MTA Strike

The city still moves ...
 
 

Message from John Cleese To the Citizens of the United States of America

One of my peers has send me this. Amazing…

In light of your failure to elect a competent President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your Independence, effective immediately. Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (excepting Kansas, which she does not fancy).

Your new prime minister, Tony Blair, will appoint a governor for America without the need for further elections. Congress and the Senate will be disbanded. A questionnaire may be circulated next year to determine whether any of you noticed.

To aid in the transition to a British Crown Dependency, the following rules are introduced with immediate effect: You should look up "revocation" in the Oxford English Dictionary. Then look up aluminium, and check the pronunciation guide. You will be amazed at just how wrongly you have been pronouncing it.

The letter 'U' will be reinstated in words such as 'favour' and 'neighbour.' Likewise, you will learn to spell 'doughnut' without skipping half the letters, and the suffix ize will be replaced by the suffix ise.

Generally, you will be expected to raise your vocabulary to acceptable levels (look up vocabulary). Using the same twenty-seven words interspersed with filler noises such as "like" and "you know" is an unacceptable and inefficient form of communication.

There is no such thing as US English. We will let Microsoft know on your behalf. The Microsoft spell-checker will be adjusted to take account of the reinstated letter 'u' and the elimination of -ize.

You will relearn your original national anthem, God Save The Queen. July 4th will no longer be celebrated as a holiday.

You will learn to resolve personal issues without using guns, lawyers, or therapists. The fact that you need so many lawyers and therapists shows that you're not adult enough to be independent. Guns should only be handled by adults. If you're not adult enough to sort things out without suing someone or speaking to a therapist then you're not grown up enough to handle a gun. Therefore, you will no longer be allowed to own or carry anything more dangerous than a vegetable peeler. A permit will be required if you wish to carry a vegetable peeler in public.

All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good. When we show you Japanese cars, you will understand what we mean.

All intersections will be replaced with roundabouts, and you will start driving on the left with immediate effect. At the same time, you will go metric with immediate effect and without the benefit of conversion tables. Both roundabouts and metrication will help you understand the British sense of humour.

The Former USA will adopt UK prices on petrol (which you have been calling gasoline) - roughly $6/US gallon. Get used to it.

You will learn to make real chips. Those things you call French fries are not real chips, and those things you insist on calling potato chips are properly called crisps. Real chips are thick cut, fried in animal fat, and dressed not with catsup but with vinegar.

The cold tasteless stuff you insist on calling beer is not actually beer at all. Henceforth, only proper British Bitter will be referred to as beer, and European brews of known and accepted provenance will  be referred to as Lager. American brands will be referred to as Near-Frozen Gnat's Urine, so that all can be sold without risk of further confusion.

Hollywood will be required occasionally to cast English actors as good guys. Hollywood will also be required to cast English actors to play English characters. Watching Andie MacDowell attempt English dialogue in Four Weddings and a Funeral was an experience akin to having one's ears removed with a cheese grater.

You will cease playing American football. There is only one kind of  proper football; you call it soccer. Those of you brave enough will, in time, be allowed to play rugby (which has some similarities to American football, but does not involve stopping for a rest every twenty seconds or wearing full  Kevlar body armour like a bunch of nancies).

Further, you will stop playing baseball. It is not reasonable to host an event called the World Series for a game which is not played outside of America.  Since only 2.1% of you are aware that there is a world beyond your  borders, your error is understandable.

You must tell us who killed JFK. It's been driving us mad.

An Inland Revenue agent (i.e. tax collector) from Her Majesty's Government will be with you shortly to ensure them acquisition of all  monies due backdated to 1776).

Thank you for your co-operation.

