Interesting Links for June 7, 2011
- I want to write more
It’s this laptop. Yes, the laptop is definitely the problem. If I had a MacBook Air instead of this ridiculously beefed up 13” Pro, I’d write so much people would give me money to tune it down. It’s…
- Sheryl Sandberg’s Graduation Speech for the Ages – Andrew McAfee – Harvard Business Review
- Solid-State Batteries – Technology Review
- Bar gymnastics
Some people I know work hard to lower the bar at work.
That was my strategy at gym class in high school. Not only did I do the minimum amount permitted, I worked hard to do just a little bit less…
- Caring
No organization cares about you. Organizations aren’t capable of this.
Your bank, certainly, doesn’t care. Neither does your HMO or even your car dealer. It’s amazing to me that people are surprised …
- Agency
A door is not responsible if it swings and hits you in the nose. Neither is the hand of the guy who punched you.
Philosphers and lawyers talk about agency. Responsibility comes with the capacity to…
- 37signals Product Blog: Launching soon: The Basecamp Calendar
- ✚ An Average Day at shawnblanc.net HQ
Most days I’m at my desk and starting the work day around 7:00 am. That sounds early when I write it down like that, but each morning I feel like I’m getting to work late. When I wake up at 5:30 or…
- Billionaires Ted Turner And Richard Branson Share Lessons In Philanthropy – Keren Blankfeld – Blank Checks – Forbes
- Microsoft Windows 8 steals from Apple in a very good way – Chicago Sun-Times
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- ✚ Writing a Weblog Full-Time
When I began writing shawnblanc.net full-time I was worried that I’d run out of things to write about. There are only so many apps I use all the time which I find worthy of in-depth reviews, and I’m…
- New Data Transmission Speed Record Set | Laser-Powered Rig Busts Data Transmission Record | 700 DVDs per Second Downloads | Tech News Daily
- Huge Flywheel Facility Pushes Towards Completion – Alexis Madrigal – Technology – The Atlantic
- Apple’s Jobs to Unveil iCloud Service – WSJ.com
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