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  • Business jargon we got used to

    Everybody hates management-speak and corporate jargon, but here are some terms that people used to think of as horrible jargon that we all got used to. Maybe one day we’ll all be leveraging deliverables without a secon

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  • Usborne releases its classic 1980s computer programming books

    Learn programming with Usborne Publishing‘s 1983 “Introduction to Machine Code for Beginners“. The classic books have been released as PDF under the only restriction to link to their pages: Usborne’s computer and coding books.

    The PDFs available include:

    The release happened to promote the publishers new board book for small children to get started with computing: Lift-the-Flap Computers and Coding (affiliate link) and Coding for Beginners (affiliate link).

    via: Boing Boing:

    Jindo Fox writes, “A few years ago, Cory linked to some wonderful pictures in Usborne’s 1983 classic Introduction to Machine Code for Beginners. Usborne has made PDF copies available of…

     

  • Information – Time – Knowledge

    Information - Time - Knowledge

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  • Anybody missing their Boeing 747?

    PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB), the country’s main airport operator, is seeking the owner of three unclaimed planes left at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA).

    via: The Star Online

  • Planning for 2016

    David Cummings has a few words on startup planning for 2016. Not only for startups, but also for established mid- and large companies planning ahead is an important activity, in particular planning the next year at the end of past year.

    My primary customer has been a company that builds and markets tools for “Business Intelligence”. These tools basically collect data from all kind of sources, process them and generate metrics and calculate trends.

    However, it is up to the department to interpret these metrics and make a decision on what shall be done. The business intelligence will help to make a more profound decision, but the strategy has to be crafted manually.

    A strategy shall also be the scale against which metrics are measured. And each year or quarter is a good moment to review metrics and strategy, in order to assessing the validity of a strategy. Think of it as a feedback loop.

    via: David Cummings: Planning for 2016

  • Presentation Training

    Presentations have been an integral part of my career so far. Having started into professional life as a product trainer, I was thrown right into cold water. Coming from university, I felt not at all ready to speak in front of 6 to 10 people, for the length of as much as a 3 day certification course. After 4 years I probably ended up having done more than 100 courses. Later, I gave speeches on behalf of the company I work for or for the Industry Association I am volunteering for. In some occasions in front of hundreds of people in the audience.

    Yet have I only received formal training in the past few years, but always found it extremely useful to receive direct feedback, as opposed to indirect feedback from the audience. And so did I choose to subscribe to Presenting 201, which happened the past two days.

    One may argue nothing beats experience, some people may believe presenting is a talent. Which I disagree. Presenting is a skill that can be learned, and therefore trained. Receiving feedback is essential to the process. And the course was a wonderful opportunity to repeat the obvious, and even more importantly, practice and get rid of all the bad habits.

    Best practices from presentation guides are, but not limited to: Make your presentation remembered to the audience. Pay attention to details: How you act, where to stand, what to say and how to structure your slides. To pay attention to content. To work out the key message. To make eye contact with the audience. To talk to the audience and not the slide deck.

    And practicing helps adhere to these simple rules. And a presentation course is an excellent opportunity to practice and receive feedback.

  • Meanwhile at Anonymous

    Anonymous

    It’s dinnertime over at Anonymous!

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  • The workstation for the modern office worker.

    My guess is everybody in the office will give an arm and a leg to get one of these desks and become so much more productive. Instantly.

    At 5900,-$ it is a bit out range for our budget, though, but Mashable has still a good point about the device:

    …and it’s amazing.

    via: mashable

  • Coffee Tutorial

    Jeden Morgen einfach mit einer schönen Tasse Kaffee beginnen. Es ist so einfach!

    https://vimeo.com/142577027

  • Die Analyse des Tages

    Sascha Lobo analysiert gelassen und objektiv die allgemeine Situation.