Archive for August, 2006
All of us get way too many emails…handling it all is quite a pain, and so we let it pile up to fairly unmanageable levels! This alone makes it a prime candidate for applying GTD Principles.
However, while a number of solutions have been proposed, it needs to be kept in mind that not all of [...]
From the Freakonomics Blog comes this gem of a link. As Steven Levitt says,
Honestly, though, none of these talks compares to Jennifer Lin’s performance. She was 14 at the time. I was in the room when she played the piano at TED and it was unforgettable. The whole thing is good, but if you get [...]
A difference, to be a difference, has to make a difference.
- Michael Korpi
From Overheard in the Office came this gem, which just made my day!
Boss: So, I have a problem with giving you the job, even though I know you can do it.
Worker: What’s the issue?
Boss: You seem to be annoyed with us, and you’re not upbeat enough after what happened.
Worker: What happened is that I lived [...]
The Grossmunster is quite impressive. Although I did understand Richard Wagner’s comment about two pepper dispensers once I saw the cathedral. It’s one of the three major churches of Zurich, but certainly the most popular.
Zwigli launched his Reformation of Switzerland from this church in 1520.
An ancient German Bible is kept here as well. Don’t know [...]
Hi all, as promised (for the last 3 weeks), I’m now going to write about (and bore you with) my travels in Switzerland. I spent 5 days there with The Wife and the 2 brats (Aru & Ash), and managed to keep a diary through it all. Excerpts from Day 1 below:
We got off at [...]
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