Tag Archives: Culture

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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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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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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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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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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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

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