14 Startup Post-mortems [http://ryanhoover.me/post/74229429351/14-startup-postmortems]: I think you learn more from failure, both in details and its looming possibility, than endless success stories. Well worth a read, even if you arenât of the startup world.
How can I accelerate my personal growth? [http://www.quora.com/permalink/KwQqyaPOr]: Youâll have to click through for the graph but hopefully this makes sense. Iâve never seen a better summary of how I feel about working life. > Choose âanxiety-driven growthâ over âboredom-driven growthâ. For Csikszentmihalyi,
Mobile to the Future (or Maxâs idea of âcloud screensâ) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r4vbV-2fSM]: A good watch but while heâs keen on mobile being the next big channel, I think Iâd just call it something like âcloud screensâ now. Convergence is most obvious in
We Didnât Eat the Marshmallow. The Marshmallow Ate Us. [http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/magazine/we-didnt-eat-the-marshmallow-the-marshmallow-ate-us.html] : A fun but interesting analysis of the old Marshmallow/ instant gratification test. > We want the instant gratification of an easy answer. We want to hear that character traits can
The reality of digital newsrooms: âcopy thrown online with a photoâ [http://www.theguardian.com/media/greenslade/2014/jan/14/newspapers-digital-media] : > A young journalist who read the Fleet Street memories of Brian MacArthur (here) and Phil Moger (here) wants to make clear that it isnât only veterans who
Some of what we did at Danger [https://medium.com/tech-talk/d823af31f7c]: > The company was called Danger, the platform was called hiptop, and what follows is an account of our early days, and a list of some of the âmodernâ technologies we shipped years before you could buy an
Casinosâ (and Facebookâs) worrying knack for consumer manipulation [http://timharford.com/2014/01/casinos-worrying-knack-for-consumer-manipulation/] : > Now consider addiction by design. What is not understood about modern slot machines â certainly not by the UKâs Labour party, which recently tried to spark a moral panic on the subject â is that
The Buffett Formula â How To Get Smarter [http://www.farnamstreetblog.com/2013/05/the-buffett-formula-how-to-get-smarter/] : > How to get smarter: Read. A lot. Warren Buffett says, âI just sit in my office and read all day.â What does that mean? He estimates that he spends 80% of his working day reading
The biggest shocker of 2013? That it really is a wonderful world [http://blogs.spectator.co.uk/coffeehouse/2013/12/we-dont-want-to-believe-it-but-things-really-are-getting-better/] : > Next year marks a millennium since the sermon given by Archbishop Wulfstan in York where he declared that âthe world is in a rush and is getting close
The Builderâs High [http://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-builders-high/]: > Whatâs the last thing you built when you got that high? You know that high Iâm talking about? Itâs staring at a thing that you brought into the world because you decided it needed to exist. For
Pizza Packaging Has Come a Long Way⌠[http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/12/an_evolution_of_innovative_technologically_advanced_pizza_boxes.html] : > Children tend to think of it as a little white dollhouse table, but the white plastic tripod inside your pizza box has an important
Almost Human: The Surreal, Cyborg Future of Telemarketing [http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/12/almost-human-the-surreal-cyborg-future-of-telemarketing/282537/] : > Letâs just put it out there: This a creepy system. On the Internet, no one may know youâre a dog, but on the phone? It just seems wrong. What
