Sunday video: Bio of Richard Feynman

Easter Links

• RT @TheEconomist: India's six largest airlines are predicted to post combined losses of $1.6 billion this fiscal yearhttp://flip.it/gX0Z0 
• Why the Rich Don't Give to Charity - Ken Stern - The Atlantic http://j.mp/16NY1Cj  (via Instapaper)
• Seven Record Breaking Elevators[infographic] | http://bit.ly/15RfC99 
• A Laggard in the Lab | http://bit.ly/YdyjUA 
• Women make better decisions than men, study suggests http://bit.ly/Ydy783 
• Why Americans Are the Weirdest People in the World http://bit.ly/XBMxur 
• How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy — HBS Working Knowledge http://bit.ly/11O26T7
• After Yahoo Acquires Summly, Is Buying Math The Next Tech Bubble? : All Tech Considered : NPR http://bit.ly/15SSPJY
• In Praise of Sheryl Sandberg (and all women) | ContraCarbon http://bit.ly/11O3HZk
• Massively incomplete markets http://noahpinionblog.blogspot.ca/2013/03/markets-in-almost-nothing.html … 
• Weather in March: What You Expect vs. What You Get (by @flutteringmuse) http://flip.it/XVVI1  
• Ten Things Extraordinary People Say Everyday: http://ow.ly/jATd7  (via @Inc)

Long reads:

• The science of what you put in your mouth – NYT
• Hugh Hefner profile - Esquire
• Love Your KitchenAid? Inside the American Housewares Craze - Newsweek and The Daily Beast http://j.mp/10PwDBh
• Lunch with the founder of the PE Giant Carlyle - FT
• 14 words from Sweden that need to be added to English - Atlantic
• A profile of hedgie Carl Icahn – Forbes
• Is giving the secret to getting ahead - NYT
• n+1: Kickstart My Heart with Adderall http://bit.ly/Wf5aH4
• A gem from the past: The history of the apple tree - "Henry David Thoreau" Atlantic
• When David Einhorn Talks, Markets Listen—Usually - Businessweek http://bit.ly/Yg893E
• The Beatles vs. the Taxman: A Former Manager Recalls Yesterday     - Bloomberg http://bit.ly/Yg8a7F
• The story of Samsung - Businessweek
• The case for revenge chronicle
• A brief history of neon signs lareview
• An eye to eye with a whale Theatlantic
•  "Feminism’s Tipping Point" A former Facebook exec critiques the "Lean In" movement: http://long.fm/ZBlvXn  (@fake_train, new @DissentMag)

FW: Eurozone Crisis Timeline

click for interactive graphic Source: Guardian

 

Costly calamities[graph]

Via; Economist View article...

Global chocolate production[chart]

Via: Reuters

FW: Wednesday Links

Peanut Butter & Co. Expansion - Business Insider http://bit.ly/15QaYZ1 

McDonald's No. 1 Overall, But Doesn't Rank With Millennials | News|Advertising Age http://bit.ly/10CrgFu 

A Bizspeak Blacklist - Bryan A. Garner-Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/Ykgg1f 

New Research: The State of Work for Indian Women - Sylvia Ann Hewlett-Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/XDHYQJ 

The Sunk Cost Fallacy | The Reformed Broker http://bit.ly/XDjEOU 

1 Billion Endorsements Given on LinkedIn [INFOGRAPHIC] | Official LinkedIn Blog http://bit.ly/12uaV9a 

A Totally Different Take on Mobility: The LinkedIn inDay Shake [VIDEO] | Official LinkedIn Blog http://bit.ly/10GN82l 

Electronic cigarettes: No smoke. Why the fire? | The Economist http://buff.ly/Y24Lte 

E-commerce in China: The Alibaba phenomenon | The Economist http://bit.ly/11DWdbj 

Nelson Peltz plots £112bn Cadbury merger - Telegraph http://bit.ly/10Gh3Yv 

How Busy People Find Time to Think Deeply | LinkedIn http://bit.ly/13TkKxk 

Dude, Where's My Red Wine Pill? | New Republic http://bit.ly/Y3PF6i 

Google’s trust problem http://wapo.st/WMw1Lb 

Management and organization – Dilbert

Books Everyone Should Read

 

Via:  Information is Beautiful

 

FW: Steve Jobs: The Most Important Thing

 

I've seen this Steve Jobs video floating around in the last few days.  In it, he discusses what he thinks is the most important thing about understanding life.  Jobs was marginally (barely) smarter than me so I'll let him do the talking: "When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money.  But that's a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact – everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use. And the  minute you understand that you can poke life and push it and something will pop out the other side, that you can change it, you can mold it, that's maybe the most important thing.  To shake off this erroneous notion that life is there and you're just gonna live in it.  Versus embrace it, change it, improve it, make your mark upon it.  I think that's very important.  Once you learn that, you'll want to change life and make it better because it's kind of messed up in a lot of ways.  Once you learn that you'll never be the same again." The post Steve Jobs: The Most Important Thing appeared first on PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM.

