“Of all the cities in the world,
of all the intimate homelands
that a man searches for
in the course of his travels,
Sydney seems to me
the most propitious
to happiness.”
~Anglicky Ameroly Appeal ;-)of all the intimate homelands
that a man searches for
in the course of his travels,
Sydney seems to me
the most propitious
to happiness.”
A prodigious reader explains how he retains the best information from everything he reads↩︎ David Evans
Estonia is about to become the world's first free public transport nation.
"If we try to run the economy for the benefit of a single group or class, we shall injure or
destroy all groups, including the members of the very class for whose benefit we have been trying to run it. We must run the economy for everybody.”
Gizmodo:
“There’s a new news aggregator in town (well, an old one, revamped).
The updated, refreshed, and smarter version of Google News is out now on
Android, iOS, and the web,
so how does this reimagining of the news stack up against the other
ways we usually get our headlines—Facebook, Twitter, and RSS? We’ve been
diving deep into the transformed platform to get a better idea…”↩︎ David Evans
We live in an age that prizes efficiency. So how to explain the proliferation of pointless jobs? They make little economic sense. Their function must be political KISS
As a teenager, Reynaldo Hahn composed hymns to love and sang in Parisian salons. An affair with Proust, who called him “Mon petit Reynaldo,” followed Amore
Here's what Peter Dutton's Home Affairs super-department looks like
"The announcement of the Home Affairs portfolio in July last year was greeted with lots of debate, but there was not a lot of detail on what the department would do." (ABC)
The different words we use to describe male and female leaders
"He’s “analytical” or “arrogant.” She’s “compassionate” or “inept." (Harvard Business Review)
Behavioural economics' impact from commuting to court dates
CASE STUDY: Recent experiments by the NSW Behavioural Insights Unit show governments how they can harness the increasing body of knowledge around how we respond to different interventions.
Bargaining policy: clock ticking on government's war with its workforce
VERONA BURGESS: The terms of reference for the independent review of the Australian Public Service do not specifically list agency bargaining but it is not something that can be easily ignored.
Code of conduct, bullying and performance management
PODCAST: ‘Can’t cook’ or ‘won’t cook’? Employment lawyer Gabrielle Sullivan explains the difference between performance issues and misconduct matters.
We live in an age that prizes efficiency. So how to explain the proliferation of pointless jobs? They make little economic sense. Their function must be political KISS
Science: Ten Things You Probably Don’t Know About Yourself
The way we view ourselves is distorted, but we do not realize it. As a result, our self-image has surprisingly little to do with our actions. For example, we may be absolutely convinced that we are empathetic and generous but still walk right past a homeless person on a cold day. The reason for this distorted view is quite simple.
What Are The Most Popular Libraries In The World?
“The idea of a public library — where anyone in the community is trusted to borrow books, often for long stretches of time, for free, ad infinitum — is fairly magical. Where else do you get something for nothing? Which is not even to mention the many programs, study space, use of computers, and other perks that most public libraries offer. Basically, what I’m saying is: libraries should be even more popular than they are — but some of them are pretty popular already.”
Books About Middle-Aged Women Sell Brilliantly – Especially To Women – But You’ll Never Find One On A Book Cover
Even though international bestsellers like Elena Ferranti’s Neapolitan quartet and Elizabeth Strout’s Olive Kitteridge star middle-aged (or older) women, you’ll never see them on the covers of the books. Ugh: “As Hilary Mantel says, women over 50 are the invisible generation.”
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American
Libraries Magazine – Bringing Wikipedia into the Library –
“Wikipedia might seem like a librarian’s nemesis, but the online encyclopedia,
its community, and libraries are increasingly working together to provide free
and open information to all.”
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Association
of Research Libraries (ARL) – “The European Union’s (EU’s) General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) will take effect May 25, 2018, and is likely to
have a significant impact on the way libraries around the globe manage personal
data. To help libraries consider what they need to do in response to the GDPR,
the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) has published this issue brief on
the topic by Anne T. Gilliland, scholarly communications officer for University
Libraries at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.”
IssueBrief_GDPR_May2018.pdf
A SHOCKING CALL FOR diversity at Harvard. “Shocking because it comes from the editors of the Harvard Crimson, and because the diversity they call for is ideological.”
Plus: “Many public high schools–most, I fear–are now dominated by the wacky left. Thus, a student may easily arrive at an institution like Harvard without ever having encountered conservative ideas. If Harvard really wants to stand out from the crowd, it should give Western civilization, classical liberalism, social conservatism, and the free markets that have done more for humanity than anything else in history a fair shake.”
Plus: “Many public high schools–most, I fear–are now dominated by the wacky left. Thus, a student may easily arrive at an institution like Harvard without ever having encountered conservative ideas. If Harvard really wants to stand out from the crowd, it should give Western civilization, classical liberalism, social conservatism, and the free markets that have done more for humanity than anything else in history a fair shake.”
As a teenager, Reynaldo Hahn composed hymns to love and sang in Parisian salons. An affair with Proust, who called him “Mon petit Reynaldo,” followed Amore
Here's what Peter Dutton's Home Affairs super-department looks like
"The announcement of the Home Affairs portfolio in July last year was greeted with lots of debate, but there was not a lot of detail on what the department would do." (ABC)
The different words we use to describe male and female leaders
"He’s “analytical” or “arrogant.” She’s “compassionate” or “inept." (Harvard Business Review)
Behavioural economics' impact from commuting to court dates
CASE STUDY: Recent experiments by the NSW Behavioural Insights Unit show governments how they can harness the increasing body of knowledge around how we respond to different interventions.
Bargaining policy: clock ticking on government's war with its workforce
VERONA BURGESS: The terms of reference for the independent review of the Australian Public Service do not specifically list agency bargaining but it is not something that can be easily ignored.
Code of conduct, bullying and performance management
PODCAST: ‘Can’t cook’ or ‘won’t cook’? Employment lawyer Gabrielle Sullivan explains the difference between performance issues and misconduct matters.
