This is currently winging it's way around the net as an email forward. It'd have you believe that Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School and disclosed the following 11 things students need to realise about life. Unfortunately UrbanLegends have tagged it as a fake. Nonetheless I enjoyed it.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Bill's 11 Rules
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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I'm absolutely loving this t-shirt. great work from the guys over at Panic
Google lets users kill their ads!
I spotted this over on MarketingVox and was seriously surprised. It would appear that Google is testing a feature that allows users to hide unwanted ads in their search results. By using a standard X button in the upper righthand corner, users can kill unwanted sponsored ads. Currently only available as part of Google SearchWiki and only available to certain users, it lets users boost the organic listings up that are most relevant to their query.
Crazy. I'm not sure I get it, except that an interesting point is raised - it's a clear line to user governed Quality Score. Interesting times ahead.
Monday, February 16, 2009
Design a coin
Matthew Dent recently re-designed the UK’s coinage and in conjunction with this The Royal Mint has just launched a competition to design commemorative coins for the London 2012 Olympics. Entrants choose from 1 of 27 Olympic sports ( but not athletics or cycling, as these will be part of a Blue Peter competition), download a template and get designing. The competition is open until Friday 24th April and you can enter as many times as you like.
Winners will receive £1,000 and get to have their coin in circulation by 2010. The most interesting thing is that this is just a single example of a new growing trend of utilising the public to rebrand, redesign or innovate products and services. Walkers are probably the highest profile example, with the public not just suggesting but also choosing a new flavour of crisp for the brand.
I for one think it’s great. With the ever increasing adaptation of Social Media by all parts of society, this is just an example of businesses showing their willingness to listen to their customers. Long may it continue.
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