Furl http://www.furl.net/ http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.furl.net/member/yuditr.rss Furl archive. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:06:40 GMT http://www.furl.net/item/12467287/forward http://www.furl.net/item/12467287 a USA today article about us: poeple who work in coffee shops. at last we are not alone. Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:51:07 GMT effective writing breathing SAN FRANCISCO — The fall morning is mercifully fog-free, which puts a spring in the step of Mordy Karsch as he rolls into work. In short order, he fires up the computer, turns on his cellphone and orders breakfast. Though he has toiled on these premises for two years, he doesn't know anyone here well except for Angel Pinto, who brings him his hot coffee. That's because Karsch, 34, works out of The Grove, a bohemian eatery in this city's hip Marina district that caters to a growing army of office-less employees. "Working from a place like this is less stressful than being in an office, and I find I get a lot more done," says Karsch, general manager of Spanish Sales Force, a Spanish-language marketing consultancy. "If you can make this work for you, you'll love it." Call The Grove the office of the future, except the future is here. An estimated 30 million Americans, or roughly one-fifth of the nation's workforce, are part of the so-called Kinko's generation, employees who spend significant hours each month working outside of a traditional office. IT WORKS FOR YOU: Do you take up a "third space" for work? Tell us at On Deadline This rootless army is 3 http://www.furl.net/item/12467262/forward http://www.furl.net/item/12467262 a USA today article about us: poeple who work in coffee shops. at last we are not alone. Sat, 14 Oct 2006 14:48:20 GMT effective writing breathing SAN FRANCISCO — The fall morning is mercifully fog-free, which puts a spring in the step of Mordy Karsch as he rolls into work. In short order, he fires up the computer, turns on his cellphone and orders breakfast. Though he has toiled on these premises for two years, he doesn't know anyone here well except for Angel Pinto, who brings him his hot coffee. That's because Karsch, 34, works out of The Grove, a bohemian eatery in this city's hip Marina district that caters to a growing army of office-less employees. "Working from a place like this is less stressful than being in an office, and I find I get a lot more done," says Karsch, general manager of Spanish Sales Force, a Spanish-language marketing consultancy. "If you can make this work for you, you'll love it." Call The Grove the office of the future, except the future is here. An estimated 30 million Americans, or roughly one-fifth of the nation's workforce, are part of the so-called Kinko's generation, employees who spend significant hours each month working outside of a traditional office. IT WORKS FOR YOU: Do you take up a "third space" for work? Tell us at On Deadline This rootless army is 3 http://www.furl.net/item/12266111/forward http://www.furl.net/item/12266111 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 07:56:44 GMT effective writing breathing Breathwork or Breath Therapy is best described as a highly personal, experiential process utilizing breathing techniques to clear out physical, mental and emotional blocks or stresses. Breathing in and of itself is grossly underestimated. It is a source of life-giving, healing and purifying energy. When we breathe in a relaxed fashion we move from a destructive metabolic state to a constructive one. The shift from operating in chronic stress mode to one of relaxed alertness can affect the synthesis of protein, fat and carbohydrates, increase the production of cells for immune system activation, promote bone repair and growth as well as enhance the cellular, hormonal and psychological process. 90% of the nutrition needed by the body comes from the oxyg 4 http://www.furl.net/item/12263281/forward http://www.furl.net/item/12263281 Thu, 05 Oct 2006 03:38:06 GMT effective writing Begin sentences with subjects and verbs, letting subordinate elements branch to the right. Even a long, long sentence can be clear and powerful when the subject and verb make meaning early. 5 http://www.furl.net/item/12244680/forward http://www.furl.net/item/12244680 a basic NYT description of the mirror neuron phenomenon Wed, 04 Oct 2006 08:59:49 GMT training- general web-design 3 http://www.furl.net/item/12205680/forward http://www.furl.net/item/12205680 this is part of a college class material. it presents some very basic ethical dilemmas Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:37:23 GMT training- general web-design fat man leading a group of people out of a cave on a coast is stuck in the mouth of that cave. In a short time high tide will be upon them, and unless he is unstuck, they will all be drowned except the fat man, whose head is out of the cave. [But, fortunately, or unfortunately, someone has with him a stick of dynamite.] There seems no way to get the fat man loose without using [that] dynamite which will inevitably kill him; but if they do not use it everyone will drown. What should they do? 3 http://www.furl.net/item/12175539/forward http://www.furl.net/item/12175539 judy brown's list of her favorite web 2.0 applications Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:39:07 GMT training- general web-design One of the most exciting areas today is that of Web 2.0. What is it, you say? Well, the experts are still arguing about the definition, but it has to do with a more engaging, personal interactive web. For the most part applications run on the web rather than your desktop. There is a lot of good information about it here and here. There are announcements of new products almost on a daily basis, so it is very difficult to track. Four good sites to monitor are Michael Arrington's TechCrunch, Emily Chang's eHub, Web 2.0 Workgroup, and Web2.0Slides (a self-running slide show of over 1,400 of the best Web2.0 sites). If you are interested in development, don't miss the ProgrammableWeb. My focus has been on evaluating these applications for potential use in education and training. I have indicated with a star (star) below those which I have been using and seem to have strong potential. Applications are broken down into the following categories: Academic, Audio, Bookmarks, Calendar, Collaboration, Database, Desktop, Documents, Drawing, Feed Reader, File Manager, Forms, Lists, Miscellaneous, News, Organizer, Photos, Polls, Presentation, Project, Spreadsheet, Video, Weblog, Wiki, and Word Processor. 3 http://www.furl.net/item/12175461/forward http://www.furl.net/item/12175461 a review on the topic of attention from scientific american Sat, 30 Sep 2006 22:30:26 GMT training- general s cognitive neuroscientists, we would like to know what is behind such phenomena: What happens in our brains when we deliberately concentrate on something? Does some mechanism inside our heads decide which information reaches our consciousness--and which does not? And do our intentions, needs and expectations influence what we perceive? Recent research offers some fascinating insights 3 http://www.furl.net/item/2234007/forward http://www.furl.net/item/2234007 a good article about creating user experience online. from singapore. Wed, 09 Mar 2005 17:00:49 GMT e-learning general theory 3 http://www.furl.net/item/2179021/forward http://www.furl.net/item/2179021 the theory that tries to add "connectivism" to such meta models as constructivism, behaviorism and cognitivism Sat, 05 Mar 2005 23:26:40 GMT e-learning general theory 3