But what if a slice or sliver of people’s compensation was denominated for Kickstarter-esque discretionary financing? Why not make the organization a marketplace that creates the option to tap not “the wisdom of crowds” but the “excitement of employees” or the “perceptions of personnel”?
Genius. Read this article. Would you, as a boss, consider this model?
And… The link to the previous app made me realize that I’ve never given headline space to DaisyDisk. This despite loving the heck out of it and using it fairly frequently.
There are many apps that can analyze your disk and tell you what is taking up the most space. That said, none do it more elegantly than this. In fact, the darn thing looks so pretty you may not want to delete anything.
Seriously, if you ever have need for such a thing, it’s a no brainer.
A new app uses the power of your own positive thinking to create a placebo effect—which works even if you know it’s happening.
You start by setting a goal: say, more joy or love in your life. Then, you choose someone to give you the placebo (maybe a friend or family member), what you want it to be (a pill, say), and where you want to take it (maybe a forest where you go running with a friend). You then “take” the placebo whenever you want to, following a pre-set ritual built into the app.
The point is to replicate what’s important about the placebo effect, which isn’t the pill itself, but the experience.
Laser sintering is 3-D printing on steroids. The process is another form of additive manufacturing that shoots laser beams at metal powders to fuse particles together. As the powder bed is lowered, a new layer of particles is put on and then fused onto the emerging shape below it, slowly building up metal components and prototypes. The process, being employed by GE to make jet engine parts, produces little waste and allows for bespoke component designs on demand. See the video here.
City governments everywhere: get a grip. The sharing economy is not just the future, it is here — find a way to make it work or find yourself dealing with extensive new black markets!
(Note: the title of this article is misleading, as so far a judge simply applied existing laws to a case; no new laws have been made to “outlaw” Airbnb.)
Real quick… can you really not turn sound notifications off in google hangout?
(If they want me to use this for my gchat interface they better come up with a resolution real quick!!)
Anybody know?
I like fashion. I don’t pretend to be a genius at it, but I have a definite style and I like to look good. But honestly, I’m really busy as a professional in DC and I rarely get the time to do regular shopping. I also am towards the beginning of my career and I don’t have a million dollar budget for my wardrobe!
When I heard about stitch fix — a service that boxes up 5 items that fit your “profile,” delivers them to your door, and you keep what you want and send back the rest — I was a little wary. I’d heard of Trunk Club (a related service for men) and I’d heard it was very expensive. But I filled out a 10-minute style profile – they ask you to rate different outfits, tell them types of clothing what you wear most often and for what occasions, and put in details about my sizes. The two best pieces of these profiles: questions about how much you usually spend on a given item (i.e. $50-100 for business dresses, “as cheap as possible” for tops), and a link to your fashion board on Pinterest! Ingenious.
Another view of the profile…
Then, you schedule a fix. You can sign up to get them once a month, or only when you want them. You add a note to your stylist letting them know if you want anything in particular this time around. In my case, I had just started a new job at a government agency and needed conservative neutrals. They did GREAT with that request! They charge $20 for a fix, so you lose that if you like NOTHING, but if you do keep anything, it is deducted from your cost as a credit. And trust me, you will want to keep something.
I have gotten quite a few fixes now (monthly, for a while), and I generally keep 2-3 of the 5 items each time – dresses, sweaters, earrings, etc. My stylists have done a great job picking items that I have a really hard time sending back: that are unique, versatile, would make me stand out just a little, and are a good value. They have sent me some dresses that are under my desired budget, even! Of course, occasionally there are items I am just not interested in, but that is okay. ;) At the end, you rate the clothes they sent you, put the items you don’t want in a pre-paid envelope and drop it in your nearest mailbox. So easy!
If you are interested in having someone pick out clothes for you every month or two, I HIGHLY recommend this. You will get interesting pieces of great quality from good designers that you might not have looked at on your own… but fit your style, because your stylist has a continuously improving profile on you.
Here’s a video for more information:
What more would you like to know?
