Archive for April, 2012

I found the satellite photo below of North and South Korea at night very powerful. It’s the illustration of a discussion about the book  Why Nations Fail on the Planet Money blog.  Why Are Some Countries Rich And Others Poor? : Planet Money : NPR via kwout

Economy minimalist posters

I liked the way to reduce complex economic concepts to simple drawing that everybody can understand: Minimalist Econ Posters : Planet Money : NPR via kwout   Minimalist Econ Posters : Planet Money : NPR via kwout For a deep definition of inflation, you can go there.

The average car of 2012

FT Alphaville published an article about car components from a study by Bank Of America-Merrill Lynch. Here are some facts: The average car costs $14 350  (sum of the components) in 2011 whereas the cost was $11 100 in 2000.  Only 3 countries have suppliers for all the component categories (USA, Germany, and Japan. 3 Component systems [...]

State of the web 2012 by The Oatmeal

The full comic is available after the jump:  This is the web right now – The Oatmeal via kwout

The article referenced below presents a deep description of browser cache. And there is actually a shortcut to clear browser cache that works for IE 9, Firefox and chrome: CTRL + SHIFT+DEL Everything You Need to Know About the Browser Cache [MakeUseOf Explains] via kwout

A study on how the recruiters look at resume shows that the most important items are:  Name  Current company and Title  Previous company and title Previous position start and end date  Current position start end date  Education  How recruiters look at your resume via kwout

Tips for decoding body language

How to Decode Body Language « The Secret Yumiverse via kwout

Testing blog posting from iPad

I’m writting my first blog post with iPad. Posted using Tinydesk Writer iPhone app