Since reading Blink: The Power of Thinking without Thinking and The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference, I’ve been looking forward to Malcolm Gladwell’s next book. Outliers: The Story of Success didn’t disappoint, and I recommend reading it yourself.
As the book’s title suggests, Gladwell’s text is about success and outliers; however, [...]
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Outliers
December 4th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Ideas, Inspiration, Lessons, Life, Non-fiction, Open source, Random, Site
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Visualizing Earth Day
April 22nd, 2008 · No Comments · Inspiration, Life, Random
Not to forget that today is Earth Day, I’m reminded of being exposed to Chris Jordan’s photographic art during a flight I took, I think, last year. His images stuck with me, and several seem very fitting to draw your attention to today:
Plastic Cups, 2008 (60×90″, depicts one million plastic cups, the number used on [...]
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Blog-tagged
January 10th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Random
Although it began as an Oracle blogosphere community builder, Billy Cripe was kind enough to include others outside his employer, including me, for this friendly game.
First, I am to disclose eight not-so-obvious things about myself. OK:
I’m right-minded since I’m left-handed (i.e. a South Paw, a Goofy Footer).
My wife grew up in South Africa and we [...]
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My office at work
April 16th, 2007 · No Comments · Random
Lately I’ve seen a number of office and work area pictures in others’ blogs. So, I figured I’d record what my workspace looks like, too.
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Penguin baseball
June 21st, 2006 · No Comments · Random
A family friend told me about this rather addictive game.
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