Borderline Personality Disorder

Minds on The Edge/The Mystery of Borderline Personality Disorder
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1870491,00.html

Useful links:
http://faculty.washington.edu/linehan
http://depts.washington.edu/brtc
www.psychiatrist.com
www.apa.org/journals/bul

Great article. Thank you, John. I have met countless One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest sort of people in many countries during my travel and work, and I have always wanted to ask, why? Could it be BPD or something else? No one had a clue. I still meet them. Sad, really.

Bill Cunningham Viewpoint

On the Street Fashion Barometer
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/10/fashion/20090110-street-feature/index.html#

On the Street Keepers
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/01/04/fashion/20090104-street-feature/index.html#

Fashion is a very predictable barometer, really. Thank you Bill.

House Of Bajocchi

Jewelry still sparkles despite global recession
http://dailystaregypt.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=18965

In many ways jewelry business is based on trust + personal relationship + experience + integrity + accmulated luck. Only a few succeed.

Free: The New Business Model

Buy none, get one free
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7811481.stm

Useful link:
http://longtail.typepad.com

I totally agree with you, Chris. If you've grown up online, if you're a Googlian, you intuitively understand that everything online is ultimately going to be free. It's really a matter of experience + state of mind. It's amazing and it works just the way it should.

Serving Communities In Many Ways

I was really impressed by Colin Powell/Obama-Biden transition team's Renew America Together initiative by asking Americans to make an ongoing commitment to serve their communities and their country via www.usaservice.org

I wish India was open-minded enough to introduce similiar initiatives urging Indians to serve their communities, really.

Random Thoughts

Diversity and independence are important because the best collective decisions are the product of disagreement and contest. … Paradoxically, the best way for a group to be smart is for each person in it to think and act as independently as possible.

- James Surowiecki
www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/jamessurowiecki

Art Market Update

Connoisseurs take back control of art market
http://www.iht.com/articles/2009/01/10/arts/melik10.php

Useful links:
www.christies.com
www.sothebys.com
www.delvaux.auction.fr

The amazing fact is desirable items will have no trouble finding buyers, really. The financial panic have driven away newcomers with money, and now the game is back in the hands of knowledgeable art dealers. Thank you Souren for the info.

Peter Aloisson Collection

Meet jeweler Peter Aloisson + his unique range of luxury mobile phone designs @ www.aloisson.com