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When I saw this product tag on a tent at EMS, the world stopped making sense
The tag showed a brave young adventurer navigating the wilds by sitting inside a tent and staring at the screen of his laptop. Sorry, no photo. Just a word-picture today. Let’s interpret the image, and be a bit dramatic about … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, computers, Culture, disconnection, EMS, forest, Internet, nature, relaxation, society, tent, tents, vacation, work
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Link: Managers are professional interrupters?
Interruptions are a – oh, wait check this – no, wait, this: No, I meant this one: Via influx insights
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Tagged business, Culture, interruptions, management, office, society, sociology, work
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Link: Nature hints that the world would dissolve into chaos without middle management
Molecular Middle Managers Make More Decisions Than Bosses “As a general rule, the more complex the organism, the less autocratic and more democratic the biological networks appear to be, researchers report.” Michael is upset: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31g0YE61PLQ[/youtube]
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Tagged business, Culture, management, molecules, nature, office, research, science, social structure, YouTube
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Link: Feeling blue? Go get some poor friends.
Study says money only makes you happy if it makes you richer than your neighbours This sounds problematic. Someone will always be richer than me, and with the Internet, I’ll know all about him or her. So greed is a … Continue reading
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Tagged Culture, greed, happiness, hierarchy, money, Psychology, salary
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Link: In China, urban or rural means have or have-not
Dan Chung filming China’s migrant children using the Canon 550D / T2i « DSLR News Shooter A children’s school for those lacking Beijing hukou (described as China’s apartheid, according to Wikipedia entry, that is inherited, and discriminates between rural and … Continue reading
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Tagged Beijing, Canon Digital Rebel EOS 550D T2i, China, Culture, hukou, photography, schools, social equality, society, Video
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Link: Giving up 9-to-5 gets people to focus on doing the work, not the time
The End Of 9-To-5: When Work Time Is Anytime : NPR What do you know: Give people freedom to manage their schedules and work load, and they not only get the tasks done, they get them done more efficiently. Overall, … Continue reading