Not exactly the butter-colored beauty we like to imagine on Earth, the sun’s surface is scorching hot with a temperature of about 10000 degrees Fahrenheit and has a fiery orange hue to match.
“In information systems, bricolage is used by Claudio Ciborra to describe the way in which strategic information systems (SIS) can be built in order to maintain successful competitive advantage over a longer period of time than standard SIS. By valuing tinkering and allowing SIS to evolve from the bottom-up, rather than implementing it from the top-down, the firm will end up with something that is deeply rooted in the organisational culture that is specific to that firm and is much less easily imitated.[7]” — Bricolage - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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“If you want someone to be honest, then, do not press him too hard for an immediate decision.” — The psychology of morality: Time to be honest | The Economist
Not exactly the butter-colored beauty we like to imagine on Earth, the sun’s surface is scorching hot with a temperature of about 10000 degrees Fahrenheit and has a fiery orange hue to match.
“The seventh son of a seventh son is a concept from folklore regarding special powers given to, or held by, such a son. The seventh son must come from an unbroken line with no female children born between, and be, in turn, born to such a seventh son.[1] The number seven has a long history of mystical and religious associations: seven deadly sins, seven sleepers, seven-league boots, seven ages of man, seven days of creation, seven hills of Rome, seven lucky gods of Japanese mythology, the Seven Sages, seven sisters, seven stars, seven wonders of the world, etc. In this case, it refers to a man who is the seventh son of a man who is himself a seventh son. In some beliefs, the special powers are inborn, inherited simply by virtue of his birth order; in others the powers are granted to him by God or gods because of his birth order. The seventh son of a seventh son is also widely believed to have a direct link to Satan in some areas, and is thus granted with other “special abilities.” — Seventh son of a seventh son - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pass the Books. Hold the Oil.
Interesting piece by Thomas Friedman on education skill levels and their relationship to the sort of economy that a country has
Full Story: New York Times
“as the legal scholar Angela J. Davis noted, “if the number of people exercising their trial rights suddenly doubled or tripled in some jurisdictions, it would create chaos.” — Go to Trial - Crash the Justice System - NYTimes.com
“It’s my experience that artist communities are almost always camps because they appropriate space that nobody else wants (at the time), but by virtue of a creative progressive view of neighborhoods they create a demand from others that ultimately marginalizes them, so they are forever transient.” — James Lynch, founder of Fforest Camp. (via beaverbrook)
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Gigabit Internet for $80: the unlikely success of California's Sonic.net -
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Overrated: Bully's R Rating Should Mean the End of the MPAA - Culture - GOOD
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“This addresses the second issue -thinking that the problem is a lack of understanding. It drives me crazy every time I hear someone say that their new product or service isn’t doing well because they have to ‘educate the customer’. To me, this idea reflects the same problem that DFW is talking about – blaming your customer. I’m not saying that everything you do has to be dumbed down. But if people don’t understand the benefits of your new idea, then you haven’t presented it well. Even if the idea is just a concept, you have to be able to explain it in clear English. And if the idea is a product or service, you have to make it reasonably easy for people to see how it’s good for them.” — You Are Responsible for Getting Your Ideas to Spread « Innovation Leadership Network