 

Monday Links

• Yes, For Real, It’s An Invisible Bicycle Helmet And It IS Awesome | Design for Good|Big Think http://bit.ly/11C5UXz
• Farting in love - http://buff.ly/11zjHyf
• Why Weirdos Outperform Normals | LinkedIn http://bit.ly/11C9T6A
• Eight Reasons Business Travelers Shouldn't Work on Planes - Businessweek http://buff.ly/10rJXvm
• How One Man Turned Himself Into a Publicly Owned Company - Rob Walker-The Atlantic http://buff.ly/10oLBhi
• Spouses Probably Shouldn't Try to Split Household Tasks Exactly Evenly - Noah Berlatsky-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/ZJYvEo
• The Most Controversial Math Problems - Business Insider http://bit.ly/11CYvat
• European Soccer's Master of Match-Fixing - Businessweek http://bit.ly/11D0YBV
• Free works – http://buff.ly/14a560E

Don't work on a plane[infographic]

Via: BW

Weekend Long reads

• The Chemistry of dog food and tasting sessions| Popular Science http://bit.ly/11jOfDV
• Lunch with the FT: Noam Chomsky - http://bit.ly/11bglkE 
• Profile of Twitter founder: Jack - Vanity Fair http://bit.ly/glNLpc 
• Silicon, Iron, and Shadow - By David W. Barno-Foreign Policy http://bit.ly/10s6Gr9
• Sweatshops still make your clothes - http://buff.ly/Yue5SY
• Life : Warren Buffett Timeline http://of bit.ly/11phsgL 
• Book Publishers Scramble to Rewrite Their Future | Underwire http://bit.ly/14e5JWY 
• Incredibly well written: The Modern King in the Arab Spring - Jeffrey Goldberg-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/11l2f0f 
• The Chemistry dog food tasting | Popular Science
• Starbucks's Shoddy Square Rollout Baffles Baristas, Confuses Customers | Industries To Watch | Fast Company
• 2 Reasons to Keep an Eye on GitHub | Inc
• True To Its Roots: Why Kickstarter Won't Sell | Fast Company
• See No Evil: The Case of Alfred Anaya | Threat Level http://bit.ly/YsJQMr

5 Utility trends[chart]

 

 

Visua.ly

Voyager 1 in outer space[chart]

Via: reuters

Thursday Links

• How Amazon Prime Became More Successful than Anyone Imagined | http://bit.ly/YmuqZT
• Mistakes, Excuses and Painful Lessons From the Iraq War - Bloomberg http://bit.ly/10mErKz
• Is Immigration Reform At The Tipping Point? | TPMDC http://bit.ly/11jObEi
• Your Business Needs Insight, Not Just Pretty Pictures - HBR
• 3D-printing gunsmiths who make their blueprints available for free download are granted firearms licence | Mail Online http://buff.ly/10kO0cV
• BBC News - Night nurseries: Sweden's round-the-clock childcare http://bit.ly/ZG8Pxg
• Fascinating long read: The Chemistry of dog food and tasting sessions| Popular Science http://bit.ly/11jOfDV

Oscar gratitude[chart]

Via: fd

Iraq death count[chart]

 

Via: Reuters

Wednesday Links

• Forget the Cellphone Fight — We Should Be Allowed to Unlock Everything We Own | Wired Opinion http://buff.ly/YmcyOP
• Why Twenty-Somethings Aren't Doomed to Be Poor (but Thirty-Somethings Might Be) - Business-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/15hPvIa 
• When Celebrities Like Mila Kunis Talk Stocks, It’s Time To Get Out Of The Market - The Daily Beast http://bit.ly/145MSNJ 
• ‘It’s Becoming Idiotic,’ the Senate’s Riveting Story of the London Whale - The Market Now http://bit.ly/ZIyhCj 
• East India Company: The Original Too-Big-to-Fail Firm - Bloomberg http://bit.ly/ZIwtcp 
• Coffee Here, and Coffee There: How Different People Serve the World’s Favorite Hot Drink | Off the Road http://bit.ly/11bFzzy 
• Meet the Hedge Fund Managers Turning a Profit on Sandy Hook http://bit.ly/16EzMGE 
• Most valuable companies in history, adjusted for inflation | Photo Gallery|Yahoo! Finance Canada http://bit.ly/Yn11xO 
• Letters of Note: Frank Sinatra on Crossword Puzzles http://bit.ly/10dvoeF 
• Yogurt For Men: A Review : The Salt : NPR http://bit.ly/ZDXZYB 

