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Dear guru
I hope the irony is not lost on you that after years of living in a foreign land under the tutelage of a stranger whose language you’ve had to learn, your words of wisdom for us are: “you can find everything you need inside of you.”
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Finding humor amid the challenges of working from home
As countries are now enforcing some form of quarantine, many of us are (re)discovering the travails of working from home. You might remember Robert Kelly on the BBC from some years ago. I'm sure he didn't find the episode humorous as it occurred... but he
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Brilliant marketing spots: not a word about the product nor its features
The Hockey Night in Canada theme song - Pepsi The social media guard - Coca Cola
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the IKEA catalog at the cutting edge of technology: the bookbook
Information and parody. Well done! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOXQo7nURs0]
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Medieval help desk
From a time when the B.O.O.K. was a new technology Thanks @jlori.
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Announcing the Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device
Announcing the new Built-in Orderly Organized Knowledge device (BOOK). It's a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It's so easy to use even a child can operate it. Compact and portable, it can
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Ikea's solution to Detroit's problems
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The banker and the fisherman
An oldie but a goodie. An investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow fin tuna. The banker complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how
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Banks to lend you your own money
Julian Cook chief economist at Corbett and Barker said "The government will give your money to the banks so the banks can start lending you that money probably at around 7% APR. "Thanks to all the interest you re paying on your own money the banks will make
Work and the workplace
Meetings: the practical alternative to work
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How to tackle office productivity
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