Something I wrote three years ago on my other blog: http://whichlevel.wordpress.com/2008/08/08/5-common-myths-about-knowledge/ “I have been visibly absent from the world of blogging for 2 weeks, busy working on a million things, as usual, while trying to fight the pervasive apathy that always seems to haunt me… and my generation. I can only hope that others fare [...]
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5 Common Myths about Knowledge
Posted: 30th September 2011 by dave in Pondering, PostsTags: is knowledge wasted, myths about knowledge, no knowledge is wasted
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Its either I am getting very creative or I am losing my sanity! This is a quick trick to piss off your co-workers or at least, draw out a few laughs. Step 1: Initiate multiple copying actions, preferrably to a flash drive since transfer speed is limited. Step 2: with several of the copying windows [...]
He Thinks… I’m off on the adventure… They Think… Help us find our missing Dog! He thinks… You want to be running across western massachusetts like I am right now They think… He is sick and in need of medication Reality… They really miss him He’s heard about the woods from the flying birds and [...]
What is vintage? What is obsolete? How much of your future do you sacrifice to preserve your past? How much of your future is hidden in your past? Where do the answers to these questions and other pertinent questions about life lie? In the future? In the past? The excerpt below captures a similar question [...]
Team Extramil.es came away with Best Execution at the recent Garage48 Lagos. Kudos to the team. It was an honour to lead such a powerful project!
Extramil.es – Garage 48 Startup Idea
Posted: 7th May 2011 by dave in PostsTags: be A Miracle, extramil.es, garage48, volunteering
Do you enjoy helping others and playing meaningful roles in their lives? Do you often feel you can do more to touch the lives of people in your community? Are you often discouraged from volunteering because: – you do not cannot lay hands on the most pertinent needs of your community? – you are unsure [...]
What are the best books for African Students at Secondary school level?
Posted: 20th February 2011 by dave in PostsI am assisting a friend develop a reading list for the literary club in a secondary school he is teaching in, in a remote part of the Niger Delta. I want ideas of books that can stimulate the students both to the sciences and the arts.What are the best books for African Students at Secondary [...]
This is the kind of blog post that makes me feel warm inside. Sound advice from Michael Fertik of ReputationDefender. He’s a CEO I think is going somewhere! http://blogs.hbr.org/cs/2011/01/managing_employees_in_their_tw.html Some of these principles were unconsciously built into a program I designed for my company, Technology Support Center Ltd sometime in 2010 dubbed ‘cache’. Cache is [...]
Stumbled on this on a twitter friends website. Its apt, and is very applicable in the Nigerian society. Its a good defence for people who are unable to practice what they preach. Nothing is more unjust, however common, than to charge with hypocrisy him that expresses zeal for those virtues which he neglects to practice; [...]