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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:openSearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/" xmlns:blogger="http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008" xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><atom:id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031</atom:id><lastBuildDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:08:14 +0000</lastBuildDate><category>Thoughts</category><category>Social development</category><category>Education</category><category>Economics</category><category>Tech</category><category>World</category><category>Design</category><category>Tanzania</category><category>Communication</category><category>Photo</category><category>Politics</category><category>Measuring value</category><category>Projects</category><category>Media</category><category>Music</category><category>Metaphysics</category><category>Travel</category><category>Time</category><category>East Africa</category><category>Science</category><category>Youth</category><category>Video</category><title>mink</title><description></description><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/</link><managingEditor>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</managingEditor><generator>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>514</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-6473089893060559583</guid><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 01:07:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2024-04-30T04:07:38.379+03:00</atom:updated><title>End Of The Beginning</title><atom:summary type="text">You did not comply completely with plans. You bent the universe to suit you. This is good, but only insofar as you are not aware of the universe. Once you recognise the universe, understand it, and acknowledge it - which are themselves massive steps that can already take a lifetime - once you are aware, then bending comes with a cost. Not so much in the monetary sense; more so in terms of how </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2024/04/end-of-beginning.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-4000372970308295349</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Nov 2023 20:36:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2023-11-02T23:36:40.636+03:00</atom:updated><title>Wake Up Routine</title><atom:summary type="text">What&#39;s that unearthly sound?Turn off the alarm.Snoozing is dope.Shit, I have to get to work.What time is it?Let&#39;s have some water.&amp;nbsp;Let&#39;s stand outside for a minute.Send out today&#39;s assignments.How is my family?Has mum had her meds and breakfast?Where&#39;s my chai?Do I need a car today?Are there any fires burning?Who is that calling, I just got here!OK, let&#39;s start the day.&amp;nbsp;</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2023/11/wake-up-routine.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-1102343304447608316</guid><pubDate>Sun, 29 Oct 2023 09:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2023-10-29T12:21:13.062+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">East Africa</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Economics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Measuring value</category><title>In between 0 and 1</title><atom:summary type="text">Recently finished Peter Thiel&#39;s Zero to One. Found it very useful for examples of massive US-centric growth companies, but not very useful for business growth in Africa.&amp;nbsp;However, it did highlight for me the problem I&#39;ve been facing with Lateral Labs - there is a really difficult area in between Day 1 of a Sole Proprietorship and Day X of a Limited Company with investors. That is, growing a </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2023/10/in-between-0-and-1.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-2143121310695044933</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Mar 2023 21:54:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2023-03-08T00:56:15.180+03:00</atom:updated><title>About Focus</title><atom:summary type="text">Not too long ago, I argued for Distraction. But I am now reading about about Focus. I made the mistake before of seeing all types of work as one. There are however many types of work: There is at least Knowledge work, Creative work and Implementation work. Focus applies differently depending on the type of work. I think Focus for Creative work is essential.&amp;nbsp;</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2023/03/about-focus.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-94194073539559741</guid><pubDate>Sat, 26 Mar 2022 07:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2022-03-26T10:26:16.418+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Thoughts</category><title>Motivation and Discipline</title><atom:summary type="text">&amp;nbsp;A friend posted a question on LinkedIn: &quot;What matters more, motivation or discipline?&quot;For her, low motivation meant lack of discipline. So she was wondering which one influences the other?Let&#39;s try to understand the semantics first. The verb for discipline is &quot;to discipline&quot; and means to bring in line with a set of rules, to straighten out, to make consistent, usually referred to behaviour.</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2022/03/motivation-and-discipline.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-3476912124604962839</guid><pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2021 11:45:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2021-11-19T14:48:42.357+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Media</category><title>Media and Misinformation</title><atom:summary type="text">Truth is increasingly shaped by media actors, therefore the ethical responsibility over Truth cannot only be left to media actors. It is inevitable, as long as everyone else seeks integrity in Truth, that everyone else needs to do more to think about, investigate, and share or not share media according to what information is most important to be consumed at that place and time.&amp;nbsp;&quot;Most </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2021/11/media-and-misinformation.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-5260992793893572671</guid><pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2021 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2021-11-12T01:00:54.831+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Communication</category><title>Walking the talk</title><atom:summary type="text">Communications appears to be diverting from action.&amp;nbsp;Many ads promise the world, yet the companies cannot deliver. What, then, is the point of advertising?&amp;nbsp;If companies walked the talk they advertised, the world might actually have been better.The problem lies in what we envision for ourselves versus what we actually do about it.