The free operating system, Linux, has its fair share of music players. Being an open source environment, applications such as music players are picked up and left off in the ecosystem. Let’s take a look at one of the more feature full and well done one from the available lot; Lollypop. Continue reading “A modern music player for Linux”
Have you ever felt fear or anxiety in crowded spaces, long queues, enclosed spaces such as elevators? When you think of it, it is just a normal anxious feeling, right? For some like me, it is a daily feeling so we try our best to avoid it and think about something else, countdown seconds and minutes, try to focus on our breathing and just be patient, trying our best not to panic or draw attention to ourselves or end up in humiliation. But the thing is – it’s not just a feeling, it’s a condition known as Agoraphobia. Continue reading “Self-Help for Agoraphobia – Understanding Your Toolkit”
The Doomsday Clock invented by some scientists, nuclear and climate experts have constantly given us a reminder of how close we are to an apocalypse – a nuclear war – World War 3. The clock or countdown is a symbol of how the world will be doomed by man-made disasters and human-caused global catastrophes – that could have been eliminated, but we chose to do nothing about it. Continue reading “DOOMSDAY CLOCK – TWO AND HALF MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT”
It is true that states play the most distinctive role in International politics with high authority and influence in decision-making, often oppressing the authority and legitimacy of the non-state actors (international organisations). However, with a more interconnected world, non-state actors have been yielding influence and power on global politics, their growth affecting how the state actors should behave on the global “stage”. Continue reading “Shift of Power and Players in the World-Political Stage”
On 4th April, approximately 85 people including 20 children were killed in a “chemical attack” in Syria, Idlib, a province in the north controlled by rebels – who are in a civil war against the government of Bashar Al-Assad. Though, Assad and Russia has denied the use of chemical weapons, the investigators, doctors and WHO monitoring groups (and the United States) have established that the victims have suffered the symptoms of chemical attack – namely sarin nerve gas. Continue reading “UN remains frozen while the aggressive-strikes between Syria, US and Russia kills innocents as “Collateral Damage””
A wallpaper depicting Ubuntu logo, made with the old and new colors of the brand and the pointillism art style, available in all common sizes.
The psychology of human nature is intriguing that it never fails to show us we can learn something new every day. It is extremely complex on one end and so simplistic on the other, creating a conflicting relationship among what we want, need, desire and aspire – time bound. Continue reading “Human Content is Time-Bound”
Mentoring is identified as a key skill for good managers. After all, you would want all your good skills and techniques to be learned by some one else before you meet your maker. Having a good mentor goes a long way to help individuals reach their pinnacle levels in jobs but unfortunately, not many of us are lucky enough to meet that suitable person in the workplace. Continue reading “Be my mentor”
How did we end up filtering every fact as a metaphor or an analogy? How have norms become part of our life and metaphors taken its place in defining perspectives and prospects? Continue reading “Metaphors, Analogies or Norms”
What is it with love? That no matter how far you run from it, it chases you, like a tornado sucking up every little thing around you, absorbing its force into you, no matter how vulnerable you are. Many of us have been loved, felt loved or still has love in their life. For some of us who have not been so fortunate, I say, Believe! Continue reading “Leap of Faith”
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Lady, let us depart while there is time! What hope is there in this wood for you or for me? Here we are held in bondage, and no profit shall I find here; for I have learned all that my father has to teach, or that the Naugrim will reveal to me. Shall we not seek for Gondolin? You shall be my guide, and I will be your guard!Maeglin, The Silmarillion
Organization structures have been continuously evolving, trying to find the best and the most efficient ways to organize workers and functions of a business into a manner that is easy on the eye. Long gone are the days when organizations divided work into divisions, where the division of labor metaphor was a key player. Division of labor, while appealing to the economic minded people out there, has long since evolved and corporations have moved on to more creative and effective forms of management. Continue reading “Enter the matrix”
