WordPress.com Invite, Google Talk, and Coconet

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There are alot of buzz among bloggers lately about google talk, wordpress.com invites, and Coconet nominations in the World Challenge.
…Sign up for an invite for this free blog service and you might still get your name like anton.wordpress.com for FREE!
… ” The World Challenge, brought to you by BBC World & Newsweek, in association with Shell, is a competition aimed at finding individuals or groups from around the world who have shown enterprise and innovation at a grass roots level.

“Fear nothing except to waste the moment.”

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If there is one thing that I learned from The Fred Factor book, is that each day is an opportunity for you to make life a better place to live. The book is based on the extraordinary customer service of Fred the postman , and teaches you how passion in your work and life can turn the ordinary into the extraordinary. When Fred was ask what motivates him on doing that things he is doing, here is the key ideas on what motivates him to be a “Fred”:

“When one becomes willing, things in his or her life begin to change”

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One of my favorite website is Change This which promotes a practical, fast and free way to spread the very best ideas to people who can actually do something with them.
… “What prevents the non-athlete from exercising is his or her sense of time, motivation and worthiness….
… This is a must read for all those people who want to reduce weight and be healthy forever.

“You remember 1/3 of what you read, 1/2 of what people tell you, but 100 percent of what you feel.”

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Never direct a complaint to the top; a serious offense is to “cc” a person’s boss on a copy of a complaint before the person has a chance to respond.
… When faced with decisions, try to look at them as if you were one level up in the organization.
… A person who is nice to you but rude to the waiter — or to others — is not a nice person.

“The point of living is loving.”

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I was deeply touched by this essay “Not everything is a power struggle” by the ExpectoRANTS blog . It makes us reflect that life is not a rat race that the more money you have the more successful you would be. It reminded me of my favorite broadway Rent song “Seasons of Love” where it poses the question:

Post-it-Notes Mosaic

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I continue to be amazed by the level of creativity of people in flickr. … I’m now thinking of how can I reapply this in the office to ignite creativity into the organization as well. Maybe I’ll create a photomosaic of our general manager in the boardroom with post-it.

Photo Mosaic and Rasterized Pictures

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I’m beginning to get addicted with alot of the digital programs that creates Photo mosaics and recently Rasterized pictures. On Photomosaics, I have tried Mosaic Magic from Fishsoft (the website is down now), Andrea Mosaic (which has a rough interface and not userfriendly) and Centarsia which I use for the photomosaic above with 100 pictures (click on it to see full blown). Also, for the rasterized image, I used rasterbator which creates a PDF file that contains the rasterized image.