11 Ways to Lose Friends and Alienate People on Facebook

The advice below is geared at professional users, not anyone else.  You are trying to lose friends and alienate people on Facebook aren’t you? That’s what you’re trying to do isn’t it? Spend your time on Farmville and other games and make sure everything you do there is updated to your Profile, so everyone knows just exactly what stage you and your other 200 friends...

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You’ve Got Networking On The Brain!

Literally.  Thinkers throughout history have tried to draw a link between the structure of the mind and the structure of the world. Why? If there is no link, then we can’t prove that what goes on in our heads bears any resemblance to how things really are out there. A contemporary example of this is Tony Buzan’s concept of radiant thinking. Radiant thinking is the idea that our thoughts can...

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Allen’s Film Reviews for Summer 2010 #1: Inception

Inception is the best film I’ve seen in many a while.  By what standard?  This – unlike others, it stuck in my mind far beyond the two minute walk from cinema to car on way home.  In fact, for the first week after I watched it, images from it frequented my head (although thankfully not my dreams). I pestered people at work with the question, “What is the most resilient...

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7 Self-Help Tactics for Fighting Fit Mental Health

Last week, I was speaking to someone who’s currently suffering depression and looking for ways to tackle it.  Naturally, since I work as a freelance trainer for Aware on their Mood Matters programme, I was asked for advice.  So, here it is.  This advice also comes recommend for anyone who wants to keep their mental health in good order, as well as those who’re receiving treatment...

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