Bit literacy productivity in the age of mark hurst

... meetings, conference calls, and other appointments pile up in the inbox, often sticking around long after the appointment has passed.Bookmarks list: Some e-mails remain in the inbox because they ... the inbox at least once a day. In other words, clear out incoming e-mails before they pile up too high in the inbox. Delete most of them, file some of them (as described in the chapter on storing ... is in the details, but on the todo list itonly says “call John.” (The color of the “detail” link tells whether the todo contains something in the detail field. Purple means something is in the...

... feeling like I was insulting their way of doing things, or that I was some kind of prima donna or “diva” for not wanting to be available through email.Interesting: the simple act of giving ... might include: 10 minutes of focus + 2 minutes of rest; 25 minutes of focus + 5 minutes of rest; 45 minutes of focus + 15 minutes of rest. You get the idea — you’ll need to experiment to nd the ... front of us is the computer, with email notications and other notications of all kinds. Then there’s the addicting lure of the browser, which contains not only an endless amount of reading...

... sense of humour: the information฀demands in genomics฀are฀staggering. The genome฀contains฀two฀kinds of digital฀information,฀one฀that฀encodes the protein฀and฀RNA฀‘molecular฀machines of life’,฀and the other฀being the regulatory฀networks฀that฀specify฀how฀these฀genes฀are฀expressed in time,฀space฀and฀amplitude.฀DNA฀information฀is฀layered฀and฀arranged in a฀hierarchy,฀starting฀with the gene,฀then฀ the RNA,฀ then฀ the protein,฀ then฀ the protein฀ interactions,฀ then฀ the protein฀complexes,฀then the networks of protein฀complexes฀ in a฀ cell,฀then฀ the tissues฀ and฀organs,฀then the individual฀organism,฀followed฀by฀populations฀and the ecosystems in which฀they฀live. In this฀kind of discovery฀science,฀mastering฀such฀vast฀quantities of information฀to฀answer฀important฀questions฀is฀a฀skill฀and฀an฀art.And the hardware? The first฀automated฀sequencing฀machine฀took฀a฀day, in 1986,฀to฀sequence฀250 of the three฀billion฀base฀pairs.฀It฀took the human฀genome฀project฀ten฀years฀to฀sequence the human฀genome,฀two฀years฀shorter฀than฀predicted;฀and the private฀company฀Celera฀with฀its฀so-called฀shotgun฀approach฀took฀less฀than the public฀consortium’s฀ ... Sydney฀Brenner’s฀lovely,฀dolorous฀ sense of humour: the information฀demands in genomics฀are฀staggering. The genome฀contains฀two฀kinds of digital฀information,฀one฀that฀encodes the protein฀and฀RNA฀‘molecular฀machines of life’,฀and the other฀being the regulatory฀networks฀that฀specify฀how฀these฀genes฀are฀expressed in time,฀space฀and฀amplitude.฀DNA฀information฀is฀layered฀and฀arranged in a฀hierarchy,฀starting฀with the gene,฀then฀ ... diversity฀ explains the meaning฀ of what฀is฀ known฀ in the world of mathematics฀ as฀Markovian฀properties฀operating฀as฀part of the dynamics of physical฀and฀natural฀systems.฀ The properties฀...

... Evidence [there was] no contradiction. I directed the Jury from the Injustice of the Demand upon the State of it to find against the Plain-tiff,buttheyfoundforthewages,&thennamedthesum.TherecanbenoNewTrial.’’Further,inBruckshaw ... that Ihave examined since 1992, mainly sources held by the libraries of three of the Inns of Court in London—Lincoln’s Inn, the Middle Temple, and the Inner Temple.I am grateful to the many colleagues ... for the Cityof West-minster, fourteen courts ‘ in the part of the Metropolis, lying within the County of Middlesex,’’ and eight courts in the Borough of Southwark in Surrey.1Functionally, other...

... reduce the value of the product to the customer. 50. The “image” of a brand is therefore an integral part of the product, and determines the willingness to pay of consumers. Manufacturers of luxury ... response to the free riding problem in the absence of the instruments of differential pricing, RPM, or vertical integration into internet retailing. 90. The solution of restrictions on internet ... restraints of internet retailing on the manufacturers (regardless of the market share of the manufacturer). Such a policy approach is not justifiable on the basis of the existing body of economic...

... number of factors including the amount the advertiser is willing to pay for each click, the relevance of the ad to the query, and the quality of the page linked to in the ad.Organic search, on the ... MARKETING IN THE AGE OF GOOGLEForewordThere’s a special place where customers gather each day, willingly seek-ing businesses that can help them. They want cars. They want plumbers.They want ... series,including automobile sales, home sales, and travel behavior.’’10Look, for instance at the search trends for Figure 2.6.36 MARKETING IN THE AGE OF GOOGLEFigure 1.3 Speaking the Language of...

... of racism in the mini-seriesRoots and King, as well as in the popular TV sitcoms featuring blacks, and significant criticisms of big business in the mini-series Rich Man, Poor Man, Wheels, The ... liberalism and rise of the New Right in the 1970s; and the triumph andhegemony of the Right in the 1980s. In our interpretation, many 1960s films transcoded the discourses of the anti-war, New ... picture of two smiling happy young faces. Mentallycomparing this childhood idyll with what they have become, Jed tears up the picture and beginscrying. In the violent finale, some of the remaining...

... ourselves whether, in the light of technological innovation and the growth of the internet, we should still be thinking in historical terms. And, if we are seeing the transformation of the nation ... hearings conducted by the judge, the lawyers, and any witnesses in their respective offices, the only way will be if there is electronic recording and electronic transmitting of the proceedings. ... between the Law and the People. The jury box is where the people come into the court; the judge watches the jury and the jury watches back. A jury is the place where the bargain is struck. The...