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“Everything we hear is an opinion,
not a fact.
Everything we see is a perspective,
not the truth.”
—
Marcus Aurelius
Wildbeaming
It's all about getting people to notice you, so here is a nice video of how they did it by wildbeaming, a form of beamvertising. Pretty cool. Limited to cities though. Video also available on YouTube
101 dumbest moves in business
It's list time again ... check out the 101 dumbest moves in business for 2007.
Hack the planet
Something I had to share: Wired has come up with a list of 10 rather "special" ways that people are working on to save our planet.Taking Lifehacks to the max.
Flashback: The Double Life
For years, I've lived a double life.In the day, I do my job - I ride the bus, roll up my sleeves with the hoi-polloi.But at night, I live a life of exhilaration, of missed heartbeats and adrenalin.And, if the truth be known, a life of dubious virtue.I won't deny it -...
The Abilene paradox
The previous post on the Asoh defense led me to another real gem, the Abilene paradox. Where I work, they have something called "disagree and commit". It's a good principle if it works, and when there is ample time to discuss, as this post explains. It tends to get a...
The Asoh Defense
The Asoh Defense is real simple:If at first you don't succeed ... just admit it. "Yup, my fault, I f***ed up."Not something you ever really here in the corporate world, do you?Click here for the story behind the Asoh defense.The part where they link it to the...
Dumb moves on facebook
Imagine telling your boss you're off for a family emergency.Imagine going to a halloween party instead.Imagine posting a picture of you at the party on facebook.Imagine your boss also being on facebook.you can imagine the result here.
Was the Matrix wrong?
Troed made an interesting comment yesterday: statistically there is a high probability that we are all avatars. Welcome to our self-chosen Matrix... Read all about the debate on the simulation argument websiteThe site is a debate about the possibility that we may be...
WiFi Positioning systems
Today I came across Skyhook's Wi-Fi Positioning System (WPS). It' s a "location platform" that uses the native 802.11 radio in your PC (or even your smartphone) to deliver accurate positioning.After installing the Loki plugin from the loki.com site (actually a product...
Time for a bore-out?
Irritable when returning home from work? Drained of emotion? Well, then you could be suffering from ... bore-out. In this article two researchers describe the phenomenon and how people end up there.Oh, and the manager is usally to blame. It goes something like this:...