Archive for July, 2007
Various Materials Links
30 July 2007I was looking through some older emails today and I came to the conclusion that I have a bad habit of emailing myself links to interesting articles or newsitems I find, but not getting them out on here. So here’s and effor to catch up.
This was one of the earlier links I sent […]
The enabling application for Electrochromic Materials?
29 July 2007Here a link to an article on Roland Piquepaille’s blog conerning some prototype electrochromic sunglasses put together by the University of Washington. What I really liked about this example is not that electrochromic materials are totally unknown as there has been significant work on them for decades. It was that they built a […]
LinkedIN links
29 July 2007I was doing some searching on LinkedIN the other day and ran across this list of tips on LinkedIN. I am not sure I agree with some of it, but wanted to point to the various links and let you decide for yourself. (Note: Originally from a LinkedIN Questions post.)
- http://www.rickupton.com/linkedin-tips.htm
- http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2007/01/ten_ways_to_use.html
- http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2119586,00.asp
- http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/12/01/8394967
- http://linkedinusermanual.blogspot.com
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Amy Smith on TedTalks- Design that saves lives
25 July 2007I was reading over at endless innovation this post which points to a presentation by Amy Smith at TED.
I found the presentation to be quite refreshing and eye-opening. She specializes in designing solutions for the other 90% of the world. Engineering solutions to common, but life-threatening problems in developing countries. Highlighted […]
Interview: Jeffrey Pfeffer on his book “What Were They Thinking”
18 July 2007Guy Kawasaki has a great interview with Jeffrey Pfeffer (Thomas D. Dee II Professor of Organizational Behavior at the Graduate School of Business, Stanford University) related to his book What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom About Management. What really struck me as interesting was how true some of sentiments rang with me. […]