&amp;nbsp;</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2021/11/walking-talk.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-6859085501414166625</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2021 07:44:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2021-04-10T10:44:14.176+03:00</atom:updated><title>The problem with focus</title><atom:summary type="text">Focus gets things done. Focus has integrity. Focus encourages growth in one area.&amp;nbsp;Distraction gets things done slowly. Distraction has inclusiveness. Distraction encourages meaning in many areas.&amp;nbsp;The problem with Focus is that it needs to validate its meaning in the context of other things happening, while in its definition, it cannot.&amp;nbsp;</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2021/04/the-problem-with-focus.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-8916918873678138099</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2020 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-11-05T22:20:07.349+03:00</atom:updated><title>You know the US wins...</title><atom:summary type="text">&amp;nbsp;... when it gets precedence over our own president&#39;s swearing in on a national paper.Not impressed with the state of our media.</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2020/11/you-know-us-wins.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6f9hSAdMmQKo2mXgtnuvCyj9bAsgqCPcBcVUqhAS9TfdQOMo2ZFXnR56tKyhSM57FRtYE_pRLoQemufsc9ENTFiEJjn69Yjv40Dm6Vsa_1bywce-RaEXLl7MfV5lR25uP4yKe17sWUZbC/s72-c/Screenshot+2020-11-05+at+22.17.00.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-5883678274487407807</guid><pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2020 20:56:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-10-28T23:56:52.072+03:00</atom:updated><title>Voted today</title><atom:summary type="text">&amp;nbsp;A few thoughts over the last few weeks:1. Nationalism is one worldview.2. There are many worldviews.3. To what end does nationalism support our coexistence, locally and globally?&amp;nbsp;</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2020/10/voted-today.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-7819730589955204892</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 19:49:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-10-08T22:49:17.929+03:00</atom:updated><title>The nation again</title><atom:summary type="text">When I left college, I thought I wanted to serve the public sector in Tanzania. After working in civil society, I decided the private sector was a better use of time in chasing impact. Now, while running my own business, I am finding that the public-private division is an illusion. Governments are increasingly capitalist, while corporations are struggling to improve quality of life.&amp;nbsp;Today, I</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2020/10/the-nation-again.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-7331275906593937768</guid><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 06:40:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-09-17T09:40:47.354+03:00</atom:updated><title>Careers</title><atom:summary type="text">Careers are no longer defined by academic ability alone.Careers are now also defined by external influences.I see two main external influences on career seekers: One is the Employer, and the other is the World.&amp;nbsp;When you are asked to make a decision that has good implications for the Employer and bad implications for the World, it&#39;s what you choose that defines your career.There is no good or</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2020/09/careers.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-8845383566252055632</guid><pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-08-10T16:17:22.739+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Communication</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Design</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">East Africa</category><title>The trouble with local content</title><atom:summary type="text">I find many of my clients want to do the same thing that&#39;s happening elsewhere in the world on the Internet, but add value with &quot;local content&quot;.It makes sense - there are some part of African / East African / Tanzanian / inter-Tanzanian cultures that play into the way we do things, like business, education, behaviour change communication, retail, engineering, etc.&amp;nbsp;But to what extent? We </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2020/08/the-trouble-with-local-content.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-1292618990220983086</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-08-10T16:21:12.870+03:00</atom:updated><title>On resilience</title><atom:summary type="text">&amp;nbsp;Sharp, shrewd and shaky,Beat-down, bridled by brute,&amp;nbsp;Lost, lonely and livid.Yet...Hopefully, happy, and wholesome,Focussed on family and futures,Strong, confident and resilient.--Lucy Hone was right:1. Everyone has grief;2. Everyone has some good that happens to them;3. For every thing that you&#39;re about to do - assess whether it helps you live or die.&amp;nbsp;</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2020/08/on-resilience.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-3287877037918793958</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2020 18:23:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2020-08-04T21:24:28.799+03:00</atom:updated><title>Speed.iwarp.com lives!</title><atom:summary type="text">Big news! I found that speed.iwarp.com - probably my first website ever - is still up!&amp;nbsp;http://speed.iwarp.com/. I&#39;m glad because, like this blog, it is a window into the past. It tells me I have been designing websites for over 15 years, that cars were always a thing, and that creating art for the sake of art is precious.</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2020/08/speediwarpcom-lives.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCi8XSrojfftAgg5i6q8PEOosP2CnY1FUfeCUrqSolczFbT5UW_zRGn3Pkbkg9CvVjSloUTbvD-XRZMugLRXozkXHrp10a9eY3auBI8VxkkzyewnFk6E0pqd-zp6X5JG1yFggDWJoOQ6YM/s72-w320-h136-c/Screenshot+2020-08-04+at+21.22.31.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-7527949005148046347</guid><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2018 07:13:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2018-10-31T10:13:42.101+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Communication</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Education</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Science</category><title>We make the sacred profane (NUHA prize submission)</title><atom:summary type="text">
  2. I recently submitted an essay for the NUHA blogging prize. The question I picked was
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  4. &quot;Most people don&#39;t listen with the intent to understand; they listen with the intent to reply.&quot; - Stephen R. Covey. Do you agree?
