The Meme Hustler | Evgeny Morozov Tim O’Reilly’s crazy talk Evgeny Morozov [from The Baffler No. 22, 2013] While the brightest minds of Silicon Valley are “disrupting” whatever industry is too crippled to fend off their advances, something odd is happening to our language. Old, trusted words no longer mean what they used to mean; often, they don’t mean anything at all. This is not to deny that many of our latest gadgets and apps are fantastic. Fortunately, Silicon Valley, that never-drying well of shoddy concepts and dubious paradigms—from wiki-everything to i-something, from e-nothing to open-anything—is ready to help. Silicon Valley has always had a thing for priests; Steve Jobs was the cranky pope it deserved. The enduring emptiness of our technology debates has one main cause, and his name is Tim O’Reilly. A stylish and smooth-talking self-promoter with a philosophical take on everything, O’Reilly is the Bernard-Henri Lévy of Route 101, the favorite court philosopher of the TED elites. The coup succeeded.
Le "Ricerche logiche" di Edmund Husserl (a cura di Jonathan Fanesi) Qualche appunto sulle Logische Untersuchungen di Husserl A cura di Jonathan Fanesi [ Con queste poche pagine non ho intenzione di offrire un’esposizione sistematica delle problematiche teoretiche interne alle Logische Untersuchungen, impresa questa che sarebbe al di fuori della mia attuale portata, bensì fornire a qualsivoglia lettore, quell’insieme di appunti che io stesso ho avuto modo di scrivere durante lo studio dell’ opera. Il precetto husserliano della chiarezza e dell’ evidenza, mai come nella nostra epoca, risulta fondamentale; eppure, molti procedono come se l’ unica legge fosse l’arbitrarietà assoluta, altri invece, affilano le punte di frecce che non scoccheranno mai contro il bersaglio e, altri ancora infine, spolverano i fossili all’ interno del museo della Filosofia, facendo passare il loro faticoso catalogare, il loro accurato spolverare, per un creativo e critico operare. ] “ La logica pura è il primo e più essenziale fondamento della logica metodologica.
Logical Fallacies: The Fallacy Files The 10 Best TED Talks of 2011 Watching videos online is usually considered fun, but generally a waste of time. Not so with TED videos, which are uniformly interesting, educational, inspiring, and enjoyable. If you haven't spent much time (or any) checking out TED videos, you should – and to help with that, I've compiled what seem to be the very best 10 TED videos of 2011. It was a grueling task, combing through the cream of the crop on the TED site, but somebody had to do it. Some of the talks may have been filmed prior to 2011 but all of the talks here were posted in 2011. How I Became 100 Artists You don't need to be an artist to appreciate Shea Hembrey's "How I became 100 artists," but if you are it's even more amazing. A Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello If music is more your thing, then the "Modern Take on Piano, Violin, Cello" entry from the Ahn Trio is a must-watch (and listen). 3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed Learning experiences like this, I could do without. How to Spot a Liar Your Favorites?
75 Startup Tools And Apps new business ideas and startups - So you have a new business or startup idea and based on your analysis and research you have conducted, your confident that there is a market for it. Ok, now what? You need to possibly find a cofounder and team to start planning, seek funding and successfully execute the plan for a pilot or full launch. There are so many resources and tools out there that can assist you in managing and excuting your startup or new business idea more eficiently and effectively. As a result, I have produced a list of my favourite tools and applications covering the various disciplines you will need to undertake in order to successfully execute and launch your startup or new business. Here are just a few tools and applications that I have used over the years in managing and delivering small to large projects. Brainstorming Ideas | Bubbl.us Simple online application that helps you create colorful mind maps that you can print and share with others and it's FREE. MindManager Creately Springpad Evernote Branding | Notebox
Freelance Translator Info - a web site to provide useful information to translators Divisione in sillabe e contatore, con o senza sinalefe Benvenuto ai nostri divisore in sillabe online automatica, che ovviamente è anche contatore di sillabe. È possibile scrivere una parola, un lungo testo o poesie, e il nostro sito le puo dividere e contare. Un'altra cosa da notare è che se si scrive alcuni versi, cioè frasi separati da interruzioni di riga, le frasi saranno divise e se si seleziona l'opzione di conteggio di sillabe, si scrive accanto ad ogni linea il risultato. Dubita che le stelle siano fuoco, dubita che il sole si muova, dubita che la verità sia mentitrice, ma non dubitare mai del mio amore. Utilizzando i nostro divisore di sillabe (e contatore) attivati, il risultato sarebbe: du-bi-ta-che-le-stel-le-sia-no-fuo-co (11 sillabe) du-bi-ta-che-il-so-le-si-muo-va (10 sillabe) du-bi-ta-che-la-ve-ri-tà-sia-men-ti-tri-ce (13 sillabe) ma-non-du-bi-ta-re-mai-del-mio-a-mo-re (12 sillabe) Il secondo risultato mostra sillabe separate tenendo conto le sinalefe: Per favore, puoi aiutarci a tradurre correttamente questo sito?