Sakura Park

 
 

It is December, Rockefeller Center is opened

 
 

The Alma Mater at Columbia

 
 

Investment Banking, New York

Sure you are thinking in Patrick Bateman, can he be a personal reference? A small piece of the film script:

My name is Patrick Bateman.
I'm 27 years old.
I believe in taking care of myself,
in a balanced diet, in a rigorous exercise routine.
ln the morning, if my face is a little pufffy,
I'll put on an icepack while doing my stomach crunches.
I can do a thousand now.
After I remove the icepack, I use a deeppore cleanser lotion.
In the shower, I use a water-activated gel cleanser.
Then a honey-almond bodyscrub.
And on the face, an exfoliating gelscrub.
Then I apply an herb mint facialmasque,
which lleave on forten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine.
I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol,
because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.
Then moisturizer,
then an anti-aging eye balm,
followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman.
Some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me.
Only an entity-- something illusory.
And though I can hide my cold gaze...
and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours...
and may be you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable,
I simply am not there.

BMW Films

Years ago, BMW created one of the most amazing marketing initiatives I have ever seen. BMW Films were a series of 8 films where the cars are shown as part of a incredible story. My favorites are clearly: Star (featuring Madonna), Chosen and Ticker.

It was in this films that I know one actor that become one of my favorite ones in the time: Clive Owen.

It seems that the actual cache of Clive has made BMW retired the BMW Films from their webpage. Damn it!!!!!

BTW, don’t miss Clive Owen role at Sin City, probably the best comic based film ever.

My strategy teacher

Financial Times Calls Professor Toby Stuart a “Professor to Watch”

October 10, 2005

Toby Stuart, the Arthur J. Samberg Professor of Business, was among a select group profiled by the Financial Times in a series focusing on academics breaking new ground with their research. The article details how Stuart’s examination of networks has led him to develop sociological theories for economic development in several industries, including venture capital and biotech.

Calling Stuart a leader in the area of strategy, the Financial Times also discussed his enthusiasm for exploring these themes in the classroom.

More information on Professor Stuart’s work with venture capital firms can be found through Columbia Ideas at Work.

Halloween Party

Coming this week

Start Up Sound

Every morning, during the first class of the day, when your brain is trying to understand why is it awake, is there anything worst than this start  up sound of all the computers every time classes start?

There is … Let me show you an example.

 

What do we study here?

They teach us how can the most difficult problems be solved without all the information, how take the right decision under pressure, how success in the hardest times, ...

Let me show you through a real example, this is how an MBA brain works...

Quote of the week

After an unforgettable night at West End that included my first Beer Pong game, I have recalled that probably you miss my quotes of Life of Brian. Don’t worry, you will have a weekly selection of my favorite humor quotes here:

BRIAN:

I'm not Jewish. I'm a Roman.

PILATE:

A Woman?

BRIAN:

No, no. Roman.

[slap]

Aah!

PILATE:

So, your father was a Woman. Who was he?

BRIAN:

He was a centurion in the Jerusalem Garrisons.

PILATE:

Weally? What was his name?

BRIAN:

'Nortius Maximus'.

CENTURION:

Ahh, ha ha!

PILATE:

Centuwion, do we have anyone of that name in the gawwison?

CENTURION:

Well, no, sir.

PILATE:

Well, you sound vewy sure. Have you checked?

CENTURION:

Well, no, sir. Umm, I think it's a joke, sir,... like, uh, 'Sillius Soddus' or... 'Biggus Dickus', sir.

GUARD #4:

[chuckling]

PILATE:

What's so... funny about 'Biggus Dickus'?

CENTURION:

Well, it's a joke name, sir.

PILATE:

I have a vewy gweat fwiend in Wome called 'Biggus Dickus'.

Finally here, Skype Outlook Toolbar

After months trying the beta version Skype has launched the final version 1.0.0.0 (why some many zeros?)

If you use Outlook, it will be your best friend. Combined with Skype out is the definitive replacement for traditional phone lines.

Enjoy…

Tablet PC's best friends

Most than any other laptop, a Tablet PC is designed to be a mobile tool. This is a list of all the stuff you need to make it more “usable”.

