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Piano mysteriously washes ashore under New York's Brooklyn Bridge

A baby grand piano has mysteriously appeared under the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, right on the Manhattan side of the East River. Everyone in the city is speculating about its origin: Some people think it may be a viral marketing action, others think it may be an art project, but nobody really knows why or how it got there.

Remember “BRIEF” for Efficient Office Communication

Remember "BRIEF" for Efficient Office Communication

Too often, when we try to get our point across in email or other mediums, we have trouble keeping it short. Remember the acronym BRIEF to get your message across quickly.

Over at Fast Company, they suggest using BRIEF emails and presentations with the following formula:

B (Background): Provide a quick context—what prompted the update?

R (Reason): Explain why you’re speaking now—why should they pay attention?

I (Information): Provide two to three key nuggets of information you want to share. What are the bullet points of the conversation?

E (End): Decide on what note you want to leave the conversation. In this case, you may want to end by telling the CEO what you will do to get the project back on track.

F (Follow-up): Consider the questions you anticipate the CEO will ask you when you finish speaking and prepare answers in advance.

Check out other ways of saying more with less by following the link.

Less is More: Why You’re Saying Too Much and Getting Ignored | Fast Company

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June 7, 2014

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June 6, 2014

Guitar player grabs GoPro from a fan and uses it as a slide for a solo

Brad Paisley was playing on the stage when he decided to use a fan’s GoPro as a slide for his guitar solo. This resulting footage from the sliding camera is truly unique.

FCC Comment Page Buckles To Its Knees After John Oliver Asks Everyone To Comment

On Monday morning, we wrote about John Oliver’s brilliant report on net neutrality, which ended with a stirring "call to action" for internet commenters to tell the FCC why it should preserve a free and open internet. If you somehow missed it, here’s the clip again:

Many of our commenters noted that the FCC comment page that Oliver pointed to, FCC.gov/comments, appeared to be down for most of the day, either suggesting wonderful irony or that Oliver’s call to action has been monumentally successful. The FCC has put up some tweets in which it apologizes for technical difficulties, without explaining why they were occurring beyond "heavy traffic."

We’ve been experiencing technical difficulties with our comment system due to heavy traffic. We’re working to resolve these issues quickly.

— The FCC (@FCC) June 2, 2014

We’re still experiencing technical difficulties with our comment system. Thanks for your patience as we work to resolve the issues.

— The FCC (@FCC) June 2, 2014

Some of us quickly speculated that the two things were related, while some publications have simply assumed without question that it was Oliver’s pleas that brought the system down. To some extent I hope that’s the case, though I do fear a bit the kinds of comments people might be leaving.

Either way, the irony of the FCC having trouble under heavy loads concerning net neutrality was not lost on many people, who didn’t miss the opportunity to tweet some replies mocking the whole net neutrality proposal.

.@FCC can I haz priority access?

— Falk Steiner (@flueke) June 2, 2014

@FCC Don’t worry. If you pay $8M more to Comcast you might get a better connection. They might even throw in a $4M/m server lease agreement.

— Richard Risner (@Kowder) June 2, 2014

@FCC Maybe because you servers are running on the "slow lane" internet? Since when do you read comments that dont include cash bribes?

— Mark Rodgers ツ (@KC8GRQ) June 2, 2014