tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13541572207844224312024-03-12T19:58:28.447-07:00Emmanuel Amberber - A TALE OF CURIOUS SOUL Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.comBlogger52125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-70572531697792130092014-02-25T03:04:00.001-08:002014-02-25T03:04:57.347-08:00Should I text him? [Infographics]<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Souce: <a href="http://www.beccaclason.com/SHOULD-I-TEXT-HIM" style="background-color: white; color: #ff8282; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; text-align: -webkit-center; text-decoration: none;">Becca </a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-42225302910777587132014-02-09T06:08:00.000-08:002014-02-09T06:08:42.489-08:00The Paypal Mafia in U.S and The Burrp Effect in India<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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That's the alumni of the online payment company that went public in February 2002 and was acquired by eBay eight months later. They earned the nickname several years ago when PayPal alums started a string of successful companies.</div>
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Read full story here: <a href="http://yourstory.com/2014/02/burrp-startup-tree/">The Burrp! Effect</a></div>
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A book Info : <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2318271.The_Last_Lecture">http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2318271.The_Last_Lecture</a></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-36413736734079361032013-12-16T07:09:00.000-08:002013-12-16T07:09:14.574-08:00Biohacking Infographics <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-37675802113224331802013-12-02T07:04:00.000-08:002013-12-02T07:04:12.557-08:00Data Visualization - Internet of AfricaOne day I aspire to do such a cool data visualization: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/02/13/us/politics/2013-budget-proposal-graphic.html?_r=0">NYT: Four Ways to Slice ...</a><br />
But for now here is what I've got <a href="http://yourstory.com/2013/12/internet-africa/">Interactive Infographics.</a> <--- Click here.<br />
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<a href="http://yourstory.com/2013/12/internet-africa/">Full Interactive Infographics.</a> .Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-14127520141206924472013-10-23T09:20:00.002-07:002013-10-23T21:35:01.890-07:00The Other Untold African Story“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
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When we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding. I've always had a problem with problematic representation of Africa in Western media. Usually Africa finds herself in the western news only when it fits into pre-existing-stereotype that had been created for the continent. It makes me feel helpless when i think of the power of these media giants and the size of the problem. On one side It's frustrating because I don't know a perfect solution for it. One the other side I know Africa has a bright story that needs to be told to everyone in the world. Eg. This <a href="https://africahubs.crowdmap.com/">Crowdmaps shows there are more than 45 tech hubs, tech labs, business incubators and hacker spaces on the continent.</a> Am aspiring to be a story archaeologist and dig all genius entrepreneurial and startup stories that needed to be told to the world. Your Story, my story, Africa's story need to be heard loud and clear both inside and outside the continent. It's time to impact Africa one story a time.<br />
This is a good start. Watch this TEDtalk to get more glimpse on what's happening.<br />
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Once in a while though, they run positive story such like this,<i> (BBC)<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24524260">Why the world’s technology giants are investing in Africa.</a> </i> But it's like hit-and-run. They don't stay there and track the progress.<br />
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There is a need for more voice. Not just for voice of news, but for voice of stories too. I want to amplify that voice, the voice of the doers and makers in my own way. So that the ones who hear it will be inspired to DO. When they do, we'll have more stories to tell about the DOers for the generations to come.<br />
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I'm in a process of starting an exciting project, something I'll announce soon. I can't contain myself, too excited. In the mean time wish me good luck.<br />
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Update: <a href="http://blog.ted.com/2013/10/22/africa-is-booming-further-watching-and-reading/">TED has published another blog on this for further read.</a> <br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-73146701747578158602013-07-16T10:16:00.000-07:002013-07-16T10:16:00.945-07:00Top 10 Differences Between Managers and Leaders<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/8ubRzzirRKs?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Here: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGzVMqJSlKg&feature=share&list=TLPNw8eZkjONo" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: -0.05em; white-space: nowrap;">Effectively Manage Your Time by Doing It "God's Way"</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-64001739539256292522013-07-15T11:08:00.001-07:002013-07-15T11:08:42.188-07:00Fighting Fire with Fire - engineering the HIV virus to cure cancer?I'm deeply moved by this short story, the science behind this video is fascinating for me.<br />
