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How to determine copyright term
Thursday, May 9, 2013 · Topics: copyright, music-composition
From Brown & Michaels: How long does copyright last, and how can I tell if a work is in the public domain? · Go to How to determine copyright term →
Readmill
Thursday, May 9, 2013 · Topics: ipad-applications, iphone-applications
a unique ebook reader for iPad and iPhone that lets you read, share and discover great books · Go to Readmill →
Beth Comstock and GE: Imagining the future
Thursday, May 9, 2013 · Topics: change, failure, futuring
From Knowledge@Wharton: Beth Comstock, a senior vice president and chief marketing officer at General Electric, thinks everyone should embrace change, accept challenges and never fear failure. It is advice that has helped her continue to grow in her career at NBC, CBS and now GE, where, among other things, she convinced the CEO to support a new slogan for the company: “imagination at work.” Comstock offered her thoughts during a Wharton Leadership Lecture. · Go to Beth Comstock and GE: Imagining the future →
Productivity in the modern office: A matter of impact
Thursday, May 9, 2013 · Topics: employee-engagement, productivity
From Knowledge@Wharton: More than 50 years after management guru Peter Drucker first wrote about the difficulty of defining and measuring the productivity of knowledge workers, management experts say many companies still do a poor job of it. To get a better gauge of how much employees are accomplishing, experts say managers need to remember that quality is often as important, if not more so, than quantity, and that blanket policies rarely remedy such a highly individualized issue. · Go to Productivity in the modern office: A matter of impact →
What eyeware startup Warby Parker sees that others don’t
Thursday, May 9, 2013 · Topics: e-marketing, marketing-strategy
From Knowledge@Wharton: Warby Parker has vision. The e-commerce startup known for its $95 retro-cool frames has attracted a steady stream of customers and top-notch investors. And just last month in New York City, the company opened its first free-standing store which, according to co-founder Neil Blumenthal, represents “unchartered territory … the convergence of e-commerce and bricks and mortar. The idea that it’s one or the other is ridiculous,” he says. “E-commerce as a term will become obsolete in five or six years.” · Go to What eyeware startup Warby Parker sees that others don’t →
10 troublesome colors to avoid In your advertising
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 · Topics: color, color-palettes, design, web-design
From Design Festival: The following are some of the worst uses of color in advertising, both online and in print. Glance through and make sure you aren’t using any of the following simply as a short-term strategy to attract attention. · Go to 10 troublesome colors to avoid In your advertising →
It is in our nature to need stories
Wednesday, May 8, 2013 · Topics: storytelling
From Scientific American: It is in our nature to need stories. They are our earliest sciences, a kind of people-physics. Their logic is how we naturally think. They configure our biology, and how we feel, in ways long essential for our survival. · Go to It is in our nature to need stories →
Is suffering necessary for the spiritual life?
Tuesday, May 7, 2013 · Topics: mindfulness, reframing, spiritual-practice
From Derek Beres at Big Think: One of my first yoga instructors used to say, ‘Suffering is optional.’ In the immediate he was referencing the struggle to remain in challenging postures—our mindset could shift from one of struggle to that of acceptance. Underlying the asana was the notion that we choose to view existence as laced with suffering…or not.
That life could be filled with contentment instead of constant anguish was a revelation. Essentially raised agnostic, even I felt the heavy weight of guilt that pervades those of my generation, a hard reality to escape in America. · Go to Is suffering necessary for the spiritual life? →
