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| Dec 22, 2023 | Don’t be “A Square” – Escape from Flatland and start thinking in new ways | article-article-body
In 1884, Edwin Abbott Abbott wrote a book called Flatland. I’ve always loved the analogy of that book and recently was reminded of it during a RadioLab podcast. Nothing is more dangerous to a business or a brand than st... |
| Dec 22, 2023 | What are your non-negotiables? | article-article-body
Values. Google calls them the “ten things we know to be true”. Atlassian says they “guide our business, our product development, and our brand”. Big corporates like to talk about them but they never seem to add up.
I ca... |
| Dec 30, 2022 | Science says parents of successful kids have these 26 things in common | Research suggests that parents who manage stress well and maintain a positive mood impact their child's mood in a positive way. MoMo Productions/Getty Images
Every parent wants their children to grow up and do amazing things with their... |
| Feb 7, 2022 | Science says parents of successful kids have these 25 things in common | Research suggests that parents who manage stress well and maintain a positive mood impact their child’s mood in a positive way. MoMo Productions/Getty Images
Every parent wants their children to grow up and do amazing things with their live... |
| Apr 21, 2021 | Wherever You Work, You Must Have This | Each week, businesses announce their policies and plans to return workers to offices, with no clear consensus. |
| Dec 31, 2020 | 5 Profitable Side Hustles That Can Literally Change Your Life | An online side hustle can help you weather a financial storm or even change your life. |
| Dec 9, 2020 | How To Make Networking Human Again | There’s no denying the power of networking. |
| Nov 4, 2020 | 3 things 30- and 40-somethings always forget when planning for retirement, according to a financial planner | The author, financial planner Eric Roberge. Beyond Your Hammock
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| Mar 30, 2020 | 10 Ways to Spot Online Misinformation | Developer. Photo by Christina @ wocintechchat. |
| Feb 3, 2020 | Committing To Your New Year's Resolution All Year Round | Photo:Getty |
| May 3, 2019 | Aim your baloney detector at the BS in health care | BS, what Princeton philosopher Harry Frankfurt once called a “lack of connection to a concern with truth — this indifference to how things really are,” has probably been around since the beginning of language. It’s now common in American di... |
| Jan 5, 2018 | Data Sheet—Angered by the Rise of the ‘Raw Water’ Startup? Don’t Be. | (Adam Lashinsky is on vacation. Today’s essay is by Fortune digital editor Andrew Nusca.)
My, you could hear the howls as the headlines flooded social media platforms. “‘Raw water’ start-ups are cashing in on Silicon Valley’s controversial ... |
| Oct 15, 2016 | Let’s have a little compassion for (some of) the trolls | Jon Evans Contributor
Jon Evans is the CTO of the engineering consultancy HappyFunCorp; the award-winning author of six novels, one graphic novel, and a book of travel writing; and TechCrunch's weekend columnist since 2010.
More posts ... |
| Aug 11, 2016 | How to Think Like Elon Musk | How is it even possible that Elon Musk could build four multibillion companies by his mid-40s — in four separate fields (software, energy, transportation, and aerospace)?
To explain Musk’s success, others have pointed to his heroic work eth... |
| Jun 19, 2016 | Marie Chung – founder of Behind the Label | website facebook instagram
Born in Brunei Darussalam, Marie Chung identifies as both a migrant Chinese-Dusun and an Australian-raised young woman. Between her experiences as a migrant and having lived in regional Australia, Jakarta and now ... |
| Oct 13, 2015 | #LeadingLights research project identifies the key to career success: Growth Mindset | #LeadingLights research project identifies the key to career success: Growth Mindset
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Over the past nine months, Career Ambitions embarked on an ambitious #LeadingLights project, aiming to profile some of the UK’s top performers. ... |
| Jun 13, 2015 | 11 apps that will make you smarter | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Despite the constant hand-wringing that smartphones will lead to the downfall of society, there’s mounting evidence that your phone hab... |
| Jun 13, 2015 | 11 apps that will make you smarter | Despite the constant hand-wringing that smartphones will lead to the downfall of society, there’s mounting evidence that your phone habit may not be so bad after all.
In fact, there are ways your phone might actually be good for you.
