3d printed art by Lorna Barnshaw via Nice Work. Welcome to a new edition of Linkness!
If you only read one thing.
- Twitter founder Evan Williams: The internet is “a giant machine designed to give people what they want.” It’s not a utopia. It’s not magical. It’s simply an engine of convenience. Those who can tune that engine well — who solve basic human problems with greater speed and simplicity than those who came before — will profit immensely. Those who lose sight of basic human needs — who want to give people the next great idea — will have problems. | Wired
Management.
- You can be busy or remarkable – but not both | Study Hacks
- Is “unschooling” the secret to being a great leader? | OpenForum
- Hallmarks of the modern-day CMO | CMO
- Can internal crowdfunding help companies surface their best ideas? | HBR
- Be accountable for hiring the right talent | John Bell
Innovation.
- Things I learned working on the Twitter platform: the start of a series | Ryan Sarver
- “It was the biggest game of chicken I’ve ever seen in a startup. Literally months away from bankruptcy, and he manages to find an angel in Marissa Mayer.” Profile of Tumblr founder David Karp | NY Mag
- Postmortem of a venture-backed startup | Brett Martin
- How BlackBerry blew it: The inside story | The Globe and Mail
- A bachelor’s degree could cost $10,000 — total. Here’s how. | Washington Post
Data and technology.
- Facebook chases Google’s “deep learning” with new research group | MIT Technology Review
Insights.
- Why we cry on planes | The Atlantic
- What Facebook, Twitter, Tinder, Instagram, and internet porn are doing to America’s teenage girls | Vanity Fair
- What comes after social? | Logic+Emotion
Creativity.
- What we would have written, before Twitter: “Once I tweet something, I stop thinking about it; it’s like an emotional release of idea liability.” | Dustin Curtis
STW Group news.
- Have you seen Enigma’s work for iSonea’s flagship smartphone-based asthma monitoring device?
- Bohemia’s Brett Dawson has been named in the worldwide Agency Innovators 2013 list.
- The White Agency had a victory on Gruen!
OMG | cool | wow.
- Jack Andraka, barely a teenager, decided to develop an early-detection test for pancreatic cancer. You’ll probably cry at this ad about him.
- David Bowie’s list of top 100 books.
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