Interesting links I've been reading…
A clock for procrastinators - it runs fast, but fluctuates so that you never know if it's 10 minutes or 1 minute ahead.
The five deadly sins of social media. Is marketing becoming more honest, or more manipulative?
One union leader thinks that unions are irrelevant.
Barry Ritholtz discusses how easy it is to fool your brain, and why investors should be concerned.
Web2.0? Bah. Seth Godin is ready for Web4. I think he hits upon the true value of the web - to push the complexity of our lives back onto the network, so that we are free to do other things. Connecting to others, being entertained, that's all fine and good but what I really want is to simplify my life. That is worth a lot to me.
Forbes has the top 10 riskiest businesses to start.
Have you read these books recommended by Warren Buffett.
Rob, did you read something I didn’t? Stern thinks unions are very relevant, just not in the traditional form. That is why he is distancing himself from the AFL-CIO. But he is not giving up organizing workers.
Web4? bah, Hugh is ready for Web8
http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/003658.html
Michael,
You’re right. I should have added “in their current form.”
The Business Pundit pulls through yet again… To maintain productivity I only read your site one time a day via RSS.
Yesterday, I ran across the Forbes article about the top 10 riskiest businesses to start. I thought, “Wow! This is perfect content for Business Pundit.”
Did I bother sending it to you? Of course not. I knew you would find it, and of course you did.