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Dog Poo Genius

By Yashima, on August 3rd, 2005

we make money not art: Dog poo spray

The D&AD Student of the Year Award 2005 was won by a team of students from China. WeiWei He, Chuan Shi and Wen Ying Lu, students at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, got the award for their Dog Poo Spray.

Soooo geil. Musste . . . → Read More: Dog Poo Genius

Not working?

By Yashima, on August 2nd, 2005

Open Loops: 16 Reasons Managers Can’t Get Employees to Perform

It’s frustrating, isn’t it? You define tasks that you need your subordinate(s) to do, provide them the resources they need, and send them on their way to get it done. You wait. You notice it’s not getting done. You wait some more. It still . . . → Read More: Not working?

FÃ¼hrungsstil

By Yashima, on August 1st, 2005

FÃ¼hrungsnachwuchs: Viel Arbeit, wenig Anerkennung

Auch die in den Leitbildern festgeschriebenen Werte werden nur unzureichend gelebt. Schlechte Noten gaben die Befragten der Balance (gesunder Ausgleich von Arbeit, Freizeit und Familie wird gefÃ¶rdert), Ehrlichkeit (es wird die Wahrheit gesagt, unklare Botschaften werden vermieden) und IntegritÃ¤t (Handeln und Reden sind eins, Zusagen werden erfÃ¼llt).

Mal wieder . . . → Read More: FÃ¼hrungsstil

Adria vs Lago

By Yashima, on August 1st, 2005

Sometime in June I decided we definitely needed a real vacation this year not a bunch of “long” week-ends or weeks of staying home and “getting things done” in the apartment ….

Since I didn’t have time and nerve to plan a lot I tried to do a vacation that didn’t need any plans. We wanted to go to the sea and Adria sounded like a good choice. Rolland selected a few camp sites that sounded good, I bought a map, a travel guide and a small dictionnary, we packed the car and started.

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Birthday Knife

By Yashima, on August 1st, 2005

This is what I got for my birthday (which is not today). Since we only got back from our vacation yesterday there wasn’t much to cut up with it in the kitchen and I decided to make onion soup.

It is fun to cut up things with this knife. I am already . . . → Read More: Birthday Knife