- Highlights from the life of a typical telecommuter: It would be nice to show your work to someone once in a while
How does your day goThis might be a tough question to answer for all of us home-based workers. Useful insights from a post about the life of a typical telecommuter:
On lack of face-to-face meets:
Although I’m techni…
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- The Essential Paul Graham: The Best of What Paul Has Ever Written
I first read Paul Graham and came to know about his ideas and work in 2005. Like Seth Godin or Guy Kawasaki, Paul Graham is a very accessible writer but he has an edge: He has actually created a successful technology sta…
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- What they don't teach you in school: Part 1
Today the whole education system in a flux. People everywhere question the existence and utility of schools and colleges. Internet initiatives such as Wikipedia, MIT Opencourseware, Khan Academy and others are giving peo…
Topic: Education and Schools, Whattheydontteachyou | Read more
- 7 Things We Must Never Forget About the Delhi Commonwealth Games
I write this as the closing ceremony of the 2010 Commonwealth Games is on the television. One look at that idiotic, obscenely costly aerostat (Helium balloon) and you want to put some people before a firing squad.
A …
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- Buster Benson's 17 Rules of Life
Buster Benson is the creator of 750words.com website. Buster's rules of life, as seen on his web site.
You must not dilly-dally.
You must be your word.
You must have good intentions.
You must admit to being the make…
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- The four minute presentation: Public Speaking Advice from the four minute men
The four minute men were a group who worked for the U.S. government in 1917, helping to convey important public messages to the general public ASAP. The advice they give isn't new but remember, this was almost 100 years …
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- Can you be a great person without being a jerk?
In business, greatness and the jerk habit often go side by side. Mark Zuckerberg now travels on the path set up by Bill Gates (he stole and lied with impunity) and Steve Jobs (a bully at workplace). The CEO/Superstar cul…
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- Gay Talese's #1 tip for today's writers and reporters
Gay Talese, one of the pioneers of literary journalism, wrote "Frank Sinatra Has a Cold," in 1966, a feature story that became one of the most celebrated magazine stories ever published. In a lecture at the Indiana Univ…
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- How to Pitch A Blogger
Pitch a blogger just like you would pitch reporter. Focus on areas the blogger/reporter is interested in. Now, what would interest a blogger/reporterSomething that brings her/him page views, something that engages his au…
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- Is Google is really good in India?
Forget all those shiny Google ads for Chrome or jobs. Plugd.in writes about how Google gives the wrong end of the stick to free speech in India. Reportedly, Google has complied to 50% content removal requests from Indian…
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- Do big websites have a better deal with Google?
To protect its big tent, Google has its growing and frequently updated set of rules. Rule #1: thou shalt not sell links on your blog/site. But, as we have seen in the case in the case of Mahalo, Google is pretty lenient …
Topic: Big Media doing wrong, Google | Read more
- What is Social media Literacy and How does it Help us?
John Bell talks about Social Media Literacy, which means knowing how to use Social Media tools to bring about change. John writes about how NGOs, governments and induviduals can benefit from digital and social media lite…
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- Is Nitish Kumar Really The Development Man of Bihar? - Part two
Compared to the 15-year rule of Lalloo Yadav in Bihar, any other would appear Golden. Nitish Kumar should thank Lalloo for his image as a 'Can Do' Chief Minister. It is this very Lalloo comparison that Nitish invokes on …
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- How to be remarkable # 101: Don't be a Self-Help Junkie
Who is a self-help junkie? Someone who reads too many self-help advice - books, blog posts, seminars, etc. and does little to to improve his lot. In the end, it all comes down to the old gem, "Get off your ass and do som…
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- Seven reasons why Wycleaf Jean is wrong for Haiti
Wyclef Jean is using the Cult of Celebrity to gain power. Wyclef Jean’s confirmation that he intends to run for president of the perpetual bad luck country of Haiti confirms your belief that celebrities think that they c…
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- Prop 8 Reactions: What next?
As was expected, when a Federal Judge ruled that Proposition 8 — the voter initiative that amended the California Constitution to define marriage as heterosexual — is unconstitutional, reactions were divided along ideolo…
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- Is the Justin Bieber biography justified?
The furor over current teen heartthrob, 16-year old Canadian Justin Bieber publishing his memoir ‘First Step 2 Forever: My Story’ is centered on two things. One, some people (ok, many) people are outraged how such a youn…
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- Be Remarkable #89: Find your passion
For most working people, that is you and me, passion comes in form of making a living doing what you love, or in some cases, getting to love what you do. As the song goes, "Love the one you are with."
Anyway, how do y…
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- Two Useful Types of To-Do lists that actually work
What is the ideal size of a really great To-Do listMost people who use a To-DO list tend to have a long list of things to do, which may be working against your goals. Why, you may askLeo Babuata says , '(To DO list) suck…
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- Be Remarkable #88: Learn to present your idea
People who have done it will tell you that how an idea is presented impacts its appeal. Below is a checklist of ways to present your idea.:
A presentation.
A feasability report.
A mockup out of cardboard.
A prototy…
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