Wow! A fantastic special “Prog Rock Britannia” was broadcast on BBC back in March of this year. It’s no longer available on the BBC site but someone has published it in 9 parts on YouTube.
Grab it here!
Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt6uWZpIiMY
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZ8zYI6ZQGI
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sqgg-QAMAzQ
Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVwMczOsIPs
Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlznYUVe4Dw
Part 6: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyOqgUZumI4
Part 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_71Et0CWfc
Part 8: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpk1wFYwcyo
Part 9: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PncE95EBulc
Friday, July 16, 2010
Thursday, May 27, 2010
Some information about what motivates us
I would highly recommend to every manager of any kind out there check this. It's a very cool video with some very interesting ideas about the usual concepts about motivations and how this is challenged by new findings in a lot of different fields (economics, psychology, sociology and the likes). In my experience the usual concept is also highly challenged by real life situations, so this video and the surroundings ideas may be of help to some of you.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
About: Something new about how we should take care interpreting the fossil records
It has been a long time since I've updated this blog as I'm using another site for sharing quick thoughts, but this piece of information was interesting enough as to share it in a more specific way.
I'm pretty much amused about the amount of new information regarding evolution, creationism, the particle of God and so on that pop up into some of my "feeds" (lots directly from my contacts) so it seems like it should be an interesting topic to me, but it gets more and more unappealing, maybe because the "disinformation" the "sci media" creates all around. To anyone interesting on these topics I'll recommend two books, one from 1925 by G.K. Chesterton called The Everlasting Man (you can find it online), which doesn´t address the topic itself but I think it can shed some lights about some of the ideas behind this "disinformation". The second one is much more modern, it's written by Francis S. Collins noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP) and is called The Language of God. I know these are not the usual books that you'll be pointed to when researching these topics and that´s why I'm doing it here.
Getting back to the initial intent for this post here is the link to the article I've cited first. It sounded earth shattering to me at least in my very first reading. It's interesting seeing how new discoveries can change much of the assumptions we have now. I'd love to see how this gets addressed in the near future, how the changes this and lot of other research papers get used in refining old theories and creating new ones (better than the old ones I hope) and how this is addressed by the scientific community.
I'm pretty much amused about the amount of new information regarding evolution, creationism, the particle of God and so on that pop up into some of my "feeds" (lots directly from my contacts) so it seems like it should be an interesting topic to me, but it gets more and more unappealing, maybe because the "disinformation" the "sci media" creates all around. To anyone interesting on these topics I'll recommend two books, one from 1925 by G.K. Chesterton called The Everlasting Man (you can find it online), which doesn´t address the topic itself but I think it can shed some lights about some of the ideas behind this "disinformation". The second one is much more modern, it's written by Francis S. Collins noted for his landmark discoveries of disease genes and his leadership of the Human Genome Project (HGP) and is called The Language of God. I know these are not the usual books that you'll be pointed to when researching these topics and that´s why I'm doing it here.
Getting back to the initial intent for this post here is the link to the article I've cited first. It sounded earth shattering to me at least in my very first reading. It's interesting seeing how new discoveries can change much of the assumptions we have now. I'd love to see how this gets addressed in the near future, how the changes this and lot of other research papers get used in refining old theories and creating new ones (better than the old ones I hope) and how this is addressed by the scientific community.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Great Corporate Values
Obviously I don't know how real this is inside the company, but I share most of the thoughts that Tim O'Reilly managed to collect in this "Rules of Thumb" piece of work.
I think there are a couple of themes running inside this "Corporate Culture Manifesto" that seems to make that much sense:
Hope this helps to inspire those managers around here
I think there are a couple of themes running inside this "Corporate Culture Manifesto" that seems to make that much sense:
- Maximum profitability might be sacrificed to the development of employee potential.
- My worst fear is that we would become a "professionally managed" company with our eye only on the bottom line.
- A key point to remember is that the company is a means, not an end.
