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Jan 24th, 2012
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Roger Ellman
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In a rare look at a product – these travel/daily utility bags deserve a look. Original, Beautiuful and clever bag designs combining aesthetics with quality and practicality. A plus – most attractive website design with good usability. https://www.hardgraft.com/
Tags: Bags, Computer bags, design, leather, linkedin, Travel, website design
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Jan 23rd, 2012
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Roger Ellman
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Riding a bike through Mexico city SHORT 3 minute film – even though I do not intend to encourage riding a bike in a city, this is good to watch, I recommend you to see it too! See it here – on TheAtlantic.com – Riding a bike through Mexico City A technothriller available Free! […]
Tags: battery life, Bike riding, book, Free book, linkedin, Mexico City, Mobile phones, self charging, Short Film, solar charging, Thriller
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Jan 20th, 2012
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Roger Ellman
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Desirable use of a well established brand name in this TV and Cinema commercial for Virgin Money. What seems like a young, fresh and new brand when it is attached to any service or product, also has the prime ingredient of trust and the sense of permanence…very appropriate for a bank! A tip of the […]
Tags: Advertising, Banking, Banks, Branding, Brands, linkedin
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Jan 19th, 2012
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Roger Ellman
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Straightforward article about the way travel can change your life – the mention “No one ever becomes a hedgefund manager” as a result of a revelation while travelling, is amusing (though the role is one of the more fascinating of unlikely directions to see as the ideal path) and simple as it may be the […]
Tags: entrepreneurship, food, good intentions, Investing, kiss, life changes, linkedin, love, revelations, Travel
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Jan 18th, 2012
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Roger Ellman
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Luis von Ahn talk on TED. This is one of the most mind-shaking, bright, intelligent talks – well it’s the content that is Essential for all those interested in the future, progress and the enormous and numerous possibilities of using crowd-participation via the internet. Even – or perhaps especially – sceptics should watch this. HIGHLY […]
Tags: Christopher Hitchens, Crowd-sourcing, journalism, Learning language, linkedin, Luis von Ahn, reCAPTCHA, SOPA
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Jan 17th, 2012
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Roger Ellman
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Good to read today ! Researchers working on watershed moment in water purification Impressive and potentially enormous new step in purifying water. Think developing communities and areas without good or reliable drinking water. ‘French Steve Jobs’ shakes up mobile phone market In France out-of-nowhere successful entrepreneurs who have become big players in key products or […]
Tags: Business/Entrepreneurship, France, linkedin, Water
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Nov 24th, 2011
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Roger Ellman
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Culture, Economics, News
The girl who reads is here. The man who recommends something to everyone and usually, but not this morn, wears a jogging outfit is here. The rather sour-faced server, who is when she summons it up jollier than that, is here. Through the window I see the shops that are struggling, strung […]
Tags: Business/Entrepreneurship, Christmas, coffee, economy, Retail, Xmas
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Nov 14th, 2011
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Roger Ellman
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Cute, News, Popular, Travel
There is something unique to the experience of rising early for a flight. It’s not the same as an early start for a motoring journey whether that happens to be from home or a hotel. Setting out to get to the airport has peculiar stresses and some pleasures. If you leave on time it is […]
Tags: Airports, Anxiety, Flights. Nerves, On time, Travel, writing
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Oct 31st, 2011
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By
Roger Ellman
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Hotels I Like, News, Travel
Oh magnificent buildings! Ubeda – a less well known but an essential-to-visit gem of a town in Andalucia. In the square by the church Sacra Capilla del Salavador is a key part of the ancient center of this most tempting of Andalucian towns. The town is richly thickened-with-buildings of ancient beauty including, next to the […]
Tags: Andalucia, Beauty, Chruches, Historic Town, Hotel, Hotelsilike, Palaces, Parador, Spain, Travel, Ubeda
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