February 2011
13 posts
January 2011
28 posts
“You know what we’ve found? Magical things happen when employees know they’ll get...”
– Un-Manage Your Employees, a great article by David Heinemeier Hansson on the self-managing teams at 37signals
$20 Amazon Gift Cards for.... $10 →
Well, roughly a million people have posted this on Facebook, and I’m nothing if not a blind follower of whatever the masses are doing.
LivingSocial (a deal-a-day website) is selling $20 Amazon Gift Cards for $10 today. Join the fun and buy yours today.
“Take books: The average Barnes & Noble carries 130,000 titles. Yet more than...”
– “The Long Tail” by Chris Anderson- the whole article is really interesting- definitely worth a read
“Take books: The average Barnes & Noble carries 130,000 titles. Yet more than...”
– “The Long Tail” by Chris Anderson- the whole article is really interesting- definitely worth a read
The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid Is Your... →
From McSweeney’s:
By now you’re probably wondering what this is all about, why FBI agents pulled you out of your barista job, threw you on a helicopter, and brought you to NASA headquarters. There’s no time, so I’ll shoot it to you straight. You’ve seen the news reports. What hit New York wasn’t some debris from an old satellite. There’s an asteroid the...
The Only Thing That Can Stop This Asteroid Is Your... →
From McSweeney’s:
By now you’re probably wondering what this is all about, why FBI agents pulled you out of your barista job, threw you on a helicopter, and brought you to NASA headquarters. There’s no time, so I’ll shoot it to you straight. You’ve seen the news reports. What hit New York wasn’t some debris from an old satellite. There’s an asteroid the...
“When you procrastinate, you’re probably not procrastinating because of the pain...”
– From Eliezer Yudkowsky’s post at LessWrong.com, Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting (I kind of have a fascination with reading articles about procrastination)
“When you procrastinate, you’re probably not procrastinating because of the pain...”
– From Eliezer Yudkowsky’s post at LessWrong.com, Working hurts less than procrastinating, we fear the twinge of starting (I kind of have a fascination with reading articles about procrastination)
“What Chinese parents understand is that nothing is fun until you’re good...”
– Amy Chua, in “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior” (WSJ Online)
“The fiddly thing about practice, whether at programming, exercising, playing the...”
– The 37 Signals blog
“The fiddly thing about practice, whether at programming, exercising, playing the...”
– The 37 Signals blog
Neither Here nor There...
Just a few randoms I’ve found interesting:
-10 Websites to Watch in 2011
-Can someone please explain what this is?
-“Bend it Like Beckham” was the first Western film shown on North Korean TV
-Lifehacker’s Most Popular iPhone Posts and Apps from 2010
-A documentary about competitive grocery bagging
-How to fold a fitted sheet (seriously, give this woman a medal)
Delta Auctions Off Flight Bumps To Lowest Bidders →
From The Consumerist: “A reader over at Marginal Revolution spotted Delta’s new system where when you check in at the kiosk it asks you to bid on what it would cost to get you to volunteer your seat. Below the entry box it says, “Delta accepts lower bids first.”
This is brilliant on the part of Delta, yet somehow seems so…. smarmy. Letting passengers underbid each...
Delta Auctions Off Flight Bumps To Lowest Bidders →
From The Consumerist: “A reader over at Marginal Revolution spotted Delta’s new system where when you check in at the kiosk it asks you to bid on what it would cost to get you to volunteer your seat. Below the entry box it says, “Delta accepts lower bids first.”
This is brilliant on the part of Delta, yet somehow seems so…. smarmy. Letting passengers underbid each...
“In their book The Power of Full Engagement, Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz describe...”
– Peter Bregman, “An 18 Minute Plan for Managing Your Day” (such a simple idea, but a really helpful one)
The Big List of Return Policies →
This is a bit after the fact, but this list of store return policies might come in handy if you (like me) are still holding on to some Christmas gifts that need to be returned.
(And if you have any books you want to get rid of, try Paper Back Swap- a service that lets you “buy” and “sell” your unwanted books through a system of credits. I’ve used it and have loved...
