Archive for May 2010
Career analyst Dan Pink examines the puzzle of motivation, starting with a fact that social scientists know but most managers don’t: Traditional rewards aren’t always as effective as we think. The traditional method of management does not always work in all the scenarios. Incentivised work will get you the desired results in only certain situations, [...]
Vancouver Film School is Canada’s premier post-secondary entertainment arts institution and one of the most distinguished in the world. Legacy, Sample student project: The 13 production-oriented programs at VFS span one year or less and cover all aspects of visual media. Students are guided by industry veterans as they create the professional-quality reels and portfolios [...]
NationMaster is a massive central data source and a handy way to graphically compare nations. NationMaster is a vast compilation of data from such sources as the CIA World Factbook, UN, and OECD. On it you can generate maps and graphs on all kinds of statistics with ease.NationMaster.com wants to be the web’s one-stop resource [...]
“No, ambulances are expensive”, this phrase really got me. Here is a kid skateboarding and has a really bad fall. The conversations that follow is a clear indication of where the American Health Care System is currently at. When I ponder on my childhood memories, feel extremely lucky that me and my friends escaped relatively [...]
This is an epic video of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano. I thank Sean Stiegemeier for filming this wonderful time lapse video of the volcano. Boston Big Picture too has some amazing images of this volcano. More Links: Boston Big Picture 1 Boston Big Picture 2
