April 2010
1 post
March 2010
4 posts
As no less a conservative authority than The Wall Street Journal editorial page...
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Rage Is Not About Health Care - NYTimes.com
Dan Ariely on our buggy moral code | Video on TED.com
Why You Can’t Work at Work | Jason Fried | Big Think
February 2010
10 posts
Organizational diversity and accountability is paramount for long term success...
– Corporate Bullshit Generator
In his article “Human Decision-Making: A Scary Thing,” Dr. Jim Phelps says that...
– » Should You Really Be Reading This Post? | Get Rich Slowly
Although most of the attention on Olympic national medal totals focuses on the...
– Olympic notebook: A fresh look at the medal table | Beyond Binary - CNET News
This week thousands of visitors arrived at ReadWriteWeb thinking we were the new...
– We’re Still Not Facebook: Lessons from Late Adopters - ReadWriteStart
Hmmm. You think it’s a coincidence? Costa Rica is one of the very few countries...
– Op-Ed Columnist - The Happiest People - NYTimes.com
March 2009
1 post
Investors should be skeptical of history-based models. Constructed by a...
– http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/2008ltr.pdf
February 2009
19 posts
You will probably see 2011 be the year of color.
– Kindling a Revolution: E Ink’s Russ Wilcox on E-Paper, Amazon, and the Future of Publishing | Xconomy
For five years, Li’s formula, known as a Gaussian copula function, looked...
– Recipe for Disaster: The Formula That Killed Wall Street
The state of California — its deficits ballooning, its lawmakers intransigent...
– California Lawmakers Struggle to Strike Budget Deal - NYTimes.com
2. Oh those magic headphones
Those trendy white earbuds do more than you might...
– Some hot iPhone tips and tricks - Technology Live - USATODAY.com
His research has included sailing out to the middle of the Pacific and cutting...
– TED’s Greatest Hits - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com
Like other addictive technologies, I have a love/hate relationship with...
– Does Visual Studio Rot the Mind?
A tale of suspense, intrigue, corporate greed, and the stupidity of an authorization mechanism that isn’t turing complete. With code. (via Everything CUSEC » Zed Shaw: The ACL is Dead @ CUSEC 2008)
Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, “What makes a life worth living?” (via Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi on flow | Video on TED.com)
To them, the term “economy” means only one thing: jobs. Most people...
– The Blow the Working Class Saw Coming - washingtonpost.com
Perhaps most important for Amazon’s broader business, the Kindle is an...
– Business & Technology | Updated Kindle opens new chapter for Amazon.com | Seattle Times Newspaper
According to Rep. Paul Kanjorski (D) (PA-11), in mid-September of 2008, the...
– Daily Kos: State of the Nation
This is why you're fat. →
As hard as it is to believe, bankers who are living on the Upper East Side...
– Trying to Live on 500K in New York City - NYTimes.com
Great customer service is not something offered by the majority of companies and...
– Zappos CEO Talks Culture Fit and the Importance of Creating a ‘Wow’ Experience - ReadWriteWeb
Welcome to Retail History!!
– deadmalls DOT com
Perhaps a starting place for “tax, not shame” would be creating a top federal...
– Op-Ed Contributor - Please Raise My Taxes - NYTimes.com
Death and Taxes:2009” is a representational poster of the federal...
– Death and Taxes 2009: A Visual Guide to Where Your Federal Tax Dollars Go - WallStats
Luck is not a magical ability or a gift from the gods,” Wiseman writes....
– What It Takes To Survive | Print Article | Newsweek.com
The only way you can say ‘F*** you’ to fate is by saying it’s not going to...
– Printer Friendly
Joel: There’s a debate over Test Driven Development… should you have...
– From Podcast 38 - Joel on Software
January 2009
22 posts
Twenty years ago, the US DoD asked “What color is my parachute [programmed...
– Sigplan Not. Apr 1997: I Have a Feeling We’re Not in Emerald City Anymore
As our Georgia Computes! Project increasingly focuses on middle and high school...
– Mark Guzdial’s Amazon Blog: What’s the “Billiard Ball Model” of Computing? Permalink
Although his presidency is barely a week old, some of Mr. Obama’s work habits...
– Daily Routines
Obsessions are one of the greatest telltale signs of success. Understand a...
– The Interview Question You Should Always Ask - Conversation Starter - HarvardBusiness.org
It’ll cost $2.2 trillion to fix America’s ailing infrastructure,...
– US Aviation, Public Transit, Roads, Water Earn ‘D’ Grade: Engineering Report
You’re alive. Do something. The directive in life, the moral imperative...
– Quote Details: Barbara Hall: You’re alive. Do something…. - The Quotations Page
And I don’t mind the government accruing debts as long as every dollar is...
– This Bear Buys Stocks - Forbes.com
But in any case, it’s a very personal judgment of risk avoidance and how...
– This Bear Buys Stocks - Forbes.com
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — The final week of January began with a bloodbath...
– Bloody Monday job tally: more than 50,000 jobs lost - Jan. 26, 2009
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