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Google Apps goes global

MCH July 31, 2007

Posted by Sanjay Raman, Google Apps Product Manager Our mission is to "organize the world's information and make it universally ac...

Google Apps goes global

Reviewed by MCH on July 31, 2007 Rating: 5

Island SLife

MCH July 31, 2007

My colleague Maged Kamel Boulos and I were interviewed today by a reporter from Associated Press, about our collaborative research program...

Island SLife

Reviewed by MCH on July 31, 2007 Rating: 5

Google Finance in Canada - for real

MCH July 31, 2007

Posted by Dion Loy, Google Finance Engineer Though it was noted a bit earlier, now we're really pleased to introduce Google Finance Cana...

Google Finance in Canada - for real

Reviewed by MCH on July 31, 2007 Rating: 5

MyFace or SpaceBook ... or MyFaceBo?

MCH July 31, 2007

Still the debate goes on. Which is the best, MySpace or FaceBook? And where is Bebo in all this? I know I have already been on my hind legs ...

MyFace or SpaceBook ... or MyFaceBo?

Reviewed by MCH on July 31, 2007 Rating: 5

Now there's Google Finance for Canada-update

MCH July 27, 2007

Posted by Dion Loy, Google Finance engineer Oops. We hit the button too soon. Watch for news about Google Finance in Canada next Tuesday.

Now there's Google Finance for Canada-update

Reviewed by MCH on July 27, 2007 Rating: 5

Imagination - Reason - Quotes - Emerson

MCH July 27, 2007

“What is the imagination? Only an arm or weapon of the interior energy; only the precursor of the reason.”Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 82) U...

Imagination - Reason - Quotes - Emerson

Reviewed by MCH on July 27, 2007 Rating: 5

Failure Quotes - Mark McCormack

MCH July 27, 2007

“If you aren't afraid to fail, then you probably don't care enough about success.”Mark McCormack (1930 – 2003) U.S. founder and chai...

Failure Quotes - Mark McCormack

Reviewed by MCH on July 27, 2007 Rating: 5

Humor Quotes - Fame

MCH July 27, 2007

“A test of whether you have achieved true fame is when a deranged person believes himself to be you.”Anonymous (Quoted on BBC Radio Quote .....

Humor Quotes - Fame

Reviewed by MCH on July 27, 2007 Rating: 5

Experience Quotes - Nature

MCH July 27, 2007

“Experience is the comb that Nature gives us when we are bald.”Anonymous (Belgian proverb)

Experience Quotes - Nature

Reviewed by MCH on July 27, 2007 Rating: 5

Fatness Quotes - Bernard Shaw

MCH July 27, 2007

“Alfred Hitchcock: One look at you, Mr Shaw, and I know there's famine in the land.Bernard Shaw: One look at you, Mr Hitchcock, and I kn...

Fatness Quotes - Bernard Shaw

Reviewed by MCH on July 27, 2007 Rating: 5

Fools - Funny Quotes - Ilka Chase

MCH July 27, 2007

“When he said we were trying to make a fool of him, I could only murmur that the Creator had beat us to it.” [read business fable]Ilka Chase...

Fools - Funny Quotes - Ilka Chase

Reviewed by MCH on July 27, 2007 Rating: 5

Virtual condoms anyone?

MCH July 25, 2007

We're getting more and more visitors to our Second Life SIM on sexual health, and my colleague Maged Boulos (our resident medic) is doi...

Virtual condoms anyone?

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Wise Quotes - Lord Chesterfield

MCH July 25, 2007

“Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.”Philip Stanhope, Lord Chesterfield (1694 – 1773) British statesman and man ...

Wise Quotes - Lord Chesterfield

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Acquaintance Quotes - Ambrose Bierce

MCH July 25, 2007

“Acquaintance: a person whom we know well enough to borrow from, but not well enough to lend to.”Ambrose Bierce (1842 – 1914?) U.S. satirist...

