jonathan nausner

AJ Jacobs tries to go from multi- to unitasking. I prefer 'monotasking' to describe this – better reflects the singlemindedness than the all-is-one 'uni'.

Monotasking is the new multitasking. And it's more efficient, too.

According to neuroscientists the brain's reward for getting a concept is a shot of natural opiates. And I am a junkie.

Das Planning Barcamp Hamburg ist eine selbstorganisierte Minikonferenz für strategische Planer und Denker der Kreativindustrie.

Scott Hansen asked 25 designers and artists what they do to when ideas are flowing as they should.

Compressed collection of Seth Godin's books and insights.

“It’s dangerous because it can create the illusion of understanding and the illusion of control,” General McMaster said in a telephone interview afterward. “Some problems in the world are not bullet-izable.”

If wondered what will be possible with HTML5, here is your answer…

This is spot-on. Whether you like Apple's products and policies or not: the problem is not Apple, it's the competition.

The Brazilian company Semco generates a 220 Mio revenue with 3000 employees by breaking all the rules of modern management: no hierarchical structure, employees deciding their own wages, electing their management and no fixed working hours. Wow. (Text is German only)

How would you speak to someone in the year 1935 from 2010 using a Penguin cover? Flickr Group: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1387902@N23/

OkTrends do some datamining in their OkCupid database and make some interesting observations about the US electorate and their political identity. They offer a good explanation why Democrats struggle even if they have a majority.

Robert Harrison from the UK needs only a digital camera, a GPS device, some duct tape and a balloon to take breathtaking pictures from space. The Icarus II project (with flight tracking!!) looks promising.