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<br /><br />Sometime when you are pinned against the wall you have to fight fire with fire. <br /><br />Call it batshit crazy if you may, these guys engineered the HIV virus to cure cancer. <br /><br />Does this short story teach us something about finding unconventional and<br /><br />Radical solutions for the issues of our world?<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />To read more about this fascinating story check:<span style="color: #141823; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, lucida grande, tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;"> </span></span><a href="http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2013/06/25/no-doctors-did-not-inject-hiv-into-a-dying-girl-to-treat-her-cancer/" style="color: #141823; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">ScienceBlog</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-65137493405846118842013-07-15T10:34:00.004-07:002013-07-15T10:34:51.721-07:00Big Data Analytics: Make Your Own TED Talk<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/1Totz8aa2Gg?rel=0" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Visit: <a href="http://get-tedpad.com/tedpad-black.html">TedPad - To make awesome/worest TED talk</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-1659750878640776352013-07-13T09:41:00.000-07:002013-07-13T09:41:29.818-07:00Antifragile<br />
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<em>The error of thinking you know exactly where you are going and assuming that you know today what your preferences will be tomorrow has an associated one. It is the illusion of thinking that others, too, know where they are going, and that they would tell you what they want if you just asked them. Never ask people what they want, or where they want to go, or where they think they should go, or, worse, what they think they will desire tomorrow. The strength of the computer entrepreneur Steve Jobs was precisely in distrusting market research and focus groups— those based on asking people what they want— and following his own imagination. His modus was that people don’t know what they want until you provide them with it.</em></blockquote>
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<em>Taleb, Nassim Nicholas (2012-11-27). Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder (pp. 170-172). Random House, Inc.. Kindle Edition.</em><br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-72455949286058464062013-07-12T02:17:00.001-07:002013-07-12T02:37:58.617-07:00Barefoot - Bhaag Milkha Bhaag and Ethiopia's Abebe Bikila 53 years ago two legendary runners went to Rome's 1960 Summer Olympics. One from India the other from Ethiopia, they both were underdog legends in their own rights and in their respective countries. Also there was small correlation between the flying Sikh and Abebe Bikila. They both were known for running barefoot. Ethiopia's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abebe_Bikila">Abebe Bikila</a> has won the gold medal at Olympic after running 42km barefoot on the streets of Rome. As a nation that hasn't been colonized by European power that Olympic victory was another testament that emphasis on we can also win on peaceful sport ground not only on battle ground, that spirit is still alive in Ethiopians.<br />
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These videos makes me think some sort of stuff which i don't normally sit and think about in my day to day life.
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Ira Glass is an American public radio personality, and host and producer of the show <b>This American Life</b>. He talks about what separates a<b> great taste</b> from <b>great work</b>, and that the only way to bridge the gap between ability and ambition is to actually do the work — is one that rings true for just about startup entrepreneurs life. Personally i liked what he said, check it out below.</div>
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What nobody tells people who are beginners — and I really wish someone had told this to me . . . is that all of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, and it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not.</div>
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But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of people never get past this phase. They quit. Most people I know who do interesting, creative work went through years of this. We know our work doesn’t have this special thing that we want it to have. We all go through this. And if you are just starting out or you are still in this phase, you gotta know it’s normal and the most important thing you can do is do a lot of work. Put yourself on a deadline so that every week you will finish one story.</div>
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It is only by going through a volume of work that you will close that gap, and your work will be as good as your ambitions. And I took longer to figure out how to do this than anyone I’ve ever met. It’s gonna take awhile. It’s normal to take awhile. You’ve just gotta fight your way through.”</div>
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As <a href="http://www.williambutler.ca/2013/02/improve-instincts/">William Butler</a> summarized it neatly here, In his book entitled, <a href="http://www.gladwell.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #005fa1; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Malcolm Gladwell's website">b l i n k</a> , Malcolm Gladwell, refers to ‘rapid cognition’… the first two seconds in which your mind jumps to a conclusion. In the book, Malcolm describes what he calls ‘adaptive unconsciousness’, a skill that can be learned that allows you connect, within those split seconds, many little pieces of information.</div>
