Friday, March 2, 2012

The Daily Twenty #45


Dear friends - do not forget to take some notes! Funi is the place where you can keep all your favourite materials with your notes in the same place:)
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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly ... and cooperate
BUSINESS - Successful e-mail marketing - how is it done?
ECONOMICS - Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers
LITERATURE - Who was really a character called Oblomov?
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Larry Smith: Describe your story in six words!

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Thursday, March 1, 2012

The Daily Twenty #44


Selection for today is here. Hope you enjoy these free educational materials gathered for you!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Scott Heiferman on Meetup
BUSINESS - Seth Godin in 2006 talking about business and design
ECONOMICS -  Barry Schwartz on saving Wall Street with practical wisdom
LITERATURE - Giuseppe Mazzotta on Inferno  IV -VII
SOCIAL SCIENCE -Jamy Ian Swiss doing tricks

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Daily Twenty #43


The selection for today is here with some very interesting topics.

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Desney Tan and Scott Saponas on our bodies as the interface
BUSINESS - Nathan Eagle on global mobile workforce
ECONOMICS - Peter Whybrow on the look at the instinctual and social behaviors of economy
LITERATURE - Anthony Doerr: Butterflies
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Stephanie Coontz on Marriage

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Tuesday, February 28, 2012

The Daily Twenty #42


Today's FUNI daily twenty presents you again a wide variety of  talks and instructions on topics you are most interested in. Make your day count! Learn something new or think along with great minds!
Enjoy!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Klaus Stadlmann: The world’s smallest 3D printer
BUSINESS - What Makes Companies Great?
ECONOMICS - Richard Wilkinson: How economic inequality harms societies
LITERATURE - C.K. Williams' poetry of youth and age
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Helen Fisher tells us why we love + cheat

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Monday, February 27, 2012

The Daily Twenty #41


A new week has begun - enjoy the last week of February:)
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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Focus on Mobile Technologies
BUSINESS - Innovating your business model
ECONOMICS - James Mirrlees - Mathematics and Real Economics
LITERATURE - The themes of "1984" - George Orwell
SOCIAL SCIENCE - This time with feeling


HEALTH&MEDICINE -
ENVIRONMENT - What is acid rain?
ENGINEERING - Arduino Robotics
EDUCATION - Scholars as global citizens?
ART&DESIGN - Tips for beautiful design
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

The Daily Twenty #40


COMPUTER SCIENCE - Avi Rubin: All your devices can be hacked
BUSINESS - Sergey Brin and Larry Page: Inside the Google machine
ECONOMICS - Hans Rosling on global population growth
LITERATURE - On Virginia Woolf
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Robert Sapolsky: Are Humans Just Another Primate?

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The Daily Twenty #39


On today's wet Saturday, there's no place better to be than home. And at home, there's no better activity than educating yourself a bit.

Here's where The Funi Daily Twenty comes in - 20 materials for 20 different subjects, pre-selected and pre-packaged for your comfort!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - How cyberattacks threaten real-world peace
BUSINESS - Majora Carter: 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship
ECONOMICS - Martin Jacques: Understanding the rise of China
LITERATURE - What we learned from 5 million books
SOCIAL SCIENCE - The Web as random acts of kindness

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Friday, February 24, 2012

Funi Daily #38


Dear Funi friends - today - a video for you that you just have to see!

Sir Ken Robinson - Bring on the learning revolution!

In this poignant, funny follow-up to his fabled 2006 talk, Sir Ken Robinson makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning -- creating conditions where kids' natural talents can flourish.

Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we're educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.
Enjoy your day with Funi also tomorrow:)

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Thursday, February 23, 2012

The Daily Twenty #37


On this nice Thursday, we bring to you another set of top quality educational materials. Presenting the Daily Twenty #37 - 20 pre-selected educational resources for your comfort of watching.

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Joi Ito: Innovation in Open Networks
BUSINESS - Funny or Die's Dick Glover: The World Laughs With You
ECONOMICS - Saving For Tomorrow, Tomorrow
LITERATURE - Stephen Mitchell: The Second Book of the Tao
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Flash Mobs
POLITICS - Tariq Ali: The Obama Syndrome
MEDIA -   Martha Stewart: Brand Media in the Tablet Age
LAW - Protecting Content & Promoting Innovation
HISTORY - Mayan Doomsday Prophecy 2012 - History Channel
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Wednesday, February 22, 2012

The Daily Twenty #36

We present the Funi Daily Twenty #36 - 20 lovely learning materials, each with its unique knowledge to share. Just take the few minutes and receive what they have to offer :)

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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Software Engineering Tips For Startups
BUSINESS - Strategy 101 - Session 1: What is strategy?
ECONOMICS - Asian Development Outlook
LITERATURE - On Isaav Asimov
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Sociology Basic Statistics Theoretical Tutorial

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Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Funi's Daily #35

Instead of 20, we have chosen our favourite today's video for you:)

Julian Treasure - "Five ways to listen better"

In our louder and louder world, says sound expert Julian Treasure, "We are losing our listening." In this short, fascinating talk, Treasure shares five ways to re-tune your ears for conscious listening -- to other people and the world around you.
Today's video is selected from TED.