Acquaintance Quotes - Ambrose Bierce

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Silence - Noise Quotes - Winston Churchill

MCH July 25, 2007

“When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.”Winston Churchill (1874 – 1965) British prime minister

Silence - Noise Quotes - Winston Churchill

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Age Quotes - Pope John XXIII

MCH July 25, 2007

“Men are like wine – some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age.”Pope John XXIII (1881 – 1963) Italian Pope of the Catholic Church

Age Quotes - Pope John XXIII

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Art - Painting Quotes - Samuel Butler

MCH July 25, 2007

“Any fool can paint a picture, but it takes a wise man to be able to sell it.”Samuel Butler (1835 – 1902) British writer

Art - Painting Quotes - Samuel Butler

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Books - Reading Quotes - Oscar Wilde

MCH July 25, 2007

“In the old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”...

Books - Reading Quotes - Oscar Wilde

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Quotes - Perseverance

MCH July 25, 2007

“When the going gets tough, the tough get going.”Anonymous (Quoted in Honey Fitz 1962)

Quotes - Perseverance

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Marriage - Money Quotes

MCH July 25, 2007

“Never marry for money, but marry where money is.”Anonymous (proverb)

Marriage - Money Quotes

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Achievement Quotes - Credit

MCH July 25, 2007

“There is no limit to what a man can do or where he can go, if he doesn't mind who gets the credit.”Anonymous (sign displayed in Ronald ...

Achievement Quotes - Credit

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Funny Quotes - Clothing

MCH July 25, 2007

“What the brassière said to the top hat: 'You go on ahead while I give these two a lift.'”Anonymous (Quoted in A Gentleman Publisher...

Funny Quotes - Clothing

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Blame - Responsibility Quotes

MCH July 25, 2007

“This is a story about four people: Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done, and Everybody was aske...

Blame - Responsibility Quotes

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Funny - Advertising Quotes

MCH July 25, 2007

“The codfish lays ten thousand eggsThe homely hen lays one.The codfish never cacklesTo tell you that she's done.And so we scorn the codf...

Funny - Advertising Quotes

Reviewed by MCH on July 25, 2007 Rating: 5

Getting the bloggers to write

MCH July 23, 2007

We've been concerned for some time about the quality of essay writing here at the University of Plymouth . Last week my colleague Mark T...

Getting the bloggers to write

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Experience Quotes - John Keats

MCH July 23, 2007

“Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced ... even a proverb is no proverb till your life has illustrated it.”John Keats (1795 – 182...

Experience Quotes - John Keats

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Leadership Quotes - Henry Mintzberg

MCH July 23, 2007

“A leader has to be one of two things: he either has to be a brilliant visionary himself, a truly creative strategist, in which case he can ...

Leadership Quotes - Henry Mintzberg

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Funny Television Quotes - Fred Allen

MCH July 23, 2007

“Television is a new medium, and I have discovered why it's called a new medium - because nothing is well done.”Fred Allen (1894 – 1956)...

Funny Television Quotes - Fred Allen

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Opportunity Quotes - Benjamin Disraeli

MCH July 23, 2007

“Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage.”Benjamin Disraeli (18...

Opportunity Quotes - Benjamin Disraeli

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Inspirational Quotes - Sumantra Ghoshal

MCH July 23, 2007

“Yesterday's success formula is often today's obsolete dogma ... We must continually challenge the past so that we can renew ourselv...

Inspirational Quotes - Sumantra Ghoshal

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Quotes - Speeches - Piet Hein

MCH July 23, 2007

“If no thoughtyour mind does visit,make your speechnot too explicit.”Piet Hein (1905 – 96) Danish poet and scientist

Quotes - Speeches - Piet Hein

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Winning Quotes - Leo Durocher

MCH July 23, 2007

“Nice guys. Finish last.”Leo Durocher (1905 – 91) U.S. baseball player and manager

Winning Quotes - Leo Durocher

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Business - Sex Quotes - George Katona

MCH July 23, 2007

“Business is like sex. When it's good, it's very, very good; when it's not so good, it's still good.”George Katona (1901 – ...

Business - Sex Quotes - George Katona

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Greed Quotes - Ted Turner

MCH July 23, 2007

“If you have an olive, you want an olive tree. You want a little more. You want the whole tree.”Ted Turner (b. 1938) U.S. media mogul and ...

