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Posted on August 30, 2009 by MillerNo Comments

The Science of Motivation

Posted on August 25, 2009 by MillerNo Comments

As you probably can tell, I’m a huge fan of TED talks. Last night I watched this presentation on the science of motivation and wanted to share. I think the points here are especially true for people in creative roles, and if I could make a generalization, very true especially for those who are under 40 at the moment. Carrots and sticks, as well as standardized rewards are not as important to us as things like autonomy and loving what we do. Hope you enjoy.

Shared Items – August 25, 2009

Posted on August 25, 2009 by MillerNo Comments

Best articles, photos, and general signs of cool from my Google Reader Feeds
• Making a Delicacy

August 24, 2009

• The massive attention surplus

August 24, 2009

• Simplify Photo Lets Your iPhone Remotely Access Your PC's Pictures

August 21, 2009

• The talking pad

August 19, 2009

• Patient capital, markets that work and ending the endless emergency of poverty

August 20, 2009

Shared Items – August 18, 2009

Posted on August 18, 2009 by MillerNo Comments

Best articles, photos, and general signs of cool from my Google Reader Feeds
• Willfully ignorant vs. aggressively skeptical

August 15, 2009

• The scientific method

August 11, 2009

• Free work vs. internships

August 14, 2009

• The New Storytellers

August 8, 2009

• New Zealand by Chris Benny

August 10, 2009

• Lemonade: a movie about laid-off creative minds

August 11, 2009

• Clarifiying health care? Set expectations to "stun".

August 9, 2009

• Health care: napkin #2.

August 11, 2009 – Great post on Healthcare. Looking forward to the others in the series

• Health care: napkin #2.

August 11, 2009

• Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes

July 30, 2009

Shared Items – August 18, 2009

Posted on August 18, 2009 by MillerNo Comments

Best articles, photos, and general signs of cool from my Google Reader Feeds
• Willfully ignorant vs. aggressively skeptical

August 15, 2009

• The scientific method

August 11, 2009

• Free work vs. internships

August 14, 2009

• The New Storytellers

August 8, 2009

• New Zealand by Chris Benny

August 10, 2009

• Lemonade: a movie about laid-off creative minds

August 11, 2009

• Clarifiying health care? Set expectations to "stun".

August 9, 2009

• Health care: napkin #2.

August 11, 2009 – Great post on Healthcare. Looking forward to the others in the series

• Health care: napkin #2.

August 11, 2009

• Scientific Speed Reading: How to Read 300% Faster in 20 Minutes

July 30, 2009

The Health Care Debate on a Napkin

Posted on August 12, 2009 by MillerNo Comments

I recently discovered Digital Roam (better known as Back of the Napkin) and think the content is absolutely kick-ass.  Dan Roam does a great job of using small illustrations to solve problems and make his point in a way that is short, effective, and entertaining.

Dan is publishing a 4 napkin series on Health Care reform that I think everyone should check out. I’ve embedded the first two slide shares below. Be sure to check them all out and hit up Digital Roam for more.

Power of the Fax Effect

Posted on August 12, 2009 by MillerNo Comments

Really enjoyed this post from Kevin Kelly over at New Rules for the New Economy on unintended uses of technologies.  His blog is the online version of a book he published which he is giving away for free in the form of two posts a week. Do yourself a favor and subscribe to it. Lots of good stuff in there. Here’s an excerpt:

As opportunities proliferate, unintended uses take off. In the late 1970s, the Shah of Iran exiled his rival, the Ayatollah Khomeini, to Paris. Since the Shah controlled his country’s media he assumed Khomeini would not be able to reach the Iranian people from France to stir up trouble. But sympathetic Iranian clergy exploited an unsuspected technological opportunity: the cassette tape. Every week in Paris Khomeini’s friends recorded his inflammatory speeches on cheap recorders and smuggled copies (easily disguised as music tapes) into Iran, to be multiplied on $200 duplication machines and passed out to every mosque. On Fridays, Khomeini’s sermons were played throughout Iran on boomboxes.

Read the full post here.

Shared Items – August 11, 2009

Posted on August 11, 2009 by MillerNo Comments

Best articles, photos, and general signs of cool from my Google Reader Feeds
• The power of the fax effect–

August 6, 2009