Long Reads:

• Lunch with the FT: Noam Chomsky - http://bit.ly/11bglkE 
• Profile of Twitter founder: Jack - Vanity Fair http://bit.ly/glNLpc 

Language learning trends[chart]

The internet needs a plan B[TED talks]

A Bit expensive[chart]

via: ECONOMIST

Tuesday Links

• Wanted: People willing to die on Mars - World-CBC News http://bit.ly/10cuuiw 
• Lululemon Has A See-Through Yoga Pants Problem - Corporate Intelligence-WSJ http://bit.ly/10cuijy 
• Xiao Quits Bank of China to Take Helm at Securities Watchdog - Bloomberg http://bit.ly/10csQxo 
• Better Colleges Failing to Lure Talented Poor - http://bit.ly/119OVvr 
• 21 Best Places To Retire In The World - Business Insider http://bit.ly/136n9Fl 
• EA CEO Sends Farewell Letter: 'My Decision To Leave EA Is Really All About My Accountability' - Business Insider http://bit.ly/136mB2f 
• Globe Specialty Metals: Trapped in Silicon's Valley - http://bit.ly/136imng 
• Bringing Extinct Species Back to Life - Pictures, More From National Geographic Magazine http://bit.ly/136i5Rd 
• Why Radical Change Is Better Than Slow Change - Forbes http://bit.ly/YMqvbj 
• The Best Definition of Success Is the One You Never Use | LinkedIn http://buff.ly/12SM7bf 
• Drones: A Booming Business? - http://nyti.ms/ZLe1yg 
• Important Things to Consider Before Taking a Carnival Cruise - Alexander Abad-Santos-The Atlantic Wire http://bit.ly/YhXoNz 
• Lee Cooperman Says Market is Fairly Valued, Talks Some of His Positions ~ market folly http://bit.ly/10cEDMd
• What Vegas Can Learn From Wall Street - Bloomberg http://bit.ly/11a6USC
• Tuition at Learn-to-Code Boot Camp Is Free — Until You Get a Job | Wired Business http://bit.ly/12VVHKq
• Debunking Myths about Activist Investors — The Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance and Financial Regulation http://bit.ly/10cRj5U
• Freakonomics » Ray Dalio on the Upside of Negative Feedback http://bit.ly/YJNJi2
• Bill Ackman on what makes a good investment http://bit.ly/11ahk4J

FW: A Guide Post for the Market and Recessions

David Rosenberg: "At the same time, in the name of staying disciplined and caring about what history has to say on the matter, if the economic is not in a recession and the Fed is in accommodation mode, the overall tendency of the market is to push higher. … So if there is no recession and the Fed remains accommodative (its balance sheet expansion is akin to a 125 bps rate cut this year) history, for what it's worth, tells us that bull markets are more the norm than bear markets (correction aside), and the 'clock' below shows these episodes to be the most constructive for equity market performance."     Via:  PRAGMATIC CAPITALISM.

 

Global arms trade[chart]

 

Via: reuters

Weekend Links

• RT @NBCNewsBusiness: J.C.Penney places a bet on Joe Fresh http://flip.it/34HTD 
• RT @Forbes: The best and worst companies for women and minorities http://flip.it/pKqQZ 
• RT @HuffingtonPost: Ex-bailout watchdog: JPMorgan's actions "entirely consistent with fraud" http://flip.it/9nKVw 
• RT @Forbes: Hershey's provocateur-in-chief pushes the candy company to $10 billion http://flip.it/yqfV4  #BestOf
• RT @Forbes: The pros and cons of job hopping http://flip.it/caFtu 
• A Few Hedge Fund Interview Stories (Including Meth and Stock Fraud) – http://bit.ly/YE1aQT 
• The Evolution of Social Finance http://bit.ly/YDZZAO 
• Erin Callan Appears NBC's Rock Center - Business Insider http://read.bi/ZXusuP 
• Swiss Tourist Gang-Raped On Bike Trip In India - Business Insider http://bit.ly/YDuyqb
• The Washington Monthly - The Magazine - Bar Examined
• China hacker's angst opens a window onto cyber-espionage - latimes.com
• Investors Embrace Climate Change, Chase Hotter Profits - Bloomberg
• Paleofantasies: Marlene Zuk says paleo diet is based on bad science.
• Less stress, more living | Harvard Gazette
• The Shadowy Residents of One Hyde Park—And How the Super-Wealthy Are Hiding Their Money | Vanity Fair
• Etiquette Redefined in the Digital Age - NYTimes.com

