PreziFly NEW! PreziFly 1.2 was released on November 4, 2012. Among other new features, it works with the new Prezi button layout as well as the older layout. Also, video tutorials on using PreziFly are now available--see below. See PreziFly in Action... Use a PreziFly-generated player file to view a Prezi about PreziFly: To view it as a downloaded Prezi, download and extract the contents of this zip file into a folder on your PC. PreziFly Quick Start Download and unzip PreziFly to any folder (the download link is in the panel on the left). Video Tutorials Watch a short tutorial describing the installation of PreziFly on your PC, including the free AutoIt software program.
Comment la technologie a piraté nos cerveaux | Dr. Andrew Weil Etudiant de premier cycle à Harvard dans les années 60, j'ai été fasciné par mes visites au laboratoire du psychologue B.F. Skinner. En réponse à une lumière ou à un son, les rats dans les cages du labo se mettaient à courir dans tous les sens jusqu'à ce qu'ils poussent par mégarde une barre provoquant la chute d'une boulette de nourriture. Assez rapidement, ils faisaient le rapprochement. La lumière ou le son conduisaient alors les rats à pousser intentionnellement la barre pour récupérer la nourriture, un procédé que Skinner a appelé le "conditionnement opérant". J'ai regardé ces rats jusqu'au moment où j'ai souhaité ne jamais les avoir vus. L'une des idées phare de Skinner : pour obtenir que les rats appuient sur la barre de façon persistante, il ne fallait leur donner une récompense que de temps en temps. Faisons un bond de cinquante ans en avant. Cela n'est pas anodin. Mais nous en sommes aux premiers balbutiements. Que pouvons-nous faire ?
B&B Italia modern contemporary furniture - leading italian company in the international scene of design furnishings Forecasting Revenue | ontigio.com Top Down Approach A top down approach starts with a macro view of the industry and refines the inputs to estimate revenues. The inputs used are the size of the industry, the expected growth rate, the market share of the company and the expect growth rate of the company’s market share. The advantage of this method is that it can be done more quickly as there are fewer figures to deal with. An intimate understanding of the drivers is not required as you’re simply looking at the industry as a whole and forecasting it based on general trends. ExampleAn IT company’s market share stands at 10% of a $1bn market. Bottom-up Approach A bottom-up approach starts with a micro view of the business that is built up to estimate revenues. The bottom-up approach can in theory yield more accurate numbers and allow an analyst to quickly see how minor changes in assumptions can affect revenues. ExercisePick an industry and try to figure out what some of the drivers for revenues might be. Steps
Your Daily Life in GIFs (28 GIFs Here’s a bunch of those little everyday moments put into GIF form… When someone says, “Think fast!” When you’re wearing socks and step in something wet: When your parents don’t like what you’re wearing: When you take pics with your best friend: When you pass by school or work on the weekend: When someone you just met wants a hug: When you try to wink seductively: When you smell food cooking in the kitchen: When someone near you mentions your favorite band: When you’re walking home at night and you hear a noise: When your friend has a sunburn: That stage in a friendship when you can finally start insulting them: When someone tries to talk to you in the morning: When you see a picture of a cockroach: When someone asks for a bite of your food: When you were a kid and opened a present with clothes in it: When you walk into McDonald’s with more than five dollars: When you go the doctor and the nurse walks in with your flu shot: When you walk into the bathroom and the toilet isn’t flushed: You may also like:
Picture of the Day: A Tiny River House in Serbia «TwistedSifter Oct 17, 2012 My friend Dan G. emailed me this wonderful photograph by Irene Becker that shows a tiny house in the middle of the Drina River near the town of Bajina Basta, Serbia. The capture was highlighted by National Geographic as one of the best ‘Photos of the Day‘ for the month of August 2012. The Drina is a 346 km long river that forms much of the border between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. It is the longest tributary of the Sava River and the longest karst river in the Dinaric Alps. [Source] Comment Depardieu a donné une leçon d'histoire à Hollande et Valls Les chemins de la désespérance mènent droit à la lucidité. Gérard Depardieu en administre un éclairant exemple, ce mardi 16 juin, dans un entretien publié par le Figaro. Depardieu n’est pas qu’un acteur énorme qui profite de son immense popularité pour multiplier les provocations. Il est bien plus que cela, pour qui veut bien aller au-delà des sentences que les médias qui le sollicitent s’empressent de populariser pour les besoins de leur renommée. Si ce que dit Depardieu pèse aux yeux de ses contemporains, c’est bien parce qu’il fait écho avec les préoccupations du temps. On serait François Hollande et Manuel Valls, seuls et abandonnés par les forces vives d’un pays saisi par le déclinisme, gouvernants sans boussole en quête des moyens de raviver l’optimisme et l’espérance parmi les Français, on lirait et relirait Depardieu dans le Figaro. "Le verbe était de haute volée" "La France s’ennuie", dit en substance Depardieu. Depardieu a raison. Une France tout à la fois pèpère et mèmère
