Posts in the "Featured" Category

  • 6 free ways to discover and learn something new today

    Gone are the times when you have to drag yourself to a library to learn something, with the internet and this list at your fingertips, you will be able to gain access to lectures from some of the world’s best colleges, hear some inspirational talks and discover wonderful and useful information.

    Get the list after the jump.

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  • Apple v HTC – what it could mean

    Apple’s patent lawsuit against HTC is a carefully planned manoeuvre, that some speculate is in fact a proxy attack on Google.

    However, with the rivalries and lawsuits aside it could have a more drastic effect on the consumers. If the courts rule in favour of Apple it could well kill a huge range of HTC produced handsets, and send a drastic blow in the face of Google and the Android platform.

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  • 7 Tech trends I’m looking forward to in 2010

    The end of the year seems to be the perfect excuse to create lists. Sure you can look back at the highlight reel for the year gone (but you know what the big moments were, you were there), instead I’ve decided to look ahead at the tech wonders we can [hopefully] expect in 2010.
    So join me in pondering over the tech marvels that await us in the year ahead.

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  • What is the 80/20 rule and why it’s important to you

    Although the 80/20 rule, or the Pareto principle, sounds like a statistical formula, believe me its far from it. The 80/20 rule is something that I came across a little while ago, and it has completely changed my thinking. I believe that it is vitally important principle wheter you apply it in personal life or in your business.

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  • An introduction to mind mapping

    Mind mapping allows us to think creatively, assimilate information, take effective notes and to accelerate learning. Mind maps are a way of graphically organising information and developing thoughts and ideas. The idea is to create a diagram that presents ideas, tasks and anything else radiating around and outwards from a central theme.

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  • Beating procrastination – Part 1: understanding the enemy

    “Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday and avoiding today.” – Wayne Dyer
    Procrastination is present in every aspect of our lives, and we have mastered it to perfection. We have been practising from soon after we were born. During our younger years (and to for some even now), we procrastinated in [...]

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  • Successful project management

    Project management skills are essential whether you are a high profile project manager, a student or any other individual. Most of my experience in project management has come from my student years, but I have noticed that no matter what level of management you are involved in the fundamentals remain the same.
    Here I discuss some of [...]

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  • Are you making the best of your time?

    Time is perhaps the most important resource, and it is certainly a unique one in that once it’s used you can never get it back, and we never know exactly how much we have left. However, it seems that a lot of us take this precious commodity for granted.
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    There are many ways to [...]

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