January 2012
57 posts
Plus d'information sur la spécialisation en... →
A shampoo specialist in Texas, for instance, learns about neck anatomy and must practice skills such as regulating water temperature. “There’s a lot of different things that go into it,” says Elizabeth Perez, the state’s cosmetology program manager.
Protectionnisme et corporatisme : l'étendue des... →
Presque 30% des actifs américains exercent aujourd’hui des métiers nécessitant de détenir une licence professionnelle. Il faut même une licence aujourd’hui pour être “spécialiste en shampoing” !
"Je suis un très mauvais auteur, mais un bon... →
Dans cette très belle lettre de 1955, le mythique David Ogilvy explique comment il fait pour écrire ses publicités. Ce mélange de réalisme, d’humour et de cynisme vaut le détour : “Je suis terrifié de produire une mauvaise publicité. Cela fait que je jette les 20 premières tentatives. Si tout le reste échoue, je bois la moitié d’une bouteille de rhum et écoute un oratorio de...
This blows my mind (via Kottke) →
“The more successful Fab gets, the more humbling it gets. This company and this...”
– betashop (via betashop)
“Each time I look at that flag, I’m reminded that our destiny is stitched...”
– Transcript of Obama’s SOTU address - UPI.com
“Halay found evidence of a 19th-century woman so destitute her only possession...”
– A 375-Year-Old French Bank Forgives Debts of Paris’ Poorest - Business - GOOD
“We don’t have an obligation to solve America’s problems. Our only obligation is...”
– Apple, in Apple, America and a Squeezed Middle Class - NYTimes.com
“The average American loves his family. If he has any love left over for some...”
– Unquote | Futility Closet
Filing emails is a waste of time. →
A field study of 345 users shows that it is more efficient to spend less time in preparatory activities (sorting mails in complex folder structures) and just use the search function.
“Mr. Fisher, if you could somehow put the Mount Wilson telescope inside the Mount...”
– Higher Things | Futility Closet
“Create something: don’t just be an “employee,” a...”
– Mastering the Art of Living Meaningfully Well - Umair Haque - Harvard Business Review
“To be a parent is to be a caretaker of your children’s past and future at an age...”
– Responsibility
The Model Board Package : Mark MacLeod →
Good ressource for start-ups wondering how to deal with their boards.
“The mismatch between Silicon Valley and Congress isn’t just that Silicon Valley...”
– Tim O’Reilly (via bijan)
“What?? “a Missouri federal judge ruled the FBI did not need a warrant to...”
– This Is The Smell Of Inevitability
Finally ! New York City gets a Software... →
The important part being “High School” !
Maybe the strangest story I read in a long while. →
Dave Sanders: Fiber-Optics Exec by Day, Defender of Justice by Night
“America needs to have an honest debate about private equity. Not the biased...”
– Let’s be honest about private equity - The Term Sheet: Fortune’s deals blog Term Sheet
“My credit card company knows far more about my shopping history than my...”
– Paging Dr. Siri — Marginal Revolution
“Every fact of science was once damned. Every invention was considered...”
– RAW quote: disobedience was man’s original virtue - Boing Boing
“Au moins six mois d’incarcération dans un camp de travail à quiconque (…)...”
– Des Nord-coréens punis après la mort de Kim Jong-il | Atlantico
Photos : A View Inside Iran - The Atlantic →
“In North Korea, we lock up the criminally insane. In America, you let them...”
– A Letter from Kim Jong-un « Borowitz Report
A business within the business (Great article via... →
“la performance est le nom nouveau du pouvoir absolu. La marche technologique...”
– Blog M@rs-lab - Performance sociale : la performance, autrement
“People who viewed an image of a dead cat (.) after recalling a newly learned...”
– Ouch: A Year’s Worth of Occasionally Disturbing Research on How to Get Ahead - Andrew O’Connell - Harvard Business Review
“Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our...”
– Unquote | Futility Closet
Une nouvelle hypothèse sur le rôle de l'appendice... →
“Parker thinks the appendix serves as a nature reserve for beneficial bacteria in our guts. When we get a severe gut infection such as cholera (which happened often during much of our history and happens often in many regions even today), the beneficial bacteria in our gut are depleted. The appendix allows them to be restored. In essence, Parker sees the appendix as a sanctuary for our tiny...