Greed Quotes - Ted Turner

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Money Quotes - Margaret Thatcher

MCH July 23, 2007

“Pennies don't fall from heaven. They have to be earned on earth.”Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925) British prime minister

Money Quotes - Margaret Thatcher

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Executives Quotes - Robert Townsend

MCH July 23, 2007

“Nobody should be chief executive officer of anything for more than five or six years. By then he's stale, bored, and utterly dependent...

Executives Quotes - Robert Townsend

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Advertising Quotes - David Ogilvy

MCH July 23, 2007

“There is one category of advertising which is totally uncontrolled and flagrantly dishonest: the television commercials for candidates in P...

Advertising Quotes - David Ogilvy

Reviewed by MCH on July 23, 2007 Rating: 5

Funny Quotes - Hippie - Ronald Reagan

MCH July 20, 2007

“A hippie is someone who looks like Tarzan, walks like Jane, and smells like Cheeta.”Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004) U.S. president

Funny Quotes - Hippie - Ronald Reagan

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Funny Lending Quotes - Anatole France

MCH July 20, 2007

“Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other people have lent me.”Anatole Franc...

Funny Lending Quotes - Anatole France

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Mind Quotes - Humor - Arthur Marshall

MCH July 20, 2007

“As to those who can find it in them to employ the doubtlessly useful word 'brunch', do they, I wonder, ever up-grade it to 'bru...

Mind Quotes - Humor - Arthur Marshall

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Misfortune Quotes - Benjamin Disraeli

MCH July 20, 2007

“If, for instance, Mr Gladstone were to fall into the river, that would be a misfortune. But if anyone were to pull him out, that would be ...

Misfortune Quotes - Benjamin Disraeli

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Humor - Noise Quotes - Mark Twain

MCH July 20, 2007

“When some men discharge an obligation you can hear the report for miles around.”Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) U.S. humorist and writer

Humor - Noise Quotes - Mark Twain

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Temptation Quotes - Franklin Adams

MCH July 20, 2007

“In the order named, these are the hardest to control: Wine, Women, and Song.”Franklin P. Adams (1881 – 1960) U.S. humorist and columnist

Temptation Quotes - Franklin Adams

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Charity Quotes - George Arnold

MCH July 20, 2007

“The living need charity more than the dead.”George Arnold (1834 – 65) U.S. author and poet

Charity Quotes - George Arnold

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Birth - Death Quotes - TS Eliot

MCH July 20, 2007

“Birth, and copulation, and death.That's all the facts when you come to brass tacks:Birth, and copulation, and death.I've been born,...

Birth - Death Quotes - TS Eliot

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Love Quotes - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

MCH July 20, 2007

“When you lov'd me, and I lov'd you,Then both of us were born anew.”Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834) British poet and philosopher

Love Quotes - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Courtship Quotes - EM Delafield

MCH July 20, 2007

“To my mind, a man must choose a wife for himself, without advice from anybody. As I said to Tony before he ever proposed to this girl: Mak...

Courtship Quotes - EM Delafield

Reviewed by MCH on July 20, 2007 Rating: 5

Second Life and sex

MCH July 19, 2007

We are just over one week into our new project after being given a free land grant in Second Life. My co-investigators Maged Boulos ( Univ...

Second Life and sex

Reviewed by MCH on July 19, 2007 Rating: 5

Media - TV Quotes - Marshall McLuhan

MCH July 18, 2007

“Television brought the brutality of war into the comfort of the living room. Vietnam was lost in the living rooms of America – not the bat...

Media - TV Quotes - Marshall McLuhan

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Innovation Quotes - Douglas Adams

MCH July 18, 2007

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools....

Innovation Quotes - Douglas Adams

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Imagination - History Quotes - Arthur Bryan

MCH July 18, 2007

“Live out of your imagination, not your history.”Arthur Bryan (b. 1923) British chairman of Josiah Wedgwood & Sons Ltd

Imagination - History Quotes - Arthur Bryan

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Experience Quotes - Henry James

MCH July 18, 2007

“Experience is never limited, and it is never complete; it is an immense sensibility, a kind of huge spider-web ... suspended in the chamber...