אותנטיק Market Size Market size is a measurement of the total volume of a given market. When determining market size, it is very important to define the measurement as precisely as possible. A statement like, "The market for recorders is over $100 million per year," leaves a lot to be desired. Engine speed Fuel mixture Wind speed Wind temperature Time Oil temperature Weather conditions Altitude It is obvious that fluctuations in these measurement variables could influence the engine's vibrational dynamics. What is the time period? One year (usually assumed) Six months One month What was the date? What geographic regions does the market cover? U.S. What is the size based on? Production Consumption How was the market estimate generated? Secondary data sources Competitor interviews End-user surveys Experience What is the unit of measurement? Currency Units Volume What groups are included in your product definition? Methods of Measurement We cannot exaggerate the importance of making accurate measurements of market size.
Japan team claims they created functional human liver from stem cells: report A team of scientists claim they transplanted induced pluripotent stem… Japanese researchers have created a functioning human liver from stemcells, a report said Friday, raising hopes for the manufacture of artificial organs for those in need of transplants. A team of scientists transplanted induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells into the body of a mouse, where it grew into a small, but working, human liver, the Yomiuri Shimbun said. Stemcells are frequently harvested from embryos, which are then discarded, a practice some people find morally objectionable. But iPS cells -- which have the potential to develop into any body tissue -- can be taken from adults. A team led by professor Hideki Taniguchi at Yokohama City University developed human iPS cells into "precursor cells", which they then transplanted into a mouse's head to take advantage of increased blood flow. Two separate teams, one from the United States and one from Japan, discovered iPS cells in 2006.
Devil's Tuning Fork Egoïste / Egocentrique / Egotique | Le mot du jour Cette subtilité du mercredi traite de la difficulté de trouver un équilibre entre le Moi et les autres. Ce qui est intéressant, c’est que cette tendance à privilégier le Moi aux dépends des autres, à se centrer sur ses intérêts, son point de vue, son analyse, est un stade naturel et nécessaire de l’enfance, mais qui, dans un développement épanouissant, doit considérablement s’estomper. Les égoïstes, égocentriques et égotiques sont donc des grands enfants finalement. 1/ Egoïste : qui privilégie ses intérêts, sans se soucier d’autrui. Au XVII ème siècle, on parlait d’amour-propre. 2/ Egocentrique : littéralement, qui est centré sur soi, qui n’envisage la réalité de son environnement qu’avec son point de vue. Contrairement à l’égoïste qui ne fait aucun cas des autres, l’égocentrique a besoin du regard des autres. 3/ Egotique : qui s’adonne au culte du Moi, qui parle toujours de soi.
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When Typography Speaks Louder Than Words | Smashing Magazine Advertisement Clever graphic designers love to use typography to explore the interaction between the look of type and what type actually says. In communicating a message, a balance has to be achieved between the visual and the verbal aspects of a design. Sometimes, however, designers explore the visual aspect of type to a much greater extent than the verbal. Cal Swan, author of Language and Typography, makes this point well when he says, “These two distinct areas often come together in practice as there is clearly a very strong relationship between the conception of the words as a message and their transmission in visible form.” To avoid any misunderstanding, let’s clarify what the terms “visual language” and “verbal language” mean. In this first of a two-part series1, we will look at the powerful effect that typography has in taking control of meaning. We all have different cultural backgrounds and experiences that affect our perception of type one way or another. Further Resources