Esta vez hice lo contrario de lo me había recomendado todo el mundo. Y me ha ido la mar de bien. (Estoy atendiendo al congreso de Neurociencia que se celebra en Washington DC, uno de los mayores del mundo, y en el que durante 5 días se gastarán 110.000 chinchetas para colgar posters científicos) Tanto mis colegas científicos como periodistas me dijeron: “concéntrate sólo en lo que te interese. Pasa de lo demás o terminarás ...

Over time at Life Church, our systems became more complicated and our communication more challenging. To help people become better informed, we started adding meetings. Unfortunately, more meetings led to more inefficiency. (This may not always be the case. But it often is. Read Death by Meetings by Patrick Lencioni.) We tried a radical experiment and cut the frequency of our meetings in half. If a group met once a month, we moved it to ...

A skilled leader will effectively moderate and guide a meeting toward productive decisions and action. Here are a few tips I’ve learned. Keep the discussion moving. You’ll want to maintain a sense of polite urgency. You want to push hard enough to keep the meeting moving but not too hard that you don’t allow time for adequate discussion and thoughtful consideration. Encourage participation. Often the quiet attendees have the most to offer. They simply need ...

Microsoft parece que no estar dispuesta a dar su brazo a torcer en el ámbito de los servicios online. No sólo incursionan en el ámbito de las redes sociales, sino que también toman decisiones audaces a la hora de ofrecer almacenamiento a sus usurios. Ahora nos enteramos de que Hotmail ofrecerá 25GB de espacio, y que como ya sabíamos, si por alguna razón llegamos a copar esa cuota, se nos darán 500MB más, cada vez ...

a guest post by Konstantina Zoehrer, co-organizer of Athens Jelly, among others Το Jellycious Athens, το πρώτο Jelly στην Ελλάδα, θα γίνει στις 30 Νοεμβρίου στο bar του πολυχώρου Black Duck, Χρήστου Λαδά 9α. Η ιδέα του Jelly δημιουργήθηκε στη Νέα Υόρκη από τους Amit και Luke. Δουλεύοντας από το σπίτι, τους έλλειπε το δημιουργικό brainstorming και η ανταλλαγή απόψεων και ιδεών ενός “κανονικού” γραφείου. Ανακάλυψαν ότι δουλεύοντας μαζί με άλλους τους ειχαν καλύτερη απόδοση ...

-在台湾，陈水扁被羁押的土城看守所外，昨日下午有警民冲突。高雄市无党籍立委郑新助，带同百多位支持者坐旅游车到场，声援陈水扁，高叫司法不公，阿扁无罪。警方下午两时半要求他们解散，但民众不理会，并企图冲破警方封锁线，双方推撞。由于示威者大部份是老人家，并无引发大规模冲突，他们之后上车离开。陈水扁被羁押禁见第五天，今早仍然没有吃早餐，禁食已有90多个小时。 昨天，陈水扁说自己出现恶心、吐酸水的症状。据悉，他最快今天会被强制送医，有关方面已经安排好送医路线。 -泰国传媒报道，前总理他信在泰国驻香港总领事馆，与妻子签署离婚文件，结束三十二年婚姻关系。有人民力量党成员说，昨晚在香港与他信共晋晚餐时，他信透露这个消息，在场人士大为震惊。有分析说，他信夫妇的财产，大部份以他信太太的名义持有，因此他信决定离婚，是想借助法律保障财产。 -英国《金融时报》的调查发现，欧美大部份民众都不满国家领导人，处理金融危机的表现。其中四成美国国民认为总统乔治布殊的表现恶劣，两成半人认为他表现差，只有百分之五认为他表现良好。 欧洲方面，两成英国国民认为首相白高敦表现良好；半数德国人认为总理默克尔表现好；三成七法国人就认为总统萨尔科齐表现差。 -国家质检总局表示，出口到吉尔吉斯的小麦面粉，质量安全并无问题，是当地个别传媒，错误报道小麦面粉含有三聚氰胺。当局指，生产企业及检验检疫机构，上月分别检验一批出口到吉尔吉斯的小麦面粉，全部都无验出三聚氰胺，较早前再进行复检，结果一样。 内地传媒日前报道，吉尔吉斯委托俄罗斯的检验机构，在来自中国的小麦面粉，验出含有三聚氰胺及谷氨酰胺混合物，并发现面粉中有大约十种昆虫。

