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As interesting at middle management for Kottke. (43)
on kottke.org (4111) permalinkJoel Spolsky, popular tech writer and founder of Fog Creek Software, has an article in the September 2008 issue of Inc. called How Hard Could It Be: How I Learned to Love Middle Managers. In it, Spolsky details how he came to the idea of building a small company where middle management was unnecessary. He took particular inspiration from an article he read about a GE plant. It was about a General Electric plant in ...Shared by Andrew Wong (10) Andy Croll (7) Avi Flax (28) Bill Keaggy (62) Brian (39) brokekid (438) Christopher Edwards (21) cisellis (130) David (76) David (14) Elliott P. (67) emmet.connolly (30) Eric (37) Eugene Alvin Villar (39) Firethorn (54) Gauravonomics (281) Gautam (135) Gedoehns (10) Geoff (53) ggatin (79) Gregor J. Rothfuss (25) hober (81) iomegadrive (47) Jacob (27) Joey Doll (35) Krypto (65) Lee Bryant (45) Mark R (40) matmjuarez (63) Patrick (136) philayres (38) Ramanan (40) Ryan (17) Seann (30) somenice (30) sturob (40) Sue (130) Tarun (26) Taylor (50) Tim (33) Tom The Architect (38) webb (47) Wyn Lim (28)
- Tim said: Interesting post. Kottke missed the fact that Grey Dog passes management of the restaurant onto the customers as well. "Waiters" bring the food out and bus it, but patrons do practically every other task including procuring silverware/napkins, filling water glasses, getting condiments, etc... I suppose it does work and the food is good, but it's certainly not a traditional restaurant experience from the perspective of a patron.
- Ryan said: Different ways to manage a company. Avoid Middle management/use if sparingly
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on The Big Picture (1656) permalinkBeijing held its formal opening ceremony today for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The ceremony, held in the National Stadium known as the Bird's Nest, was attended by thousands, and watched by millions more on television. Below are some highlights of the nearly 4-hour performance. (24 photos total)A dancer performs during the Opening Ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics at the National Stadium on August 8, 2008 in Beijing, China. (Jeff Gross/Getty Images)Shared by aaron (7) Abhishek Kumar (70) adam (29) adam (1971) Adam Fuhrer (224) Adam Hupp (5) Ade Rowbotham (6) Adrian (13) adriana (30) Airam Ferrer (44) Amr Awadallah (53) Andre Figueiredo (13) Andrew (151) Andrew Acomb (54) Andrew Louis (28) Angad (13) Anthony van Beek (11) April (69) Ariadne Gomes (21) ariel (15) arsalan (52) astroprof (33) atul (550) Aurélien Bompard (21) Benjamin (2145) BenQu (58) Bjoern (20) bloggointestinale (88) Bo Madsen (33) Bojan Krizanic (5) Brad (16) Brad Garland (57) Brandon (49) Brent Parsons (3) Brian J. Cohen (40) Brian Moore (42) brokekid (438) Bruce (3) C (83) Charles VIARD (32) cheicro (19) Chris (77) Chris (2) chris (770) Chris (57) Chris (124) Chris Broadfoot (2) Chris Gansen (36) Chris Glass (26) Chris Maughan (4) Chris Stamas (35) Christian (42) Clash (730) Class4 (27) cnxiake (53) coolsin (61) Craig Childs (25) Dan N. (21) Daniel Boud (8) Daniel Gasienica (38) Daniele (29) danutz (32) dare (19) Dave (4) Dave (19) Dave Keffler (127) David (76) david henderson (45) David O'Halloran (22) David Wallace (195) Denis Gobo (66) DippinBits (85) Donncha