Jan. 27 2012

Often, we’re hesitant to identify a problem out of fear we can’t solve it. Knowing that we have to live with something that we’re unable to alter gives us a good reason to avoid verbalizing it—highlighting it just makes it worse.

While this sort of denial might be okay for individuals (emphasis on might), it’s a lousy approach for organizations of any size. That’s because there are almost certainly resources available that can solve a problem if you decide it’s truly worth solving.

Put yourself and your people on a path to finding problems without regard for whether or not they are capable of solving them. Queue them up, prioritize them and then go find the help your organization needs to solve them.

Just because you don’t know what to do about it doesn’t make it less of a problem.

Seth’s Blog: Solving problems (vs. identifying them)

Jan. 26 2012

peterwknox:

perpetua:

Wu-Tang Clan
“M.E.T.H.O.D. Man”
Live on Yo! MTV Raps, 1993

The audio on this isn’t great, but it’s kinda amazing to watch a young, extremely animated Meth in action.

Rap with some of this and some of that.

auto-wu-re-blog.

(Source: youtube.com)

nevver:

What does your cigar say about you?

Jan. 22 2012

not usually a filter guy but i’ll make an exception for the 2nd amendment.

Jan. 20 2012

nevver:

Have you ever wondered which part of the other side of the earth is directly below you?

trying to legit zone out.

Jan. 16 2012

this clip is just for show, but, i used to obsess over these competitions whenever espn had them on air.

Jan. 10 2012

Your probability of dying during a given year doubles every 8 years. For me, a 25-year-old American, the probability of dying during the next year is a fairly miniscule 0.03% — about 1 in 3,000. When I’m 33 it will be about 1 in 1,500, when I’m 42 it will be about 1 in 750, and so on. By the time I reach age 100 (and I do plan on it) the probability of living to 101 will only be about 50%. This is seriously fast growth — my mortality rate is increasing exponentially with age.
Your body wasn’t built to last: a lesson from human mortality rates (via deplorableword)

getting over a cold this week.

Jan. 08 2012

had family over on jan. 2, 2012.

Jan. 04 2012

To explore the consequences of viewing one’s virtual doppelgänger, we ran a simple experiment using digitally manipulated photographs (Ahn & Bailenson, 2011). We used imaging software to place participants’ heads on people depicted in billboards using fictitious brands, for example holding up a soft drink with a brand label on it.

After the study, participants expressed better memory as well as a preference for the brand, even though it was obvious their faces had been placed in the advertisement. In other words, even though it was clearly a gimmick, using the digital self to promote a product is effective.

Advertising through avatar-manipulation « Mind Hacks (via slantback)

testing this…soon.

Jan. 02 2012

day19:

Ponce de Leon Black

If you don’t know about http://www.mattutd.com/ you really should take some time and go check it out.

lollerskates.