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Links of Interest — February 17, 2011

I read a ton of stuff every day. Most of it in Instapaper on my iPad.

I star articles I like. And Instapaper provides a feed containing those starred articles.

Starting today, this blog will publish a “Links of Interest” digest twice a week. Enjoy!

I plan to curate this stuff more in the future, but this is a first step to get things going. Thank you for reading.

• 52 Cups of Coffee • Cup Three
• Make big plans

  …that’s the best way to make big things happen.

  Write down your plans. Share them with trusted colleagues. Seek out team members and accomplices.

  Shun the non-believers. They won’t be easily…

• Universität Würzburg: Nummer-Salat auf dem Handy
• Fanatics — Shawn Blanc
• 52 Cups of Coffee • the cup that started it all
• How should you treat your best customers?

  Here’s what most businesses do with their best customers: They take the money.

  The biggest fan of that Broadway show, the one who comes a lot and sits up front? She’s paying three times what the…

• S.P.O.N. – Die Mensch-Maschine: Lob der Idiotie – SPIEGEL ONLINE – Nachrichten – Netzwelt
• Ethical placebos (stunning, but not actually surprising)
• Alle Achtung – Ablenkungen fördern die Konzentration | alltagsforschung.de
• A Real Millionaire Next Door
• Maybe It’s Time To Practice A Little Minimalism In Your Business | David Risley dot com
• Inside Influence Report: Is Sooner Better Than Later?
• Management vs. Mitarbeiterführung Wie führt man Mitarbeiter und Unternehmen richtig?
  Da die Abgrenzung von Mitarbeiterführung und Management von besonderer Bedeutung für Unternehmer und Gründer ist – und beides in der Praxis gleichzeitig leider immer wieder vermischt wird (was zu…
• Mind vs. Machine – Magazine – The Atlantic
• The Dirty Little Secret of Successful Companies – NYTimes.com
• 28 hours in the dark heart of Egypt’s torture machine | World news | The Guardian
• What’s the use case?

  Visit an architect. On the first visit, right after shaking your hand, she unrolls plans for a house. “Here are some sketches…”

  Wait. That’s backward.

  Sketches for what? How do you know if I want …

• Good sleep, good learning, good life
• How to Beat Procrastination – Less Wrong
• The Future of the MacBook Pro

  Here are Marco’s speculations on where the MacBook Pro lineup is going. I think he spot on, especially since his guesses are based on the current MacBook Air.

  These next three paragraphs I wrote…

• Oliver Reichenstein — in:focus
• Unreasonable
• Back to Paper, Back to Work
  C.J. Chilvers on why he switched from digital tools back to paper ones for managing his task list. It’s interesting because much of C.J.’s change in workflow was based on the findings in Nicholas…
• Information Architects – The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard
• Triple Your Personal Productivity by Steve Pavlina