Fri 19 March 2010 | tags: apple, bakadesuyo, cdo, children, dailylinks, dinosaurcomics, education, finance, harvard, johnnydepp, michaellewis, multitouch, patents, praise, studying, tenure, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• The Power (and Peril) of Praising Your Kids -- New York Magazine - This link is three years old, but I only saw the article today. Summary: It's far healthier to praise your kids for working hard than for being smart.
• Is group studying more effective?
  • No …

Thu 04 March 2010 | tags: antitrust, bundling, cabletelevision, churchandstate, crime, dailylinks, education, eminentdomain, federalism, ideaguy, losangeles, meritpay, murder, omaha, paranoia, religion, sexting, shopclass, startups, teaching, utah, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• Building a Better Teacher - NYTimes.com
  • "Teachers working in the same building, teaching the same grade, produced very different outcomes. And the gaps were huge. Eric Hanushek, a Stanford economist, found that while the top 5 percent of teachers were able to impart a year …

Tue 23 February 2010 | tags: cslewis, cyberbullying, dailylinks, dereksivers, ianbicking, leadership, losangeles, management, python, ranking, toppcloud, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• Video: Wonderfully conceptualized, beautifully executed - (37signals) -
• Olympics 1, AIG 0: Why Forced Ranking Is a Bad Idea
  • Quick tip for management: If your company is so big that you have to give up individualized assessments of performance in favor of a system that makes you …

Thu 04 February 2010 | tags: dailylinks, django, expertise, genius, happiness, hbr, language, marginalrevolution, marketsineverything, marriage, penelopetrunk, pinax, python, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• Marginal Revolution: Markets in everything
  • Ziploc bags that deter people from stealing your sandwich by making it look like it's moldy. Genius.
• The Making of an Expert - Harvard Business Review - Extensive research shows that expert performance is not inborn, it's something you build. The ingredients …

Wed 27 January 2010 | tags: antichoice, antilife, brainstorming, budget, corruption, dailylinks, decisionmaking, deficit, dereksivers, doublex, india, prochoice, programmers, prolife, software, testers, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• Why testers? - Joel on Software - Joel Spolsky says that your testers should *not* be programmers.
• There are always more than two options | Derek Sivers - "(At very least, add 'do nothing' and 'go insane' as choices.)"
• The Zero Rupee Note
  • A creative, gutsy, and chuckle-inducing response …

Mon 25 January 2010 | tags: 1stamendment, comcast, customerservice, dailylinks, eugenevolokh, explodingoffers, music, nalp, security, startups, supremecourt, terrorism, underwearbomber, worstcompanyiveeverhadtodealwith, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• I surrender, Comcast
  • In case there was any doubt, Comcast service is still an epic fail. Especially if you just want internet.
• Language Log » Modal deafness - Not everyone hears music in the same way. Many people, even musically trained ones, can't reliably tell the difference …

Sat 23 January 2010 | tags: archive, art, cancer, chess, china, computers, csrf, css, dailylinks, foreignpolicy, google, hillaryclinton, javascript, kasparov, mutatation, secondlife, smoking, statedepartment, websecurity, xss, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• Hillary Clinton Extends Foreign Policy To The Internet And Wants Your Help
  • I wondered in a recent post how the State Department felt about Google being the leader in recent developments in our foreign policy with China. Judging by this post, the answer is "left …

Fri 22 January 2010 | tags: atmskimmer, copyright, dailylinks, flds, lawschool, libraries, piracy, polygamy, publishing, scams, schneier, security, warrenjeffs, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• The Polygamists — National Geographic Magazine
  • An outstanding article. It even quotes Warren Jeffs' personal journal: "The Lord directed that I go to the sun tanning salon and get sun tanned more evenly on their suntanning beds." Via Brooke Adams' blog "The Plural Life."
• The Volokh …

Tue 19 January 2010 | tags: culture, dahlialithwick, dailylinks, dinosaurcomics, emilybazelon, evolution, gaymarriage, gender, italy, jonathanhaidt, ladygaga, language, languagelog, marthacoakley, massachusetts, morality, orinkerr, perryvschwarzenegger, philosophy, politics, psychology, religion, scottbrown, senate, slate, spain, trix, volokhconspiracy, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• Moral Psychology and the Misunderstanding of Religion: A Talk With Jonathan Haidt - If I had a list of "people who I wish had blogs," Jonathan Haidt would top it. If you like this article, read his book The Happiness Hypothesis.
• Massachusetts: Dem attacks on Coakley …

Mon 18 January 2010 | tags: butter, china, dailylinks, google, government, hack, lawenforcement, operationaurora, recipe, sauce, security, tomato, -- (permalink)

What I've been reading lately:

• McAfee® - threat_center - Operation Aurora-Consumers
  • Some glaring omissions in McAfee's report on the recent chinese hacking incident: 1) China is never mentioned, and 2) the "How do I protect myself?" page mysteriously fails to mention that Internet Explorer is *not* the only browser in the world …