writing
It was his steadfast belief in good and evil, and his conviction that he was destined to play a part in the struggle between them, that made Solzhenitsyn's one of the emblematic lives of the 20th century. With his passing, we have lost one of our last links
Visuals
Chris Jordan gives dramatic life to statistics of US consumption. Often-heard factoids like "We use 2 million plastic bottles every 5 minutes" become a chilling sea of plastic that stretches beyond our horizon. (TED) Another excellent example of presenting without bullet points nor words. Just show (visually)
CEO
CEO superstars aren’t all they’re cracked up to be, argue two UCLA economists in a paper posted to the National Bureau of Economic Research’s website this week After receiving awards from publications like Business Week and other organizations, [superstar] CEOs extracted more money from their companies — mostly
business ethics
Asks the Irish Independent (thanks Rowan). Answer: the one-sentence ethics code.
Social networking
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzT3JVUGUzM] Not an endorsement. I'm on it. It works for me. And it might work for you.
presentation
Nancy Duarte of Duarte Design, the company behind the slide show featured in An Inconvenient Truth, and author of slide:ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations had this to say about delivering a successful presentation.
Work and the workplace
(thanks)
Teaching and Learning
Diploma Mill Concerns Extend Beyond Fraud [Free registration may be required] Bill to crack down on diploma mills stalls Brainstorm: Diploma Mills Psst. Wanna Buy a Ph.D.? Institution Accreditation Avoid Fake-Degree Burns By Researching Academic Credentials (thanks)
Elevator speech
at Techcrunch.
Business Strategy
One of football/soccer's renowned strategist kept detailed accounts of his opponents' strengths and weaknesses, but he also kept his eyes on the game's essentials: "The ball is round" and "The game lasts 90 minutes". Not unlike "What is our
Teaching and Learning
We are also HOW we read. It is often said that the Net is the new printing press. It also produces in the "reader" something new. [T]he style of reading promoted by the Net, a style that puts “efficiency” and “immediacy” above all else, may be weakening
EME
One study (...) found that workers took an average of twenty-five minutes to recover from interruptions such as phone calls or answering e-mail and return to their original task. Estimated cost to the U.S. economy from loss of productivity: $650 billion annually. [W]e are really talking about