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Sunday, February 19, 2012

The Daily Twenty #34


We are proud to present today's Daily Twenty, composed of 20 free educational materials for your comfort of learning. Today exclusively from Fora.tv materials. A LOT of value in these materials really so pick one up and do widen your perspective.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Economic Cyberwar, and How IP Drives the Global Economy
BUSINESS - Doug Mack: How Social Media Is Affecting New eCommerce
ECONOMICS - The Economics of Good and Evil
LITERATURE - How to Make a Good 18th Century Novel
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Is the Pursuit of Happiness Making Us Miserable?

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Saturday, February 18, 2012

The Daily Twenty #33


FUNI wishes you the most beautiful Saturday in your life with 20 new materials for YOU:)
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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Paley Center: Protecting Content & Promoting Innovation
BUSINESS - Credit Default Swaps - Credit Crisis
ECONOMICS - Kurt Andersen - Renewing America
LITERATURE - This beautiful lovely sonnet - how to write a sonnet?
SOCIAL SCIENCE - What really is structural functionalism?

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Friday, February 17, 2012

The Daily Twenty #32

Here is the selection for today. Interesting topics from 20 different fields. Hope you enjoy them!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - David J. Malan on how computers work
BUSINESS - Cheryl Dorsey on social sntrepreneurial intelligence
ECONOMICS - Barry Nalebuff asks why not
LITERATURE - Giuseppe Mazzotta on Inferno I, II, III and IV
SOCIAL SCIENCE -  Paul Bloom on introduction to psychology

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Thursday, February 16, 2012

The Daily Twenty #32


We've got some pretty interesting materials in again: Keith Richards giving a longer interview and Nassim Taleb is continuing his fight against financial stupidity. Enjoy and don't forget to give us feedback!

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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Exploring Entertainment Content in The Cloud
BUSINESS - How the Social Wave Is Impacting Investments in Startups
ECONOMICS - Nassim Taleb: The Predictability of Unpredictability
LITERATURE - Top Ten Writing Rules From Famous Writers
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Sociology 101 - Weber, Durkheim, Marx & Mills

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Wednesday, February 15, 2012

The Daily Twenty #31


20 new materials for the midweek!
And of course, upload your own favourite materials on www.funi.me!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - The next big thing
BUSINESS - Driving Effective Social Innovation
ECONOMICS - Keynesian Economics Is Wrong
LITERATURE - Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 - Herta Müller
SOCIAL SCIENCE - All the Single Ladies

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Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The Daily Twenty #30


The 30th release of Funi.me's Daily Twenty is here - as always, 20 interesting materials for learning something new today. Give us your feedback how we could make it even more interesting and friendly for you!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Frank van Harmelen on semantic web research
BUSINESS - Chris Anderson on how web video powers global innovation
ECONOMICS - John Guttag on stock market simulation
LITERATURE - Introduction to theory of literature - semiotics and structuralism
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Cat Laine on engineering a better life for all

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Monday, February 13, 2012

The Daily Twenty #29

Start your new week with learning something from these 20 interesting materials.

COMPUTER SCIENCE - David J. Malan on Ajax
BUSINESS - David Bornstein on social entrepreneurship
ECONOMICS - Chris Anderson on moving to an age of abundance
LITERATURE - Giuseppe Mazzotta on Dante
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Bill Gurstelle on why taking risks is vital to our health

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Sunday, February 12, 2012

The Daily Twenty #28


And here it comes - Daily Twenty number 28!
Prepare yourself for the new week!
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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Steve Wozniak: How I Invented the Personal Computer
BUSINESS - Seven Secrets to Financial Independence
ECONOMICS - From Silicon Valley to Social Entrepreneurship
LITERATURE - Jean-Paul Sartre on Intellectualism
SOCIAL SCIENCE - What is clinical psychology?

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Saturday, February 11, 2012

The Daily Twenty #27


Today's selection is especially thorough as weekend is a good time to catch something a little deeper that can inspire you for longer and build a foundation in some particular subject. Enjoy!

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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Hackers: Outlaws and Angels
BUSINESS - Blue Ocean Strategy: Making The Competition Irrelevant
ECONOMICS - China's Capitalist Revolution
LITERATURE - Life and Works of Pablo Neruda
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Philosophy and The Matrix

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Friday, February 10, 2012

The Daily Twenty #26

We've got some great new sources here to compile yet another list of top lessons and lectures. The Internet's finest!

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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Google's Vinton G. Cerf: An Internet Founding Father
BUSINESS - Fred Wilson: 10 Ways to Be Your Own Boss
ECONOMICS - The Party's Over: How The West Went Bust
LITERATURE - Ayn Rand Mike Wallace Interview 1959 part 1
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Martin Seligman: Why is psychology good?

