Regular readers know I’m slightly addicted to productivity tips and tricks. (In fact, I just picked up Gina Trapani’s Upgrade Your Life for some exciting airplane reading.)So I was especially taken by the Cult of Done manifesto, which has been flying around the productivity geek crowd on the web. Check it out below. 1. There […]
“We need kids who don’t just do what they’re told but who are self-directed.”— Ken Kay, P21, quoted in USA Today
The recession is horrid. And yet Americans still lead lives of staggering material abundance. That’s a point driven home in this TV clip, which everyone and her brother has sent to me this week.
Let’s get a mood check on America in the waning days of February 2009. CNN’s latest poll finds that close to “eight in 10 [Americans] say that things are going badly in the country, with just 21 percent suggesting that things are going well.”No surprise there.But here’s something weird: “Three out of four questioned say
I’m not sure if what the Ironworkers at Boston’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute are doing qualifies as emotionally intelligent signage. But you’ll have to agree the signs they’re spray-painting are intelligent. And emotional. (HT: Chris Cavallerano)
What do I mean when I talk about “emotionally intelligent signage?” My definition is straightforward and perhaps a tad narrow:a) Signage that demonstrates empathy with the viewer (Ex: Don’t worry. This line moves really fast.), orb) Signage that encourages empathy on the part of the viewer as a way to get greater compliance. (Children play
“My name is Arne. It’s not Mr. Secretary. Please just call me Arne.”— U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, speaking to DOE employees in a line that the NYT says “drew a standing ovation.”
Yesterday afternoon my family and I took in (literally) a stunning piece of art installed at the Smithsonian’s American Art Museum here in Washington. To celebrate Presidents Day, artist Zilly Rosen created an enormous quasi-pointillistic dual portrait of Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama, a photo of which I snapped with my iPhone. You might notice