O Caoimh (24) Dorn (58) Douglas (20) Dramagirl (25) Elizabeth (56) embee (347) Eric (13) eschnou (45) Esther (34) Fairlop114 (8) fatih gül (25) fernanda (22) Fleep (26) florian (16) Foo Yong Hwee (76) forest (13) Galez (36) Garin Fons (7) garish (53) Garret (21) Geoff K (49) Greg Panayotou - www.direct2brain.net (30) Gregor J. Rothfuss (25) gulyaszoli (68) Harold Maduro (41) Henry Yuen (6) hikikomori (206) hustwj (105) Ian D (22) ikera (14) Inkh (34) insk (20) jacobo (20) JAFO (36) Jake (69) Jan Henckens (1) Jared (104) Jared Tong (8) Jason Pratt (29) jasonpettus (96) JC (76) Jean-Philippe (43) Jeff (19) Jeff Hertlein (47) Jeffrey Adams (4) Jim Williams (27) Jking243 (37) jmather (35) Joe Lencioni (66) Joey Doll (35) John Bruxy (11) Jon (16) jon|k (116) jonviray (13) Jorge Quinteros (42) Josh (66) Joshua (9) Josi (86) joycapri (86) Julien Dumail (8) Justin (68) Kacy (27) Kajivar (162) Kaveh Dorafshan (260) Kesor (25) Kevin (124) Kevin Rose (47) Kim Jacobs (40) Krazy (485) Kye S. (28) kyo (61) Laughing Squid (162) Leon (54) Leslie (49) Liam (72) lizunlong (155) Lori-Lyn (12) Mahdi Ebrahimi (133) Maksim Berjoza (93) Mari Hsu (44) Mario Garza (7) Mark (32) Marshall Bose (107) Martin (44) MASTERMIND (191) MDRoz (57) meti (3) MH (153) miasarmento (321) Michael (274) Michael Fidler (82) Michiel Gardner (13) Mike F (2153) Mo (18) moonboy (49) mumuyama (3) Nick Fornarotto (8) Nick Zamonis (11) none (9) onling (14) p3n9 (13) Pål Degerstrøm (46) Pat (98) Patrix (129) Paul Beaulieu (12) Paul Buchheit (56) Peter H (89) philco (32) Philip (23) Philou (49) Prakash (55) Preoccupations (122) Randy Shapiro (9) Ranjani Ravi (206) Ravi Karandeekar (100) red (76) Reg Saddler (Zaibatsu) (968) Ricardo Giesta (53) Richard Leland (4) Rigonatti (2) Ritu (861) RJO (115) Robert (36) Robert Sefer (17) Roy Liu (21) Ruben Llibre (91) Ryan Parker (109) Sam Ee (12) Sara (19) Sean (14) Sean Shaghaghi (65) Shane Keener (32) shark (133) Sid (79) Siva (16) slip (49) spacyT (9) Sparanoid (89) stane (43) Stella d'Oriente (269) Steven (161) Stina (25) Sunil Garg (36) Sven (32) Sylvain (45) taddeo (7) Tamlyn Rhodes (32) tapir (196) Thaths (17) TheDudeAbides (86) Theotrek (45) TheQ! (16) Tita Alex (1) Tobias Feijoo (47) Tom Q (33) Tony (20) turker (38) TwisterMc (43) Venson Kuchipudi (35) Victor Vasquez (1) vyom (24) wcaw (92) web (64) Wiep (32) William (18) WizarKID (75) yaos (146) yoshy (704) Yunus Tunak (16) zar (34) zheng le (24) 振杰 (117) 游戏列表 (19) 蓝槐 (34)Explore read 14 notes
- Jake said: Should be fun on the ol' HDTV
- p3n9 said: Bigger photos, and more importantly no watermark
- 蓝槐 said: RSS只有一张照片，请点进去看全文
- Sylvain said: Impressionnant
- Shane Keener said: I have to say that the Opening Ceremonies of the 2008 Olympics were amazing. Despite all of the "show"manship, China put on an amazing display for the world.
- Andrew Louis said: Great shots.
- hikikomori said: Wow.
- arsalan said: these are stunning photos -- be sure to click through to the article to see all the pictures here.
- Tom Q said: Fantastic images from Beijing Opening Ceremony
- Jon said: omg
- Elizabeth said: Ok, I'm planning on skipping the Olympics this year, but I'll admit these photos are fantastic.
- Thaths said: An excellent collection of photos from the opening ceremonies.
- Mo said: wow, these shots are just gorgeous
- Tita Alex said: Superba poza!
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