The video was produced by a company in Buenos Aires called Black Sheep Productions and directed by Fernando Livschitz. It looks pretty damn cool!

• By Tim Bajarin, President, Creative Strategies Inc. A version of this essay was originally published at Tech.pinions, a website dedicated to informed opinions, insight and perspective on the tech industry. (Insider Exclusives registration required for this one.)

I admit it. I am and, for over 30 years, have been an “infomaniac.” Even when I was a teenager, I would listen to talk or news radio, and very seldom turn to a music station. For some bizarre reason, I wanted — or perhaps needed — to know what was going on in the world. I am checking news, social media and email way too often, even now.

These days, instead of a radio, my smartphone and tablet feed my appetite for information, and the need for consistent connectivity is always present in my mind. To be fair, I do know how to turn this info gene off, and I am not a slave to it. But I do like to stay abreast of things and, whenever possible, I often use my smartphone to check news, weather, email, social media, etc. On the other hand, since tech news and issues are changing constantly, this info gene actually helps me do my job much better.

It turns out, I am not the only one with this tendency. A recent survey by Statista shows that among all adults 18-65, 11 percent check their phones every few minutes. Forty-one percent check them at least a couple of times an hour. read more

Geoff Colvin’s new book

insists that humans are underrated. It’s a fun follow-up declaration to his earlier book, which taught us that talent is overrated.
The two are not as incompatible as it might seem. Colvin’s point in the earlier book was that talented people always succeed in the context of a system, and it’s hard to rate talent independent of its context. As a result, stars usually get more credit for their successes than they’re due. (Boris Groysberg’s research backs this up by showing how the high performance of stars in various fields turns out not to be portable when they are recruited away by other employers.) Indeed, it’s often awell-designed system that makes someone valuable; the best systems are able to get “A” results out of “B” players. If you can build that kind of system as an enterprise, there is no reason to break the bank recruiting superstars or otherwise allow the top percentiles of your talent to walk away with “winner takes all” rewards.

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I love Duck more than pork, beef, and chicken. I even love it more than crab or lobster. Like chicken, Duck is a domesticated bird, and categorised as poultry. But for me, it has a unique taste and flavour. In my opinion, Duck is far more succulent, and much tastier than other forms of poultry. The downside is that this famous bird, is five times more expensive than chicken.

Der Informatiker Klaus Brunnstein kämpfte gegen die Volkszählung, warnte vor Biometrie in Ausweisen und ärgerte sich über unsichere Betriebssysteme und ihre Verschmutzung durch Schadsoftware. Zuletzt warnte er vor elektronischen Wahlen.

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