Experience Quotes - Henry James

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Success - Passion Quotes - Andrea Jung

MCH July 18, 2007

“What did it for me? It wasn't my education or experience. It was my passion.”Andrea Jung (b. 1958) U.S. chairman and C.E.O. of Avon P...

Success - Passion Quotes - Andrea Jung

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Winning Losing Quotes - Bernadette Devlin

MCH July 18, 2007

“To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.”Bernadette Devlin (b. 1947) Irish politician

Winning Losing Quotes - Bernadette Devlin

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Employees Quotes - Rudyard Kipling

MCH July 18, 2007

“I keep six honest serving men(They taught me all I know)Their namesare What and Why and WhenAnd How and Where and Who.”Rudyard Kipling (186...

Employees Quotes - Rudyard Kipling

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Opportunity Quotes - Laurence Peter

MCH July 18, 2007

“Equal opportunity means everyone will have a fair chance at becoming incompetent.” [read business fable]Laurence J. Peter (1919 – 90) Canad...

Opportunity Quotes - Laurence Peter

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Fair Treatment - Quotes - Stanley Baldwin

MCH July 18, 2007

“Had the employers of past generations all of them dealt fairly with their employees there would have been no unions.” [read business fable]...

Fair Treatment - Quotes - Stanley Baldwin

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Equality Quotes - Octavio Paz

MCH July 18, 2007

“Given the natural differences between human beings, equality is an ethical aspiration that cannot be realized without recourse either to de...

Equality Quotes - Octavio Paz

Reviewed by MCH on July 18, 2007 Rating: 5

Keen as mustard?

MCH July 17, 2007

I'm back safely on British soil again, courtesy of British Airways , who always get you there in the end... I'm worried about Nation...

Keen as mustard?

Reviewed by MCH on July 17, 2007 Rating: 5

Entrepreneur Quotes - Peter de Savary

MCH July 16, 2007

“You can never be an entrepreneur if you're afraid to lose money. It's like being a pilot who is afraid of bad weather.”Peter de Sa...

Entrepreneur Quotes - Peter de Savary

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Competition Quotes - Ray Kroc

MCH July 16, 2007

“What do you do when your competitor's drowning? Get a live hose and stick it in his mouth.”Ray Kroc (1902 – 84) U.S. founder of McDona...

Competition Quotes - Ray Kroc

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Trifles - Details Quotes - Hannah More

MCH July 16, 2007

“Trifles make the sum of human things,And half our misery from our foibles spring.”Hannah More (1745 – 1833) English religious writer and ph...

Trifles - Details Quotes - Hannah More

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Experience Quotes - Louis Ferdinand Celine

MCH July 16, 2007

“Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.”Louis-Ferdinand Celine (1894 – 1961) French writer and physician

Experience Quotes - Louis Ferdinand Celine

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Greed Quotes - Aristotle

MCH July 16, 2007

“Some men turn every quality or art into a means of making money; this they conceive to be the end, and to the promotion of the end all thin...

Greed Quotes - Aristotle

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Quotes - Generation Gap - Spiro Agnew

MCH July 16, 2007

“The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.”Spiro Agnew (1918 – 96) U.S. ...

Quotes - Generation Gap - Spiro Agnew

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Business - Life Quotes - Johann Wolfgang

MCH July 16, 2007

“Everything which is properly business we must keep separate from life. Business requires earnestness and method; life must have a freer ha...

Business - Life Quotes - Johann Wolfgang

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Power Quotes - Harold Macmillan

MCH July 16, 2007

“Power? It's like a dead sea fruit. When you achieve it, there's nothing there.”Harold Macmillan (1894 – 1986) British prime minister

Power Quotes - Harold Macmillan

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Money Wealth Quotes - Sylvia Porter

MCH July 16, 2007

“Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security. It can also be translated in...

Money Wealth Quotes - Sylvia Porter

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Planning Quotes - Robert Burns

MCH July 16, 2007

“The best laid schemes o' mice an' menGang aft a-gley.”(The best-laid plans of mice and men / Often go awry)Robert Burns (1759 – 96)...

Planning Quotes - Robert Burns

Reviewed by MCH on July 16, 2007 Rating: 5

Cooking in Greece

MCH July 15, 2007

It's a sweltering 37 degrees plus here in Heraklion today, and it's Sunday, a day of rest. I have seen several bearded Greek Orthod...