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  7. My title was &quot;We Make the Sacred Profane&quot;. Here is the introduction:
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  9. Covey writes at an interesting time for humanity. While his quote is taken from a book about personal change, </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2018/10/we-make-sacred-profane-nuha-prize.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-4550040991785277378</guid><pubDate>Wed, 23 Aug 2017 10:46:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2017-08-23T13:49:42.543+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Thoughts</category><title>Still here</title><atom:summary type="text">
  10. Quick learnings from 2017 so far:
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  13. Without any creative activity or observation, work is boring and, if prolonged, diminishes happiness.
  14. Creative activity or observation is a serious endeavor, requiring time and money.
  15. No serious endeavor is ever left up to chance; the best endeavors are planned.
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  19. </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2017/08/still-here.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-3773678402128057412</guid><pubDate>Mon, 07 Nov 2016 14:32:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-11-07T17:32:29.638+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Design</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Education</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">World</category><title>The paradox of arts today [NUHA]</title><atom:summary type="text">
  20. &quot;We explore creation as we sense it, but there is no known example of a creature in the world that has the mind of a human. For some, it is the ability to choose destiny, to forge past what is right versus what is wrong. For others, it is the ability to love, to care for another in the most unique of ways. But, we cannot fathom a uniform definition of humanity except in the face of each other. </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-paradox-of-arts-today-nuha.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-3057402503707870899</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2016 04:26:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-11-01T07:26:52.337+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Design</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">World</category><title>Spam truce or limits</title><atom:summary type="text">
  21. Sometimes I think we are extremely loud online but only a fraction of it is valid, true, logical and factual, the rest is spam. What if every once in a while, we all agreed to stay quiet on all social networks? Or what if there was a rule that, unless you were licensed, you could only publish a maximum of 3 sentences on any digital platform?
  22. </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2016/11/spam-truce-or-limits.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-2078319295587347066</guid><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2016 05:55:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-10-31T08:55:23.317+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Social development</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tech</category><title>Load times and attention spans</title><atom:summary type="text">
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  25. I have been thinking about Focus recently. I have also thinking about how digital social networks are affecting our behavior and responsiveness to one another. And I have a hunch that our intention to make good use of time may have affected how much we are willing to stay on a subject.&amp;nbsp;
  26. </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2016/10/load-times-and-attention-spans.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-4633115129751471318</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2016 11:31:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2016-06-01T14:31:30.140+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Communication</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Economics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Education</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Media</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Social development</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Thoughts</category><title>On habits and disruption</title><atom:summary type="text">
  27. Are habit-formulation and disruption mutually exclusive? I read a lot about how successful people (Pending: Definition of &quot;success&quot;) attribute much of their success to well-formulated habits; things they do day in, day out that are fixed in a schedule bound by time. Yet, I also read about unconventional activities that lead to changes in the way our world works that were previously unprecedented</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2016/06/on-habits-and-disruption.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-785174042265573592</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2015 17:21:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-11-05T20:22:27.907+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Politics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Social development</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tanzania</category><title>Sworn</title><atom:summary type="text">
  28. JPM was sworn in today. I spoke to a few people and what seemed common across all opinions was the gratefulness for peace.
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  30. I interpreted this to mean that no matter who people vote for and what happens thereafter, the only implication is the effect all of this has on oneself.
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  32. The public sector feels as such: You can&#39;t touch it, hold it, directly influence it, but it has a way of touching you </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2015/11/sworn.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-5756303875905877750</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2015 05:17:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-10-29T08:17:50.902+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Politics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Tanzania</category><title>Voted</title><atom:summary type="text">
  33. On the 25th of October, around 8am, for the first time in my life, I voted for my government. It felt envigorating, after all this time doing research and making conclusions about Tanzania&#39;s public sector.
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  35. Results have yet to be announced as of today, and Zanzibar has nullified her votes due to an unauthorized victory announcement from the opposition, but this is Tanzania&#39;s most fiercly </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2015/10/voted.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-3727282147045410081</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2015 14:10:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-10-19T17:12:56.870+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Economics</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Thoughts</category><title>On private vs. public initiatives</title><atom:summary type="text">
  36. I have generally considered any non-profit organization I come across as being part of the public sector.
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  38. However, if I register a non-profit, and use my own capital to run things, regardless of the work that I am doing, is the organization still part of the public sector?
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  40. What if we did consider the work I was doing; would my organization be classified differently if I was running a </atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2015/10/on-private-vs-public-initiatives.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3131984792805201031.post-3364563726917622323</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2015 09:12:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2015-10-16T12:12:06.733+03:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Communication</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">World</category><title>The Economist&#39;s Styleguide</title><atom:summary type="text">Just came across this page on The Economist and am left wondering how I never saw it before.
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  44. &quot;Do not be hectoring or arrogant. Those who disagree with you are not necessarily stupid or insane. Nobody needs to be described as silly: let your analysis show that he is. When you express opinions, do not simply make assertions. The aim is not just to tell readers what you think</atom:summary><link>https://alamink.blogspot.com/2015/10/the-economists-styleguide.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (ak)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>

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