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You can't predict the exact wildcards that may or may not occur in the future, but you can predict their impact and prepare for it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-42773638573627062772013-05-14T08:10:00.002-07:002013-05-14T08:10:44.167-07:00 The Man Watching <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I can tell by the way the trees beat, after</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">so many dull days, on my worried windowpanes</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">that a storm is coming,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">and I hear the far-off fields say things</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I can't bear without a friend,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I can't love without a sister</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">The storm, the shifter of shapes, drives on</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">across the woods and across time,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">and the world looks as if it had no age:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">the landscape like a line in the psalm book,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">is seriousness and weight and eternity.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">What we choose to fight is so tiny!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">What fights us is so great!</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">If only we would let ourselves be dominated</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">as things do by some immense storm,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">we would become strong too, and not need names.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">When we win it's with small things,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">and the triumph itself makes us small.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">What is extraordinary and eternal</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">does not want to be bent by us.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">I mean the Angel who appeared</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">to the wrestlers of the Old Testament:</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">when the wrestler's sinews</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">grew long like metal strings,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">he felt them under his fingers</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">like chords of deep music.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Whoever was beaten by this Angel</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">(who often simply declined the fight)</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">went away proud and strengthened</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">and great from that harsh hand,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">that kneaded him as if to change his shape.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">Winning does not tempt that man.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;">This is how he grows: by being defeated, decisively,</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; 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Also there is conversation about it on facebook : <a href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=497736596929641&set=a.308490045854298.67287.108556022514369&type=1">Here</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18130896698162241832noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1354157220784422431.post-18684305052328379012013-02-11T08:26:00.000-08:002013-02-11T08:26:18.038-08:00Listening Lauryn Hill Songs<br />
People need to understand that the Lauryn Hill they were exposed to in the beginning was all that was allowed in that arena at the time. I had to step away for the sake of the machine. I was being way too compromised. I felt uncomfortable having to smile in someone's face when I really didn't like them or know them well enough to like. ~Lauryn Hill<br />
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I haven't cried when Steve Jobs died even though he was my hero.<br />
But when Aaron Swartz, the co-founder of reddit.com dies at the age of 26 my eyes were filled in tears for this too young bight guy.<br />
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I wonder what makes people lose their faith in this world, suicide at the age of 26. Sad world!<br />
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He was a founder of DemandProgress.org also he co-authored the first specification of RSS. The next time you subscribe to RSS feed or check your RSS via Google reader. Remember that was one of his contribution to the world or web.<br />
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I use RSS feeds every day. Thanks Aaron Schwartz. RIP.<br />
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If you ask anyone what’s opposite of fragile. People say resilient, robust, hard, strong, solid or unbreakable. Taleb argues in his book that we don’t have a word for it in all major languages so he conies the word Antifragile. Fragile = Breaks from volatility (if you drop a wine glass It gets broken easily) , Robust = Withstands volatility (If you throw a metal item I can endure the damage up to a point) & Anitfragile = gains from volatility (If you tear your muscle in gym they grow stronger, if you break your bones they grow stronger better than before. Immune systems strengthen from exposure to germs up to a point)<br />
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After reading this intellectually stimulating book I’ve felt, Antifragility is a quality that I’ve long aspired to without having known quite what it is. Taleb uses the example of the mythical creature Hydra, 'you cut the head of a Hydra and two grow out. That's anti-fragility right there.' I think that’s what I want, an antifragile life. Its beyond robust and sturdy.<br />
<a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323353204578128872051100906.html">Someone from WSJ said.</a> This is a bold, entertaining, clever book, richly crammed with insights, stories, fine phrases and intriguing asides. Does it achieve its goal, or does it cram and twist the world on to a Procrustean bed of one theory, thereby somewhat contradicting its own empirical and pragmatic outlook? I am not sure. I will have to read it again. And again.<br />
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I’d invite you to read the book so that you can reach to your own conclusion, or at least you can have a conversation with me about the book. Wish you all the best. Wish you an Antifragile life ahead in 2013.</div>
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