3 Trends That Are Changing The Way We Work Today – Yes. Yes. And yes.
"People don’t share because they like a project or brand … they share to help people who they want to see succeed."
To it's logical end…if you're only sharing with yourself, you only want to see your self succeed. Q.E.D.
Five Libertarian Lessons in HBO’s Game of Thrones – I would say there's a sixth lesson as well…the rule of law binds everyone. At least everyone with honor.
After Ned lost his head, there probably wasn't a more honorable guy in all of Westeros than Stannis Baratheon. Not the most charismatic to be sure, but he at least respects the rule of law. I mean, the guy didn't even really want to be king…he was just doing it because it was his duty.
Stannis acts on principle. And it doesn't really matter to him how many people have to die for the principle to be followed.
I'd better stop. That last sentence is a pretty good argument for political pragmatism.
The DOs and DO NOTs of running your first marathon – DO chase down people in your office who are trying desperately to get away from you talking about your training. Sprinting after these people counts as intervals.
Google Fit: Another Try At Health Data? – Until I can get an on-the-wrist HRM that doesn't spend more time completely dead in the water *cough Garmin cough* than it spends monitoring my HR, I'm going to sit it out.
Then again, I guess my only real option is to continue struggling with a HRM that is usually completely dead.
Cartagena, Colombia added to 2014 World Cup schedule – This would be a really cool place to race! #jealous
Everything Is Broken–All Software Is Bad – Hello World! At least the Pinboard->Twitter->WordPress plugin that will autopost this onto my blog works.
Well…most of the time.
School cancels reading program rather than promote “hacker culture” – Related…I'm currently reading "Natural Born Learners", which is about homeschooling/unschooling and very hacky itself in a lot of ways. Every kid is different, and every family is different. But I'm more and more convinced that your best bet at getting an education (whatever that means) is to hack it together yourself.
Focus – "Success comes from doing the hard part. When the hard part is all you've got, you're more likely to do it.
And this is precisely why it's difficult to focus. Because focusing means acknowledging that you just signed up for the hard part."
Word.