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Why the UK didn’t have a S*mmer 2*12
If you live in the UK, you may have noticed that we haven’t had much of a summer this year.We’ve had the wettest June on record. The wettest April on record. And the wettest April-June on record. Normally, when I see a summer like this, I blame the cricket team. #2012 London Olympics #Baron Coubertin #Coca-Cola #ConnectTheDots #McDonald's
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The joy of writing about the things which don’t matter
…because sometimes they do matter. I’ve been fascinated by what people share, when they share it and how they share it for some time now. And for even longer, I’ve been thinking about why we share what we share. Those of you who’re interested may want to read some of my #David Meece #Facebook Inc #graphic artist #HowThisWorks #NotJobsButPassion #social networks #Twitter
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Remember why you’re doing something, don’t get lost in what and how
In my late teens, living in Calcutta, I used to play a lot of duplicate bridge. Or at the very least, contract bridge, if eight players could not be found. This was in the mid 1970s, when sophisticated artificial bidding systems were all the rage. For those who #artificial bidding systems #ChangeTheNow #knowledge management #NotJobsButPassion
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Cloud is about change. Get on or die
All projects involve change, an outcome of some sort that can be measured as a difference between the initial state and the end state of something. All change involves risk. At a level of abstraction, project management may be seen as the means by which something is progressed from initial state #cloud #Java #JustSaying #Linux #NotJobsButPassion
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Lessons I learnt from Steve Jobs
I didn’t know Steve Jobs. Like many others I’d seen Steve on stage a few times; we’ve been in the same small room once, but didn’t actually meet. Until this year, when I was at the iPad 2 launch on 2nd March: Marc Benioff had been invited, and he #Apple Inc. #NotJobsButPassion #Steve Jobs