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Last login: 7 weeks agoJackvinson: Jack is a 41 year old married guy from Evanston, Illinois, USA.; Likes 103 pages, 4 videos, 4 photos • 39 fans • Received 6 reviews; Member since Jun 27, 2007

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Marloes Veldhuizen loves:: OMG! You speak Twitter?!: Nov 8, 2007 10:37am 1 review humor, science, dictionary, twitter
http://mveldhuizen.blogspot.com/2007/10/omg-you-speak-twitter.html; This is a cute dictionary of Twitter-ized words. Fun.

Intelligence Applied &8212; Knowledge Through Awareness & Creativity: Oct 29, 2007 10:49am 1 review music, blogs, knowledge-management, creative-problem-solving
http://www.benwechsler.com/podium/; Intelligence applied to life. Ben is a great thinker, destined for great things.

Writing a Business Case & Strategic Librarian: Oct 26, 2007 9:02pm 1 review writing, science, howto, requirements, business-cases
http://nlplatt.wordpress.com/2007/10/18/writing-a-business-case/; "Whether you are making a justification for staff additions, new software, new online resources, next year's budget, or the myriad of other reasons libraries need resources, you will do a better job of solving problems or improving services if you use a business case to plead your case. "

How to sabotage goals with 47 simple words | How to be an Original: Oct 25, 2007 9:26am 7 reviews humor, goals
http://blog.lodewijkvdb.com/2007/10/how-to-sabotage-goals-with-47-simple-word...; Cute way to subvert the goal-setting process. The other option is to set personal goals that make sense and let the suits have goals like this.

From the page: "This is a list with 47 simple words you can use to sabotage goals. Use these words when formulating goals and they are bound for failure, so if you donā€t want to get caught not accomplishing goals, make sure you use these words."

Technologies Were Glad Are Dead - CIO.com - Business Technology Leadership: Oct 17, 2007 7:56am 7 reviews history, technology
http://www.cio.com/article/145853; While this was an entertaining look back, I didn't find it terribly insightful. These technologies have been dead for YEARS. What about some things that died (or should die) recently?

Foundation Series: The Difference Between Correlation and Causality | Tyner B…: Oct 17, 2007 7:44am 3 reviews statistics, numeracy, correlation, causation
http://tynerblain.com/blog/2007/10/16/correlation-and-causality/; This kind of article is right up my alley. It's important to understand the differences and how you can move from correlation to actual causation.

From the page: "One of the most common mistakes people make when looking at data is to jump to conclusions about the data. We all live in a world of cause and effect. It is only natural that when we see data that appears to show cause and effect, we assume that it does. But it often doesnā€t. This article shows the difference between cause and effect relationships and correlated data."