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• WOWOW: Dangerously Cosmopolitan

  by Alexander Becker

  Writing better, whining and learning, and reinventing those corporations.

  • Kurt Vonnegut on Writing Better --

    1. Find a subject you care about
    2. Do not ramble, though
    3. Keep it simple
    4. Have guts to cut
    5. Sound like yourself
    6. Say what you mean
    7. Pity the readers

  • Should small businesses whine? --

    Thank you for your inquiry. To answer your question we are NOT an big company like Amazon we are actually a small company, That is why it does take us a little longer than others.

  • Anti-Hero of the Day: The Constantly Whining Business Man --

    In the end, the always whining business man is probably ignorant and incompetent. It's a matter of honor to stop complaining, otherwise quitting is an option to consider -- for vendors, employees, and ultimately, for the poor man himself.

  • Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning --

    Management guru Peter Drucker noted that companies attracting the best knowledge workers will "secure the single biggest factor for competitive advantage." We and other forward-looking companies put a lot of effort into hiring such people. What are we looking for?

    • ... analytical reasoning.
    • ... communication skills.
    • ... a willingness to experiment.
    • ... team players.
    • ... passion and leadership.

  • Learning? Try Polyhedral Maps --

    Intuitively, distortion in polyhedral maps is greater near vertices and edges, where the polyhedron is farther from the inscribed sphere; also, increasing the number of faces is likely to reduce distortion (after all, a sphere is equivalent to a polyhedron with infinitely many faces).

  • Corporate re-invention --

    How do large tech companies like Dell have to re-invent themselves in order to make the grade? To keep their ever-growing army of customers and shareholders relatively content?

  Cosmopolitan cosmopolites. Dangerous freedom. Play it where it lies is just that.

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• WOWOW: Kinetic Trashbags & Names

  by Alexander Becker

  Kinetic, trashbags, and names that is. Enjoy and galvanize.

  • The BMW Museum's kinetic sculpture takes your brain to another dimension --

    A kinetic sculpture comprising 714 metallic balls suspended in air will soothe your weary mind. It's one of those things that's better seen than described, but if you can imagine a wave of undulating orbs that appear to weightlessly float, you'll start to get the idea.

  • Shapeshifters and the Art of Seamless Tailoring --

    Instead of steel, aluminum or even carbon fiber, the GINA Light Visionary Model has a body of seamless fabric stretched over a movable metal frame that allows the driver to change its shape at will.

  • Inflatable Street Sculptures --

    Joshua Allen Harris has created some fantastic New York street art in the form animals made out of shopping bags positioned on subway street grates that cause them to periodically inflate and animate.

  • GoogleUnique Names --

    Recently I've noticed two new strategies in naming children. One I call the global brand naming strategy. The object is to devise names that work in as many languages and regions of the world as possible. The other recent strategy is to find GoogleUnique names.

  There you have it. Dangerously cosmopolitan.

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