3ruce’s Blog

• Shout99 : Qualifications come under new age laws
  A prof. has some different views on degree’s, new age discrimination laws and the role of psychometrics. However, I think people will still be able to stipulate certain qualifications!
  (tags: degress education psychometrics discrimintation recruitment law)
• Words to avoid on your resume at Michael Specht – discussions on HR and technology
  Words to avoid on one’s CV
  (tags: words language cv recruitment perceptions employment)

• Opera easily beats major browsers with JavaScript speed test » Opera Watch
  Opera is a fast browser
  (tags: opera browsers internet software)
• Nuked Soap Video
  Here’s what happens if you microwave soap!
  (tags: soap microwave video funny cool humour_novelty)
• liveplasma music, movies, search engine and discovery engine
  Cool visual SNA style navigation. Similar to the visual theasaursu
  (tags: cool discovery future interface networking software internet cool_companies)

Look what happens when you microwave soap!

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• Megashares – Drag. Drop. Yup.
  More file sharing sites
  (tags: file_sharing internet software web_services services)
• Future Exploration Blog: Giving structure to citizen journalism
  More thoughts on open source media, distribution and consumption
  (tags: opensource media consumption change internet web2.0 disintermediation)
• The Business Innovation Insider: Korean innovation is rock hard
  Hard Korean beds!
  (tags: health humour_novelty korea)
• Why powerful people take more risks
  People who take more risks are more powerful?
  (tags: risk behaviours psychology power profitability success)
• Psychology news blog @ http://www.iqte.st/ » Blog Archive » It’s Addictive! Or Is It?
  Are computer games addictive?
  (tags: computer_games addiction health psychology behaviours)
• The Business Innovation Insider: Majoring in IBM, with a minor in Credit Suisse
  How global firms influence undergradate and academic courses. How much of an impact will this have?
  (tags: fortune_500 academics university degress change)
• Shortage of talent leading to boom in boardroom coaches
  The growth of executive coaching
  (tags: coaching business growth executives leadership self_development)
• Sun Ultra 3 Mobile Workstation – Overview
  Sun Solaris etc. in a laptop!
  (tags: sun computer laptop solaris)

• Waitrose.com – Lamb – Food Glossary
  Some nice lamb recipes
  (tags: lamb cooking recipes)

• CNO Partners
  CNOP is a sponsor of the Meta Relationship Networking Project (”MRN”)¾an N3P initiative to specify a vendor-neutral online relationship-networking system.
  (tags: networking aggrgation disintermediation internet web2.0 web_services)
• ADDING and REPLACING Nearly 70 Percent of Businesses Are Struggling to Measure the Effectiveness of Recruiting; Authoria Survey Highlights Business Imperative for Hiring Metrics Focused on Quality of Hire, Organizational Fit
  The challenges in measuring recruitment
  (tags: metrics recruitment roi value principles)
• Simon’s Jamjar: Xabi Alonso Goal against Newcastle | A Quirky, Personal Blog
  Alonso’s done it twice to Beckham’s one shot wonder!
  (tags: xabi_alonso liverpool video goals humour_novelty)
• A Myers style jigsaw
  This uses a jigsaw puzzle for an alternative to Myers
  (tags: myers_briggs games jigsaw psychometrics interface)
• the wonderful world of pzizz: MyDreamApp madness!
  Pzizz rocks
  (tags: cool_companies cool sleep software health)

• Welcome – usbcell.com
  Recharge batteries via USB… who uses batteries now-a-days?
  (tags: technology recycling innovation gadgets energy design cool_companies)
• The Power of Ordinary Practices — HBS Working Knowledge
  Teams, creativity and leadership behaviours
  (tags: leadership productivity behaviours research psychology teams)
• Future Exploration Blog: Web 2.0 and user filtered content
  Thoughts on user’s filtering content (like this!) and its impact on business models and the media landscape
  (tags: media consumers file_sharing editing filtering internet web2.0 innovation value search)
• Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: Langlois and the Vanishing Hand
  Very interesting thoughts on changes in org. design and value creation points amongst others. Can economic values be managed?
  (tags: trust technology economics organisational_design values change)
• John Hagel: Viewpoint- FAST Strategy :: strategy @ the intersection of business & technology
  Balancing short and long term strategy
  (tags: strategy time gaps integration)
• ANNOTATED BIBliOGRAPHY OF MIND-RELATED TOPICS
  Links to sites on mind and consciousness
  (tags: links lists psychology brain consciousness)

• £340,000 spent on psychological help
  Some attempts to justify the costs of psychologists in the public sector
  (tags: psychology psychometrics value metrics money politics public_sector)
• Innovation Home
  More on the decline of newspapers
  (tags: newspapers media change consumption trends internet disintermediation)
• Fast Company Now
  A take on post modern marketing
  (tags: post_modern marketing perceptions)
• Axe falls on government HR chiefs after damning reports – 19/09/2006 – Personnel Today
  Public sector HR Directors loose their jobs. What happened to the Business Partner ideas?
  (tags: business_partners hr public_sector gaps problems redunancies)
• Parallax : Calculating Technology’s Future: The Increasing Tail
  Thoughts on the long tail, software and economics… a long one
  (tags: Enterprise2.0 longtail marketing microsoft software economics)
• Prison Service lined up for change after inquiry – 20/09/2006 – Personnel Today
  Plans to change training in the prison service? The impact will be..?
  (tags: politics prison training change impact policies problems gaps perceptions)
• PAOGA: Life’s better when you’re in control
  Pioneering work around identity, protection and consumer management of second/third party entities
  (tags: data security trust web_services privacy web2.0 cool_companies startup)
• Inside the Firm of the Future: Our Satisfaction Guarantee. Does Your Firm Care Enough To Stand Behind Its Service?
  Interesting piece on customer relationships and customer value
  (tags: crm culture relationships value profitability)

• Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: SOA Versus Web 2.0?
  More on web 2.0 and enterprise 2.0 etc. etc.
  (tags: Enterprise2.0 ideas innovation saas software strategy web2.0 web_services)
• Simon’s Jamjar: Lessons in Choosing Domain Names | A Quirky, Personal Blog
  Some funny names for the net, like http://www.powergenitalia.com/ and http://www.penisland.net/
  (tags: domains internet humour_novelty)
• Edge Perspectives with John Hagel: The Challenge of Growth
  Economics is changing!
  (tags: management growth business economics change research metrics innovation kuhn)

• Video Editing from rocketboom
  Some excellent tools and utilities from rocketboom
  (tags: podcast software video lists blogging)