It’s become unacceptable to not know it all. And in today’s world of information overload, that’s not ok. It’s not doable, so we are fooling ourselves. I find myself silently thanking people who look confused when some famous person is named or some incident is mentioned or a meme is laughed at. Keeping track of […]
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Working the travel points system I did some research to see when I should get two new Southwest credit cards. People look at you weird when you say you play the credit card game but I’ve found them to be worth it. This time I’m working on a Southwest companion pass for 2018 and 2019.
When we make a private company the keeper of the space of most of our conversations, we give them a lot of control. Revealed: Facebook’s internal rulebook on sex, terrorism and violence. I spend my day working on lots of different things and I’m often context switching. I was also playing around with the search
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Amazon’s new bestseller list tracks what people are actually reading. A bestseller list based on how many times the book was read, not sold. There’s not easy way to compare the lists but they are different. The Power of Habit, which I highly recommend was on the most read list but not the most sold
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We Recorded VCs’ Conversations and Analyzed How Differently They Talk About Female Entrepreneurs. Researchers study 2 years worth of closed door venture capitalists’ conversations. There was a big difference in how men and women were described and in how much money they received. Men were “Young and promising” where as women were more likely to be
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My family’s slave. A story about a family from Manila who brings along a person who belongs to them. And they keep her for 56 years. A family member without freedom. I feel like it’ll be a few days before I know what to say about this but the story is moving and worth reading.
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I am not an expert in poverty nor in economic culture. If there are any mistakes in this post, I likely understood it incorrectly. I hope that this post inspires you to go learn more about the social groups in our society and how we can all work more effectively together. Bridges out of Poverty taught
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Benazir Bhutto was assassinated today and the world is a poorer place for it. I had the opportunity to see her speak at a Simmons Leadership Conference a few years ago. I wish I had my notes to share with you (but they were in my company notebook which I had to leave with the
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This guy spent a week in the Mall of Americas in Minneapolis – all open hours and one night. It’s an interesting read just for the people he met and the things he tried. He met one woman who claimed to be a stay-at-home mom who shopped at the mall six days a week and
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I got an email called "Quite an Analogy" forwarded on by somebody I respect and it made me so mad. It said we should stop providing housing assistance, emergency medical care and free schools. Because if we did that all the immigrants would go away and life would be better for us. No crowding, no
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