2 novel ways of using your mobile phone - in business and art.  Links via Smart Mobs :

Upscale UK Hair Salon Chain launches MMS Hairstyle Gallery.

In an interesting example of multi media messaging applied to business, the Toni&Guy chain of upmarket hair salons in the UK is offering their customers the option to download pictures of hairstyles from a large gallery of photos online, onto their mobile phone. This way they can discuss their potential new look with family and friends before visiting a hairsalon, according to 160characters.org.

Camera phones find role in art.

When picture phones meet the Arts. On September 13, the Norwegian Theatre in Oslo held the opening of the what is the first exhibition of photo art, Bromkameratenes Nokiagalleri, featuring photos taken by means of camera phones in Norway - and possibly also the first of its kind throughout Europe.

The exhibition is comprised of approximately 80 pictures taken with a Nokia 7650 smartphone, and combines new technology with older photographic techniques, according to InfoSync World via wireless savvy Techdirt.

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I keep hearing people complain about burn-out and stress, and have personally witnessed a few stress-related deaths of young people in the last couple of years.  And Doug Hall mentions an interesting DDB Needham Life Style Study that indicates that the number of people who feel that they are "under a great deal of pressure most of the time" has grown from 40% in 1975 to 72% in 1996.... [link via Fast Company Now].

As i get set for my vacation - a timely little piece from Inner Journey :

"A good rest is half the work." -- Yugoslav Proverb

Strong work ethic? You can still justify taking a break. In fact, we need to take breaks -- regularly and frequently. We work more effectively when we don't work so much.  Rest periods and vacations break our work routines. They help shift our thinking from its habitual, stuck patterns. They create the space for energy and creativity to flow. They give us time for reflection, so we can step back and look at what's happening in our lives with greater detachment. We become more sensitive and aware. And finally, we are stronger when we balance doing with being.

All work and no play throws our life out of balance and endangers our health. Our bodies and minds need sufficient rest for recuperation. This is critically important with the level of stress in our lives these days.

Sometimes :

"The time to relax is when you don't have time for it." -- Sidney J. Harris

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