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Cool stuff digest: August 2010

September 1, 2010

Things that I liked in August

  1. Who killed more people in the Bible, God or Satan? A bar graph;
  2. Collaborative design thinking;
  3. New concept of bus in China;
  4. Informative infographics video about freecycling consumption trends driven by technology;
  5. Cool service for electronic content promotion: pay with tweet;
  6. Reduce stress scientifically;
  7. New good & free internet radio: Soma FM;
  8. Wikipedia edit wars :)
  9. Service that forms movies recommendations generated based on your friends’ tweets;

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Cool stuff digest: July 2010

July 31, 2010

Things that I considered worthy to pay attention to in July:

  1. How various teas (green, oolong, etc.) are processed;
  2. Curious project which aims to create a movie about our planet all shot in one day all over the world;
  3. TED talk that answers the question “What Leonardo da Vinci Really Looked Like”;
  4. Worth watching talk by venture-capitalist Fred Wilson on “10 ways to be your own boss”;
  5. Just a funny picture that illustrates how Gantt diagrams feel in reality;
  6. Video that shows how augmented reality can potentially look like;
  7. Impressive strength: Konstantinov doing 325kg squat & 420kg deadlift!;
  8. Common Errors in English Usage book;
  9. Very action-oriented comprehensive & yet free webinar about web-based infobusiness, affiliate programs, passive income;
  10. Another motivational video (Nike commercial);

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Short funny video about things that really motivate us

May 28, 2010

Found a great video in Garry‘s posterous. It’s a visualization done by genius Cognitive Media of the Daniel Pink‘s speech summarizing recent researches into motivation and insights into its determinants: autonomy, mastery, purpose and contribution instead of monetary incentives. All told in a way that even 6 years old would understand.

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The Century of the Self – great documentary

I want to share one of the greatest documentaries I have ever seen with you. It’s called The Century of the Self and it has an unbelievable density of insights into psychology, psychotherapy, social sciences in general, advertising, public relations, propaganda, manipulation, marketing, influence, politics, capitalism, self-expression and in a certain way even the meaning [...]

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Good books

What I recently read: 1. Economics of Happiness by Mark Anielski Quite an interesting book which summarizes ideas of economics of happiness (happynomics), sustainable development, ecological footprint and others. Sometimes it’s a little bit ideological: anti-consumerism, anti-credit, anti-FED, etc. But still there are lots, lots of interesting and familiar ideas. Both on individual level and [...]

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Timeless ideas: how can greatest philosophers teach us to be happier & wiser

Creators of videos below tried to fix it by grasping the essence of the famous philosophers’ ideas, drawing the parallel with their own destinies and projecting them to our daily life.

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Recommendation of few smart books

Reviews for Making It All Work by David Allen, The Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell, The Wisdom of Crowds by James Surowiecki, The Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Peal.

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How to win negotiation and get a better deal (1 basic principle and 30 useful tips)

All the best negotiation ideas, methods, trics&trips summarized in one post.

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