ART & DESIGN EDITOR'S PICK Why Do Artworks Have Frames? There’s a workshop at the Getty Center where the paintings aren’t the stars. Instead, the frames take center stage. In this bright and airy room, empty frames hang on the walls, and tools and books line the counters. There you’d find associate conservator Gene Karakker, who retired earlier this summer, choosing from an assortment of […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Vicki Beltz – Founder & CEO at vickibeltz.com This article was originally published here: Vicki Beltz – Founder & CEO at vickibeltz.com Vicki Beltz is committed to introducing her clients to unexpected ways of securing their wealth. What’s your story? After another market correction, I questioned ever getting to “enough.” I couldn’t afford losing what I was working so hard to save. A […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
EDITOR'S PICK PHILOSOPHY Do I Even Exist? Brave New World. The Matrix. The Truman Show. Inception. Source Code. And the latest dystopia I’ve seen: Archive. They all trade on the same group of basic structures: the idea that we do not exist, and moreover, may never have; that we are but algorithms; that we are mere vestiges of something past; or that reality is anything but real, in spite of the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Karl Paul – Executive Chairman of Smarter Media Ltd. This article was originally published here: Karl Paul – Executive Chairman of Smarter Media Ltd. Karl Paul’s commitment to his team is reflected in their commitment to his company’s clients. What’s your story? I always wanted to be in business from a very young age, having been inspired by family and films! I just never […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Christian Espinosa – Founder and CEO of Christian Espinosa, LLC. & Managing Director of Cerberus Sentinel This article was originally published here: X Christian Espinosa – Founder and CEO of Christian Espinosa, LLC. & Managing Director of Cerberus Sentinel What’s your story? After boredom with freelance work and a desire to contribute more, I founded Alpine Security, a cybersecurity company, in 2014. I quickly discovered in my entrepreneur journey that I […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
ART & DESIGN EDITOR'S PICK The Women In Dante’s Inferno Revealed 700 Years Later When Dante Alighieri died 700 years ago, on Sept. 14, 1321, he had just put his final flourishes on the “Divine Comedy,” a monumental poem that would inspire readers for centuries. The “Divine Comedy” follows the journey of a pilgrim across the three realms of the Christian afterlife – hell, purgatory and paradise. There, he […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Ross Lakin – Owner Need Aloha Help LLC. This article was originally published here: Ross Lakin – Owner Need Aloha Help LLC. Realising he did not fit into the conventional employee mode led Ross Lakin to becoming an entrepreneur and he has never looked back. What’s your story? For most of my life I have been self employed. The few years I worked […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Rajesh Jain – Founder of Netcore Cloud This article was originally published here: Rajesh Jain – Founder of Netcore Cloud 30 years as an entrepreneur have not made Rajesh Jain complacent; rather it has taught him to always be on the alert for what is coming next. What’s your story? Growing up, I was inspired by my father’s entrepreneurial journey. In the […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Jeremy Clodfelter – Founder of DoMoreLife This article was originally published here: Jeremy Clodfelter – Founder of DoMoreLife What’s your story? I wasted the first 30 years of my life. By all accounts, I was a loser. However, at age 30, I made several intense, life-changing choices that set me on a new path in life. I went back to college […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
CALLUM CONNECTS INTERVIEWS Kelly Te – Founder & CEO of Knovo This article was originally published here: X Kelly Te – Founder & CEO of Knovo What’s your story? Growing up, tuition was necessary for me. I went from an F to an A in Mathematics, and that helped me earn a good degree and good career options. That’s when I realized that finding the right […] Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Karl Paul – Executive Chairman of Smarter Media Ltd. This article was originally published here: Karl Paul – Executive Chairman of Smarter Media Ltd. Karl Paul’s commitment to his team is reflected in their commitment to his company’s clients. What’s your story? I always wanted to be in business from a very young age, having been inspired by family and films! I just never […] Written by Callum Laing September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Limits Of Surveillance The Singapore police are to deploy two robots, named Xavier, on the streets of the city-state, intended to detect what they consider “undesirable behavior”, such as smoking in non permitted areas, street vending, or violation of pandemic-related restrictions on gathering or movement. The robots will report any infractions to officers at a central control. The deployment, still in […] Written by Enrique Dans September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
What’s A Ghost Kitchen? While the phrase “ghost kitchen” may conjure up images of haunted houses, the reality is a bit more mundane. Ghost kitchens are food prep operations with no waiters, no dining room and no parking lot – really, no public presence whatsoever. But on food delivery apps, they’re alive and well. In short, ghost kitchens are physical […] Written by Jeffrey Miller September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Amazon And Quantum Computing One of the most commonly used examples used in schools and colleges to explain the need for quantum computing is the so-called traveling salesman problem, which requires complex combinatorial optimization skills to solve the following question: “Given a list of cities and the distances between each pair of cities, what is the shortest possible route that […] Written by Enrique Dans September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
The Science Of Product Placements: How To Get It Right In “The Variant,” an episode from the Disney+ hit streaming show “Loki,” it’s tough to miss the barrage of product placements, with fast-paced action and dialogue taking place in front of Charmin toilet paper, Dove soap and Arm & Hammer deodorant. At one point, Loki barrels down an aisle with vacuum cleaners and fights off […] Written by The Conversation September 13, 2021September 13, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
How China Is Transforming Its Economy Through Learning I highly recommend reading the McKinsey Global Institute’s new report, “Reskilling China: Transforming The World’s Largest Workforce Into Lifelong Learners”, which focuses on the country’s biggest employment challenge, re-training its workforce and the adoption of practices such as lifelong learning to address the growing digital transformation of its productive fabric. How to transform the country […] Written by Enrique Dans February 1, 2021February 1, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
Why You’re Not Seeing Success With Influencer Marketing With the new year around the corner, now is a good time to re-evaluate your past marketing strategies and gear up for the year ahead. For some businesses, influencer marketing has simply not seemed to live up to its lofty promises of genuine engagement, credibility, and transparency. Some have claimed that it has been failing […] Written by Michael Tan January 14, 2021January 15, 2021 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
A New Philosophy of Business I’m about to ask you to take a mental leap. For the next 8 minutes, suspend your notions of what a business is, and I’ll propose a new lens for you to look through. There are a lot of questions asked around what “community” means for business. “Where should community fit in my organization?” and […] Written by Empirics Asia September 5, 2018September 5, 2018 Saving Bookmark this article Bookmarked
