Imagine a brand new suitcase with a broken handle. You can’t throw it away because it’s new, but can you use it? There’s a saying in Russian about “a suitcase without a handle — heavy to carry, but hard to throw away,” which refers to something we can neither let go nor keep. Does managing…
Lifestyle
Associative Doing: a Theoretical Model for Work in a Hyper-linked World
For many people, the Internet has become an irreplacable part of both work and entertainment. Whether we’re sending an email to our boss, marathon watching series on Netflix, doing research, shopping on Amazon, managing our online bank accounts, or just idling on Facebook, the fun part and the work part often run very closely alongside…
Social Media
A Brief History of Peer-To-Peer Networks
If there’s anything that turned the three words “peer to peer” from an obscure and abstract concept to a game-changing technology for both music fans all over the world and lawyers in air-conditioned offices then it was Napster. How We Ate from the Tree of Free Music and Got Kicked out of Paradise To kids…
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Why You Shouldn’t Base Your Business or Your Online Experience on Facebook Only
The Internet is a big place. Sometimes it feels so big that we get tired of exploring, ploughing through endless fields of data, looking for fertile ground to build our businesses and grow personal relationships. Which makes us look for that comfortable corner, a familiar place where we meet our friends. And can return to…
