August 2010
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“We are currently mapping out the activity that an average brain produces when...”
– Computers that read minds are being developed by Intel - Telegraph
Really casts the term “knowledge worker” in a new light, doesn’t it.
“It turns out, for any plan to work, every team needs at least one asshole who...”
– Groupthink « You Are Not So Smart
I would attribute the propensity and tolerance for open dissent as one of the key factors in 8tracks’ success with limited resources.
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WatchTrailer for my brother’s forthcoming EP, 2033. If you like electronic and dance music, then you will enjoy this.
What Is It About 20-Somethings? - NYTimes.com →
Fascinating article on the developmental psychology of us “Millennials.”
What it fails to take into account are the underlying causes behind this shift of first-world social behavior, which is principally technology and specifically the internet. Really textbook McLuhan stuff.
The whole reason “Emerging Adulthood” exists is because of the exponential increase in the...
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“By now, the “minimalist” pattern should be familiar: a person who...”
– Bike Snob NYC: Good News for the Poor: You Can Afford to Have Nothing!
I am loving BSNYC’s ongoing minimalist jihad.
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“In technology, once you have bad programmers, you’re doomed. I can’t think of an...”
– You just can’t outsource things like employee happiness and culture.
What Happened to Yahoo
Lived that.
(via david-noel)
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/08/why-google-b... →
Does anyone have a link to a cogent strategic analysis of this instead of Wired’s pseudo-populist rhetorical blame?
“At the moment, we have a system of tax brackets well suited to...”
– Tax reform for the rich and ultra-rich : The New Yorker
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http://whatthefuckismysocialmediastrategy.com/ →
(via faketv)