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links for 2006-07-09

  • BBC NEWS | England | Patients ‘suffer extensive abuse’
    What always horrifies me about these type of stories is that I imagine the abusers must have felt they could act the way they could because they regard the patients as subhuman in some way. Noone could treat someone they thought of as an equal like this.
    (tags: mentalhealth health)
  • BBC NEWS | Technology | Older people ‘missing out’ online
    Internet tie-ins to mobile phone services are probably the way forward — even my gran can use a mobile these days ๐Ÿ˜‰
    (tags: accessibility age internet uk pensioners)
  • BBC NEWS | Technology | Anti-piracy tool confuses users
    “Customers have been crying out for a tool which could tell them if they have been duped” — LOL, I love that this is the conclusion that MS comes to from customers going “I was told it was real, honest guv”
    (tags: microsoft news bullshit)
  • The ONE key thing to know about negotiation
    “In negotiation, the one thing that really strengthens your position is the ability to walk away from the deal.”
    Completely right and worth remembering — often too easy to get caught up in the process and forget
    (tags: advice business simple negotiation)
  • Caterina.net: Play Money by Julian Dibbell
    Caterina’s right: the philosophy of only working when work has at least some of the characteristics of play is wonderful. I think even the big corps are starting to latch onto this concept now too
    (tags: anecdotes worklifebalance work play workplay)
  • Labnotes ร‚ยป Blog Archive ร‚ยป Eubonicode
    Too funny!
    (tags: anecdotes funny coding)
  • ongoing ร‚ยท Microsoft & ODF
    “…the lesson of the Web, written in letters of fire 500 feet high: agree on the smallest-possible number of data formats, and compete on what you do with them.”
    (tags: microsoft office formats xml odf quotes)
  • Quote Details: Craig Newmark: I look at what… – The Quotations Page
    “I look at what the phone company does and do the opposite.” — Craig Newmark
    Another good philosophy
    (tags: quotes business philosophy)
  • Laurence J. Peter Quotes – The Quotations Page
    “An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn’t happen today.” — Laurence J. Peter
    (tags: quotes economics)
  • On playing with my Holux GPS unit… (plasticbag.org)
    Filed in my “I want one” folder for when the financial impact of our upcoming nuptials has dissipated a bit
    (tags: gps mobile gadgets iwantone)
  • Woodflame grill, highly recommended – Signal vs. Noise (by 37signals)
    This does look really really cool — although the South African traditionalist braaier in me objects ๐Ÿ˜‰
    (tags: design cool engineering braai bbq grill)
  • ChristianLindholm.com: The Fat Duck Restaurant is truly a moving experience
    Oh wow — I really really really want to eat here one day. I saw a tv programme about Heston Blumenthal once and his approach to food seems so amazingly fresh and innovative.
    (tags: restaurant food foodporn crazy reviews)
  • ongoing ร‚ยท With Bloglines to Atom
    “This is the way the Web is supposed to work.”
    I have to admit, I absolutely love Bloglines ๐Ÿ™‚
    (tags: bloglines feedreaders web2.0)
  • Geek to Live: Securely track your passwords – Lifehacker
    Nice detailed article about how to securely keep track of your passwords. I use Firefox for all my web stuff, but should probably invest in a general password tracker at some point.
    (tags: lifehacks freeware password security software tools)
  • Geek to Live: Choose (and remember) great passwords – Lifehacker
    Nice advice on secure passwords. The only thing it doesn’t cover is that staple of corporate life — how to cope with forced password changes every 30/40/60 days
    (tags: lifehacks GTD productivity password privacy security tips passwords howto lifehacker)
Posted by delicious @ 7:17 PM on July 9, 2006
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  1. Lifehacker Says:
    July 12th, 2006 at 1:00 AM

    The golden rule of negotiation…

    Experienced negotiator Eric Sink says there’s only one thing you need to know about effective negotiation, whether it’s for a lower car price or a higher salary: In negotiation, the one thing that really strengthens your position is the ability……

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