Author Archives: Catherine

GMail Cheat Sheet of Short Cuts

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Catherine

I love me some keyboard short cuts. No self respecting geek wouldn’t know short cuts for common applications they use. I know a reputable few that I find very usefull all the time. Yet strangely enough, while I do know … Continue reading →

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LWT: The suprising science of motivation

Posted on June 7, 2010 by Catherine

Dan Pink is an interesting speaker with ideas that challenge our commonly accepted understanding of motivation. Most business students, economists and students of life will agree that the common idea is: pay more to motivate more. Pretty simple. However this … Continue reading →

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Bobby McFerrin Sings and Dances to a tune our ears like!

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Catherine

Just a short TED and World Science Festival 2009 conference talk where the audience sings the notes that Bobby McFerrin dances. I learned something new today that the Pentatonic Scale is one octive range from a low to higher note. … Continue reading →

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LwT: How about safe drinking water for everyone?

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Catherine

I just came across this fantastic video on Ted.com about a water filter that makes safe drinking water from any water source. Just think .. ANY water source! How about that then? Isn’t this something you could get behind and … Continue reading →

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Happy New Year for 2010

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Catherine

How late am I in wishing and starting a new year on this stop, go blog?! I still haven’t found my writing subject for here properly and the drive to fill it with interesting things. I have loads of opinions … Continue reading →

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Video illustration as a powerful form of education

Posted on November 6, 2009 by Catherine

Sharing information visually is one of our strong forms of communication and education. Here are a couple of examples. Someone somewhere once said in my vicinity that we listen with our eyes! Being hard of hearing I agree with this … Continue reading →

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Common Sense, may he Rest In Peace

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Catherine

. An Obituary printed in the London Times – not a joke and it makes you think. Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows … Continue reading →

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America vs UK and Mac vs PC

Posted on November 3, 2009 by Catherine

image by Business Pundit . The photo above from BusinessPundit.com tickled my funny bone, this is obviously an american lecture hall and its predominantly mac’s and one visible PC. In the UK its very different, the UK universities rarely support … Continue reading →

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Work with me on my health doctor!

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Catherine

image by oreillygmt . I was wandering the web world again because a colleague at work wrote a blog on a cool word: Tomosynthesis; which simple means a 3D image of part of a body from multiple xrays. This started … Continue reading →

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Blogging reminds me of …

Posted on October 26, 2009 by Catherine

… writing for a time capsule. having formalised and accepted logorrhea, instead of the worrisome type. guilty feelings, when forgetting it for months on end! personality suicide, just who is the real me? Suffice it to say I’ve been busy … Continue reading →

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