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A funny presentation that explains Subprime
Published by February 18th, 2008 in Fun and Web. 0 CommentsThe presentation below from Google docs explains the way Subprime worked. This is a rather complex system. But all the system bears on a very simple assumption: House prices should always increase. Of course it couldn’t work for ever. Subprime Explained – Google Documents
Parody Video on Life at Microsoft
Published by February 16th, 2008 in Fun, Software and Video. 0 CommentsI found this funny video that shows how people think life is at Microsoft. I like the end: "you don’t need tech support". Life At Microsoft – The Truth Revealed Life At Microsoft – The Truth Revealed | Tina Wood | Channel 10
Viking Quest: A very good historical game from BBC
Published by December 29th, 2007 in Fun and Web. 0 CommentsBBC released on their web site a very good historical Flash Game called Viking Quest.
Daily Writing Tips published here a great vocabulary test. It’s short and fun. They plan to publish other vocabulary tests regularly: The vocabulary tests will be based on the “Word of the Day” category. Every 20 posts on that category a new test will be released.
Additional Communication styles explained
Published by October 28th, 2007 in Fun and Web. 0 CommentsThere is a very good comment on the post explaining the difference between Marketing, Public Relation, Advertising and Branding. The comment is from a guy called Tricky and explains other forms of interaction between companies and consumers like Tech Support, Direct Marketing, Telemarketing, … I reproduced it below: The buzz word in today’s business world [...]
A set of pictures to explain different kinds of communication
Published by October 28th, 2007 in Fun and Web. 0 CommentsAds of the world published a funny set of pictures that explain the difference between Marketing, Public Relation, Advertising and Branding: Image courtesy of Neutron, LLC.
Hans Rosling: New insights on poverty and life around the world
Published by October 7th, 2007 in Fun, Science and Web. 0 CommentsHans Rosling is a genius of statistics. He knows how to bring out insights from boring statistics. The following video show one of his presentation at TED: In a follow-up to his now-legendary TED2006 presentation, Hans Rosling demonstrates how developing countries are pulling themselves out of poverty. He shows us the next generation of his [...]
Several mini skits where the Hip Hop star Kanye West parodies himself:
Reuters Pictures reports some photos of this Little Paris in China: An aerial view of Tianducheng, a residential area on the outskirts of Hangzhou in east China.
