11 month ago
plasticbag : "Mao and the art of management" from The Economist - Entertaining, insightful and gripping article on the 'success' of Mao's regime and how it correlates to large company management practice. Doesn't maybe sound sexy, but I really enjoyed it.
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15 month ago
plasticbag : Gideon Lichfield—foreign correspondent for the Economist in Jerusalem—and someone I've known a very very long time has started a blog about the situation called 'Fugitive Peace' - It's fascinating to be able to see what's going on at ground level in Palestine and Israel and it makes it all the more real to me that I've known the commentator for almost half my life.
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cameron : From hypertext to hypervideo | Economist.com - I would be more excited to see the ability to hyperlink from text into video, as with the permalink in blogs.
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27 month ago
Rod Begbie : Economist.com: Welcome aboard - What an honest in-flight announcement would sound like. [via] #
plasticbag : Spotted on Dan Hill's weblog - the honest in flight announcements of the future? - "In-flight announcements are not entirely truthful. What might an honest one sound like?"
François Nonnenmacher : Welcome aboard - In-flight announcements are not entirely truthful. What might an honest one sound like?
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plasticbag : The Economist reluctantly endorses John Kerry for the American Presidency - "In the end, the choice relies on a judgment about who will be better suited to meet the challenges America is likely to face during the next four years."
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