We’ve ... |
| May 18, 2015 | Studiomates splits up | One of the most culturally influential and best known anchors of the coworking movement has closed and split into two groups. Studiomates, a curated and relatively closed community of friends and peers around media and technology, had been ... |
| Mar 16, 2015 | Waiting for perfect time to start your startup? You’re never going to do anything — Modupe Macaulay | Share this article:
This is interview was published in 2015
Modupe Macaulay is the founder of Capital Square, an industry-agnostic co-working space for entrepreneurs (techie and non-techie alike) situated in the Lekki area of Lagos Island. ... |
| Jan 2, 2015 | The Most Popular Future Startup Interviews of 2014 | This is the time for looking back and reflect on what went well and what did not in 2014. Celebrating the new year is great but keeping touch with the past one gives us a sense of reality and help us to stay sane and act more mindfully.
Be... |
| Dec 27, 2014 | Zombification from notifications: How to fix the problem of too many alerts | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
When was the last time you suspended all notifications on your phone? Maybe in airplane mode or at night (and even then, only if your a... |
| Dec 27, 2014 | Zombification from notifications: How to fix the problem of too many alerts | When was the last time you suspended all notifications on your phone? Maybe in airplane mode or at night (and even then, only if your alarm can still work), right?
Of course, you don’t want to miss your boss’ urgent email, an alert about a ... |
| Nov 25, 2014 | How I Work: Front End Developer Gina Binetti, of VHX | Gina Binetti recently helped launch the new iOS app for online video distribution platform VHX, and if not for a required course in college, she might not have turned to programming.
“I’d been required to take a Visual Basic class, and I di... |
| Aug 6, 2014 | Caitlin and Lizzie – founders of Wild Rumpus | This is the third in a series of interviews with alumni from the School for Social Entrepreneurs Australia which runs learning programs across Australia for people from all backgrounds that have an idea or business with a community benefit.... |
| Apr 10, 2014 | DailyDirt: Time Flies When You're… | There are a lot of myths and aphorisms about the passage of time. A watched kettle never boils. Time flies when you’re having fun. However, these observations could lead to some important discoveries about human psychology and how our brain... |
| Mar 15, 2014 | Predictive tech is getting smarter and more pervasive — but more controversial, too | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
We’re seeing the biggest change in how we interact with computers in years. And it’ll mean much less input from you.
Apps like Google N... |
| Mar 12, 2014 | YC-Backed Orankl Gives Small Vendors The Same Tools As Amazon | Customer reviews are the backbone of sites like Amazon (where they have turned into a platform for some of the most inspired comedic writing on the Internet), but it can be difficult for smaller retailers to convince shoppers to leave feedb... |
| Mar 12, 2014 | YC-Backed Orankl (YC W14) Gives Small Vendors The Same Tools As Amazon | Customer reviews are the backbone of sites like Amazon (where they have turned into a platform for some of the most inspired comedic writing on the Internet), but it can be difficult for smaller retailers to convince shoppers to leave feedb... |
| Nov 20, 2013 | Bec McHenry founder of PopUnion, The Projection Room and more! | Starting her own business at the age of 22, Bec McHenry is used to being in charge. Driven and ambitious, she started The Projection Room because she wanted to help people achieve their projections for a better world. As Australia’s second ... |
| Nov 14, 2013 | Blinkist Book Summaries Arrive to Improve Your Commute And Make You Look Smart | Do you own a copy of The Lean Startup? Have you actually read it, or is it in your bedroom or ebook reader, barely touched? This is where Berlin-based startup Blinkist comes in. Aimed squarely at people who are time-poor and knowledge-hungr... |
| Sep 27, 2013 | 9 Brooklynites listed as people to watch in New York City tech scene | The Next Web came out with a list of the 50 people you need to watch in New York City’s tech scene. We scoured the list for folks living in or working from the County of Kings.
We probably missed a couple folks who are Brooklynites, but tha... |
| Sep 27, 2013 | Best of the web: What Richard Branson looks for when he hires; How Johnnie Walker conquered the world; Is Seek doomed? | How Richard Branson decides who to hire: Ever wondered how the world’s top entrepreneurs hire people?