SOFTWARE

• Agilix GoBinder: clearly better than MS One Note. Why? Some of the reasons are: syllabus included, calendar included (sync with Outlook), great to import PDF files and take notes over them, …
• Acronis True Image: great tool to make backups. When you are up and down all the day with your Tablet, it is crucial to be sure that you have all your data secured against accidents.
• Mind Manager X5: the best tool to create Mind Maps. BTW, Mind Maps the best way to summarize a class, to prepare yourself for an interview, to make a brainstorming session, …
• Zinio: say goodbye to traditional magazines and newspapers. Zinio is your always on News Stand.
• Microsoft Power Tools for Tablet PC, highly reccomended Snipping Tools 2.0.
• Remember to check Wacom to look for the lastest drivers for your Tablet PC

HARDWARE

• Get a bag from SF Bags, they have bags for every single Tablet and Laptop
• Screen Protection, Pocket Pc Techs has screen protectors for different models. You want your screen to last years, do you?
• Memory Upgrade. MS rules: as much memory as you can afford. Crucial has one of the best price/quality relationship.

Hope it helps

Why women live more?

According to this article

'Will to Live' Allowed Some to See 2000

(Associated Press, January 16, 2000)

NEW YORK - The city's death rate jumped in the first week of January, suggesting to experts some terminally ill patients held onto life just long enough to see the year 2000 arrive.

"The will to live can be pretty powerful," said Robert N. Butler, founder and president of the International Longevity Center.

Preliminary numbers from New York's Department of Health show 1,791 people died in the city in the first week of 2000 - a 50.8 percent increase from the 1,187 deaths for the same period last year and 46 percent more than the 1,226 deaths in the first week of 1998, The New York Times reported on Saturday.

"It's pretty well established that people who are seriously ill will hang on to reach significant events, whether they are birthdays, anniversaries or religious holidays," said Richard Suzman, an associate director of the National Institute on Aging in Bethesda, Md.

"In this case, making it into the next century or millennium certainly counts as that."

The increase was not caused by this year's influenza virus, because the flu has been occurring at normal levels in the city, said Health Department spokesman John Gadd.

National statistics are not yet available, and a spokesman for the city's health department said such data would take considerable time to analyze.

COROLLARY

Women remember more significance dates, heretofore they live more.

COROLLARY

Remember as many dates as you can, chances are you live forever.

 

 

iPOD 5G

Steve Jobs has introduced the new iPOD that includes video (30 fps). Curiously, I have not found any reference to the Steve Jobs’s words the last summer saying that there is no market for a Video Portable Device.

Probably the most interested thing is the agreement with Disney’s ABC channel to sell: Desperate Housewives, Lost, Pixar’s short films, …

BTW, definitively nice with a huge screen and a thinner

Call to ghostbusters

If there's somethin' strange in your neighborhood
Who ya gonna call (ghostbusters)
If it's somethin' weird an it won't look good
Who ya gonna call (ghostbusters)

Remember?

This film has endured the 80’s, 90’s and I’m sure will stay sharp through the new century. Do you remember the scene?

Dr Ray Stantz: Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn't have to produce anything! You've never been out of college! You don't know what it's like out there! I've *worked* in the private sector. They expect *results*.

This happened just in the stairs of Columbia. Can you believe? Columbia fired the Ghostbusters.

Just one more quote.

Gozer: [Evil voice] Are you a God?
Dr Ray Stantz: [Peter nods] No.
Gozer: Then... DIE!
[Electrocutes the Ghostbusters; pushing them to the edge of the apartment building; people screaming]
Winston Zeddemore: Ray, when someone asks if you're a God, you say "Yes"!

Mexican Food in New York City

Rosa Mexicano, 1st Avenue at 58th Street, one of the best mexican restaurants in this city. Recommendations:

• Start with a banderita: tequila, sangrita and lemon juice
• Order the Filet Mignon, medium red
• Finish with a typical spanish Flan

BTW, $50 / person but it’s worth it.

Wine Tasting

For all the wine lovers, let me recommend one web page Local Wine Events. Probably the best way to be sure that you don’t miss none of the wine tastings that every day New York offers.