-在台湾，马英九公开呼吁被羁押的陈水扁，恢复进食。除陈水扁外，涉嫌贪污被起诉的云林县长苏治芬、以及被羁押白嘉义县长陈明文，都以禁食绝食方式抗议，马英九表示，希望他们能够继续进食，一方面顾及到自己身体，另一方面亦可以较有精神，面对未来的挑战。 被问到特侦组今日前往陈水扁台北的寓所，向前第一夫人吴淑珍问话，马英九表示，侦查中的司法案件，他不便评论。 -一艘中国渔船在非洲肯尼亚沿海作业时，被海盗胁持，驶往索马里海域。中国驻肯尼亚大使馆，已要求当地政府提供协助。外交部说，正核实及了解情况，会同有关部门及驻外机构，全力营救船员。 被劫持的渔船，属于天津市远洋渔业公司，有海员援助组织说，船上廿四人都是中国公民，被手持榴弹发射器及自动武器的海盗胁持，但外电就指，船上有十五名大陆渔工，其余各人来自台湾、日本、菲律宾及越南。 -韩国《朝鲜日报》说，朝鲜限制中国游客经陆路入境，而拥有朝鲜国籍的侨民，坐火车入境时，身份检查亦比以往严格。报道说，自上月中开始，中国人只能从北京及沈阳坐飞机到朝鲜旅游，不能再由吉林珲春坐火车出发。而中国及朝鲜之间最大的贸易窗口丹东，原定在十二月二十日至明年一月初关闭，但今年提前十日关闭。报道指平壤当局，没有解释原因，估计与朝鲜最高领导人金正日的健康恶化，或朝鲜内部局势变化有关。 另外，英国《金融时报》报道说，外界对金正日健康的忧虑不断增加，中国正在两国边境接壤地区，增派兵力。不过，北京外交部表示，中朝边境没有异常迹象。 -贵州省瓮安县六月底的打砸抢烧事件，当地法院一审宣判，裁定六名犯罪分子罪名成立，其中两名帮派成员，因破坏公安局大楼，抢劫公安收缴的刀具、袭击民警及放火烧车，分别判监十五及十六年。另外三人入狱五至七年。另一名被告在案发后自首，轻判入狱两年。 -澳洲悉尼一座住宅大厦，两名华裔女子被发现倒毙在一个单位内。当地警方前晚接报到场，发现两具尸体背向天，开始腐烂，身上有明显伤痕，未知由哪种利器造成，初步调查确定，两名死者年龄约廿八至三十岁。警方正寻找前晚曾到案发单位的访客，包括向附近救护站求助的男子。

We sort of can’t believe it but we’re almost there! It finally feels like we’re reaping the benefits of all the hard work we’ve put in. We’ve kicked off our closed beta phase with feedback coming in thick and fast, and tweaks and changes a daily occurrence. For us this is a really rewarding stage of the project as we’re no longer toiling away at the foundations but adding on cool stuff that really makes ...

by way of bogodynamics: How to Tell if Your Cat is Trying to Kill You

Obama wants to have one. I think that’s a great idea. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is a bit oddly conceived in my view since obviously much housing isn’t in urban areas and many policies that have nothing to do with HUD’s mandate have a large impact on our cities. And when life gives you cabinet department organizational schemes that don’t really make sense, you need to make lemonade a White House office ...

I gave a talk a few weeks ago in Barcelona that was pretty well-received and widely blogged. Specifically, several bloggers have picked up and amplified the seven key points I offered in the talk - a list of principles that I believe characterize much of the best innovation coming out of Africa. I was deeply flattered that the blogger behind Design in Africa put these principles into dialog with advice offered by a couple of ...

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