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Random Ramblings
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Many powerful photographs have been made in the aftermath of the devastating collapse of a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh. But one photo, by Bangladeshi photographer Taslima Akhter, has emerged as the most heart wrenching, capturing an entire country’s grief in a single image.
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Post reblogged from Take up your scythe
So, you’re a teacher at a school where mutant kids can learn to control their powers. What tricks do you use to keep your powers under control?
I don’t. I have a special pair of glasses that does it for me.
[awkward pause]
Without them, I am helpless and blind.
Well, designing them must have taken considerable ingenui—
I didn’t design them. The Professor did.
Oh. Well, that was kind of him. He also asked you to lead his team of mutant superheroes, the X-men, from their inception. What qualities led him to trust you to lead at such a young age?
I am a natural leader.
Er, yes. How so?
I am very good at leadership.
But what aspects of leadership?
The part where I am the leader of the team.
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Link reblogged from every_jazz_matazz
When I’ve taken a job at Zlio.com in 2007 to start their US operations, with Jeremie Berrebi as a CEO, I was really excited by the growth I was seeing. All signals were green : users, revenues, traction, VC funding. They had it all.
A week after I joined the company, Google…
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Video reblogged from The Next Web
Do you still have the same thoughts/interests/hobbies/dreams as your 12 year old self?
Think back to when you were twelve. Imagine having a conversation with that person. On level terms. Your twelve year old self, and your now-self. Terrifying, isn’t it? Not only were you likely a little snotty dolt, you can’t hate that person, as you are, well, them. Jeremiah McDonald decided to see what would happen if such a meeting were to occur. A tape taken twenty years ago was dusted off, and thrown up on the television. The result is a ludicrous conversation with himself that pits an older, more bitter and whiskey-drinking man against his youthful, Dr. Who-loving predecessor. (via Man talks to his 12 year old self [Video])
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Link reblogged from Paging Millennials
- Products Videos increase time spent on site, sales and improve search engine ranking. Zappos saw a 6% - 30% lift in sales on products that had videos. Source
- Order online; Pick up Instore. Huge operations challenge but this feature is anticipated to be the future. Macy’s offers it to a certain extent. Nordstorm and Walmart also offer it.
- Customer Product Photos -Not so much for clothes but for accessories and jewelry. Zales offers customer photos of diamonds along with customer reviews
- Product details/ information in Spanish - No brainer. With the changing demographic landscape, appealing to the Hispanic and Latina in their language is important to earning their loyalty. Victoria’s Secretcurrently offers this right on its home page.
- Customer Product Tagging - Comes with its own risks but customers that engage in this activity demonstrate loyalty. Also a very millennial task. Amazon, Urban Outfitters and Zappos allows this right now.
- SMS based communications - Travel companies do this so why not fashion? Charlotte Russe is the only fashion retailer (millennial) that offers SMS as a valid communication channel.
- What other customers are viewing now - What works better for the ADD generation than knowing what others are viewing now and expanding their browsing perimeter…
- Only xx left - Travel sites such as expedia.com, booking.com, tripadvisor.com etc update in real-time the number of rooms left at particular hotels or show activity on the hotel’s page. (3 people are viewing this page. 1 person booked the room) This instills urgency but also can intimidate the user. Use with caution
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Quote reblogged from tattoo phrasesA fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.(via tattoophrases)
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Tidy up your room
Life is like your own room. When you leave it running on autopilot for awhile, you will suddenly realise it got very messy and uncomfortable. Then you need to use super-hyper-duper alot of effort to snap out of yourself and go about tidying it up again.. So in the process of tidying, you need to decide which are some of the stuff that you will need to discard, which to put at a convenient place as those stuff will be used most often, and which to hide in some dark corners..
Need to get into my ‘Make it happen’ mode. Watch out, Earthlings.. -
What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.Confucius