 

Musts in your backpack

I move permanently: business school, events, home, library, ... There are a couple of things I need always with me. Here you have the list:

• Tablet PC and Accesories: my choice is a convertible one: Lenovo X41 Tablet PC. I keep the computer on a SF Bag: reliable, smooth and the only one with a X41T 8 cells model. I also carry the power cord. I really enjoy the ability to write on the Tablet, so I got a Wacom Cross Pen. It feels better than the original pen.
• Phone and PDA: my choice Samsung i730: PDA + Phone, ED-VO connection. I also carry a portable connector USB - i730 mainly to charge the device.
• Notebook: my choice is Moleskine in half letter size.
• Other Stuff: earphones and my name badge.

Really, things have not changed much from my work days.

Dead King, Crazy World

Once king of the pda market, now Palm OS is finally dead. Bill Gates must be really happy. Really, what the Treo needed, was a good OS. So, you have two wishes left....

Columbia Ideas At Work

Ideas At Work is a new iniciative from Columbia Business School with the goal of put together Research and Real World. For the telco workers, I recommend this two articles:

• How competitive is Internet?
• Technology Strategy Models

Ebay and Skype

EBay Inc. (Nasdaq: EBAY) has agreed to acquire Skype Technologies SA, a Luxembourg-based P2P telephony company. The total transaction is valued at approximately $2.6 billion, including $1.3 billion in up-front cash and 32.4 million shares of eBay common stock (which instead could be paid in cash, at eBay's discretion). Skype shareholders include Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Bessemer Venture Partners and Index Ventures.

Questions

• How will react Google, MSN and Yahoo?
• How will affect this to EBay share price?

How to take notes

There are a lot of methods to take notes and there are a lot of reasons for taking notes. I need to take notes in order to mantain my attention focused on the class, on the meeting, etc. But there better ways for taking notes. Among the five better techniques, I choose two of them:

• Cornell Method: commonly suggested for students who want to improve the organization of their notes. One of the keys to the system is that Cornell notes make use of your existing strengths as a note-taker so that learning the system requires a minimum of preparation and adjustment. Additionally, it permits you to develop study notes very soon after taking original lecture or text book notes without the added work of re-writing vast amounts of material.
• Mindmapping: you may wish to use a non-linear way of organizing your notes called Mind Maps. Mind Maps are diagrammatic ways of organizing key ideas from lectures and texts which emphasize the interconnection of concepts and illustrate the relative hierarchy of ideas from titles, to main concepts, to supporting details. Because they are diagrammatic, they have the potential to capture a lot of information on a single page. They help show the conceptual links between ideas and allows for additional material to be added without the need to crowd the page.

Looking for a phone

There is not choice. If you are looking for the right device, the Samsung i730 is a must. It gives you the best of everything:

- Lightweight and nice
- The only Pocket PC with ED-VO connection (providing data throughput of over 600 Kbps/sec)
- WiFi integrated
- The best keyboard on a mobile device, far superior to the membrane keyboards on others PPC and on the TREO
- 520-MHz Intel PXA272 processor, the fastest on any phone

Vinton Cerf left MCI to join Google

According to Google News Vint Cerf will join Google as Chief Internet Evangelist. Good Luck

These days we have a lot of interesent movements through Internet related companies:

a) Google launchs Google Talk
b) eBay wants to buy Skype
c) MSN improves with Messenger 7.5 the videoconference service

Will wait and see

Tienen alguna oportunidad

Que Apple domina el mundo de la musica online, de la musica en movilidad no es un secreto. La cuestion era, podria soportar la presion de los moviles con avanzadas funcionalidades. Porque musica tal vez no, pero movil llevamos todos.

La respuesta ha llegado el pasado 6 de septiembre. Apple completa su oferta de iPod con un movil en union con Motorola. Tiene Nokia alguna posibilidad?



Gracias a ENGADGET por las fotos de alta resolucion.

Paseando por Columbia

No puedes dejar de sorprenderte. Si tu paseo comienza en 120th con Claremont podrás descubrir la increible catedral que Rockefeller hizo construir y que tiene el mayor carrillón del mundo.

