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Sunday’s Top Links (3.31.2013)

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Welcome to this week’s top links!

1. How To Change Your Life

Want to change something about your life. This user guide will show you how to take the first steps to the new you.

2. The #1 Mistake Entrepreneurs Make

Easier said than done, but if entrepreneur’s don’t focus on their startup, they’re going to have a hard to being successful.

3. Keys To Building A High Traffic Blog

Tim Ferriss shares his insight on the keys to creating a high traffic blog without killing yourself.

4. Hunting Arrows

A fun little animation. Fill the screen with arrows and try to keep the hunted arrows alive by guiding them with your mouse. Simple and addictive.

5. How To Hack Your Brain

You may not be who you think you are. It’s easier to change your personality and identity than you think – find out how to hack your brain.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

Image from Werner Kunz.

Sunday’s Top Links (2.10.2013)

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Welcome to this weeks top links!

1. Ten Principles For Good Design

After asking himself, is my design good design, Dieter Rams came up with his ten principles (aka commandments) for good design.

2. Paperman

Disney is at it again, with this whimsical, heartfelt short film that uses an innovative animation style that is simply beautiful. Watch it.

3. 25 Insights on Becoming a Better Writer

Want to be a writer? This list from some of the biggest names in the game give you their advice on all facets of writing.

4. Which Came First: The Chicken Or The Egg

The age old question is tackled by AsapScience, who takes a look at it from the perspective of semantics, nomenclature and science.

5. Five Common Startup Mistakes

Startups are hard, and failure is a likely outcome, but these 5 mistakes are typically the stumbling blocks that every entrepreneur will face.

And if you missed last weeks links, check them out here!

 

Sunday’s Top Links (10.7.2012)

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Welcome to this week’s top links!

1. Startups Are HARD

Startups are damn hard. Chad Etzel explains the often overlooked struggles that come with launching a startup.

2. How to Plant Ideas In Someone’s Mind

Inception anyone? This post from Lifehacker explores the dark side of manipulation and how you can influence others to see things your way.

3. Draw a Stickman

Draw a Stickman is an interactive online game that combines your drawing skills with storytelling, to create a unique experience.

4. Battling Your Online Addiction

Do you constantly check your email? Always browsing (cough *stalking* cough) on Facebook? Find out how you can overcome your online addiction.

5. Get Into Action

This list of 77 quotes from some of the greatest leaders, artists, and role models of all time, will certainly put you in the mood to take action.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

4th of July Links (7.4.2011)

In this week’s top links we learn that startups often commit suicide, explore why social networking utopia is still out of reach, get educated by Marlitta Hill, take a look at Google+, and delve into some of the greatest minds of our time. Enjoy!

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Happy Independence Day everyone and welcome to this week’s top links!

1. Startups Don’t Die, They Commit Suicide

Justin Kan, founder of Justin.TV and SocialCam, recently wrote this article for TechCrunch about the the dynamics of startups. Most importantly he talks about how many startups commit suicide rather than truly fail.

2. Social Networking ‘Utopia’ Isn’t Coming

CNN brings us an interesting perspective on the current state and future of social networks. In the article they talk about the ever present trends of tribalism in the digital world, information overload, and how the model is yet to be perfected.

3. Marlitta Hill & The N***** Speech

In this YouTube video, Professor Marlitta Hill delivers a brilliant, creative, and controversial lecture to her class on the long stigmatized word ‘nigger’. You can find part 2 of the speech here.

4. A Look At Google +

The latest social network, Google+, has been the trending topic for the past week, and in this article from Fast Company, we get their perspective on how this one will play out. Also, a great post from Chris Brogan has a list of 50 things to consider in regards to Google+.

5. Nine Awesome Interviews w/ Creative Visionaries

99% brings us a mashup of 9 great interviews from some of the greatest minds we’ve ever seen. In this article we get insight into the minds of creative leaders such as Steve Jobs, Ernest Hemingway, Ansel Adams, and more.

And if you missed last week’s links, check them out here.

Sunday’s Top Links (6.19.2011)

In this week’s links we look at the negative side to startups, explore the World of 100, celebrate the redesign, uncover a valuable resource for TED Talks, and learn more about the potential demise of Groupon. Enjoy!

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Welcome to this weeks links!

1. Why You Shouldn’t Start A Startup

In this slide show from Laurent Kretz we learn about why not to start startups and some useful advice if you choose to anyways. Overall its a realistic view about what startups are all about, as he chooses to focus on the less glamorous side of things.

2. The World of 100

The following is a set of interesting infographics focused on the world if it was made up of only 100 people. In this setting, the graphics focus on education, religion, race, and many more issues that make it easier to comprehend the current breakdown of things today.

