie: Angela, directed by Luc Besson
I’m a big fan of The Big Blue, The Fifth Element and The Professional, so when I spotted this Luc Besson film, Angela, in the video store, I had to borrow it.
This film blends classic black and white cinema with Parisian streets, a six foot blonde, a guy down on his luck, and […]
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Wednesday, December 12th, 2007
Choose your daemon
I loved the Pullman books….so I just had to take the ‘what’s your daemon?’ test on the website. I was flattered to be called a tiger , but I’m sure all the daemons are cool, and make people feel good. Well, maybe not Mrs. Coulter’s daemon, the Golden Monkey, he’s a […]
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Parallel Universes Exist
A new study by Oxford scientists explores the basis for parallel universes.
In Everett’s “many worlds” universe, every time a new physical possibility is explored, the universe splits. Given a number of possible alternative outcomes, each one is played out - in its own universe.
A motorist who has a near miss, for instance, might feel relieved […]