January 2012
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December 2011
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Celebrating Christmas without tradition
Christmas isn’t a very natural time for me. I have to think hard about things to do and people to see. There hasn’t been a “traditional” Christmas in my life. My parents never celebrated Christmas, and coming from the Far East, Christmas was always either a very Western thing or a very Christian thing. In London, it gets a bit better since Christmas is this secular...
“The hard part of professional journalism going forward is writing about what...”
– “The new lazy journalism” - Seth Godin
October 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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July 2011
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Du Zhong Bu Yao Tang →
Kidney Tonic Soup.
Good for strengthening bones and removing backache.
Thanks mom - I knew this would come in handy.
June 2011
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Long Term Life Tips: Top 5 Regrets People Make on... →
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By Bronnie Ware (who worked for years nursing the dying)
For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to twelve weeks of their lives.
People grow a lot when they…
May 2011
8 posts
Persuasive Design or The Fine Art of Separating...
Persuasive Design or The Fine Art of Separating People from Their Bad Behaviours - Online
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Affect of over-parenting on children? Not that... →
How does parenting affect upbringing of children? WSJ article here about how twins raised apart from each other revealed very little effects of parenting on their eventual becoming. i.e. adult twins were mirror identicals to each other even though they were raised by different parents.
Parents’ main rationale is that their effort is an investment in their children’s future; they’re...
Rapture - a lonely side of me
There’s a big party going on around the world. People are having a good time making a mockery of the whole rapture debacle, and I admit - some of it is pretty humorous and all.
And then I saw this.
And I kinda laughed inside a little. And then I stopped, staring at the bit of the strip with the burning Christians.
And I felt something curl up and die inside me, like… I was doing...
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Design Thinking Is A Failed Experiment. So What's... →
Design consultancies that promoted Design Thinking were, in effect, hoping that a process trick would produce significant cultural and organizational change. From the beginning, the process of Design Thinking was a scaffolding for the real deliverable: creativity. But in order to appeal to the business culture of process, it was denuded of the mess, the conflict, failure, emotions, and...
Why some smart people are reluctant to share →
Smart people want to give their best and as they learn more, they learn that they need to learn a lot more before they start sharing. They learn some more and they learn they need to learn some more. What they forget is that most of the expertise that they already have is either becoming “obvious” to them or better yet, going into their “background thinking.”
Becoming obvious means that...
April 2011
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March 2011
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February 2011
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Underpaid Genius: It Can Still Get Worse →
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Bob Herbert has uncovered a disturbing trend:
Bob Herbert, At Grave Risk
According to the National Employment Law Project, a trend is growing among employers to not even consider the applications of the unemployed for jobs that become available. Among examples offered by the project were a…
“To be good, you have to compete with other people.
To be exceptional, you have...”
January 2011
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September 2010
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August 2010
6 posts
Cycle Hire Experience
I finally managed to get on one of those blue bikes today, and I must say they are fairly comfortable to ride. It’s not your average bike though. They are heavy, and require a bit of grunt getting them in and out of the parking bay.
Also, the key operation lacked feedback and it wasn’t clear how to use the thing. One thing that was confusing was that a green light meant that the bike...
July 2010
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June 2010
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WatchHow to open a bottle of wine without a corkscrew.
