- Main ideas from The Checklist Manifesto
Atul Gawande\'s Checklist manifesto is like Malcolm Gladwell\'s \'Tipping Point\' - in the sense that the idea was already there, until somebody came up and packaged it in a nice book.
Checklists for all kinds of act…
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- Main ideas from Meditation for Beginners
Jack Kornfield's book is about practicing mindfulness, which you can describe as having a caring and respectful attention. One big idea about meditation is that you can be very still in the midst of hectic activity.
M…
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- Eleven habits of effective programmers: Main ideas from The Passionate Programmer
Chad Fowler's book is sort of 'Eleven effective habits of great programmers'. Although, many ideas in the book apply to any profession as well.
Main ideas from the book:
1. Have a mentor
A mentor is someone you c…
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- Main ideas from The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business
Charles Duhigg's book is about how companies use the science of habit formation to study, and influence, what we buy - think timely coupons.
The main idea from this book:
1. Habits make up 40% of our daily routine.
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- Main ideas from Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking
Susan Cain's book is a better book on creativity than Lehrer's Gladwell-style 'Imagine: How Creativity Works'. The main idea of 'Quiet' is that there is nothing wrong with being an introvert - nothing wrong about choosi…
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- Main ideas from Imagine: How Creativity Works
Jonah Lehrer's new book offers nothing you didn't already know about how to be creative. He uses examples of well-known successes like Bob Dylan and then repackages existing ideas of being creative into what he has smart…
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- Main ideas from Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
Rachel Maddow's new book Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power examines the inexorable rise of American 'military bloat' - she starts with Reagan's secret wars and the Iran-Contra scandal in the late 1980s, the…
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- 10 useful acronyms that help us be creative and solve problems
These useful writing acronyms are from our jumbo guide to 100+ usefulful acronyms.
SWOT
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
Use it everywhere – problem –solving, personal analysis, marketing planning, pr…
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- 12 Useful acronyms to help you with your writing
These useful writing acronyms are from our jumbo guide to 100+ usefulful acronyms.
BIC
A big tip for writers - you have to sit down to write something - put in the hours.
Butt In Chair
A better alternative: BICHO…
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- 100+ useful acronyms that teach us (about writing, creativity and problem solving, self improvement, communication, and more)
This compilation is from The Success Manual, the popular compilation of advice on 25 essential business skills and career skills. You can also download an updated list of these popular acronyms as a free pdf guide.
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- C.S. Lewis's writing advice: useful but hypocritical
So C.S. Lewis wrote a letter about writing advice, sounding like George Orwell, and in the process, unravelling the ugly truth about fantasy writing: it is so, so bad.
Lewis's tips:
1. Always try to use the language …
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- How to be a travel parasite (and two other helpful tips for travellers)
Three most useful tips from a long list of helpful tips for travelers over at Legalnomads.com:
1. Be a travel parasite
No, this does not mean mooching off friends or family. What it means is learning how to use guid…
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- The difference between reading books and watching films
Don't worry. This is not going to be a long rant on the topic. But, simply consider this: You would watch a silly Harry Potter movie in a cinema, but would you liked to be caught reading a Harry Potter bookI assume, you …
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- The myth of the suffering artist: How true in this age of overpaid art and undertalented artists?
Looking at the current crop of artists, you would say the myth of suffering artists is over - look, for example at Damien Hirst, and all the installataion artists of his type. Look for example, at bad writers like Chetan…
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- $200 Micro House: Coffin with a view?
The Gypsy Junker is made out of scavenged materials - shipping pallets, castoff storm windows and discarded kitchen cabinets. Question is: How practical this isHow will stand extreme weather conditions, or is just a co…
Topic: Architecture, Eco friendly | Read more
- Autocomplete: Is it good or bad?
There are two kinds of Autocompletes: Google-type, suggesting words as you type, or Spelling-corrector type. Both may work or fcuk up, depending on the situation. But, one area where autocomplete may be hurting us i…
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- After Big Oil, Big Coal, Big Nuclear, now comes Big Chicken
As the world eats more and more chicken, neighborhoods anywhere near an industrial-scale chicken farms suffer - the stench is just too much. That is the price of increasing human consumption.
And, however spokesperson…
Topic: Trend, Environment | Read more
- Uncool Youth - Part 2: Being young has never been cool: All generations, when young, were corporate sellouts
Being on the wrong side of 30, I can empathize the anger of Gawker when it says the the college youth of today are the biggest generation of corporate sellouts ever.
But, contrary to all perceptions, being young has…
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- The state of Pakistan: 20 years behind the world, and Imran Khan is no solution
From an interview of noted Af-Pak expert Ahmad Rashid, where he says that Pakistan is 20 years behind the world:
The end of the Cold War presented a lot of benefits to many countries but it passed Pakistan by completely…
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- A short chronology of Indian Civilian-Military Distrust
The Indian Express story about unexpected troop movements around Delhi in January 2012, on the same that the army chief General Singh took the government to the Supreme Court, raises more questions about the state of Ind…
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