SCHOPENHAUER'S 38 STRATAGEMS, OR 38 WAYS TO WIN AN ARGUMENT Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), was a brilliant German philosopher. These 38 Stratagems are excerpts from "The Art of Controversy", first translated into English and published in 1896. Carry your opponent's proposition beyond its natural limits; exaggerate it. The more general your opponent's statement becomes, the more objections you can find against it. The more restricted and narrow his or her propositions remain, the easier they are to defend by him or her. (abstracted from the book:Numerical Lists You Never Knew or Once Knew and Probably Forget, by: John Boswell and Dan Starer)
McSweeney’s 5 Unusual Ways to Become a Better Speaker You’ve been asked to speak at an important event. It’s a great opportunity and you should be thrilled—but since you rarely speak, especially in a formal setting, all you can think about is bombing. Unfortunately, captivating an audience is definitely a skill that takes years to develop and hone. Since you don’t have that kind of time, here are five unconventional ways to become a better speaker almost overnight: 1. Admitting a mistake is great but not when used simply to show how far you’ve come. 2. Then when you start speaking again, the audience naturally 1) assumes the pause was intentional and 2) decides you’re actually a confident and accomplished speaker. 3. 4. 5. And don’t worry that you’ll be missing out on an opportunity: When you help people make their professional or personal lives better, you’ve done all the selling you’ll need to do.
the free dictionary Glossario delle frasi fatte Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Questo glossario delle frasi fatte contiene i modi di dire più frequenti. Frasi fatte ed espressioni idiomatiche[modifica | modifica wikitesto] Nel glossario non sono inclusi i proverbi, che sono un particolare tipo di affermazione che cerca di sintetizzare una forma di sapere. Alcuni modi di dire sono comunque di origine proverbiale: ad esempio Campa cavallo deriva dal proverbio Campa cavallo che l'erba cresce, e sono legati al concetto di cliché. La differenza tra proverbi e frasi fatte può essere sottile. Una creazione usata da pochi parlanti, per esempio una semplice metafora, non è sempre considerabile come un modo di dire affermatosi in una lingua: è invece possibile che si tratti di un semplice fenomeno di idiosincrasia, dunque che venga considerato solo come una creazione individuale. Altri criteri di inclusione[modifica | modifica wikitesto] 0 - 9[modifica | modifica wikitesto] 30 febbraio / 31 febbraio A[modifica | modifica wikitesto] A bizzeffe
Quick Practical, Tactical Tips for Presentations In the past I’ve given some tips for handling meetings effectively, covering topics like: - How not to let your meeting go down a rat hole; - Dealing with the elephant in the room; - Dealing with skeletons in your closet; - How to make meetings discussions, not “pitches” - A tale of two pitches (I eventually invested in the first company that pitched) Today’s post is a subtle one about positioning yourself in a presentation. This might be a VC meeting but also might just be a sales or biz dev meeting. It’s any meeting where you are in a small room and are being called on to present on some form of overhead slides 1. If you look at Diagram A above you’ll see that the presenters are sitting at the opposite end of the table from where the screen is. If you look at Diagram B you’ll see that the people you’re presenting to can look you in the eyes and glance up at the screen. 2. I’ve lately been attending meetings with our shareholders (called LPs or limited partners). 3. 4. 5. 6.
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