LinkedIn has been asking them to write posts explaining it. Richard Branson says he always tries to pick someone with a good personality. ... |
| Sep 27, 2013 | Best of the web reads: What Richard Branson looks for when he hires | How Richard Branson decides who to hire: Ever wondered how the world’s top entrepreneurs hire people? LinkedIn has been asking them to write posts explaining it. Richard Branson says he always tries to pick someone with a good personality. ... |
| Apr 23, 2013 | Flattr: A Online Tip Jar That Could Save Newspapers | As of now, you can read ten articles on the New York Times’s website before hitting a $15/month paywall. The Financial Times and the Wall Street Journal have taken similar approaches, hoping that readers will replace their canceled print su... |
| Apr 9, 2013 | Elise Bialylew – creator of the Mindful in May campaign. | Elise Bialylew is a medical doctor and wellness innovator, who has combined her passion for community with her professional expertise in the field of psychiatry, integrative coaching and mindfulness, to create the Mindful in May campaign. I... |
| Mar 28, 2013 | Aliki Komps – founder of A City With Quirk | Aliki has worked for non-government organisations for eight years in the areas of vocational rehabilitation, learning & development, instructional design and training. Her tertiary background and current studies lie heavily grounded in ... |
| Feb 11, 2013 | How to be successful: 9 rules for success from British Novelist Amelia E. Barr | Book Cover
Everybody wants to be a success but few want to pay the price. This, however, does not reduce the attractiveness of answer to this very question: how to be successful? The answer to this question is always an elusive one. Nobody... |
| Feb 2, 2013 | Advices for first & second year University Students or for 21 years olds | amazing
“Our whole theory of education is based on the absurd notion that we must learn to swim on land before tackling the water. It applies to the pursuit of the arts as well as to the pursuit of knowledge.”~ Henry Miller
I thought more... |
| Nov 23, 2012 | Your internet startup: Why it’s OK to clone a business | “Creativity is just connecting things,” said Steve Jobs in 1996 Wired interview. According to Mark Twain, all ideas are second-hand.
Maria Popova, editor of Brain Pickings, and MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow, writes that creativity is ... |
| Nov 23, 2012 | Your internet startup: Why it’s OK to clone a business | “Creativity is just connecting things,” said Steve Jobs in 1996 Wired interview. According to Mark Twain, all ideas are second-hand.
Maria Popova, editor of Brain Pickings, and MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow, writes that creativity is... |
| Mar 12, 2012 | Down the Rabbit Hole with Hyperlinks in Hand: On the “Curator’s Code” | ᔥvia The Curator’s Code
For about three-and-a-half years, I ran the news department of a major Web site where I had one hard and fast rule, the utterance of which will surely bring back headaches for my former writers. The rule was called “... |
| Feb 12, 2012 | An animated explanation of how your personal data gets tracked and sold | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Keeping up with our theme from yesterday’s post about how frictionless it has become for users to give unfamiliar apps broad and perman... |
| Jan 22, 2012 | The Who, What and Why of Advance Notice | Welcome to Advance Notice! I'm Juliet and my passion is advancement. Whether it’s in the marketplace, academia, government, or our personal lives, there’s endless opportunity to advance, enhance life and create something more. It’s all... |
| Nov 23, 2011 | Connecting With Fans Means More Than Talking About Your Latest Work | Aaron deOliveira alerts us to this great quote from artist Michele Banks from an interview in Scientific American: |
| Sep 29, 2011 | You Are A Mashup Of What You Let Into Your Life | Aaron DeOliveira alerts us to a wonderful presentation by writer/artist/poet Austin Kleon called Steal Like an Artist. It’s a little less than 8 minutes, but worth watching:
There’s a lot in there that will sound familiar if you’re a regula... |
| Jan 14, 2011 | Techno Panics From Forty Years Ago… Narrated By Orson Welles | Adam Thierer points us to this wonderful BrainPickings blog post about how, in 1972, a little-known documentary was made, based on Alvin Toffler’s famous and massively influential techno-panic book Future Shock, which famously warned about ... |
| Почему вам стоит окружить себя книгами, даже если вы не успеваете их читать | Почему вам стоит окружить себя книгами, даже если вы не успеваете их читать
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Инна Татолова
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Вы тоже любите покупать книги, пролистывать их и ставить на полку, обещая себе, что их время когда-нибудь настанет? Если... |
| 19 valuable pieces of advice from the best graduation speeches of all time | Taylor Swift delivers the commencement address to New York University graduates, in New York on May 18, 2022. Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images
Most commencement speeches tend to follow a similar formula.
However, some are so inspiring they are re... |
| Как преуспеть на работе? Заведите дневник | Как преуспеть на работе? Заведите дневник
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Дневник обычно используют для личных записей. Но он способен помочь на работе, утверждает издание Quartz.
AIN.UA коротко пересказывает, что такое рабочий ... |
