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How to Save the World

[C]reativity (the domain of artists) is an ability to model things concretely in the real world, while imagination (the domain of dreamers) is an ability to conceptualize something not limited to the real world

World Reaction to Eels' Blinking Lights and Other Revelations

Magic Quadrant for Web Services Platforms, 2005

4C of better writing

Most writing is done to either persuade, describe or explain. But no matter your purpose, writing should always be:

• Concise
• Compelling
• Clear
• Correct

Who rules your symbols?

The challenge as I see it is: Who rules your symbols?

The art of raising money

Why do people get on a train? They get on a train because of three things. They get on a train because of where it is going. They get on a train because of when it is going to arrive. And they get on a train because they believe, after taking into consideration the cost in terms of time and money, the comfort or lack of comfort they will experience, and after analyzing how the offering of the train compares to other offerings that would get them to the desired location at an acceptable time, that the cost of the train ride is worth it. Now, do you realize that if what I have just said is true, no one gets on a train because of where it is. No one gets on the train because it is in the station. If you are trying to raise money by telling people what you are currently doing, you are like a train conductor trying to get people to get on a train by saying, "This train is in the station. Come and get on." It won't work.

Nouns and verbs -- the Difference

The Accountant's Readership

According to a survey conducted on World Book Day last year, accountants read more for pleasure than many other professionals. It was estimated that accountants spend an average of more than five hours per week reading their favourite choices. Five hours may not sound much, but in the modern busy world it represents quite an investment of time to devote to reading – certainly more than the MPs, journalists and teachers surveyed were able to put in.

Reason for studying humanities

That brings us to the second necessary component at the core of their education: the humanities, the study of literature and art. What is their purpose? To help maturing students articulate the human consequences of their technological choices, to aid them in drawing up the unfinished agenda of humanity, to educate them in the past so they will have an objective standard against which to measure their relative success or failure as civilized beings, to communicate to them the collective wisdom of their race, and to inspire new creative acts. But, most of all, to pose moral challenges that will rouse them from complacency and encourage their ascent from the merely human to the truly humane.

Pop vs. Soda

Airport metaphor

"The SEC program will be a definite catalyst," says Paul Penler, a principal at Ernst & Young and chairman of the XBRL U.S. Consortium. "When I began working with XBRL in 1999, I knew it would take 6 to 10 years to take off. It's like building an airport — there is a huge amount of infrastructure needed before planes can take off and land."

Forming the Polish Local XBRL Jurisdiction

Use of XBRL is gathering momentum

SPE on my box