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"People register their cars and they get a license," before they drive, Zeran said. "There should be a registration process for the web, too." https://www.npr.org//how-one-mans-fight-against-an-aol-tro #storiesthatmatter

Pleased to support our client The Grocery Basket and their fundraiser for Kingston Pathways to Education. (And eat cookies while doing it)

"Pixar's emotionally weighty, computer-generated animated films deploy precisely calibrated color and light to convey narrative and emotionfrom the near-total absence of green in WALL-E (until postapocalyptic robots find the last plant on Earth) to the luminous orange marigolds that symbolize Miguel's trip to the magical Land of the Dead in Coco through the contrast between the cool blue luminosity of the afterlife with the warm, snuggly sepia of New York City in last year's Soul. In fact, almost every Pixar movie works within a specific color palette, a story-specific gamut that filmmakers like Feinberg pull from and use to plan the look of each scene, a road map known as the color script." https://www.wired.com//how-pixar-uses-hyper-colors-to-hac/ #storiesthatmatter

There are many challenges involved in just doing business in 2021: from navigating lockdowns to ensuring COVID safety to competing with the 'big guys'. The solu...tion? Go small. At our next Chamber LIVE, Phil Gaudreau of Make it Matter Media will discuss why Small Things Matter: how paying attention to the little details in your business can give you an advantage over the competition. He'll share some secrets from behavioural research that can help you improve customer satisfaction, spend your money more effectively, and win more business. Join us on May 4 beginning at 8:30 a.m. Free for members or $10 for future members. Register: https://www.kingstonchamber.ca/events/19/details Thanks to sponsor MNP!

The research showed three main takeaways. 1. Breaks between meetings allow the brain to reset, reducing a cumulative buildup of stress across meetings. 2. Back-to-back meetings can decrease your ability to focus and engage.... 3. Transitioning between meetings can be a source of high stress. https://www.microsoft.com//worklab/work-tre/brain-research #storiesthatmatter

There are many challenges involved in just doing business in 2021: from navigating lockdowns to ensuring COVID safety to competing with the 'big guys'. The solution? Go small. At the next Chamber LIVE, Phil Gaudreau will discuss why Small Things Matter: how paying attention to the little details in your business can give you an advantage over the competition. ... He'll share some secrets from behavioural research that can help you improve customer satisfaction, spend your money more effectively, and win more business. https://www.kingstonchamber.ca/events/19/details Hope to see you there! Greater Kingston Chamber of Commerce

On planned obsolescence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5v8D-alAKE #storiesthatmatter

https://www.nytimes.com//france-museum-quai-branly.amp.html #storiesthatmatter

"The subjects wore the same clothes, and were lit in the same way. When the two groups held neutral expressions, people could barely differentiate between them. But when they showed their feelings, especially sadness, something from Japan or America seemed to emerge." #storiesthatmatter

"Even as refurbished computers are more and more mission critical, many barriers remain to getting them into the hands of students. Many usable computers are sitting in corporate overstock or empty offices, and perhaps even in your basement. But even when refurbishers get those computers, they can’t always get them working because manufacturers restrict access to spare parts or manuals. LaGrange and other refurbishers describe bins of activation-locked devices in their faci...lities -- devices that work fine, but are locked down because the original owner forgot to unlock her account when she donated or sold it. We’d have a lot more computers available if the industry as a whole valued reuse and the secondary life of electronics." #storiesthatmatter https://uspirg.org//right-repair-could-help-address-critic

If working from home eliminated an hour of commuting, without changing time spent on work or reducing production, the result would be equivalent to a 13% increase in productivity (assuming a 38-hour working work). If half the workforce achieved such a gain, it would be equivalent to a 6.5% increase in productivity for the labour force as a whole. #storiesthatmatter

Happy Labour Day everyone! #storiesthatmatter

Enjoy your long weekend! #storiesthatmatter https://www.nytimes.com//shirley-curry-skyrim-youtube.amp.

https://amp-theatlantic-com.cdn.ampproject.org//ar/615796/ #storiesthatmatter

Pleased to work with the talented Carol Tomalty of CarricDesign and BPE's in-house marketing expert Rachel Moulton on a relaunch of BPEGroup.ca. (Hat tip to Response I.T. for some back-end support!)

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Hat tip to Headliner co-author Stephen Heckbert for the find. https://www.nytimes.com//what-if-facebook-is-the-real-sile #storiesthatmatter

#finally. https://www.theverge.com//microsoft-transcribe-in-word-tra #storiesthatmatter

Facebook said its apps on iOS 14 will not collect IDFA, which is a unique device ID number that allows advertisers to better target ads and estimate their effectiveness. #storiesthatmatter

#storiesthatmatter, especially in an area with several wind turbines like Kingston!

How to (Actually) Save Time When You’re Working Remotely: 1. Create your own commute. 2. Give yourself a Feierabend (a daily evening celebration marking the moment when work is switched off for the day)... 3. Focus your workload on a daily must win. 4. Put proactive time on your calendar. 5. Reclaim the social in social distancing. 6. Run time-management experiments. Via Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org//how-to-actually-save-time-when-youre-work #storiesthatmatter

Masks may reduce social anxiety in the short term, Moscovitch says, but they could also have unexpected negative consequences in the long term. https://www.inverse.com/mi/social-anxiety-coronavirus-masks #storiesthatmatter

It was super easy, actually, which was the scary part. #storiesthatmatter

We try to share stories on this page that signal a potential huge change coming...this is one. The debate is larger than just the 30 percent cut. Apple is facing heightened criticism these days over how it not only manages the App Store and its mandatory fees, but also for how it applies its guidelines in ways some developers and critics feel is unfair and may in fact be designed to benefit Apple over its competitors. https://www.theverge.com//apple-fortnite-ios-app-stor...e-vio #storiesthatmatter

https://petapixel.com//volvo-says-all-public-instagram-ph/ #storiesthatmatter

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