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Fake Conference Call Site Captures White Collar Existential Tension & Dread
Conference calls are often mind-numbing and frustrating. ConferenceCall.Biz is a site that captures that brand of white collar existential tension and dread … as performance art. via Zach Scott. It is a simulated conference call in which the participants seem perpetually talking at cross purposes, coming into the conversation late, and expressing frustration
Who Received the Most U.S. Patents Last Year [List of Top 15]
According to IFI Claims, IBM was assigned a record 6,809 patentsin the United States last year, marking the 21st straight year that IBM has topped the unofficial U.S. patent ranking. via Statista Google and Apple, often considered the most innovative companies in the world, were ranked 11th and 13th, respectively, both breaking into
Global Risks 2014: The Key Risks Indentified at the World Economic Forum
Just read a pretty good analysis of "Global Risks" (where Global Risk is defined as an occurrence that causes significant negative impact for several countries and industries over a time frame of up to 10 years). A key characteristic of global risks is their potential systemic nature – meaning that they have the potential to
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
Seattle fans made the ground shake during a Seahawks football game, something they are calling the BeastQuake. Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: Our Final Invention: Is Artificial Intelligence the Defining Issue for Humanity? (HuffPost) Look How Many Of Isaac Asimov's
The Value of an Hour's Work in Different Countries [Infographic]
Everybody might be working for the weekend … but how far does that go towards expanding our countries' economies? In other words, each hour we work contributes to our country's gross domestic product. But by how much? Here is a look at the GDP per capita, compared with the average numbers of hours worked in
Here Are Some Links for Your Weekend Reading
If you can read this, you are spending too much time at the computer. Here are some of the posts that caught my eye. Hope you find something interesting. Lighter Links: 10 Powerful Online Business Tools for a Productive 2014. (MichaelHyatt) Amazon Best-Selling Books of the Year. (BusinessInsider) 52 Places to Go