Category Archives: Featured

Promoting business analysis in Hungary

In 2008 I have joined the IIBA -International Institute of Business Analysis -, because I think that if you are a business analyst, that is a smart thing to do. After a while, I have noticed that there are chapters everywhere, even around my country – in Serbia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Poland, etc….

What Matters Now: get the free ebook

Seth Godin wrote a post where he asked people to spread the word about a new, free to download ebook organized by him, with the title: What matters most? – Things to think about (and do) this year. Here are more than seventy big thinkers, each sharing an idea for you to think about as…

Uganda: A little goes a long way

Considering the approaching birthday of Kiva.org I thought I will post this little video here – I found it on causecast.org The full story of Uganda: A little goes a long way can be found on the website of Frontlineworld, and there you can find the full length video – but that site does not…

The Wizard of Waukesha has left the stage

Image via Wikipedia The Wizard of Waukesha, Lester William Polfuss has left the stage. But not before he gave us the Les Paul , the first multi-track recording, the world’s first commercially-produced reel-to-reel audio tape recorder and a lot of good music. Your guitar – or at least a cheaper version – gave me countless…

Sound of Copyright

The copyright term extension is going forward in Brussels despite fierce opposition from the representatives of consumer rights organisations in Europe – sort of shows if Brussels looks at the interest of the voter or the lobbyists. The ORG “Sound of Copyright” Conference that took place in the European Parliament last week is over, and…

Doubling the time – Copyright term extension

I have been following the new Term Extension Directive that is going forward in the European Parliament. What does it mean? Basically, they intend to double the term of copyright for sound recordings, extending it to 90 years – that’s about 3 generations. That would mean that a song written in 1960 will not go…

The Epic fail of Yahoo!

I remember that Microsoft wanted to buy Yahoo! about a year ago, promising a pretty good price, and Yahoo! refused the offer. Well, seems times are achanging, and now Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo! advises Steve Ballmer that Microsoft should really, really buy Yahoo!, pretty please. See, after Yahoo! running around, trying to make a…