Photoshop masterpieces from Anton Semenov, known as Gloom82 on devianArt.com. He is the new Tim Burton.
January 30, 2011
January 25, 2011
via New York Times
This interview with Jeremy Allaire, chairman and chief executive of Brightcove, an online video platform for Web sites, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. The New York Times Company owns a small stake of less than five percent in Brightcove.
Earl Wilson/The New York Times
Jeremy Allaire, chairman and C.E.O. of Brightcove, an online video platform for Web sites, says the initial hires are key in building a business. In his case, he sought bright people “with whom I could have a high-bandwidth conversation.”
Q. What were your most important leadership lessons?
A. One of the most important influences early on was being educated in a Montessori setting. The Montessori ethos was very formative for me because it built into me a belief in self-direction, in independent thought, in peer collaboration, in responsibility.
Those even became tenets for me in terms of my management style — a kind of laissez-faire approach to allowing people to self-direct and peer-collaborate to figure things out and get things done here. That attracts a certain kind of person. There are other people who can’t thrive in that — they need things spelled out, they need their five tasks.
Another was that I took an interest in high school in extracurricular activities that were really about critical thought, analytical thought and leadership. I was on the debate team. I did model United Nations. So at a very young age I became very comfortable with speaking in a leadership capacity, conveying ideas, arguing for ideas and synthesizing information.
Q. What else?
A. In college, I had a mentor, a professor at Macalester College in political science named Chuck Green, who taught me a lot about how things actually get done in the world. It wasn’t just, “Let’s read about politics or political theory.” It was about getting things done. How do people actually solve problems? How do people collaborate?
We also had to sponsor a project and run the project, in an entrepreneurial capacity. Several of us decided we were going to build something called native.net, which was basically a network using the Internet to enable communication and collaboration among Native American tribes that had been siloed in the past. We had to raise money, set it up and run it.
Posted on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 by Amar Baatartsogt
January 13, 2011
A small piece graphic art that I made. As I have declared
this year to be an artsy year, I am trying to be more expressive
within different mediums that I can control. Not really sure what
triggered this work, probably a dream. One morning when I woke
up, I had this line stuck inside my head
"I sometimes confuse the difference between love & a lie...".
That's the story.
PS: You can click on the picture for bigger view.
Posted on Thursday, January 13, 2011 by Amar Baatartsogt
January 10, 2011
Хулгайлж сураагүйм биш ямар... Was checking an event on FB, thought someone I knew posted on the event wall, checked out the profile just to realize that she was some random person. However found some interesting favorite quotes on the profile. I shall nominate them to be the quotes of the upcoming week. lol.
Watch your words, for they become actions.
Watch your actions, for they become habits.
Watch your habits, for they become character.
Watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.”
“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
Posted on Monday, January 10, 2011 by Amar Baatartsogt
January 5, 2011
Анх ч том алдсандаа... Блогоо өөрийнхөө нэрээр нээж. Нэгэнт ингээд миний нэртэй үүрд холбоотой болсон болохоор бас хамаагүй юм бичиж болохгүйээ. Хүмүүсийн тухай бол юм бичихэд бүр хэцүү. Олоод уншчихна. Дараа нь олон юм ярина. Өөрөө олж уншдаггүй юмаа гэхэд найз нь олоод уншчихна. За тэр яахав. Энэ жил блог дээрээ урьднан жилтэй харьцуулахад илүү юм бичнэ гэж төлөвлөөд байгаа, ажлын зав зай хэр гарах юм болдоо... Ер нь хүн шаналсан, дурласан, зовсон, ганцаардсан үедээ илүү их юм бичих хүсэл зориг нь бадардаг бололтой. Сүүлийн хагас жилийн хувьд бол бараг юу ч бичсэнгүй, эмоци бараг ноль заасантай холбоотой бизээ.
За тэр яахав, эрт унтана гэж орондоо орчихоод дэмий хүний блог уншаад өнөөдөр суучихлаа. Тэгж байснаа ер нь бүсгүйчүүд богинохон тайрмал үстэй байхдаа хамаагүй илүү харагддаг гэсэн өөрийнхөө логикыг батлахаар шийдэв. Батлана ч гэждээ, дурьдана гэх гэсийм. Яагаад ч юм бэ мэдэхгүй, эмэгтэй хүн, бүсгүй хүн богино үстэй байхдаа илүү тачаангуй, өөртөө итгэлтэй, зоримог харагддаг гэж би боддог. Манай найз нар харин гомо сэтгэхүй нь илүү хөгжсөн болохоор илүү эрэгтэйлэг харагдах эмэгтэйчүүдэд дурлах юм гэж намайг явуулна. Хэхэ. Хүмүүсийн бодлыг сонсмоор санагдав.
Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 by Amar Baatartsogt
Hachiko: A Dog's Story (or Hachi: A Dog's Tale) is a 2009 American drama film based on the true story of the faithful Akita Hachikō. It is a remake of the 1987 Japanese film Hachikō Monogatari. It was directed by Lasse Hallström, written by Stephen P. Lindsey and stars Richard Gere, Joan Allen and Sarah Roemer.
Based on a true story from Japan, Hachiko Monogatari ハチ公物語 (literally “The Tale of Hachiko”) is a moving film about loyalty and the rare, invincible bonds that occasionally form almost instantaneously in the most unlikely places.
Hachikō (ハチ公, November 10, 1923–March 8, 1935), known in Japanese as chūken Hachikō (忠犬ハチ公, "faithful dog Hachikō" ('hachi' meaning 'eight', a number referring to the dog's birth order in the litter, and 'kō,' meaning prince or duke)), was an Akita dog born on a farm near the city of Ōdate, Akita Prefecture,[1] remembered for his loyalty to his owner, even many years after his owner's death.
In 1924, Hidesaburō Ueno, a professor in the agriculture department at the University of Tokyo took in Hachikō as a pet. During his owner's life Hachikō greeted him at the end of the day at the nearby Shibuya Station. The pair continued their daily routine until May 1925, when Professor Ueno did not return. The professor had suffered from a cerebral hemorrhage and died, never returning to the train station where Hachikō was waiting. Every day for the next nine years the golden brown Akita waited at Shibuya station.
Hachikō was given away after his master's death, but he routinely escaped, returning again and again to his old home. Eventually, Hachikō apparently realized that Professor Ueno no longer lived at the house. So he went to look for his master at the train station where he had accompanied him so many times before. Each day, Hachikō waited for the return of his owner.
The permanent fixture at the train station that was Hachikō attracted the attention of other commuters. Many of the people who frequented the Shibuya train station had seen Hachikō and Professor Ueno together each day. They brought Hachikō treats and food to nourish him during his wait.
This continued for nine years with Hachikō appearing precisely when the train was due at the station
Posted on Wednesday, January 05, 2011 by Amar Baatartsogt
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