Daily Archives: September 10, 2011

Why Someone from Apple Needs to Ride the Shanghai Subway – Nathan T. Washburn and B. Tom Hunsaker – Harvard Business Review

Posted on September 10, 2011 by jwumuses

Writing a text message in Chinese requires typing a few letters, then either allowing the phone to enter what it thinks is the intended character or selecting the character from a string of choices. It’s a quick and simple process … Continue reading →

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网文：中国掀起高利贷狂潮 雪崩之后谁买单？ – wanshi的日志 – 网易博客

Posted on September 10, 2011 by jwumuses

全民放贷狂潮在内地已不可遏止。以往是经济比较发达的地方，民间借贷规模汹涌，现在连经济落后的地方也开始疯狂放贷，不仅是富人，很多穷人也拿保命钱疯狂投入 在江浙一带农村，家家参与高利贷，而且发展成类似传销模式，亲戚、朋友抱成一团。截至上月底，六十四家上市公司的一百七十亿元委托贷款大多已流向了高利贷市场。银监会主席刘明康曾表示，保守估计目前沿海地区约有三万亿元银行贷款流入高利贷市场。 事实上，浙江温州、福建厦门一带，银行员工当高利贷掮客，因为资金链断裂而出现离职、逃跑甚至跳楼等情况屡屡出现，有些贷款者被放贷者二十四小时禁锢，有的甚至被杀害。由于一宗高利贷案件往往涉资亿万，牵涉的人数众多，一旦雪崩，往往会形成大规模群体性事件，结果由谁来埋单呢？  

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最好团队招募的几个潜规则 – Tech2IPO

Posted on September 10, 2011 by jwumuses

对于所有工程师的面试过程都应该包括算法题目，这是不能其他任何方法替代的。面试官应该从各个方面来估计面试者是否在今后能变成一个出色的工程师，比如知识的宽度和广度，无论是他们的专业领域还是广义的工程领域。除此之外，工程师对于自己专业工作的热情也非常重要，如果他们能在业余时间做些自己的独立项目，那就是个很好的兆头。而简单的工作年限以及参加过某某项目就不是很好的决策手段。 2、独立工程师要作为公司创意和技术回馈的重要来源，所以他们在这些方面思维的活跃程度就非常重要。 3、工程师们个人的奋斗精神以及求知欲对公司来说将是一笔宝贵的财富。 而另一位回答者则将衡量一个工程师的标准进行了一下排序。他认为热情是第一位的，而技术水平则要放到后面。尤其是在起步时期，你不可能只是简单找到那些最有才能的人。你的雇员能否把你们的公司在自己心中提到一个很高的地位这非常重要。 via 最好团队招募的几个潜规则 – Tech2IPO.

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Social Security: A monstrous truth | The Economist

Posted on September 10, 2011 by jwumuses

NO PONZI scheme in the history of the world has ever lasted 75 years. Ponzi schemes depend on garnering an ever-increasing pool of new investors to pay out returns to prior investors. When the potential pool of new investors runs … Continue reading →

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Here’s A Great Story About The Astonishing Lengths Apple Went Through To Keep The iPad Secret

Posted on September 10, 2011 by jwumuses

We talked to the developer of a very successful iPad app yesterday, and he told us a tale about the absurd steps he and his team went through to get an iPad before the product’s launch. The criteria was that … Continue reading →

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Why we shun creativity in the work place – The Globe and Mail

Posted on September 10, 2011 by jwumuses

Creativity, no matter how much we say we like it, frequently elicits what my grandmother used to warn about: “Too smart is half stupid” Now, new research, soon to appear in Psychological Science, titled “The Bias Against Creativity: Why People … Continue reading →

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How the idea of ideas is killing innovation | VentureBeat

Posted on September 10, 2011 by jwumuses

Some of the worst product flops in history started as big ideas. Crystal Pepsi was billed as the here and now of colas, offering a caffeine free alternative with the grandeur of health and clarity. Nokia’s NGage phones were an … Continue reading →

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The Neuroscience of Groupon | Wired Science | Wired.com

Posted on September 10, 2011 by jwumuses

A few years ago, a team of neuroeconomists at Stanford and Carnegie Mellon investigated the neuroscience of consumer decisions. A few dozen lucky undergraduates were recruited as experimental subjects and given a generous amount of spending money. The subjects were … Continue reading →

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