Long Journey to Medina

Part of creating this environment of innovation is making the organization decentralized and flat. We want to empower the edges of the organization, and we want to let the people who really understand our customers make decisions. Now they can.

- Brian Halligan of HubSpot

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Alhamdulillah, a good choice for anyone who don’t have a lot of money

I’ve just finished read a very inspiring interview with Remco Lupker, Co-founder of TokoBagus.com about E-Commerce in Indonesia and TokoBagus.com strategy. Please check the interview at penn-olson.com.

Amazing facts: People play 200 million minutes of Angry Birds a day, and it could be costing businesses over $1.5 billion in lost wages, according to an estimate from Alexis Madrigal of the Atlantic.

- Business Insider: Angry Birds Costing Businesses $1.5 Billion In Lost Wages

A very good article about Technology StartUps in Indonesia by William Henley (@WilliamBotak)

The M & M’s. The managers and the meetings. Those are the real problems in the modern office today. And this is why things don’t get done at work, it’s because of the M & M’s.

Why some organizations and some leaders are able to inspire where others aren’t?

Just found cool & useful site! noteandpoint.com, a gallery of keynote and powerpoint presentations. I’ve downloaded some!

Ziyad was obsessed with Tariq ibn Ziyad, a mujahid and a hero of Islam, conqueror of Al-Andalus.

Look at the wing that hang around his neck! that’s not Batman’s wing! He was imagining that he was Tariq ibn Ziyad who was cleaning the yard with his sword.

I.e. and e.g. are both abbreviations for Latin terms. I.e. stands for “id est” and means “that is.” or “in the other words” E.g. stands for “exempli gratia”, which means “for example.”

I.e.
Use it to introduce a further clarification.

Example:
“I like to play cards, i.e., bridge and crazy eights.”

You know that these are the only card games that I enjoy.

E.g.
Use it to introduce an example.

Example:
“I like card games, e.g., bridge and crazy eights.”

You know that I have provided a list of examples of card games that I like. It’s not a finite list of all card games I like.

Source: Grammar Girl