Cooking in Greece

Reviewed by MCH on July 15, 2007 Rating: 5

ICICTE 2007 Heraklion

MCH July 13, 2007

Well, here I am sat in the foyer of the Atlantis Hotel , in Heraklion Crete, and at the end of the second day of the ICICTE Conference. It&#...

ICICTE 2007 Heraklion

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Character Quotes - Marya Mannes

MCH July 13, 2007

“For every five well-adjusted and smoothly functioning Americans, there are two who never had the chance to discover themselves. It may wel...

Character Quotes - Marya Mannes

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Perseverance Quotes - Samuel Johnson

MCH July 13, 2007

“Great works are performed, not by strength, but perseverance: yonder palace was raised by single stones, yet you see its height and spaciou...

Perseverance Quotes - Samuel Johnson

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Power Quotes - Brendan Kennelly

MCH July 13, 2007

“The cyclone derives its power from a calm centre. So does a person.”Brendan Kennelly (b. 1936) Irish poet and novelist

Power Quotes - Brendan Kennelly

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Victory Winning Quotes - Pierre Corneille

MCH July 13, 2007

“A victory without danger is a triumph without glory.”Pierre Corneille (1606 – 84) French playwright

Victory Winning Quotes - Pierre Corneille

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Bible Quotes - Charity

MCH July 13, 2007

“God loveth a cheerful giver.”Bible. II Corinthians 9:7

Bible Quotes - Charity

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Quoting Quotes - Margaret Drabble

MCH July 13, 2007

“Sometimes it seems the only accomplishment my education ever bestowed on me, the ability to think in quotations.”Margaret Drabble (b. 1939)...

Quoting Quotes - Margaret Drabble

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Funny Quotes - Women - Oscar Wilde

MCH July 13, 2007

“Women have a wonderful instinct about things. They can discover everything except the obvious.”Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright,...

Funny Quotes - Women - Oscar Wilde

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Humor Quotes - Writing - Evelyn Waugh

MCH July 13, 2007

“I never can understand how two men can write a book together; to me that's like three people getting together to have a baby.”Evelyn Wa...

Humor Quotes - Writing - Evelyn Waugh

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Physician - Doctor Quotes - Pliny

MCH July 13, 2007

“Physicians acquire their knowledge from our dangers, making experiments at the cost of our lives.”Pliny the Elder (23 – 79 A.D.) Roman phil...

Physician - Doctor Quotes - Pliny

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Family Quotes - Edmund Leach

MCH July 13, 2007

“Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy and tawdry secrets, is the source of all our discontents....

Family Quotes - Edmund Leach

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Birthday Quotes - James Russell Lowell

MCH July 13, 2007

“Maiden, when such a soul as thine is born,The morning-stars their ancient music make.”James Russell Lowell (1819 – 91) U.S. poet, satirist,...

Birthday Quotes - James Russell Lowell

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Birthday Quotes - WH Auden

MCH July 13, 2007

“Happy Birthday, Johnny,Live beyond your income,Travel for enjoyment,Follow your own nose.”W. H. Auden (1907 – 73) U.S. poet

Birthday Quotes - WH Auden

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Courtship Quotes - George Eliot

MCH July 13, 2007

“You are lonely; I love you; I want you to consent to be my wife; I will wait, but I want you to promise that you will marry me – no one els...

Courtship Quotes - George Eliot

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Quotes - Bereavement - CS Lewis

MCH July 13, 2007

“No one ever told me that grief felt so like fear. I am not afraid, but the sensation is like being afraid. The same fluttering in the sto...

Quotes - Bereavement - CS Lewis

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Procrastination Quotes - Mark Twain

MCH July 13, 2007

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow just as well.”Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) U.S. humorist and writer

Procrastination Quotes - Mark Twain

Reviewed by MCH on July 13, 2007 Rating: 5

Greek Odd(ICT)y

MCH July 12, 2007

I'm attending the first day of the 7th International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies in Education in Crete this...

