February 2012
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Charm = a trait that fascinates, allures, or delights, compelling attractiveness. More on charm in business in the February issue of Monocle.
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Signs, symbols and their role in the social behaviour - how important do you think they are? Are they that important to mark your status in relationship with the others? Not only as an individual but also as a company or brand?
The more that an action or sign is generally seen as positive, without being very specific about what good features it indicates or who exactly cares about such...
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Orange has a big goal: making Facebook accessible on every phone in Africa, by using USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) - it allows you to transfer data through 2G networks. First country, a French speaking nation: Cote d’Ivoire. In my opinion, Africa is the next big thing for mobile. In Monocle’s February issue there is a short material on how Kenyan farmers can keep in...
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Liar, liar, pants on fire: how the language of lying is exposed in online dating profile.
Liars experience a lot of cognitive load. They have a lot to think about. They less they write, the fewer untrue things they may have to remember and support later.
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How much are you willing to pay for your education? What if you choose your course through MIT Online platform?
The biggest outstanding question is how much MITx will charge for the certificate of completion. The university evidently is still working out the details; administrators have announced that students in the first class will receive their certificates for free.
The difficulty...
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My dream job in 2012
I know what my dream job would be in 2012 and for the rest of my life. It’s not artsy, it’s not very fancy but it’s about studying humans connect and react to technology and social media.
How about you? Ever though about your dream job? Here’s an incredible list of profiles with some amazing people and their jobs made by ieee spectrum.
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‘Breakin’ LA’ teaser. Read more about the project here
Sunday cocktail: Super Bowl and social media
‘Based on ever-increasing platform usage, consumers have told us that the size of our circles matter. And that’s why every star uses Twitter (and why the NFL has invested in a player’s application so they can own the content instead of Twitter). Since I don’t really have a favorite in today’s game, I’ll be watching to see if Twitter crashes.’
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– Facebook Taps Former Levi’s, Apple Exec to Lead Marketing | Digital - Advertising Age
January 2012
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9 Strange Cases of Mass Hysteria
They began experience Tourettes-like symptoms, including painful tics and spasms and vocal outbursts. The girls all went to their doctors, but no physical or medical cause could be found. The high school the girls attended was tested for potential environmental toxins, but none were discovered. And finally, it was determined that the 12 girls who experienced these debilitating symptoms were...
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The Real Business Part 2 is now online featuring SECT & DUNO - LTS CREW. Via Bucharest Business
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Learn.Forget. Remember. Science of learning and forgetting.
In ordinary human discourse, the word ”forget” has multiple shades of meaning. It can refer to the irreversible elimination of a certain knowledge item from memory; or it can mean something milder, as in cases where someone ”forgets” something, but then remembers it shortly after. In the latter case, ”forgetting” means that the...
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MINI have launched a pretty cool, live streaming social installation at the...
– MINI: Fan The Flame Social Installation
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Currently using Fuji film rolls for my camera. Here’s an interesting Fuji-Kodak business analysis.
While Kodak suffers, its long-time rival Fujifilm is doing rather well. The two firms have much in common. Both enjoyed lucrative near-monopolies of their home markets: Kodak selling film in America, Fujifilm in Japan. A good deal of the trade friction during the 1990s between America and...