joshuago’s Bookmarks

15 MAY 2009
[Harper's Magazine] Invisible hands: The secret world of the oil fixer

To completely misread the intended purpose of the article: a good inspiring read to motivate yourself to build a good personal and professional network. The oil fixer relies on his contacts all over the world. "Of course you offered the advice pro bono, but you used that to build your network."

15 MAY 2009
[Fast Company] They Write the Right Stuff

The group writes software this good because that's how good it has to be. Every time it fires up the shuttle, their software is controlling a $4 billion piece of equipment, the lives of a half-dozen astronauts, and the dreams of the nation.

06 MAY 2009
[ReadWriteWeb] Top 10 Yahoo! Properties

A good overview of current Yahoo! assets. Serves as a reminder that Yahoo! still has plenty of cool, relevant products under its corporate umbrella.

06 MAY 2009
[Evan Williams] What Blogger Should Do

Blogger founder (now Twitter CEO) Evan Williams weighing in to say that Blogger should build a network of networks, point people to good content, get more out of the nav bar, create prettier templates, help people use the layout engine, make posting fast, become the aggregator, put ads in the app interface, and just do something radical.

02 MAY 2009
[Roy F. Baumeister] Is There Anything Good About Men?

The feminists thought, wow, men dominate everything, so society is set up to favor men. It must be great to be a man. The mistake in that way of thinking is to look only at the top. If one were to look downward to the bottom of society instead, one finds mostly men there too.