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the times are changin’
… recently I’ve been thinking about change….
change as in not for me personally (although that’s a whole another bag of issues) but change in a business sense and what it means for organizations…
Working in a highly bureaucratic environment I’ve seen the positive net effects the change on organizational level can bring, but this being imperfect [...]
my new car!
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IMG_0082, originally uploaded by andriy kharkovyy.
woho! i am the proud owner of ‘07 jetta…
i should mention that my old car got messed up on Friday when some lady ran into me while i was just [...]
Apple vs. Microsoft
Today Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. and Bill Gates of Microsoft made a rare appearance together on Wall Street Journal Executive Technology conference. Some interesting stuff here, feel free to watch the videos.
a historic find
As i was doing some research over the weekend i ran across an interesting Russian site. With all sorts of randomness this particular item caught my eye. This is the very Atlas that i used to spend hours with daily when i was little. It looks pretty silly now but all things considered this [...]
thoughts on copyright (and Aristotle)…
"The Law is reason, free from passion" this famous quote by Aristotle is prominent amongst todays academic community, specifically the legal one. However, I don’t know if i entirely agree with that statement. Don’t worry, i will explain why, but all in time, so let’s start from the beginning . . .
. . .I like [...]
“dear diary”?
I don’t know where each of you will find yourself reading this, but last night, in a storm ridden drive from Chicago I found myself thinking about people, particularly about people that matter to me.
The idea of people being drawn to each other is certainly not foreign. The Bible acknowledges the need for companionship [...]
news from home…
My first teacher (grades 1-3) turned 50, over the weekend. A local newspaper in my town, in Ukraine, ran a full page spread with various notes from her family, friends, colleagues. But more importantly it had a section written by her former students. Unfortunately i didn’t get a chance to contribute, but then i wouldn’t [...]
on superbowl and writing…
Superbowl? … don’t want to talk about it.
However, i would like to ramble on about what (i think) makes for a good writer, or more importantly, a good essay. Today as i was taking a break from my studies i did some reading up on blogs of people that pride themselves on being [...]
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