Conversation is an art

Conversation is an art in which man has all mankind for competitors.
---- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Advice when most needed ...

Be Yourself

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.
~~~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~~~

Carrot or stick? It's the same…

Carrot or stick? It's the same… by ZDNet's Roland Piquepaille -- According to Californian researchers, receiving a reward or avoiding a punishment have the same effects... on our brains. In other words, the same areas of our brains are stimulated when we win a game or when we avoid to lose one. In fact, for our brain, both things are similar: it has to achieve a goal. Fascinating research!

Chinese proverb (1)

Over a long distance, you learn about the strength of your horse; over a long time, you learn about the character of your friend.

True Knowledge

True knowledge is when one knows the limitations of one's knowledge.
---- Confucius

Happiness

"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go."
-------- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Only few appreciate the taste of food

"Everyone eats and drinks; yet only few appreciate the taste of food."
........ Confucius

In a world of virtualization, should Windows host Linux or should Linux host Windows?

In a world of virtualization, should Windows host Linux or should Linux host Windows? by ZDNet's David Berlind -- This is actually a question that I was giving a lot of thought to while recovering from back surgery? Why? As you may know, I'm an insanely huge proponent of using virtual machine technology like VMWare's VMWare Workstation 5.5 on desktop and notebook computers. I've covered the reasons why, ad nauseum On the upside, VMWare [...]

Eye tracking Web usability

Eye tracking Web usability by ZDNet's Dan Farber -- User interface guru Jakob Nielsen of the Nielsen Norman Group is on the road, giving seminars based on a recently completed an eye-tracking study that indicates how users consume Web pages--such as where people start browsing on a page, whether they have banner and text link blindness, where users look for navigation, how they react to [...]

Logic vs Imagination

Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.
-------- Albert Einstein

Excellence is an art won by training and habituation

"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but rather we have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit."
......... Aristotle

Being right or wrong in a trade

"It is not how right or how wrong you are that matters, but how much money you make when right, and how much you do not lose when wrong."
--------- George Soros

Look into your heart

"Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes."
-------- Carl Jung

Good memory for promises

"One must have a good memory to be able to keep the promises one makes. "
............. Friedrich Nietzsche [German philosopher (1844 - 1900) ]