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More on China, Quake Deaths and Population

I read a headline stating that the Chinese say their death toll from the May 12, 2008 earthquake is about 68,000. Predictably, there have been lots of cries about the 'tragedy'. While the deaths are a tragedy for the loved ones who ...READ»

CREATIVITY   |  Comment

Under-Capitalization Promotes Creativity and..

Under-capitalization promotes creativity due to necessity being the mother of invention.. My Elders taught me, "any dummy can spend money; it takes real talent to make money stretch "and" grow your business". I come from an ...READ»

Tragedy? Or Relief?

If I don't get a lot of negative feedback from this post, I will be most surprised, because I'm going to address the current attitude that death - especially of many people at a time - is somehow "a problem" or "a tragedy". Given ...READ»

Amazing Article on the State of Urban Radio by Eric K. Arnold

   Urban radio has come to highlight some of the worst music, from the worst artists lately. But many do not know how the collapse of urban radio took place. Long time scribe Eric K. Arnold illustrates the story of how that ...READ»

New Features For Fast Company Dot Com Website - Please Add, Edit, Delete

Hi All: What features would you like to see on the Fast Company Dot Com website? Board Folders covering all topics in what C-serve calls forums. Folders’ categories are hyperlinked. Under each board folder is ...READ»

Navigational Phrases, Loan Words & Technical Terms in L10n

Many of the projects I produce at Learning Worlds are not only created with multimedia technology tools, but they are about technology, and some include very technical or industry specific terms.  In addition there is often quite ...READ»

INNOVATION   |  Comment

The Happy Irony of ROFLCon

At the front of the room, one of the panelists is speaking: an asian man in a long fake beard, baggy hawaiian shirt and aviator sunglasses. He's shown up in disguise, even though his name is printed in the conference pamphlet. The ...READ»

BBC   |  1 comment

Japan's Quirky Vending Machines

Put some change in, thrust your face out and prepare for… a quick nicotine fix and an estimate of your wrinkles. The Japanese have always had the world's quirkiest vending machines – actually I'd go so far as to say the ...READ»

ANALYSIS   |  2 comments

Thinking about L10n

While many of the projects I work on at Learning Worlds are about communicating ideas using visual narratives, it's the localization (or L10n) part that I think about the most.  Unlike the act of translating text in a document, the ...READ»

BUSINESS   |  Comment

We'll miss you nau

Forward thinking, progressive design, fully committed to balancing environmental issues and sustainability with business objectives — all of these could have been used to describe nau. I don’t get it. Great ideas are always ...READ»

On Costs of Crude, Food, n Fuels

  Or - It Ain't Necessarily So....  that the cost rises we have seen of recent times weren't planned far in advance of their occurrence.  Huh?!? you say..  There's a plan behind this?  You betcha, takoszja!  It has been in ...READ»

COMPUTING   |  Comment

The Jetsons are Here!!

Face to Face video communications for anyone is here now. Live webcasting to anyone anywhere in the world. Live 5 way video conferencing, video emails, video blogging, podcasting and more, all for only $9.95/mo. Now anyone can have ...READ»

Contingency Plans

There are lots of options when it comes to uploading video to the internet. You can use your own server or any number of hosting services like blip, revver, youtube, veoh, vimeo, viddler, etc. There are pros and cons to ...READ»

APPLE   |  Comment

Google Faces Decline Of Entrepreneurial Energy

"Google, is starting to suffer something that could have an equally significant impact: a drain of some of the entrepreneurial energy that drove its early growth and on which its unique culture depends heavily.” While Google ...READ»

Four Winds n Fast Company

Hau mitakuyapi.  Hello, my relatives.  This is my first post on this blog, although it is not my first post.   On my blog you will find my humor, which runs to sarcasm, irony, and puns; and  my observations on the majority ...READ»

GADGET   |  Comment

OQO Model 02: The Biggest Little Computer Around

There are plenty of ultra-mobile computers on the market, and most of them are beleaguered little gizmos: half the size of a laptop, but also half the speed, half the storage, half a keyboard, and in short, half-assed. In that ...READ»

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Green (Fri)Days: A Brita for Stormwater

Over 20,000 beaches were closed or warnings posted in 2007 due to contamination from stormwater runoff. Previous solutions to the problem included UV, chlorine treatment, or elaborate systems in some new LEED-certified buildings and ...READ»

EDUCATION   |  Comment

Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation

Coming Soon: Nontrepreneur Nation How parenting and education are killing American entrepreneurship and innovation Despite how U.S. students continue to lag far behind those in Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and ...READ»

BMW   |  Comment

Trends in Government Consulting -- Turbulence Ahead

Friday morning I attended an interesting event put on by the Association for Corporate Growth, National Chapter. ACG National is a who’s who of the DC business community and puts on quality events. I’ve been a member for two ...READ»

ADVANCEMENT   |  Comment

The Role of Mentoring and Networking for the Advancement of Women in Technology

Technology companies have made strides to create more diverse work environments and women have less barriers to advancement than they did a decade a ago, according to a survey conducted earlier this month by Catalyst, a New York-based ...READ»

EXCLUSIVE: Video of RZA Announcing Wuchess.com

Never say Adisa Banjoko didn't hook you up! Wuchess is history: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pphl9CFwHMY NBC 11 coverage of HHCF:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH8kBM2YDS8  www.wuchess.com -Adisa ...READ»

Spielberg, Lonelygirl15 and the Entertaining of PR

If I could hire any two people in the world to join my public relations consultancy who would it be?    The answer today sure is different than a mere 18 months ago.  I would have most likely rattled off the name of a ...READ»

Green (Fri)Day: The Upside of No Cheap Chinese

Recently, articles in both the New York Times and Slate have warned that American stores may no longer be so awash in supercheap Asian imports. Not only is the dollar weakening, but inflation and economic growth in countries like ...READ»

MMA Culture and Biz Discussion with Alan "Gumby" Marques from www.onthemat.com

Before most people cared about the UCF and MMA culture, only a chosen few saw what what coming. These are the folks who would trade VHS tapes (remember those?) with other people across the country and meet on message boards to ...READ»

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