Unification

Unification 
by Michael Leonidas Dertouzos


Techies,
Mind your prescriptions for the world.
Humies,
Tone down your fears of techno-change.
Step outside your precious castles
Look within before the split
Fill the space that makes you whole
Enjoy the sunset
And the wheel.
Argue from logic
And emotion.
Technology is humanity's child
As is our quest for human purpose.
To love them is to love ourselves.
There are no differences.
Only labels.


~ discovered while attending a lecture held by prof.acad. Florin G. Filip


Glad to see that techies and humies are encouraged to collaborate. Always felt as being both and none at the same time. Too much of either is...too much. A little bit of both should suffice. More, it should lead to understanding and innovation. 

The Lazy Project Manager

Today's the day I have learned that there's science behind laziness! When Peter Taylor began his post with "progress isn't make by early risers. It's made by lazy men trying to find easier ways to do something", I had but to agree with him :P 


I have to confess I didn't expect somebody would make smth out of laziness, but the idea of adopting a more focused approach to exercise our efforts where it really matters really appealed to me.


So, if you wanna take a look, just click...Productive laziness and next time when you realize you're laziness question if you're experimenting a productive laziness or a idle one! :)

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM 2010

SCHOOL OF LIFE SCIENCES, LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND 

INTERNATIONAL SUMMER RESEARCH  PROGRAM 2010

from  July 5^th, 2010  to  August 27^th, 2010

Deadline for Applications: March 1^st, 2010

Contact Email: summer.sv@epfl.ch

The Summer Research Program in Life Sciences and Technology at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), will offer an intensive research training opportunity to 25 undergraduate students interested in research careers in life sciences. This program will run from July 5th to August 27th 2010. 

General Information

	*	Up to 25 students are selected from 200 to 300 applicants per year.
	*	A financial compensation of 3000 CHF is provided for all successful candidates.
	*	The majority of travel expenses are covered by program sponsors and the School of Life Sciences.
	*	Help finding housing in Lausanne for the duration of the stay is provided for students from out-of-town.
	*	Students must ensure that they have a valid health insurance.
	*	The working language is English
	*	Some funding is available for excursions and social events. SRP 2010 WEBSITE

EIT

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT) has launched its first three Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) last December. Legal partnerships are selected by the EIT to become KICs. The first call for proposals was launched last April. It will be interesting to keep an eye on this initiative. If interested bookmark the following link:

EIT Home Page

Julian Beever

Nokia town :)

Julian Beever. The previous post reminded me of another artist. English. Belgium-based chalk artist. Pavement drawings, murals, collages. Great talent. Plenty of imagination.


Julian's home page 


time to get some chalk, eh? :)

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Alfredo

Alfredo Rodriquez. Born and raised in Mexico. Painting since the age of six. Professional artist since 1968. Now famous. 


Alfredo's web page


Some of Alfredo's paintings

enjoy!

Tribal Knowledge

...and then one day I found out about Tribal Knowledge :) Quite a concept I thought. Out of all the tribal truths pointed out by John More in his Business Wisdom Brewed from the Grounds of STARTBUCJS Corporate Culture I shall resume to just a few for now. So, we have...


() There's a high price to a low price strategy
If Starbucks ever decided to run itself as a priced-to-sell retailer, it would be admitting the company no longer values a unique product or a unique customer experience.
() Be the best, not the biggest
Starbucks never set its priority to become the biggest coffee retailer. Starbucks did, however, set out to become the best coffee retailer, trusting that growth would be a by-product of being the best.
() Actions speak louder that advertising
For Starbucks, action, not advertising, is the most effective way to drive sales and build a brand.
() Practice local warming - one of may favourite!
Starbucks may be global in scope, but it strives to be local in function through being a good neighbor in the communities it serves...and one ..oh, a few more :)
() Touchology Trumps Technology
Starbucks has learned that customers appreciate the high-touch human interaction with store partners and not the high-tech mechanisms that attempt to emulate personal relationships, but are a poor substitute for the real thing.

() Tourists bring home souvenirs. Explorers bring home stories 

Starbucks marketers treat customers not as occasional tourists seeking superficial trinkets but as everyday explorers seeking stories.

() Walls talk. Take a moment to listen

All walls talk, no matter the business. Walls say something good or bad about businesses every day. The problem is, many businesspeople do not spend enough time in their stores to know what the walls are telling them.

() Everything matters
You’d be hard pressed to find a Starbucks employee say, “That doesn’t matter. No customer will ever notice it.” Because chances are a customer will notice. And that’s why EVERYTHING MATTERS to Starbuck

Food for thought!