Friday Fun – A Simple 2-Liner. Friday Fun — A simple 2-liner…
“Make me one with everything.” said the Buddhist to the hot-dog vendor.
The hot dog vendor prepares the hot dog and gives it to the monk. The monk pays him and asks for the change. The hot dog vendor says: “Change comes from within.”
ba-dum-bump (From Seb.) [Frank Patrick’s Focused Performance Blog]
On Reality
This seems to go nicely with the two preceding items.
On Reality. On Reality —
“Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away.”
– Philip K. Dick(Via Quotes of the Day) [Frank Patrick’s Focused Performance Blog]
’social intelligence’ quote
You can still get sent to the metaphorical principal’s office for it I suspect.
Thanks for nothing — by Susan Maushart in The Australian is totally off-topic for what I normally post in this category, but I loved the following quote:
“When I was a kid, “social intelligence” was what you got sent to the principal for. Today, it’s the stuff of merit certificates and hand stamps.”
Honesty in organizations
Go read the article. Think about it. Think about blogging in the organization. Decide what you’re going to do and how far you’re willing to go.
First Impression.
“We manage our companies through a series of delusional cliches.” –Brad Blanton , Psychotherapist
'Perfect Pitch' Deadline — Less Than 78 Hours and Counting!.
‘Perfect Pitch’ Deadline — Less Than 78 Hours and Counting!.
Tick–tock, tick–tock, tick–tock… Have you submitted your most impressive one minute elevator pitch expounding the benefits of corporate weblogging?
Time is running out so please submit your most cogent, clinching, compelling, convincing 50 160 word elevator pitch on the EXTREME benefits of corporate adoption of weblogging like NOW!
Once again, here are the Rules & Regulations and we look forward to your entry!
tick–Tock, Tick–tock, tick–Tock…
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unmediated
This definitely looks to be worth following. There is an RSS feed.
This looks like a great site to follow: unmediated “unmediated is a group blog that tracks the tools, processes, and ideas being used to decentralize media production and distribution.”
Math joke
Not only a good math joke, but evidence of some nice lateral thinking.
I just got this via email and don’t know the copyright or the origin of this. If someone knows whether I should give credit to someone, please let me know. But it’s too funny not to blog.By Joichi Ito joi_nospam_@nospam_ito.com. [Joi Ito’s Web]
Not many good math jokes out there. [A Man with a Ph.D. – Richard Gayle’s Weblog]
David Allen’s Ready for Anything – 50 Book Challenge
Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life
Allen, David
I’m definitely a fan of David Allen. His first book, Getting Things Done, should definitely be on your reading list, as should his new blog. Ready for Anything is an organized collection of David’s periodic essays and reflections on getting things done. Each is only a page or two long, but contains distilled wisdom and helps prod backsliders like me into action.
David Gerrold's The Man Who Folded Himself – 50 Book Challenge
The Man Who Folded Himself
Gerrold, David
This is a book that’s been recommended to me off and on over the years. It’s in print again and after getting hooked on Gerrold’s War Against the Chtorr series last summer I read this back in January. I think I like Heinlein’s “By His Bootstraps” a little bit better, but this is definitely a keeper in the time-travel sub-genre. What it does nicely is to explore the human dimension relentlessly.
Dan Brown's Deception Point – 50 Book Challenge
Deception Point
Brown, Dan
More from Dan Brown. He’s not Tom Clancy quite yet, but he’s working in territory that I find interesting in its own right. Here he explores how power and scientific knowledge interact. For those, like me, who bias toward science and the rational and don’t naturally pick up on the human and the natural, Deception Point helps you remember why those with high EQs are typically in charge of those with high IQs.