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Occasionally you read really stupid articles… like this… is this guy serious?!
Mac OSX Snow Leopard isn’t a pale imitation of Windows 7… Mac OSX (in general) is the forerunner of what Windows 8 will be!!! That’s how far behind Microsoft is in the OS wars. They seem to be a full version or [...]
Filed by ob1 at August 26th, 2009 under tech
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It’s been painful watching the Australian cricket team wobble from greatness to patheticness (is that a word?!) during this Ashes series.
Their loss in this final game was easily predictable, given the interviews Ponting was giving in the press before the game. He apparently had the game won before they even stepped on the field, [...]
Filed by ob1 at August 24th, 2009 under leadership, life
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“If you’re going to take Vienna, take Vienna.” – Napoleon
Filed by ob1 at August 19th, 2009 under life
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A number of years ago, a friend of mine through the Arrow Leadership Program, Jim Wallace (now with the Australian Christian Lobby, once himself Commander of the SAS Regiment, retired Brigadier), recommended a book by Sir William Slim, entitled “Defeat to Victory”, which recounted Slim’s amazing feat of leadership in turning the disastrous Burma campaign [...]
Filed by ob1 at August 19th, 2009 under leadership
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“Only he who does nothing makes a mistake.” – French proverb
As a basic principle of life, I firmly believe in the truth of this proverb. People who don’t make mistakes, who are afraid of making mistakes, are unlikely to learn and grow, and ultimately, that is the biggest mistake of all.
For leaders, it [...]
Filed by ob1 at August 14th, 2009 under life
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Sometimes you get surprised to find out that things that have become central to certain kinds of evaluations and decision-making are built off completely silly leaps of logic. I was shocked to discover this about the famous “BMI” (Body Mass Index) number that is used worldwide to assess whether someone is in the right [...]
Filed by ob1 at August 7th, 2009 under science
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