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Definitions of Designations

Definitions of Designations:

·  Project Manager is a Person who thinks nine women can deliver a baby in
One month.

·  Developer is a Person who thinks it will take 18 months to deliver a
Baby.

·  Onsite Coordinator is one who thinks single woman can deliver nine
babies in one month.

·  Client is the one who doesn't know why he wants a baby.

·  Marketing Manager is a person who thinks he can deliver a baby even if
no man and woman are available.

·   Resource Optimization Team thinks they don't need a man or woman;
they'll produce a child with zero resources.

·  Documentation Team thinks they don't care whether the child is
delivered, they'll just document 9 months

·  Quality Auditor is the person who is never happy with the PROCESS to
produce a baby.

·   Tester is a person who always tells his wife that this is not the Right
baby .

·   HR manager is a person who thinks that a donkey can deliver a human
baby in given 9 months

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The Natural Space Savers and Social Communicators

Society defines the value of space. This includes personal space, storage space, recreational space, ect. In the US space not hard to find, even in large, suposidly crowded cities, there are spaces which afford citizens luxuries other nations lack. When space becomes an issue the discourse around how it is used and whether luxury is valued as much.

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The Japanese are renown for their conservation and innovative use of space. When there are roughly 5847 people per square kilometer living in one country the function and use of space becomes essential. The Japanese seem to be the world leaders in utilizing the little space they have. From their pod hotels to automated vehicle storage the Japanese have shrunk spaces to fit their esential needs.

These sort of space storage techniques aren't just found in highly populated cities. They are also found in nature. The most common example is probably the honeycomb. Bees use a simply designed array of hexagonal tubes to store honey as well as larva and pupa, ultimately maximizing their usage of space within a hive.

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It seems though that we as humans have even more to learn about than space-saving from insects though; their ability to function as effective individuals within a group is also astounding in terms of social development and discursive interaction. Even the most basic of insects which live in colonies, such as ants, have the ability to convey information about the fastest routes to different locations as well as deciding on structural organization. Steven Johnson discusses this in his book Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brians, Cities, and Software which is essentially inspired by the ant's ability to function and communicate within a colony.

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So as our societies are expanding and cities developing how else can we learn from the innovations which surround us in the natural world? It seems that nature has already produced many answers that we are developing discussions for in our ever day lives. When you tell a friend the quickest way to get to a new store or someone passes information to you about a great new restaurant, an ant has done that. When a new kind of car garage or hotel emerges in a nearby city, a bee has already built something like it. I think we should begin to be more aware of natural spaces and incorporate them into our discussions on how to use our space effectively.

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Retaking control of my Inbox - Switching from Thunderbird to Gmail.

For the past couple of years I've been using the Mozilla Thunderbird Email Client connected through IMAP to an email account on my website. With that, I've been dealing with My Hosting Provider's 10MB email space limit by transferring my messages from the server to Local Folders on my computer every few days, and organizing it through folders and backing up by having messages forward to Yahoo! Mail.

My problem as you can probably guess was that I was that I had messages in multiple places, I was sorting it online through Yahoo! and Backing it up locally but I didn't really have a system, so centralized place, no email control center. My brother suggested I switch to Gmail, my problem was I didn't want a new email address, I wanted to continue to use my existing email address without using my servers. I worried about how difficult it would be to receive mail sent to that address and send mail from the address. It turned out to be simple, I setup a simple Cpanel forwarder to get all mail sent to me@mydomain.com redirected to me@gmail.com and "added an email address" in my Gmail Settings. It now works great!
           Using Gmail I can have my mail syced accross multiple platforms. I am writing this email which I will then send to posterous using Gmail Offline on my way home from Iowa, I can obviously check it online from any computer connected to  the interent, and with a simple selection and entering my username and password I can sync my Gmail with my iPod Touch. If I wanted too I could also sync my Gmail with my Phone or use Gmail's my Mobile Website. It's so easy, I always have my email no matter where I go. To organize my email I take advantage of Gmail's Labels (I enjoy how you can add more than one label to each message). I keep my Inbox clear by Archiving and I enjoy how you can convert email messages to tasks and they appear in your task pane in the lower right.

Switching to Gmail I have recently been exploring other Google Services, these services also sync across the multiple platforms I discussed above. I have been using Google Calendar to organize my increasingly busy life and I've been exploring Google Docs. Gmail has helped retake control of my Inbox.

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Breaking the Organization Free of Dysfunction

____________________________________

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

By Portia Nelson

I

I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.

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Breaking the Organization Free of Dysfunction

____________________________________

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

By Portia Nelson

I

I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.

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Breaking the Organization Free of Dysfunction

____________________________________

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

By Portia Nelson

I

I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.

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Breaking the Organization Free of Dysfunction

____________________________________

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

By Portia Nelson

I

I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.

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Breaking the Organization Free of Dysfunction

____________________________________

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

By Portia Nelson

I

I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.

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Breaking the Organization Free of Dysfunction

____________________________________

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

By Portia Nelson

I

I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.

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Breaking the Organization Free of Dysfunction

____________________________________

AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS

By Portia Nelson

I

I walk down the street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk I fall in. I am lost ... I am helpless. It isn't my fault. It takes me forever to find a way out.

II

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I pretend I don't see it. I fall in again. I can't believe I am in the same place but, it isn't my fault. It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I see it is there. I still fall in ... it's a habit. my eyes are open I know where I am. It is my fault. I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street. There is a deep hole in the sidewalk. I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.

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