Obama’s Speech on Race - The New York Times

Obama’s Speech on Race - The New York Times:

Here's some very professional communication.... What do you think of his powerpoint slides? Here we are really "Beyond Bullet Points".

"Obama’s Speech on Race in America...

Interactive video and transcript of Senator Barack Obama’s speech in Philadelphia on March 18."

Will Obama be the next president of the US? See what you think of this speech! Have a nice long Easter weekend!

james

Presentation Zen: PowerPoint: sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying

Presentation Zen: PowerPoint: sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying:
"PowerPoint: sometimes you have to laugh to keep from crying

Here you have a link to the comedy sketch that we watched.... what other pointers would you give????

PowerPoint is a great tool for displaying visuals that enhance, illustrate, and generally magnify your narrative. It’s been used effectively for years by millions of professionals from such disciplines as academia, engineering, medicine, business, education, government (mostly ineffectively in this case), design, technology, and comedy. Comedy?"

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.

dotSUB.com ~ Any film in any language.:

"We made this video for our friends (and yours) that haven't yet felt the power of our friend the RSS reader. We want to convert people... if you know someone who would love RSS and hasn't yet tried it, point them here for 3.5 minutes of RSS in Plain English."
here you have the low-down on RSS! and don't forget twitter!

My Happy Planet: a free online exchange for people learning languages

Go to My Happy Planet

Now here's something for language enthusiasts! My Happy Planet is an online language learning community that allows users to teach and learn from each other through live chats, messaging, videos, and fun lessons -- without having to pay for them! The site started running a month ago and now has over 12,000 users! :) (Digg)

Some feedback about this site (starts from 1:15). This is also a good material to improve your understanding of American English :)

Wildy successfull innovation requires the non-obvious

Illustrated with examples ranging from EBay to early twentieth century gunnery accuracy, Joel Spolsky points out two ingredients that lead to specactular and innovative successes.

How hard could it be ? Inspired misfires.

how to communicate with your body

Try this site to improve your communication:

http://www.wikihow.com/Communicate-with-Body-Language

Media Player | sxsw | SXSW Interactive keynote, Zuckerberg, 03.07.08

SXSW Interactive keynote, Zuckerberg, 03.07.08

South by Southwest... do you know about this event? You might enjoy this....

BusinessWeek columnist Sarah Lacy interviewed Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, keynote speaker for SXSW Interactive at the Austin Convention Center on March 10, 2008. Among Zuckerberg's discussion of communication, granular control and a developer platform, audience members began interjecting and heckling Lacy for rambling non-questions.

and here's an artists' rendering of the interview....

Free Photoshop Alternatives

http://www.cnettv.com/9742-1_53-31682.html

Three tips for picture editing. 1. go to getpaint.net to obtain a small software called paint.net; 2 another software called Fotoflexer; 3. Gimp, which is more powerful open-source software(150 effects, such as distortion correct) . With the abovementioned three free choices, one could finish ordinary or even amazing photos and images operations without spending a lot of time and money for a huge photoshop software.

Jia

Educators Corner: Helping teams working together

Educators Corner: Entrepreneurship Education Resources

A brief but useful talk about practices making people working better together. For example, getting instructions from a coach (consistently) or a mentor(occasionally); time buddying(comparing schedules with each other for better time managing); incredible networking(talking more openly to people around, getting their emails or phone numbers, listening to competitors for information...).

Jia

Videos - Free video downloads and streaming video - CNETTV

Videos - Free video downloads and streaming video - CNETTV


have a look at videos with CC closed-captions!

Videos - Free video downloads and streaming video - CNETTV

Videos - Free video downloads and streaming video - CNETTV

check this one out!

most wanted gadgets in 2007!

TI to demonstrate prototype Google Android phone | CNET News.com

TI to demonstrate prototype Google Android phone | CNET News.com:

"Texas Instruments on Monday said it would demonstrate a prototype cell phone based on Android, the highly anticipated mobile-phone operating system being built by Web search leader Google."

Captain's Blog - Page 4 - trueSpace Community Forums

Captain's Blog - Page 4 - trueSpace Community Forums

Read the last post (at the page bottom): a new step in Microsoft strategy to counter Google?

What is BlogThis! ?

What is BlogThis! ?


remember this makes it easier to add things to our blog!

Thalys: My Thalyseo

Thalys: My Thalyseo

Social networks in Thalys: the end of unexpected encounter?

Electronista | Google Android SDK intros iPhone-like features

Electronista | Google Android SDK intros iPhone-like features

here's a nice video about Android...

see you tomorrow morning.

james

01net. - Interview de Bill Gates

01net. - Interview de Bill Gates:
by O1 Informatique. The articles are in French but the audio file (MP3) is in English.

MySpace.com - 2008 Superbowl Commercials from Super Bowl XLII: Vote for Favorite Ad Videos

MySpace.com - 2008 Superbowl Commercials from Super Bowl XLII: Vote for Favorite Ad Videos

there should be another site where you can vote.... if you find it please post it...

Official Google Research Blog

Official Google Research Blog

A useful link until an unofficial Google research blog is found.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google machine

Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google machine

this is a 20 minute video... we won't have time for it on Monday but I think you'll enjoy it...
It gives you an idea of who the founders are and it's easy to follow.




and here is a short video report about Google London (3 minutes)