Greek Odd(ICT)y

Reviewed by MCH on July 12, 2007 Rating: 5

Business Strategy Quotes - Andrew Grove

MCH July 11, 2007

“Columbus didn't have a business plan when he discovered America.”Andrew S. Grove (b. 1936) U.S. chairman of Intel Corporation and busin...

Business Strategy Quotes - Andrew Grove

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Risk Taking Quotes - Emerson

MCH July 11, 2007

“In skating over thin ice, our safety is in our speed.”Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 82) U.S. essayist, poet, and orator

Risk Taking Quotes - Emerson

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Humor - Consultant Quotes - Scott Adams

MCH July 11, 2007

“A consultant is a person who takes your money and annoys your employees while tirelessly searching for the best way to extend the consultin...

Humor - Consultant Quotes - Scott Adams

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Money Quotes - W Somerset Maugham

MCH July 11, 2007

“Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.”W. Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) British novel...

Money Quotes - W Somerset Maugham

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Decision - Mistake Quotes - Jack Straw

MCH July 11, 2007

“The only people who never make mistakes are those who have never taken a decision.”Jack Straw (b. 1946) British politician

Decision - Mistake Quotes - Jack Straw

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Journalism - Writing Quotes - Cyril Connolly

MCH July 11, 2007

“Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once.”Cyril Connolly (1903 – 74) British c...

Journalism - Writing Quotes - Cyril Connolly

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Management Quotes - Casey Stengel

MCH July 11, 2007

“Management is getting paid for home runs someone else hits.”Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975) U.S. baseball and manager

Management Quotes - Casey Stengel

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Leadership Quotes - Henry Kissinger

MCH July 11, 2007

“Leaders must invoke an alchemy of great vision. Those leaders who do not are ultimately judged failures, even though they may be popular a...

Leadership Quotes - Henry Kissinger

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Employee - Ideas Quotes - Jack Welch

MCH July 11, 2007

“The point of work-out is to give people better jobs. When people see that their ideas count, their dignity is raised. Instead of feeling ...

Employee - Ideas Quotes - Jack Welch

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Ideas Quotes - Richard Branson

MCH July 11, 2007

“In a restless, creative business with an emphasis on experiment and development, ideas are the lifeblood.” [read business fable]Richard Bra...

Ideas Quotes - Richard Branson

Reviewed by MCH on July 11, 2007 Rating: 5

Second Life and us

MCH July 10, 2007

We're really excited! We have just been notified that we have been awarded a free land grant in Second Life to set up our own university...

Second Life and us

Reviewed by MCH on July 10, 2007 Rating: 5

Work - Luck Quotes - Michael Bloomberg

MCH July 09, 2007

“After hard work, the biggest determinant is being in the right place at the right time.”Michael Bloomberg (b. 1942) U.S. politician and fou...

Work - Luck Quotes - Michael Bloomberg

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Management Quotes - Robert Townsend

MCH July 09, 2007

“'Top' management is supposed to be a tree full of owls ... hooting when management heads into the wrong part of the forest. I'...

Management Quotes - Robert Townsend

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Innovation Quotes - Thomas Edison

MCH July 09, 2007

“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”Thomas Edison (1847 – 1931) U.S. inventor and entrepreneur

Innovation Quotes - Thomas Edison

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Conscience Quotes - Thomas de Quincey

MCH July 09, 2007

“In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.”Thomas de Quincey (1785 – 1859) British writer

Conscience Quotes - Thomas de Quincey

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Change Quotes - Stephen Covey

MCH July 09, 2007

“The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change.”Stephen Covey (b. 1932) U.S. psychologi...

Change Quotes - Stephen Covey

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Corruption Bribery Quotes - Lynda Chalker

MCH July 09, 2007

“There are two parties involved in every corrupt transaction, typically a government official and a business person. Yet those who pay brib...

Corruption Bribery Quotes - Lynda Chalker

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Bureaucracy Quotes - Steve Jobs

MCH July 09, 2007

“We have a very simple, clear organization. It's very easy to know who has authority for what, who has responsibility for what. There&...

Bureaucracy Quotes - Steve Jobs

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Responsibility - Blame Quotes - Jeb Bush

MCH July 09, 2007

“By blaming others, we fail to find the real solutions to our problems and we do not carry out our own responsibilities.”Jeb Bush (b. 1953) ...

