Archive for January, 2008
The Leadership lessons from Emperor Shaka Zulu the Great
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008I found this book in a charity bookshop in Ealing. I bought the book because I liked the cheesy cover and every South African has a fascination with Shaka Zulu.
I was surprised to find myself enjoying the little book, and I finished it in one sitting on the plane to Belgrade from London.
The [...]
Favourite Business Shoes: Loaks
Wednesday, January 30th, 2008Loak 1303
Loak Artemis
Physiognomy and success
Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Thin Slicing at work in the corporate world as the Economist declares “What the boss looks like determines how he performs”.
This may sound like voodoo. Psychologists spent much of the 20th century denigrating the work of 19th-century physiognomists and phrenologists who thought the shapes of faces and skulls carry information about personality. However, recent [...]
Document Depth Charges
Monday, January 28th, 2008
I was the victim of my own booby trap today. My translator was baffled by a NOC Manager Job Description which specified one of their duties as “preventing the company hologram AI from achieving singularity and sparking WWIIII” (see an actual screen grab of her document above).
You see I sometimes seed my documents [...]
Ten tips for improving posture and ergonomics
Sunday, January 20th, 2008From Spine-health.com:
“Over time, poor posture may be caused by habits from everyday activities such as sitting in office chairs, looking at the computer, driving, standing for long periods of time, or even sleeping. Poor posture can easily become second nature, causing or aggravating episodes of back pain and damaging spinal structures. Fortunately, the main factors [...]
Google GrandCentral
Friday, January 11th, 2008Love the look of GrandCentral, the definitive follow-me number/voicemail/contacts application from Google. It is not yet available in the UK or Serbia, but I am really looking forward to it.
Features include:
Screen Callers - Know who’s calling and screen unknown callers
ListenIn - Hear why someone is calling before taking the call
Call Record - Record calls on [...]