Seeing a certain technology or item in a science fiction movie could make someone think: “Hey, that could be something we could use right now!”. But you’d think that no scientific research would come from a movie like Happy Gilmore.
You would be wrong.
Via Kottke
I don’t get Twitter. I don’t get the appeal. I don’t get how it can be useful. I don’t get how it can be more than a time waster. I don’t get how it can help you build an audience. I don’t get how it can help business. I don’t get how it can widen your network. I don’t get how it could help you learn stuff (other than that somebody is watching a movie). I don’t get why it’s as popular as it is or why Oprah needs to have a Twitter account.
I just don’t get it.
So maybe it’s time for me to find out.
Scott Berkun has a insightful post on the top 10 trades every manager should have to become great.
The important part of this is the capacity to grow and improve. If you learn from your mistakes and implement procedures to make sure they never happen again, improve your skills, try to be a bit better each day and do it with a positive but result oriented mindset, you create a competitive but great place to earn a living. Not to mention that you create an environment which will be successful at what it does.
Here you are, a daily commuter, on your way to your job. All you want to do is hop onto the next train to get yourself to where you need to be. Sleep still hasn’t left your body. There’s still a drowsiness there. And then you see something like this.
Or this (has been featured before on this blog).
Or this.
It’s not only the visuals that makes these things great. Think about all the planning that goes into it, making sure that everyone is at his or her exact spot on time and does what they are supposed to do. It’s just a great example of teamwork.
Besides, what a way to get you ready for the day.