En la 120th con Broadway están los tres edificios que dieron nombre al famoso Proyecto Manhattan puesto que aquí, en Columbia, se iniciaron los desarrollos de la bomba atómica.

Bajando por Amsterdam Av. con la 110th se encuentra un famoso sitio de café Húngaro. En el transcurre una famosa escena de Husbands and Wifes de Woody Allen.

En Broadway con la 115th nos encontramos, para cerrar este primer paseo, el famoso Tom's Restaurant. Local al que se han dedicado varias canciones y que además sale de manera recurrente en la serie Seinfeld.

En fin, esto es New York.

Líderes del futuro

Columbia se caracteriza por ser desde hace años una de las mejores escuelas de negocios del mundo. Pero el business puede mezclarse con el humor sin problemas como demuestra el vídeo del año pasado que el grupo Follies hizo.

Dean, Dean, Baby

Observareis la participación estelar de Glenn Hubbard, decano de CBS y uno de los economistas más brillantes de América.

Pepsi Speech at Columbia Business School

El pasado año, y como es habitual, una personalidad del mundo de los negocios hizo un discurso de cierre de año ante los alumnos del MBA de Columbia. En concreto se trataba de Indra Nooyi, President and CFO, PepsiCo. Esta brillante mujer defendió de manera más que digna un texto irónico, agudo, inteligente y crítico. Recomiendo su lectura encarecidamente: http://208.158.244.116/Speech-ColumbiaBusinessSchool.pdf

A través de Google uno puede observar el aluvión de críticas que despertó tan insignificante juego en la sociedad americana. Curioso, no?

Chuck Prince y la estrategia a largo plazo

Son tres los detalles que se me han quedado marcados de la hora que esta tarde ha compartido con nosotros Chuck Prince (CEO de Citigroup). Si bien trataba sobre la integridad y el liderazgo en las grandes organizaciones desde el punto de vista del CEO, destacaría lo siguiente:

1. Las empresas se gestionan mediante estrategias a largo plazo. No debemos dejar que un beneficio de corto plazo nos permita alejarnos del objetivo final.

2. La reputación de la compañía como su mayor activo. Nada debe afectar a esta faceta.

3. La cultura de la compañía debe ser común a toda ella, no importa en cuantas decenas de paises se esté ofreciendo servicio. Los mercados son locales, pero la ética es un concepto a cumplir superior.

Como siempre, a todos nos parecen obvias, pero sin embargo qué difícil le resulta a cualquier compañia ajustarse a ello. Cuántos clientes esperan horas al teléfono, cuántos problemas se desvían de departamento en departamento sin importar dónde acaben, cuantas veces se "flexibiliza" la visión de la compañía para ganar unos duros en el corto plazo.

Demosle al Sr. Prince el respeto que merece que Citigroup sea la primera compañia financiera del mundo en facturación y beneficios. Debe saber bien lo que se hace.

Amueblar, ¿cómo?

Si amueblar una casa puede resultar normalmente una tarea pesada, imaginad en que puede convertirse cuando lo haces en una ciudad diferente de la que no conoces todavía gran cosa. Espero esto ayude a futuros expedicionarios del Nuevo Mundo.

Muebles
* Sempiterno IKEA. No es la mejor opción por varios motivos: su sistema web tiene pocas cosas disponibles, su tiempo de entrega es larguísimo y tu apartamento será igual al de todos los demás estudiantes que conozcas.
* Posible Target. Una opción adecuada, con unos precios razonables, el sistema de envío es mejor que IKEA y tardan pocos días. Eso sí, es probable también que compartas con otros estudiantes muchas cosas.
* Un poco más "chic" West Elm. Su precio es superior, pero también lo es su calidad. Merece la pena disfrutar de su tienda en la 112 West 18th Street. El envío es caro, pero para detalles de calidad en la casa está bien.
* Prohibito BO. Design también en la 18th, Chelsea es un mundo de decoración.

