Category: Links of Interest
Why Do we Hate Networking Events?
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I follow Ali on YouTube, but haven’t tried out the podcast until today. I particularly enjoyed their thoughts on having friends over from different backgrounds so that you mix up who people know. The idea of social optionality is also interesting.
Ethical App Design Video
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I’m writing a piece for a client on ethical app design and came across this video on the topic. The last few seconds made me laugh.
On Journalling
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Haven’t read the article yet, but it comes from Rafal so I count that as a solid recommendation. It’s in my Instapaper queue for Friday afternoon reading.
Famous Female Inventors
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I’ve been reading a bunch about innovation and didn’t realize that there were few female inventors being cited. So I went looking for some examples and came across this site of famous female inventors. I’m sure there are more, but this was the first thing I found that matched what I was looking for.
My Review of Apps to turn your iPad into a Second Screen
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You can read the whole thing over at The Sweet Setup. my biggest surprise was that Luna Display didn’t win. I was ready for that to happen and then I turned on Air Display 3 and well it was as good if not better if you want a second screen, plus it’s $9.99 instead of…
Don’t get a plane with your Disney Money
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Yup it’s a kid in the Disney family on how wealth affected her dad and the two different families that she grew up in as the wealth took a big jump. It wasn’t just the plane, but it’s not a small thing when you don’t have to be patient or be around other people. It…
Neil Gaiman and Tim Ferris’s
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You can listen here. One of my favourite parts was when Neil talks about his notebooks and writing his stories long hand because it makes him think differently. It at least got me thinking about handwriting some more of my content before I type it out.
How walls and surveillance affect us
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Jessica Wapner in The New Yorker: A few years ago, Tobias Vogt, who studies public health at the University of Groningen, in the Netherlands, decided to investigate whether the fall of the Berlin Wall had extended life expectancy. Vogt compared how long East Germans would have lived if the wall had not fallen with how…
My iPad Productivity Thoughts from 2012
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Back in 2012 I was hoping to walk around with an iPad as my main work machine. That’s what I’m living now though my bag is still fairly heavy since I carry so many books around just in case I have time to read.
Thinkpad X210 better than a MacBook?
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Geoff has a pretty cool post about his purchase of an old Thinkpad X210. Something very similar to this was my first computer for college as a hand me down from my dad. The MacBook Pro’s are entirely uninspiring. In fact I think they’re a bad investment currently since it seems that you’re fairly likely…