Selectize.js shows how native <select> fields should work. So good. http://t.co/4IoouCzCMB — Joni Korpi (@jonikorpi) November 12, 2013 via http://twitter.com/jonikorpi
Monthly Archives: November 2013
Of Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent (pdf)
2013.11.11 – 22:13
Of Strategies, Deliberate and Emergent (pdf) Influential paper on business theory. “Comparing intended strategy with realized strategy, as shown in Figure 1, has allowed us to distinguish deliberate strategies-realized as intended-from emergent strategies- patterns or consistencies realized despite, or in the absence of, intentions.”
Content economics, part 4: scale | Felix Salmon
2013.11.11 – 19:49
Content economics, part 4: scale | Felix Salmon “I’m convinced that owning a first-rate CMS, one which makes publishing both compelling editorial and beautiful advertising a breeze, is a necessary precondition for success.”
Paul Keating’s address at the Australian War Memorial 2013: We are too wise to be cannon fodder again
2013.11.11 – 15:02
Paul Keating’s address at the Australian War Memorial 2013: We are too wise to be cannon fodder again “One thing is certain: young Australians, like the young Europeans I mentioned earlier, can no longer be dragooned en masse into military enterprises of the former imperial variety on the whim of so-called statesmen. They are fortunately […]
Evolution is steered by aggressive competition between females
2013.11.11 – 14:07
Evolution is steered by aggressive competition between females “So in the wake of pregnancy, when oxytocin levels are high, females are simultaneously more nurturing and more likely to go ninja on your ass.”
Tweet by cmdrtaco
2013.11.11 – 08:13
Simpsons rendered in CSS. Because shut up, that's why. http://t.co/HURx9Q2Kg2 — Rob Malda (@cmdrtaco) November 11, 2013 via http://twitter.com/cmdrtaco
Tweet by JoannaStern
2013.11.10 – 23:33
@michellebarna or @misssarcastic It seemed only right to ask here, where we first met: will you marry me? — Joanna Stern (@JoannaStern) November 10, 2013 via http://twitter.com/JoannaStern
Yes, I’ve Been There: On abuse
2013.11.10 – 23:25
Yes, I’ve Been There: On abuse “That vicious little voice inside you that cheers when you lash into someone — that voice is not your friend. It will never help you reach people. It will never change hearts or minds. It cannot build bridges, it can only destroy. It will never let you be happy, […]
Happy Birthday, Stranger
2013.11.10 – 20:43
Happy Birthday, Stranger Essay on Albert Camus’ 100th birthday: “Rebellion is at odds with the excess of revolution. … Revolution treats people as a means to an end; rebellion treats people as an end in itself. Revolution is top-down; rebellion is bottom-up. Revolution leads to terror; rebellion underscores the value of dignity in each individual, […]
20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson’s Advice on How to Live a Meaningful Life
2013.11.10 – 16:13
20-Year-Old Hunter S. Thompson’s Advice on How to Live a Meaningful Life “And indeed, that IS the question: whether to float with the tide, or to swim for a goal. It is a choice we must all make consciously or unconsciously at one time in our lives.”
Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0
2013.11.10 – 14:43
Alain de Botton: Atheism 2.0 Ted Talk about how atheists can take good parts of religion and use them without believing in God
Tweet by olivia_solon
2013.11.10 – 12:07
This guide to Simpson illustration no-nos is fascinating: http://t.co/UpidW1WbS8 — Olivia Solon (@olivia_solon) November 10, 2013 via http://twitter.com/olivia_solon
Best Headphones Under $30 | The Wirecutter
2013.11.10 – 09:23
Best Headphones Under $30 | The Wirecutter
Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups
2013.11.09 – 23:27
Welcome To The Unicorn Club: Learning From Billion-Dollar Startups Statistical look at breakout startup companies
Even Obama can’t violate fundamental laws of politics
2013.11.09 – 17:25
Even Obama can’t violate fundamental laws of politics “This law is that concentrated interests almost always conquer diffuse interests.”
What our minds do when we see someone’s body
2013.11.09 – 17:25
What our minds do when we see someone’s body “The researchers found that the capacities neatly clustered into two distinct categories — experience and agency, or what we might call sensitivity and competence…the current conception of people as intuitive Cartesian dualists … is wrong. Instead…we see the body together with some of the mind — […]
Tweet by KwalityRules
2013.11.08 – 07:20
OH: "I'm going to buy him a copy of the Mythical Man Month. Actually I'm going to buy him two copies so he can read it twice as fast." — Kwality Rules (@KwalityRules) November 6, 2013 via http://twitter.com/KwalityRules
Multilingualism: Do different languages confer different personalities?
2013.11.07 – 12:02
Multilingualism: Do different languages confer different personalities? This is one of the reasons I left Sweden: I don’t really like the personality I have/feel when I speak Swedish.
How families and feelings built human culture
2013.11.07 – 11:07
How families and feelings built human culture “A lone chimp hunting a monkey has only a 30 per cent chance of success but a coalition of 10 or more chimps has a 100 per cent success rate, so the selection pressure for chimps to form social coalitions is obvious. At the same time, males compete […]