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I totally agree with the problem of outsourcing. Only simple, repetitive tasks that are easy to QA are suitable to outsource. For complex tasks, it takes more time to write the contracts and specifications for outsourcing than actually doing… [...]
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Applying the concept of a sprint in Agile development can help me cope with information overload. I block off a period of time, 2-3 hours, to concentration on my work. I will hide myself, disconnect from email and instant messages to avoid any… [...] This is the end of Bandai. Who would buy over priced plastic model if you can print your own Gundam? Probably it will be the end of ToyR’us too. By Feb 10th 2011, Economist Three-dimensional printing from digital designs will transform… [...] Why burn or bury garbage when you can vaporize them and turn garbage into electricity? This is the solution for landfill. Feb 3rd 2011, Economist Atomising trash eliminates the need to dump it, and generates useful power too DISPOSING of household… [...] According to Economist, studying MBA is not a good investment. So I should be glad that MBA school rejected my application. 2 Feb 2011, Economist Set your heart on an MBA? Philip Delves Broughton suggests a radical alternative: don’t bother… [...] According to this research, how your posture affect your projection of power and how other people perceive it. It is interesting to note the powerful sitting posture is regard as bad sitting manner in traditional Chinese culture. Another… [...] I highly doubt this scheme will work with engineers, we are trained to rationalize our decisions. If free is an option, why pay? Donating the money to the same charity separately yields better return, at least you can get the tax credit. Economist,… [...] Technology should able to solve the problem of choice, we just need AI agent who mimic my mind making decision for us. Dec 16th 2010, Economist If you can have everything in 57 varieties, making decisions becomes hard work THESE are momentous… [...] Technology is neither good or bad, it all depends on how people use it. Sooner or later, someone will develop Stuxnet. Being the first cyber war virus, Stuxnet is doing a good deed by sabotage a nuclear weapon plant at Iran and at the same time warn… [...] Cricket and baseball has at least one thing in common, both of them are a very boring game to watch. But baseball has one advantage over cricket, they sell beer in the stadium.… [...] China is reaching the turning-point, India is probably not far behind. Where the outsourcing will go next? Africa or Middle East?… [...] The minimum wage legislation marks the last straw for Hong Kong’s death. The city is still there, but it is no longer the city once famous for its economy freedom. In 20 years, we will see whose economical policy is right, Cowperthwaite… [...] Working extra hard is not a long timer viable strategy to survive in a corporate world. Productive only scale linearly for putting in the extra hour. In order to stay afloat, your productivity has to grow in multiples by continuous learning.… [...] My plan of cloning myself is old news from yesterday. With the new technology of synthetic life, now I want to create an entire new me from scratch. If you can make something newer and better, why bother mere copying?… [...] Now I can explain why those funny looking moustache are so popular in India. Women in less health countries prefer masculine facial features.… [...] According to the law of conservation of energy, energy won’t disappear, it merely transform from one form to another. If we can harvest excess heat in the atmosphere and use it to generate electricity, we can solve the global warming… [...] The current copyright is leaning too much to the media companies and stifle the spread of knowledge. Do they really deserve to earn that much money for being merely fat middle men?… [...] Printing body part using 3D bio-printer sounds like sci-fi coming to reality. It can print tissues now, but sooner or later, they can print a whole limb with bones and tissue. Maybe we can even print a complete human and use the 3D bio-printer… [...] Promotion often directly link to immediate and future monetary reward. If employee perceive unfair when a under performer gets more money than he deserved, it would be even worse if the under performer is promoted.… [...] The cap-and-dividend plan to control carbon emission and fight global warming seems to be the best and fairest among all approaches. Auction off the thing in conflict to the highest bidder, then divide the earning among all citizens. It would… [...] |
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