Word: blinks
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Freshman Dan Nguyen lost a marathon match to Nick Rinks in the Crimson’s only defeat of the morning. After Rinks grabbed a 6-3 victory in the first set, Nguyen struck back with a 6-3 second-set win. Both players refused to blink in the seemingly endless third set, but eventually Rinks persevered, winning...
Most business leaders would have a heart attack if their companies started training clients not to need them, as the Mayo mini-Ideo is meant to do. But Kelley doesn't blink an eye. "We have no trouble giving away this week's ideas because we think we're going to come up with better ones next week," he says. "We're quite happy to see them ride off into the sunset...
...Bush is the ultimate "Blink" President, to use author Malcolm Gladwell's catchy term, and recent title, for instantaneous, subconscious decision making. The slogan on Gladwell's book jacket-"Don't Think-Blink!"-is a perfect mantra for an attention- deficit-disordered society, and an apt description of the electric jolt Bush has brought to politics and policy. It certainly was the subtext of the 2004 presidential campaign: Kerry's thinking seemed tortured, paralytic; Bush's blinking seemed strong and decisive...
...there are problems. "We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always understand their fragility," writes Gladwell, who is way too smart to be a cheerleader for the immediate. Gladwell argues that blinking is best when it is reinforced by a lifetime of study and expertise. Bush's blinks come in two basic varieties: judgments about people and about broad policy. Bush may be a master at judging people-though one wonders what he saw in Vladimir Putin's soul-but he hasn't spent much time learning...
...similar functionality. AOL Desktop Search, part of an upcoming AOL browser (aol.com), will be free to members and nonmembers alike. Newcomer Blinkx (blinkx.com) has a unique approach: it automatically refers you to files that are relevant to what you're doing on your computer at that moment. The links blink in the corner of your screen. A caveat: desktop search might make it "marginally" easier for hackers to steal your private data, Gartner research director Allen Weiner says. But Weiner and most analysts agree that the rewards greatly outweigh the risks. If you've got a firewall - and anybody with...