- Each of your co-workers, our customers, our suppliers, and anyone else you deal with is a person, just like you.
- Bring yourself to your work!
Hope this helps to inspire those managers around here
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Interesting Article about Digital Socialization
Quite old now but really interesting nonetheless "Brave New World of Digital Intimacy"
Friday, April 17, 2009
Another interesting video
These guys really have some spare time. Anyway, the result is awesome (thanks Carla DG)
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Interesting Article: Work on Stuff that Matters
I've just saw this very interesting article from Tim O'Reilly about what individuals as much as companies should focus on when trying to run their own businesses. I share most of his thoughts so I decided to share it with you. Hope you like it too.
See'ya soon
Pablo
See'ya soon
Pablo
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
And there were shepherds…
... Luke 2:8
Imagine it’s the night shift; you’re a security guard walking the perimeter of the factory that you and your co-workers have been entrusted with. What would it take for you all to down flashlights, abandon your posts and walk three miles into town to the office block on the high street?
The news that there’s a baby in the bottom drawer of a desk on the second floor of the block?
Would that be enough? Or would it take a host of angels singing in the sky and telling you that not only had a baby been born, but the baby was the saviour of the world? And by the way you’ll find him in the bottom drawer of a desk in a second floor office.
I like the shepherds. They’re ordinary folk, looked down on by most people, doing a job most people didn’t want to do, sleeping out on hillsides, looking after dumb animals for not much money. When it comes to it, though, they have their priorities right. They down staffs and scuttle off to check out whether there is indeed a baby in an unlikely crib. And they tell others. I suspect their lives were never quite the same again.
Except, of course, on the surface nothing had changed – the hills were still there, no longer alive with the sound of music; the sheep were there, still dumb, still vulnerable to wolves, and their wages were still low and their prospects unaltered. Except. Except for the fact that everything had changed. Hope had illuminated the horizons of their heart as surely as light filled the night sky. There is a God. He has not forgotten us. He is alive. He has intervened. He has a plan. And it changes how I see all of life, even if most of my life does not change.
And this is such good news.
(from Mark Green@LICC )
Imagine it’s the night shift; you’re a security guard walking the perimeter of the factory that you and your co-workers have been entrusted with. What would it take for you all to down flashlights, abandon your posts and walk three miles into town to the office block on the high street?
The news that there’s a baby in the bottom drawer of a desk on the second floor of the block?
Would that be enough? Or would it take a host of angels singing in the sky and telling you that not only had a baby been born, but the baby was the saviour of the world? And by the way you’ll find him in the bottom drawer of a desk in a second floor office.
I like the shepherds. They’re ordinary folk, looked down on by most people, doing a job most people didn’t want to do, sleeping out on hillsides, looking after dumb animals for not much money. When it comes to it, though, they have their priorities right. They down staffs and scuttle off to check out whether there is indeed a baby in an unlikely crib. And they tell others. I suspect their lives were never quite the same again.
Except, of course, on the surface nothing had changed – the hills were still there, no longer alive with the sound of music; the sheep were there, still dumb, still vulnerable to wolves, and their wages were still low and their prospects unaltered. Except. Except for the fact that everything had changed. Hope had illuminated the horizons of their heart as surely as light filled the night sky. There is a God. He has not forgotten us. He is alive. He has intervened. He has a plan. And it changes how I see all of life, even if most of my life does not change.
And this is such good news.
(from Mark Green@LICC )
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Church of England Apology to Darwin and Michael Reiss forced resignation from Royal Society
Sorry for not having the time to blog more about these two very interesting topics but just wanted to point to a few interesting links about both issues, which for me seem to be somehow related:
Regarding Darwin story:
Regarding Darwin story:
- Official Statement: Good religion needs good science
- Michael Reiss' Online Speech (please have a read at this before all the other)
- Royal Society accepts that Michael Reiss has been badly treated.
- "An invisible sky fairy"
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