Terrific Mentors » How to be a successful Mentee. More people than ever are asking what Mentees must do to make the most of their mentoring. The following six rules help to ensure success.
[1] Both Mentee and Mentor must agree the objectives and goals at the outset – keeping open minds so that as opportunities and problems emerge they can be accommodated. Some Mentees approach a Mentor not knowing what to expect. They must allow the Mentor to guide them in such a way that their expectations are realistic, understanding that they, not the Mentor, do the work. READ+
Formerly Homeless Student Starts Nonprofit to Help His Peers Get to College. Nineteen-year-old New York City student Orayne Williams knows a lot about how to avoid becoming a statistic. Last year Williams, who was abandoned by his family when he was 12 and spent his teen years living in homeless shelters, managed to graduate from high school with honors and enrolled at Manhattanville College on a full scholarship. His campus dormitory was his first non-shelter home in years. READ+
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To Create A Breakout Product? Start With A Narrow Focus.One thing we've learned from Apple over the years: Roll out a limited product and expand it later. When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in January 2007, he famously described it as being a combination of just three things. “It’s a widescreen iPod, a revolutionary phone, and a breakthrough Internet communicator.” Though every journalist and Apple enthusiast in the audience (myself included) was won over by Jobs’s masterful presentation, by the time we stepped into the light of day, glaring holes were evident in the iPhone. Why didn’t it have 3G data? Where was real support for corporate email? And why couldn’t you write real applications for it? READ+
Touchscreens UX: Godsend or disaster? Touchscreens have taken off – they have went from a rarity, to pressure based touchscreens such as on the Palm Centro, to mostly capacitive, multi-point touchscreens such as iOS products, or most Android devices. As a plus, they are fairly intuitive to use, so you may be wondering why I would ever even think to consider them a disaster in the UX area of design.To Create A Breakout Product? Start With A Narrow Focus.One thing we've learned from Apple over the years: Roll out a limited product and expand it later. When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in January 2007, he famously described it as being a combination of just three things. “It’s a widescreen iPod, a revolutionary phone, and a breakthrough Internet communicator.” Though every journalist and Apple enthusiast in the audience (myself included) was won over by Jobs’s masterful presentation, by the time we stepped into the light of day, glaring holes were evident in the iPhone. Why didn’t it have 3G data? Where was real support for corporate email? And why couldn’t you write real applications for it? READ+
In fact, you may think that touchscreens will soon take over the whole arena, and you will never get to use a button again. But, I would like to interject right there and say that there are some flaws in touchscreens. Remember the embarrassing Smartphone autocorrect fails? Most are so evident that you would wonder why anyone would ever buy one. READ+
David Bowie's Years as a Rock Recluse.
The Man Who Fell Off Earth.
To David Bowie's army of fans, September 16th marked a sad anniversary: It was the day in 2003 that he released Reality. He hasn't released a note of new music since. But there's been no announcement, no farewell tour – just silence. READ+
NBA owners, players fail again to reach deal; preseason canceled. Commissioner David Stern floated it as an idea more than a firm proposal: a 50-50 revenue split. Even so, the union's reply was inequivocal. "They said, 'We can't do it."' according to Stern. And with that, the remainder of the preseason was lost and the first two weeks of the regular season moved to the brink of cancellation.READ+Arts+ Entertainment Daily
"I think that it was a miscarriage of justice," Grace told PEOPLE Monday night after performing a waltz on Dancing with the Stars. "I only hope that Ms. Knox makes something of her life now because she's certainly been given a second chance." READ+
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