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10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein

10 Amazing Life Lessons You Can Learn From Albert Einstein
Einstein has made great contributions to the scientific world, including the theory of relativity, the founding of relativistic cosmology, the prediction of the deflection of light by gravity, the quantum theory of atomic motion in solids, the zero-point energy concept, and the quantum theory of a monatomic gas which predicted Bose–Einstein condensation, to name a few of his scientific contributions. Einstein received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.” He’s published more than 300 scientific works and over 150 non-scientific works. Einstein is considered the father of modern physics and is probably the most successful scientist there ever was. 10 Amazing Lessons from Albert Einstein: Follow Your Curiosity“I have no special talent. Through perseverance the turtle reached the ark. Focus on the Present My father always says you cannot ride two horses at the same time. Create Value

The 10 Commandments of Steve Jobs [Infographic] Newsweek’s The Daily Beast published an interesting infographic on Steve Jobs and his supposed playbook for managing the creative process at Apple. The “10 Commandments of Steve” are: Go for perfectTap the expertsBe ruthlessShun focus groupsNever stop studyingSimplifyKeep your secretsKeep teams smallUse more carrot than stickPrototype to the extreme Click on the image, visit NewsWeek, or jump below to see a larger version of the infographic and read the subtext. It’ll be interesting to see how closely these ideals are followed now that Steve stepped down from the CEO position, but I’d bet things won’t change much at Apple for quite some time. Umair Haque / Bubblegeneration

Career Management Software Solutions by Zapoint Thought Clusters – Software Development and Management Interactive The World of Seven Billion The map shows population density; the brightest points are the highest densities. Each country is colored according to its average annual gross national income per capita, using categories established by the World Bank (see key below). Some nations— like economic powerhouses China and India—have an especially wide range of incomes. But as the two most populous countries, both are lower middle class when income is averaged per capita. MeaningofLife.tv Software Peter principle The software Peter principle is used in software engineering to describe a dying project which has little by little become too complex to be understood even by its own developers. It is well known in the industry as a silent killer of projects, and by the time the symptoms arise it is often too late to do anything about it. Good managers can avoid this disaster by establishing clear coding practices where unnecessarily complicated code and design is avoided. The name is used in the book C++ FAQs (see below), and is derived from the Peter Principle — a theory about incompetence in hierarchical organizations. Causes[edit] Loss of conceptual integrity[edit] Conceptual integrity is achieved when the software’s design proceeds from a small number of agreeing individuals. In projects without a strong software architecture team, the task of design is often combined with the task of implementation and is implicitly delegated among the individual software developers. Programmer incompetence[edit]

Top10 - Gadgets for your bag My opinion is that while most of these things can be useful, they are not the kind of things to carry around at all times, here's what I think.. 10. Cable shorteners, maybe I should give it a try. Not sure about the result though. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. Anyways, I still think that this article is great, even if I don't agree with everything, these ideas are not stupid at all and I did learn some new things.

Steve Jobs: Parting Quotes For Today's Entrepreneurs By now you've likely heard that Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple and plans to continue as chairmen of the board. COO, Tim Cook, who has filled in for Jobs in recent years during his various medical leaves while he first battled pancreatic cancer and then recovered from a liver transplant, will step in as CEO. There is much to be analyzed and reported on regarding this announcement. Every newspaper, blog and tech news outlet in the world is weighing in right now with their take on what this means for Apple, the tech industry itself, Steve Jobs and his legacy. In today's world of 2011, we tend to focus on only Steve Jobs, the CEO. The CEO of one of the largest companies in the world (tech or otherwise, keep in mind Apple just surpassed Exxon). MBA students will be studying Jobs the CEO for generations to come. I thought this would be a good time to share some of his best quotes from over the years; specifically sage wisdom for you, the David who dreams of one day being the Goliath.

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