Florence Nightingale’s Amazing Career
Posted by charles in Careers, Life Stories, Women on 30. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments
I have written a book called Amazing Careers and Florence Nightingale is one of the people featured. Florence Nightingale was known as the lady of the lamp. The reason is that late at night in an army field hospital during the Crimea War she would go round to try and help the injured soldiers. Today, [...]
Gutenberg and the Ipad – An Amazing Journey
Posted by charles in Inventors, People on 30. Jan, 2010 | 10 Comments
As I watched the video of Steve Jobs launching the new Apple Ipad my mind turned to another great innovator – Johannes Gutenberg. He developed the first moveable type printer in Europe. Until he made the great breakthrough, about 1435, people had to write everything with quill and ink. Therefore, it made it difficult to [...]
Amazing Idea – Wireless and Marconi
Posted by charles in Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Places on 27. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
Imagine you have an amazing idea. No one believes what you say. But, you know you can send a message from one village to another and one town to another in a second. Today, we take it for granted. But in the 19th century it was a wild idea. People laughed at inventors who talked [...]
Australia Day – Convicts and Colonials
Posted by charles in Countries, Life Stories, People, Places on 26. Jan, 2010 | 1 Comment
Early in 1788, old sailing boats arrived in Botany Bay, not far from what is now the Sydney International Airport. Fast forward to 2012.What a contrast! If only the original settlers to Australia could return today and see what has been achieved. Australia is now a thriving country of over 22 million people who, for [...]
Marie Curie – An Amazing Woman
Posted by charles in Careers, People, Scientists, Self Development, Women on 25. Jan, 2010 | 3 Comments
How much of your time is put to good use and how much is wasted? What can you do to make the best of your time?I find it interesting to see how people use their time. In my search for amazing people, I have found a number of people who have triumphed over adversity and [...]
Peace or Death
Posted by charles in Entrepreneurs, Inventors, Life Stories on 23. Jan, 2010 | 2 Comments
I was interested to read the life story of Alfred Nobel, whose name is famous for the Nobel Prizes awarded each year. When in Paris, he went to a cafe and while drinking his coffee read a newspaper. In the obituary column, to his horror he saw his own name. The notice said that the [...]
