... conference, Michael Galpin wrote (as an aside) that he doesn't like analogies to software engineering. I've been meaning to write ... current favourites. Background I've been making analogies for a long time. My favourite teachers made ... background, here are some ideas that have lit my fire lately. They may or may not be pure analogies, but they have sparked my imagination. Mozart's K ...

Seth Godin takes a quick look at of analogies Analogy is a very useful tool. When I was in taking physics in college one of my professors noted that success in English was a ... over again. When looking at a new experience try to recall what you have learned. Take a look at similar situations you have encountered in life and attempt draw analogies. They do not have to be perfect just approximate.

In fact, Iraq analogies have been flying back and forth so furiously in recent days that Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, the only holdover from the Bush-era cabinet, told Congress, “ ... — that many of the conditions that made the Iraq surge work do not exist in Afghanistan. More on Afghanistan Read more here: Iraq-Afghanistan Surge Analogies Mask Risks Of Afghanistan

... right analogy will help your jury understand the issues and remember your case for years to come. The more complicated your case, the greater the need for a simple and easy to understand analogy. The best analogies involve everyday things like family, sports, food, and the news. I once represented an executive who had been wrongfully terminated after being instrumental in bringing in a ton of ...

... in 2007. It basically boils down to concentrating on one area and focus. It provides a worldview that provides solid constraints but focused energy. I realize that describing this one is harder than it looks, but hopefully you get the idea. Post from: Marketing.fm - Eric Friedman You should follow me on Twitter <a href=" Startup Analogies: Putting the wood behind one arrow

... giant inflationary explosion, and a lot of folks on the edges are complaining that we’re not using nearly enough. I wish I could tell you how this is going all turn out, and I really wish I was one of those nice warm smores folks, but I’m afraid that I’m not, and the semester is nearly over. We’ll have to wait for Random Economic Analogies 102 to see how the story goes..

... makes that comparison is as wrong as my cousin - and clearly knows very little about Nazism. The thing about historical analogies is they can cut both ways. The name Hitler or the label Nazi can evoke a powerful knee ... analogy - by the success of the postwar occupation of Germany and Japan. Analogies are useful, that's the message. But know your history and don't latch onto the wrong one, ...

... then there is always something else to move on to. Lately, I've been hearing numerous rape analogies regarding involving President Obama or the government in general as the rapist, and the American public as the victim that have really struck a never. No matter how many times I hear these analogies, I'm outraged and disgusting that such a horrific act could be used to drum up fear ...

…Bill Moyers has first-hand experience with things like this: BILL MOYERS: Now in a different world, at a different time, and with a different president, we face the prospect of enlarging a different war. But once again we’re fighting in remote provinces against an enemy who can bleed us slowly and wait us out, because he will still be there when we are gone. Once again, we are caught ...

A fan spinning on high spinning ultra-quick appearing in slow motion from afar, just as life may sometimes seem as you take a step back from the blender. Cars doing eighty on the freeway take eons to reach your vantage point but fly by in a blur as they pass. It’s living life in the moment. Same as anything, a boat makes wake breaking up the smooth pane of water. How else could drama be born ...

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If you’re new to Analogous Friday, welcome to the your awesomeland. This is a little doo-dad I do every week (on a Friday, no duh) where I share with you a wicked video that I’ve come across for your entertainment. Then, after said entertainment, I’ll make some asinine analogy for how it relates to marketing and business. Then, in the comments, you continue the analogousness and come up ...

TalkingPointsMemo notes an odd simile, using the headline: Tom Friedman Compares Afghanistan To "Special Needs Baby". Friedman told Fareed Zakaria: This is nation building. This is nation building 101 in the most fragmented country in the world. Fareed, we're talking about Afghanistan. And we're talking about America in the middle of the great recession. I feel like we're ...

(NB, It's me, the P-G) Right. Can we stop with this "Would you board a 'plane" nonsense right now? Here's Johann Hari with a classic of the genre: Imagine you are about to get on a plane with your family. A huge group of qualified airline mechanics approach you on the tarmac and explain they've studied the engine for many years and they're sure it will crash if you ...

In an private dialogue we discussed how precise analogies must be in halachah For a highly imprecise analogy, consider that we use the Babylonian "yardstick" for v'tein tal umatar all throughout the golah even though we are only "bavel" by not being EY! Our agricultural climate is very different We are "Bavel" in a sense, but in an imprecise sense. I made a ...