Beyond Development

Jun
30th

Tue

The Quest for Integrity

The words of a true knight, even in fiction, as spoken by Godfrey of Ibelin: to his son Balian are an inspiring force. This oath from Kingdom of Heaven is a breath of fresh air in the midst of compromise and lies, the birth of a real knight:

“Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Be brave and upright that God may love thee. Speak the truth, always, even if it leads to your death. Safeguard the helpless and do no wrong. That is your oath.

[He gives Balian his ring, and then slaps him] That’s so you remember it.
[Sword is given] Arise Knight and Baron of Ibelin.

Defend the King, if the King is no more protect the people”

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Jun
29th

Mon

Twitter - Iran and Symbols

Green profiles in Twitter are a clear sign of support for fair elections, and real democracy on that nation. Some of us, would like to continue our support and use an alternative symbol.

I recommend the ribbon next to your profile picture, like @tedvilla proposed, I give you the one above, it is his ribbon resized for a Twitter profile, just merge it with your profile pic, use Photoshop, the Gimp, or your favorite online tool and show your support.

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Jun
19th

Fri

HUMOR - WARNING Life Endangering Virus is Out There!

The Center for Disease Control has
issued a medical alert about a highly
contagious, potentially dangerous virus
that is transmitted orally, by hand, and
even electronically.

This virus is called Weary Overload Recreational Killer (WORK).
If you receive WORK from your boss, any of your colleagues or anyone else via any means whatsoever - DO NOT TOUCH IT.

This virus will wipe out your private life completely. If you should come into contact with WORK you should immediately leave the premises.

Take two good friends to the nearest grocery store and purchase one or both of the antidotes - Work Isolating Neutralizer Extract (WINE) and Bothersome Employer Elimination Rebooter (BEER).

Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system.

You should immediately forward this medical alert to five friends. If you do not have five friends, you have already been infected and WORK is controlling your life.

Author: Anonymous.

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Jun
16th

Tue

A positive anything is better than a negative nothing

—

Jerry McGuire Movie.

Nothing beats positive action, nothing speaks more faith and courage than going out there and doing something, anything!

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Jun
15th

Mon

Kaizen. Japanese for “improvement” is the word behind Toyota’s Total Quality obsession (known in the rest of the world as Continuos Improvement or Deming’s Cycle) it led Japan to victory on several industries, especially the auto industry. However in the software and mobile sectors Japan has lagged behind. Why?

Arguably Apple has achieved true innovation with the iPhone, it has redefined an entire industry. Newsweek does a very good analysis on this phenomenon. And the conclusion seems to be that to go beyond Kaizen, you need real innovation, and for that only revolutionary products will do, not continuos improvements but totally new answers to customer needs.

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Jun
13th

Sat

The best video parody on the fall of traditional advertising I’ve seen ever. Funny and insightful.

A bit too crude? Yes. I would remove a couple scenes myself, but still worth watching, and the lyrics are filled with valuable information and commentary.

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Jun
11th

Thu

By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.

—

Socrates.

I must admit this one made laugh a lot, and to be fair finding a good husband must be pretty darn hard too. Who said philosophers didn’t have a sense of humor?

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Jun
9th

Tue

Ruby's Community - Good Stuff for Free

Ruby’s community is fantastic, this is great reference and learning material and it’s free. If you speak Japanese your help would be appreciated with the project, they are translating the Ruby Hacking Guide and making it available to everyone.

maraby:

in Ruby. Great overview of the code behind the complexity of Ruby objects, classes, and modules, with great explanations, visual aids, and examples. Very enlightening.

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Think geopolitics, debt is seldom a good sign to a nation, and it’s seldom good to people too.

Notice how North America’s debt as a % of GDP contrasts with Asia, especially China and Russia. I was a bit surprised by India’s debt, and the relative good health of most of Latin America.

mirza:

GDP vs National Debt by Country

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May
24th

Sun

Who said the crowd is always right? Only Wisdom is right. So go and get it, success will follow.

—

Joseph Hurtado.

Inspired by Albert Einstein, W. Edwards Deming, and Solomon. By the way we you do get wisdom, be brave, and do it or you will lose the reward.

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