Artículos de Baño, Cocina y Cama
* El incomparable Bed, Bath and Beyond te permite llenar la casa de esos detalles imprescindibles: sartenes, escobas, potas, ropa de cama, y un largo etc. Además te lo envían a casa por 15$ en el mismo día.
* Una alternativa posible es recurrir al eterno y gigante Macy's el mayor centro comercial del mundo. Ahora está de rebajas y se pueden conseguir algunas cosas interesantes. Ojo si os asustan las cosas grandes.

Electrónica e Informática
* No se puede comenzar un curso sin el adecuado equipo informático. Circuit City os ofrece a precios razonables y con envío gratuito de todo: TV, Impresoras, Ordenadores, Recambios, Móviles, ...
* Para los que todavía no tengan su copia legal del SW, aquí se toman en serio estas cosas, acordaros de Academic SuperStore que ofrece software original a precios ultrarebajados para estudiantes.

Y de momento eso es todo. Podeis haced la compra en D'Agostinos que tiene precios razonables.

Pequeños Detalles

Me resulta asombroso, hasta anecdótico diría, el comprobar que un cambio de país, que digo de continente es más notable en los pequeños detalles que en grandes cuestiones.

Creo que la afirmación debo acotarla a los países del estilo occidental, porque dentro de ellos que diferencia hay entra las grandes ciudades de España, Francia, Alemania, el Reino Unido o los EEUU. El clima cambia, los edificios también pero en la esencia son iguales.

Los pequeños detalles son los que marcan esas diferencias. En este rincón del mundo que es NY me ha llamado la atención que:
- las llaves giran en sentido contrario al reloj para abrir la puerta
- no existen coches diesel con su molesto ruido y humos negros saliendo de sus tubos de escape
- todo el mundo usa transporte público y no hay sitios dónde aparcar
- puedes comprar una cama por la mañana y tenerla en unas horas en tu casa

Son solo algunos de los que he notado en los últimos días. Los humanos somos seres de costumbres y por muchos días que pasen todavía a veces al llegar a casa me encuentro con que no consigo abrir la puerta porque giro la llave en el sentido equivocado.

Una guía más de NY? No

La cantidad de información que la red facilita no deja de sorprenderme. Buscando un mapa completo de Manhattan he encontrado una guía de los mejores sitios en la isla para tomar cerveza: bien tirada, de buena calidad, con buena atención, etc.

La pregunta ahora es ¿será necesario comprobarlos todos?

Revisión

Gracias a Fernando he encontrado un lugar de tapas con Estrella Galicia en NY. Su nombre Xunta, imaginativo eh!!!!

Hoy ha muerto otro mito

Uno se pregunta cuento de lo que sabemos es cierto y cuanto simplemente una leyenda urbana.

Hoy, disfrutando del placer de viajar por el mundo con Google Earth, he descubierto que me resultaba completamente imposible localizar la famosa Muralla China. Todos sabemos que se trata de la única construcción humana visible desde el espacio con el simple ojo humano.

Llegados a este punto uno se pregunta, ¿seré completamente inútil o hay truco? Pues bien, no soy el único. Dos minutos de investigación desvelan que se trata de una leyenda originada en 1938 (quién había ido al espacio entonces) y que todavía el orgullo chino se niega a reconocer.

Os copio algunos detalles encontrados en la red:

WikiPedia: "There is a great debate about how visible the wall is in space. Richard Halliburton's 1938 book Second Book of Marvels said the Great Wall is the only man-made object visible from the moon. This myth has persisted, assuming urban legend status, sometimes even entering school textbooks. The Great Wall simply cannot be seen by the unaided eye from the distance of the moon. Even its visibility from near-earth orbit is questionable."

BBC: "... China's schoolchildren have long been taught that the ancient fortification is one of the few man-made structures that can be picked out from orbit.
However, last year, China's first man in space disappointed the nation when he said he had failed to spot it. ..."

