What wifi would look like if we could see it, via FastCoExist. Welcome to a new edition of Linkness!
If you only read one thing.
- The fire alarm is ringing. What are you waiting for? How a fear of change can prevent you from acting when it matters most. | Medium
Management.
- 42 rules to lead by from the man who defined Google’s product strategy | First round
- The choice for clients: Price vs value, vendors vs partners, delivery versus excellence | canalside view
- The mistake smart people make: being in motion vs. taking action | James Clear
Data and technology.
- Context aware programming | O’Reilly Radar
- Why behavior change apps fail to change behavior | TechCrunch
Insights.
- What inspires generosity in wealthy and powerful men? Surprisingly, the presence of women and girls in their lives | NYTimes.com
- Why should (or shouldn’t) you migrate your blog to Quora? (How blogging is so frustrating because of its relentless focus on the new) | Mills Baker
- “The desire to express one’s inner creative is running rampant in the minds of freshly graduated strategists, and it is a huge problem.” | Co.Create
- How to become a master planner/strategist | Paul Isakson
- Smokers are addicted to the branding of their cigarettes | Co.Exist
- Instagram and self-esteem: Why the photo-sharing network is even more depressing than Facebook. | Slate Magazine
- Related: Welcome to the GQ Center for the Diagnosis and Treatment of #FOMO.
Creativity.
- More doing, less promoting: the key to creating great work. “Self-promotion has become as ubiquitous as banner ads or Keep Calm and Carry On memes, and with that, just as ignored” | Fast Company
- Related: How good writers end up writing about cats | 99U
- If you love your brand, set it free: an argument to “embrace fluidity” in brand identity guidelines | Smashing Magazine
STW Group news.
- Hawker Britton’s Simon Banks on The Drum.
- How your business can capitalise on sporting events, with Todd Marks director and co-founder of marketing agency Maverick.
- How to pass for Generation Y | Paul Fiore at the White Agency
- When is an ad not an ad? | Gary Elphick in Mobile Commerce Daily
- Think that “creative type” is a term reserved for an elite few? Think again. We all have the ability to be creative. Here’s how to tap into your potential. | Jonathan Pease on Renegade Collective
OMG | wow | cool.
- Has anyone tried Speek? Could it be the cure for awful, complex conference calling?
- Why you’re addicted to TV: “they’ve designed these shows to be more bingeable—more propulsive and page-turning—than anything the networks ever pushed on us in the past.” | Newsweek
- Being dumb. “In order to be smart dumb, you have to be really smart, but not in the smart smart way.” | Kenneth Goldsmith
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