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Thursday, February 9, 2012

The Daily Twenty #25

It is a beautiful number - 25 days of learning, knowledge and good ideas:)
We WILL keep on going - because we want to be with you when you learn something new!
Please follow us and contribute:)
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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Technology in the next 10 years
BUSINESS - Jobs fight poverty!
ECONOMICS - The riddle of experience vs. memory
LITERATURE - Feminist literature
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Sheikha Al Mayassa: Globalizing the local, localizing the global

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Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The Daily Twenty #24

Midweek madness - yet another 20 materials pre-selected for you.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE - Jason Fried on sompetitive advantage in software development
BUSINESS - Jessica Flannery on how the Internet can facilitate meaningful connections
ECONOMICS - Technology and Invention in Finance
LITERATURE - Kevin Roose on his book "The Unlikely Disciple"
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Sinan Aral on social contagion

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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Daily Twenty #23

And some more lovely educational materials for you on this fine day - 20 together, each representing a different field of interest.

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COMPUTER SCIENCE - The Promise of Robotics
BUSINESS - An IPO
ECONOMICS - Indifference Curves
LITERATURE - Future of Publishing
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Dan Ariely: The Upside of Irrationality

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Monday, February 6, 2012

Daily Twenty #22

The new week has begun - new ideas with new learning materials!
Enjoy and learn - learn and enjoy:)


COMPUTER SCIENCE - Let's bridge the digital divide!
BUSINESS - Ben Lyon abut mobile microcredits
ECONOMICS - Mathematics and Real Economics
LITERATURE - The animated film - George Orwell and Animal Farm
SOCIAL SCIENCE - About marriage

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Sunday, February 5, 2012

Daily Twenty #21

It's Sunday and here are some really interesting topics for today. Just relax and enjoy, it's FUN!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Testing and debugging
BUSINESS - Jay Rogers on open sourcing your car
ECONOMICS - Dan Ariely on irrational economics
LITERATURE - Dr Anna Beer on literature and politics in 17th century London
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Malcolm Gladwell on human potential

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Saturday, February 4, 2012

Daily Twenty #20


It's weekend and thus the best time to recharge your batteries a little. But did you know that the brain does not tire - instead it needs just a different kind of stimulation. So if during the week you didn't have time to learn much new and build a better foundation for you (and your career), there's no better time than weekend to catch up.

We have yet again collected 20 great free educational materials for your comfort of just clicking and watching. Enjoy!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer
BUSINESS - Steve Jobs: How to Live Before You Die (A Classic)
ECONOMICS - Robert Barnes: The Future of the EU and Global Markets
LITERATURE - Biography - William Shakespeare 1/4
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Lucy's Legacy: The Quest for Human Origins

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Friday, February 3, 2012

Daily Twenty #19

Daily Twenty - find your inspiration! 
Today's selection has especially good materials in Law, Sport and Literature!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Web stories
BUSINESS - Where good ideas come from?
ECONOMICS -  Welfare Economics
LITERATURE - Interview with Nobel prize winner Orhan Pamuk
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Cultural dimensions - leadership training

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Thursday, February 2, 2012

Daily Twenty #18

Daily Twenty today - interesting insights to 20 different topics. Are you already managing your informal knowledge resources on Funi.me?  Start now!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Analysis of Algorithms by Charles E. Leiserson
BUSINESS - Eric Ries on Lean Startup (long interview)
ECONOMICS -  Introduction to valuation by Aswath Damodaran
LITERATURE - Overview of 18th century French literature
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Shawn Achor on the happy secret to better work

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Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Daily Twenty #17

How do you celebrate mid-week? Well, we of course celebrate it with compiling a new set of 20 excellent educational materials on 20 different topics. From carving a wooden bird in 5 minutes to really understanding what Mr. Freud wanted to say - find your favorite issue below!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Pointers and Arrays, Dynamic Memory Allocation
BUSINESS - Strategic Management: Routes to Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition
ECONOMICS - What is Keynesian Economics?
LITERATURE - The Doors of Perception (Aldous Huxley)
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Freud and the Psychoanalysis

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Funi Daily Twenty #16

Tuesday has 20 new topics for you!
You do not have to learn all of them now, leave some of them for the evening!


COMPUTER SCIENCE - Lesson 1 - Learn html
BUSINESS - Malcolm Gladwell - Human potential
ECONOMICS - Daryl Collins about 2$ living
LITERATURE - One evening with Salman Rushdie
SOCIAL SCIENCE - Vijay Anand - Combating Corruption


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Monday, January 30, 2012

The Funi Daily Twenty #15


And we start our week with Daily Twenty #15- enjoy your free materials and keep track of what you have already gone through on www.Funi.me

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Hari Balakrishnan on networks
BUSINESS - Overview of A/B testing
ECONOMICS - Arvind Subramanian on China’s ascendance
LITERATURE - Introdction to the poetry of John Milton by John Rogers
SOCIAL SCIENCE - John Kihlstrom on general psychology

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Sunday, January 29, 2012

The Funi Daily Twenty #14


It's Sunday and people are laid back but do stimulate your mind and learn something new even today! This is your competitive edge. Besides, learning is FUN!

COMPUTER SCIENCE - Levels of Programming Languages
BUSINESS - Seth Godin: Sliced bread and other marketing delights
ECONOMICS - Forces Behind Interest Rates
LITERATURE - The Secret Life of Oscar Wilde
SOCIAL SCIENCE - What is Culture?

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