Responsibility - Blame Quotes - Jeb Bush

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Ambition - Goals Quotes - Leo Burnett

MCH July 09, 2007

“When you reach for the stars, you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.”Leo Burnett (1891 – 1971) ...

Ambition - Goals Quotes - Leo Burnett

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Advice Quotes - Yukio Mishima

MCH July 09, 2007

“Advice almost never functions as a social lubricant; eight or nine times out of ten it makes people lose face, crushes their will, and crea...

Advice Quotes - Yukio Mishima

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Imitation - the sincerest form of flatulence

MCH July 09, 2007

Just come back from talking to StudentNet, an influential group which meets regularly here at the University of Plymouth to discuss issues s...

Imitation - the sincerest form of flatulence

Reviewed by MCH on July 09, 2007 Rating: 5

Inspiring - Happy Quotes - John Dryden

MCH July 06, 2007

“Happy the man, and happy he alone,He who can call today his own;He who, secure within, can say,Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived tod...

Inspiring - Happy Quotes - John Dryden

Reviewed by MCH on July 06, 2007 Rating: 5

Pain - Hatred Quotes - James Baldwin

MCH July 06, 2007

“I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to dea...

Pain - Hatred Quotes - James Baldwin

Reviewed by MCH on July 06, 2007 Rating: 5

Knowledge Quote - Isaac Bashevis Singer

MCH July 06, 2007

“Our knowledge is a little island in a great ocean of nonknowledge.”Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902? - 1991) U.S. winner of the Nobel Prize in l...

Knowledge Quote - Isaac Bashevis Singer

Reviewed by MCH on July 06, 2007 Rating: 5

Wasted Affection - Quotes - Longfellow

MCH July 06, 2007

“Talk not of wasted affection, affection never was wasted;If it enrich not the heart of another, its waters, returningBack to their springs,...

Wasted Affection - Quotes - Longfellow

Reviewed by MCH on July 06, 2007 Rating: 5

Death - Dying Quotes - Henry Fielding

MCH July 06, 2007

“It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying which is terrible.”Henry Fielding (1707 – 54) English novelist and dramatist

Death - Dying Quotes - Henry Fielding

Reviewed by MCH on July 06, 2007 Rating: 5

Anger Quotes - Henri Frederic Amiel

MCH July 06, 2007

“Spite is anger which is afraid to show itself, it is an impotent fury conscious of its impotence.”Henri Frédéric Amiel (1821 – 81) Swiss ph...

Anger Quotes - Henri Frederic Amiel

Reviewed by MCH on July 06, 2007 Rating: 5

Senses - Wisdom Quotes - Helen Keller

MCH July 06, 2007

“We differ, blind and seeing, one from another, not in our senses, but in the use we make of them, in the imagination and courage with which...

Senses - Wisdom Quotes - Helen Keller

Reviewed by MCH on July 06, 2007 Rating: 5

Poverty Quotes - David Lloyd George

MCH July 06, 2007

“Four spectres haunt the Poor - Old Age, Accident, Sickness and Unemployment. We are going to exorcise them. We are going to drive hunger fr...

Poverty Quotes - David Lloyd George

Reviewed by MCH on July 06, 2007 Rating: 5

Spiritual Quotes - Tenzin Gyatso

MCH July 06, 2007

“I feel that the essence of spiritual practice is your attitude toward others. When you have a pure, sincere motivation, then you have right...

Spiritual Quotes - Tenzin Gyatso

Reviewed by MCH on July 06, 2007 Rating: 5

Greece is the word

MCH July 05, 2007

Kalamera! I'm off on my travels once again next week, back to the Mediterranean again - to the beautiful Greek island of Crete. I'm ...

Greece is the word

Reviewed by MCH on July 05, 2007 Rating: 5

America Quotes - Ralph Waldo Emerson

MCH July 04, 2007

“Yet America is a poem in our eyes; its ample geography dazzles the imagination, and it will not wait long for metres.”Ralph Waldo Emerson (...

America Quotes - Ralph Waldo Emerson