Sort of same old thing, but still to refresh - how to draw a cat :)

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Why I plan to switch back to public transport in Kazan :)

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when cookie is placed on hot cup, it bends, but remains hard :)

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There was a task to display couple stats pages in our office on TV connected to Mac-mini as screensaver. It wasn’t very quick to find it on web, so decided to repost it in my blog in case someone will be having hard time to find it - maybe my blog would help such seekers :)

So here what finally work, unlike other messy apps that Google have been suggesting: www.sandwichlab.net/websaver/

Really do recommend it, free version solves the purpose there, don’t be confused that you also can buy a version of it, it is really free.

Till next time

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1. Ask why we are here.
   • This is a quick reminder about why we are here, who our customers are, and why we decided to do this project in the first place.
2. Create an elevator pitch.
   • If we had thirty seconds and two sentences to describe our project, what would we say?
3. Design a product box.
   • If we were flipping through a magazine and we saw an adver- tisement for our product or service, what would it say, and, more importantly, would we buy it?
4. Create a NOT list.
   • It’s pretty clear what we want to do on this project. Let’s be even clearer and show what we are not doing.
5. Meet your neighbors.
   • Our project community is always bigger than we think. Why don’t we invite them over for coffee and introduce ourselves?
6. Show the solution.
   • Let’s draw the high-level blueprints of the technical architec- ture to make sure we are all thinking of the same thing.
7. Ask what keeps us up at night.
   • Some of the things that happen on projects are downright scary. But talking about them, and what we can do to avoid them, can make them less scary.
8. Size it up.
   • Is this thing a three-, six-, or nine-month project?
9. Be clear on what’s going to give.
   • Projects have levers like time, scope, budget, and quality. What’s most and least important for this project at this time?
10. Show what it’s going to take.
    • How long is it going to take? How much will it cost? And what kind of team are we going to need to pull this off?

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“Take a smile” - print it & stick it where you want to cultivate smiles :)

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recommended by Peter :)

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Hope our Kazan city airport will get some deserved attention now https://twitter.com/#!/oleg_kurnosov/status/164717208667303936

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