Fonts and Emotions

Anivers - Font

This is a new font that i saw,.. it is flexible and elegant and can be used in certificates, report titles and posters. you can download and use this

http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/anivers.html

Have you ordered this book ??

I think you should .. , I read Garr's blog daily. It is loaded with information and 'essentials' for making better presentations. We all were delighted when he decided to write a book. check this link and order it - if you are interested in presentations, visual enhancements etc

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0321525655/103-6148611-3957463?ie=UTF8&tag=garrreynoldsc-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=1789&creativeASIN=0321525655

Unhappy? Self-critical? Maybe you're just a perfectionist

If you go for the jugler always in a presentation, or if you sometime feels that you are tired of mediocre stuff from your agency ..then pls read this


Just about any sports movie, airport paperback or motivational tape delivers a few boilerplate rules for success. Believe in yourself. Don't take no for an answer. Never quit. Don't accept second best.
Above all, be true to yourself.
It's hard to argue with those maxims. They seem self-evident — if not written into the Constitution, then at least part of the cultural water supply that irrigates everything from halftime speeches to corporate lectures to SAT coaching classes.
Yet several recent studies stand as a warning against taking the platitudes of achievement too seriously. The new research focuses on a familiar type, perfectionists, who panic or blow a fuse when things don't turn out just so. The findings not only confirm that such purists are often at risk for mental distress — as Freud, Alfred Adler and countless exasperated parents have long predicted — but also suggest that perfectionism is a valuable lens through which to understand a variety of seemingly unrelated mental difficulties, from depression to compulsive behavior to addiction.


full article here
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/12/04/healthscience/04mind.php

If you want to see heaven, you have to die yourself

This is what each marketer would have to do to understand customers better and to build customer expertise - says Mohanbir Sawhney. He has listed interesting 'confusion' that prevails in marketing domain and cures for the same in his article titled - A Manifesto for Marketing. You can access this and much more in his website
http://www.mohansawhney.com/

Sparklines - simple and intense

This will surely enhance your reports and presentations. Sparklines was invented by Dr Edward Tufte. I have tried using it,( some sites are there from which you can download a xls file) and it makes the report , ppts a notch better.
you can read more about sparklines here
http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR&topic_id=1&topic=

Whining world champions

One wonder what Australian cricket thinks about itself, a bunch of extra ordinary cricketers with immense talent, in the last 2 weeks have sullied the image of world champions beyond repair. They assumed that opponents would just cave in seeing them. That didn’t happen in T20. They were so upset with the loss that they even suggested that – India doesn’t know how to celebrate! If one tabulate what all has been said in media – it indicates the poor mind set of cricket Australia

Gilchrist says – T20 is just luck and that India was just lucky (Alan Donald getting run out in the WC 2003 semi final against Australia? What about that Mr Gilchrist)
Andrew Symonds says India doesn’t know how to celebrate ( must be indicating that one should grab the cup and shove out the presenter like they did in during the last champions trophy)
Ponting says India seniors are a liability
Australians would talk tough and if India talks tough – it is not even backyard cricket!
Shane Warne says – this verbal slugfest would spice up the summer. Well it would not be as spicy as his SMS for sure.

Being a champion doesn’t mean winning always – sometime it also involves showing grace when defeated - that Aussie cricket dont have.