I'm a big believer in MS Windows 7 - I really think the company is taking the right direction with its OS. However, Microsoft recently just launched a "
'Get the facts' campaign", in an attempt to promote Internet Explorer 8 (which in my opinion is not a usable browser). It contains a chart that compares IE8 to Firefox and Chrome. Needless to say, IE8 comes out as the clear winner (SERIOUSLY .. haha), with MS suggesting it is the only browser to provide features like 'privacy,' 'security,'
I came across this really interesting article on mulitstate cognitive enhancement on maps.org about Dr. Thomas Roberts, from Northern Illinois University. This Prof actually had to do LSD to strengthen his cognitive processes so he could produce the logic/schema for the algorithms he needed to program code.. then he would program it when he was in normal state .. and whenever he couldn't solve a problem he would switch states by doing LSD again... actual, real life example of thriving in
Is it fair to say that one of the main reasons that our societies today are at once so palpably unsustainable and socially unjust, is that we have fallen into the trap of traditional "old boys club" masculine behaviour and values? Is this true? Well, I certainly to think so. So, that means one of the highest priority tasks of the sustainability movement is to bring in many more women into leadership positions. However, women today face several challenges that tend diminish their natural
With the eminent collapse of our economy, it's becoming more and more evident that we need to learn some lessons that will guide us as we go forward. Now, one of my worries is that many of us will learn the wrong lessons - specifically as it relates to risk-aversion, fear of creativity and innovation and the rise of our ever-present internal beast, known as individualism.
Andrew Oswald, a professor of economics at the University of Warwick, has a more poetic way of making the same point.
It has been about a week since my last post, so I thought it would be appropriate to write about the importance of setting the right expectations. But what is the right expectation? Different people certainly have different expectations in different situations. I find that many of us are guilty of OVERPROMISING and UNDERDELIVERING, let's be honest here, even though we are told to ensure the contrary.
Some of us may not think so, but it is very easy to overpromise. Shading the truth a little