Its a Pope in a chart

Via: Reuters

Friday Links

·         Stop Fast-Tracking Your Career - Daniel Gulati-Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/XynSwP

·         It's Time for Tenure to Lose Tenure - James C. Wetherbe-Harvard Business Review http://bit.ly/14WknxD

·         Future of typing - WSJ

·         Work with your soulmate (Eharmony) - inc

·         How big gulp is like big tobacco - Buzzfeed

·         How spinoffs work  - NYT

·         Google fibre review slate

·         Long reads: Greed is good for groupon - Verge

 

 

FW: Sheryl Sandberg: The HBR Interview

An interview with Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and author of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead. For more, see the April issue of HBR. Download this podcast A written transcript will be available by March 22.

 

Links

• RT @TheAtlantic: Rest in peace, Google Reader http://flip.it/osblr  via @TheAtlanticWire
• Conclave 2013: Speech by New Pope, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio http://flip.it/pfVIN 
• Google Reader Is Getting Shut Down; Here Are the Best Alternatives lifehacker
• Aaron Swartz's Girlfriend Accuses MIT Of Dragging Its Feet On Investigating His Suicide by @owenthomas http://read.bi/10P6fti 
• Dan Pallotta: The way we think about charity is dead wrong TED
• Plagiarism and the link: How the web makes attribution easier — and more complicated — paidContent http://bit.ly/151bKSE
• Computer Algorithms Rely Increasingly on Human Helpers - http://bit.ly/151bOSd
• Commodities Squeeze Banks - http://bit.ly/151bPpr
• RPT-Twitter, social media are fertile ground for stock hoaxes | Reuters http://bit.ly/13Y3F5m
• Can anyone turn streaming music into a real business? | The Verge http://bit.ly/You5Fl

Ideal seat at a table[infographic]

 

Via: http://files.alexcornell.com/alexcornell-musicalchairs.jpg

 

Shrinking dating pool? [chart]

 

Via: xkcd

 

Wednesday Links

·         7 Must-Have (Free) Mobile Apps to do Your Job Better | LinkedInhttp://buff.ly/YjA55a 

·         Venezuela after Chávez: Where next for Chavismo? | The Economist http://bit.ly/YkOnmd 

·         "Breaking the 4th Wall - Movie Supercut -" http://bit.ly/Y8yjER 

·         Bruno Maisonnier: Dance, tiny robots! | http://bit.ly/YAVsja 

·         Departing Obama Speechwriter: 'I Leave This Job Actually More Hopeful' : NPR http://bit.ly/14TFqAU 

·         The Epicurean Dealmaker: Curriculum Vitae http://buff.ly/Ynw9NK 

·         Jimmy Kimmel Lie Detective #5 - YouTube http://bit.ly/Y5NQFn 

·         Daily Dot | The future of Reddit http://bit.ly/14CHPjj

·         Moore’s law is not just for computers : Nature News & Comment http://bit.ly/Zvv9eD

·         Rigging the I.P.O. Game - http://bit.ly/14WuOS2

 

Long reads:

·         Bill Ackman, Dan Loeb, Carl Icahn, and Herbalife: The Big Short War | Vanity Fair http://bit.ly/13VM9OW

·         De Nimes | VICE United States http://bit.ly/14WuKBu

·         My Summer at an Indian Call Center | Mother Jones http://bit.ly/rtsQ1W 

·         Hard Core - Natasha Vargas-Cooper-The Atlantic http://bit.ly/Y5VXls 

·         What to Look for in a New Pope - http://WSJ.com  http://j.mp/13QfDO2  (via Instapaper)

·         The Blind Man Making the World's Best Glacial Vodka | Culinaryhttp://bit.ly/Y5S3sD