10 useful links (no. 18) - BBC listings 1923-2009, skype translator, online drum machine & 7 other useful links

the BBC Genome Project - search BBC listings information as printed in the Radio Times between 1923 and 2009. 

You don’t need Photoshop to be a designer - other resources

World City populations 1950-2030 - found via @STICERD_LSE

Booze calculator: What's your drinking nationality ?

Skype Translator Is Now Available to All Windows Users

New York Library Public Domain Collection - found via kickstarter

43 of the best websites to learn something new about marketing  

Webtools - no registration needed for students - found via free technology for teachers

instead of buying a 1980s era Roland TR-909 drum machine why not go here instead HTML900 - found via boingboing

guesstimate analysis online - found via @boingboing



Previous 10 Useful Links posts 

No.'s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17

3 min 17 secs of tim hawkins on #church - non denominational, church coffee #cafes, the message translation, "christian"

found via thechurchsofa

I fell over this Nasser vid on #hijabs & now I'm unsure whether I'm being manipulated or am just too cautious - how would you check out the truth on this?

found via rocker13666 on reddit

10 top tips - work perfomance #appraisal #jargon and #translation to what it really means

(ht microsoft clip art for the pic)

1 - Jargon        - Dominic has a confident grasp of his experience & skills
1 - Translation - Dominic is full of himself

2 - Jargon        - Dominic has a confident and articulate grasp of his experience and skills
2 - Translation - Dominic is really full of himself

3 - Jargon        - Samantha takes individual responsibility for team tasks
3 - Translation - Samantha does things she wasn't asked to do

4 - Jargon        - Samantha takes adventurous individual responsibility for team tasks
4 - Translation - Samantha does things she wasn't asked to do that others could do better

5 - Jargon        - Roger ably adds his long experience to discussions
5 - Translation - Roger bangs on about his 20 years experience

6 - Jargon        - Roger ably adds his long and varied experience to discussions
6 - Translation - Roger bangs on about his 20 years experience of being moved sideways

7 - Jargon        - Julia as a boss helped me appreciate the value of mentoring 
7 - Translation - Julia hasn't the first idea how to do mentoring

8 - Jargon        - Julia as a boss helped me appreciate the value of focused mentoring
8 - Translation - Julia hasn't the first idea how to do mentoring but tells endless stories

9 - Jargon        - I've enjoyed this appraisal process
9 - Translation - If I hadn't treated this process as a joke I'd have cried

10 - Jargon        - I've enjoyed this appraisal and the separate development process
10 - Translation - If I hadn't treated these co-joined processes as a joke I'd have cried

bible

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