WiFi at Columbia

El mundo ha cambiado y lo sigue haciendo. Actualmente, un fan de la movilidad como yo, no piensa sino en poder disponer de conexión de banda ancha en cualquier punto. JiWire es una herramienta imprescindible que permite la localización de puntos WiFi de un gran número de proveedores.

Unida a Google Earth me ha permitido elaborar este sencillo mapa que a los “Columbitas” les puede ser útil. Muestra diversos puntos alrededor de la universidad que tienen puntos WiFi de acceso público.

Espero ir añadiendo con el tiempo puntos de acceso no de uso público pero que por dejadez o generosidad de sus usuarios estén igualmente abiertos.

 

Skype y Boingo

Skype ha resultado ser una de las grandes revoluciones de inicios del siglo XXI. Sobre una red universal como Internet ofrece:

• Llamadas de alta calidad a coste 0 a usuarios Skype
• Llamadas a cualquier número del mundo a precio ridículo (SkypeOut)
• La posibilidad de disponer de buzón de voz (VoiceMail), número de teléfono propio (SkypeIn) (todavía no en España, pero pronto),

Pues ahora además ofrece Skype Zones. A través de un acuerdo con Boingo se dispone por un precio muy razonable de la capacidad de seguir usando Skype desde cualquiera de los más de 18.000 Hot Spots WiFi que ésta tiene por todo el mundo.

La unión definitiva de Voz y WiFi es el escalón que faltaba a la movilidad total. Los operadores de telefonía tradicional deben reflexionar sobre su estrategia a corto plazo y más ahora que las empresas comienzan a analizar con interés estas nuevas tecnologías. Si cada trabajador tiene delante un ordenador, ¿por qué no usar Skype?

Tom Peters on Presentation Excellence

Tom Peters es uno de los mayores gurús actuales en liderazgo y gestión. En su página web ha puesto a nuestro disposición una presentación brillante en contenido pero muy pobre en la forma respecto a cómo lograr la excelencia a la hora de realizar presentaciones. En unas pocas transparencias se salta gran parte de sus propias reglas, curioso.

Número Simple o Sencillo

Esta sería la traducción correcta de SUDOKU el juego de moda en la prensa española actualmente. La realidad es que siendo de origen Japonés el SUDOKU nace para el mundo occidental en los 70 en Estados Unidos en la revista Dell Magazines.

La regla de juego en sencillísima: cada fila, columna y cuadrado de 3x3 debe contener todos los números del 1 al 9 sin ninguna repetición.

WiKiPedia, no podía ser de otra manera, incluye un amplio detalle de todo lo que rodea al juego en sí. Después de probar diversas versiones online del juego me quedo con la que ofrece http:\\www.sudoku.name.

Violencia en NY

Es probable que la principal preocupación que se le viene a uno a la mente cuando se muda a NY sea la delincuencia. Durante décadas hemos visto en cine y TV que prácticamente todas las desgracias suceden allí: asesinatos en serie, psicópatas violadores, cambios climáticos repentinos, meteoritos apocalípticos, y un largo etcetera.

En lo relativo al crimen resulta reconfortante observar como en realidad la ficción supera a la realidad. La ciudad es realmente segura guardando unas precauciones elementales. En la lucha contra el crimen se han incorporado además nuevas tecnologías como los GIS para localización de zonas conflictivas. Podemos observar que Columbia es la zona de menor delincuencia de todo NY.

A menudo sitio

... me mudo. Recientemente un amigo ha llamado mi atención sobre una noticia de la sección sociedad de la Voz de Galicia (20 julio 2005) cuyo titular reza: Muere un hombre sodomizado por un caballo en una granja de EE.UU.

Más escalofriante resulta la noticia cuando uno comprueba que dicho "castigo" fue voluntario siendo dicha granja zona de reunión habitual de zoófilos.

Lo dicho, menudo mundo ese.

Freedom Tower

Su nombre es Freedom Tower y es el proyecto final para ocupar el hueco de las torres gemelas. Un ambicioso proyecto que debemos analizar desde una optica de optimismo tras los recientes sucesos de Londres.

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