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There are lots of reasons we’re excited to be launching the Obama 2012 campaign’s new Tumblr today. But mostly...
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I Have the Powerpoint! by Justin Davis and Phil Jones is up for scoring now.
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This is pretty rad: Los Angeles-based AETHER APPAREL’s refurbished Airstream trailer-turned-mobile-pop-up-shop. Designed by Thierry Gauguin,...
In 2002 the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and the National Audubon Society launched a remarkable website called Ebird. If…
How The UN’s New Data Lab In Indonesia Uses Twitter To Preempt Disaster
Predictive disaster relief is the goal, says Robert Kirkpatrick, Director of the UN’s Global Pulse initiative, and Twitter data may be the key. The program uses social network analysis to study living conditions throughout the world and preempt crises. “We found that a combination of food words and mood state was able to predict the consumer price index several weeks ahead,” says Kirkpatrick.
This is very interesting. There is a direct correlation between twitter and business trends. Perhaps in the future a company can use this information to identify trends on specific goods, from region to region and adapt to what the trends suggest.
How To Prepare Yourself To Win
Geoffrey James, Inc., businessinsider.comStrategy
As any great athlete will tell you, winning isn’t accidental.
It requires more than just planning and knowledge.
You must also be able to get yourself into the right mental state to win, on cue, every time you “get on the…
We all wanna be winners! Geoffrey James, Inc. tells us how to doe it in this Business Insider piece.
Brazen Life | |9 |, businessinsider.com
If you’re a manager, you’ve probably experienced the sensation of people not liking you — but does that mean you suck? Not necessarily.
Your goal, after all, is to implement the company’s vision on the front-lines of the battle…
There is a reason we do not like our managers. Or we as managers are not liked. Check this article out.
Is Adam Smith rolling in his grave?
Paul Schoemaker, inc.com
You’re the boss, but you still spend too much time on the day-to-day. Here’s how to become the strategic leader your company needs.
In the beginning, there was just you and your partners. You did every job. You coded, you met with investors…
These are also great thoughts for any person in any influential position.
The average length of an elevator ride in New York City is 118 seconds. If you use that as a guide, it means you’ve got less than two minutes to deliver a winning elevator pitch for your amazing new idea — wherever you are. Start by grabbing your…
Christine Erickson, mashable.com
Bored with friends’ Facebook albums that are filled with landscapes and sunsets from their vacation? This video is the answer to all of your problems.
Two adventure-seekers were inspired by the opening credits for the TV show Modern…
Pretty cool vid.
