To the tune of The Entertainer by Billy Joel I am the entertainer And I know just where I stand Another crazy blogger On another angry rant Today I am your champion I may have won your mind But I know the game You’ll forget my name And I won’t be here In another year If I don’t put out the grind I am the entertainer And I’ve had to pay my price Things …
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Check out the design for the OneDown mousetrap, a Gold Award Winner at the recent International Design Excellence Awards that was created by the DSK ISD International School of Design in India. …
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To the tune of Money for Nothing by Dire Straints. Now look at them cubers, that’s the way you do it … You analyze spend on your PC That ain’t working, that’s the way you do it Savings for nothing and props for free Now that ain’t working, that’s the way you do it Lemme tell ya them guys ain’t dumb Maybe get a blister on your index finger Maybe get a blister on your thumb We gotta install database software Custom …
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Don’t let it happen to you! To avoid this fate, start with these simple tips offered up in a recent blog post over on the Harvard Business Review: Don’t Turn Presentations into Reports presentations should summarize the key points of a report, not the other way around Clarify the Purpose of a Presentation and get to the point quickly Develop a Presentation Protocol …
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Editor’s Note: This is the sequel to The Vendor in Black which originally ran here on SI on February 17, 2007. And just like the sequel to The Cat in The Hat (appropriately titled The Cat in the Hat Comes Back) was even more esoteric and radical than the first, so is this sequel. Plus, it’s also quite symbolic, analogic, and terse* in a manner that is meant to obscure the deeper meaning and criticism. It is supposed to be this way. If you think about it long and hard enough, you should understand …
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Last week, and three weeks ago, I reminded you that the one year anniversary of the first video release was this week (on Tuesday, July 6), that Dave was closing fast on 10,000,000 views, and that with your support we could get him there and send airlines everywhere a strong message. I’m happy to report that, thanks to the international date line, Dave made it. (When the editor checked Tuesday night in his time zone, Dave was just views away, crossing it the next morning in the editor’s time zone, when it …
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And I’m still not talking about volcanic eruptions — which could bury or clog your production facilities with ash, a terrorist attack — which could blow up a pipeline, or plain old management incompetence — which could result in a poorly maintained drilling station blowing up, but suicidal Sciurus Carolinensis, who, over the past few months, has knocked out substations in Ohio and Florida. Now it seems that these organized little critters have figured out that they can’t always do it themselves and have recruited procyon lotor to help with those “well-protected” substations …
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Hammy falls asleep while watching MTV … To the tune of California Gurls*1 by Katy Perry and featuring Snoop Dogg. Greetings loved ones Let’s take a journey I know a place Where the grass is really greener Warm, wet and wild There must be something in the water Sippin’ berry juice Laying underneath the palm trees (chillin’) The coons …
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Optimism is cute … … but managing by spreadsheets isn’t effective. Get yourself a real analysis or trade management solution. …
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