3. Long Live The Redesign

In this article from Get Finch, we explore the idea of the redesign and its many intricacies. The article explores the never ending cycle of redesigning, as well as key usability practices for better results.

4. TEDTalks Compilation

This simple Google Docs spreadsheet allows for anyone to access each and every TED Talk every created. It organizes the talks by speakers, names, and summaries, while providing a link to each individual talk. A useful resource indeed.

5. Why Groupon Is Poised For Collapse

Groupon has been at the center of much conversation lately and one analyst believes that it’s not going to last for long. TechCrunch brings us this intriguing piece about why Groupon is poised for collapse based on its model and negative affects on business.

And if you missed last weeks links, check them out here.

Sunday’s Top Links (2.13.2011)

In this week’s Sunday’s Top Links we learn about innovation from kindergarten, discover a summary tool, explore the future of art, have a laugh with some generators, and learn about our love for popular technologies.

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Welcome to this week’s Sunday’s Top Links.

1. Innovate Like A Kindergartner

What are the keys to innovation? It can be as simple as thinking back to the good old days when we were in kindergarten. In this article from the Harvard Business Review we look at what we can learn from kindergarten.

2. Topicmarks

Don’t have time to read a document? A book? An article? Well Topicmarks claims to have developed the perfect algorithm to give you a short and sweet summary of any text you input. Now I can’t say its perfect, but its an interesting tool to check out.

3. The Future Of Art

I really enjoyed the video, but not necessarily for the content itself, which was overall quite good and talked about major themes for the future of art. Why I really enjoyed it is because it got my head buzzing with all sorts of ideas and I love anything that can trigger my creativity.

4. yKombinator

Recently there have been a number of generators coming out, making fun of some of the trends we’re seeing today. This one is a startup simulator that pokes fun at the formulaic manner we see many of these web start-ups pitching themselves nowadays. Other recent ones have been the Malcolm Gladwell Book Generator and the Mflow Random Album Generator.

5. Seeking Technology

Many of us are glued to Google, Facebook, and texting, which are all new habits that many couldn’t live without. Slate.com explores this phenomenon and explains the role of th brain in all this and why its dangerous.

Enjoy! And if you missed last week’s links check them out here.

Sunday’s Top Links (12.5.2010)

In this week’s top links we see some great examples of HTML 5, view a guide to everything social media, create our very own kaleidoscopes, gain some insight on reading business books, and test our reaction speed.

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The top links from the first week of December…

1. HTML 5 Adventure Calendar 2010

The HTML 5 Calendar gives you a rundown of 24 of the best examples of HTML 5 to date. Check back often to see whats new for each day until Christmas.

2. Harvard’s Must Have Guide to Social Media

From a Harvard professor, we get a well made Prezi going over the basics of everything Social Media. Check it out, and if you haven’t used Prezi before, its a great tool for creating presentations with a little more visual appeal for your audience.

3. Build Your Own Kaleidoscope

An awesome tool brought to you by Ze Frank that allows you to create your very own kaleidoscope! It’s a lot of fun and even though it looks a bit complex, you can get started simply by drawing in the black square.

4. Why Startup Founders Should Stop Reading Business Books

An interesting article by Rob Walling a serial entrepreneur, giving advice on how business books really aren’t useful for entrepreneurs. Now if this the case or not, I’m not sure, but he does bring up some great examples to get your mind working.

5. How Fast Are Your Reactions?

A fun little flash game from BBC that allow you to test your reaction speeds by… shooting darts at sheep?! All you need to do is click the dart button when a sheep starts running and at the end you’ll be evaluated.

Sunday’s Top Links (9.27.2010)

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1. Facebook is not worth $33,000,000,000

37 Signals explains the ridiculousness behind the most recent evaluation of Facebook.

2. Trailmeme.com

A new way to tell stories and connect ideas on the web.

3. Dan Ariely: Systems, People, Decisions

Dan Ariely doing what he does best, and helping people make better decisions amidst all the irrationality.

4. Startupquote.com

Looking for some inspiration? Find quotes from your favorite startup rockstars.

5. Pepsi Refresh Project

The Pepsi Refresh Project is an initiatives promoting good ideas worldwide, and its been a huge success so far.

Startups with Friends or Family

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There’s all kinds of possible issues that could arise when you are starting a business with your friends or family, but truly, what matters most is the relationship between those involved because that’s the only real area where the dynamic is a bit different to any other business.

The key lesson here is when you are doing business with friends or family, you have to drop the ego and just put that relationship aside for the good of the company.

Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses and realizing and utilizing this fact is the key to success, but time and again this point is overlooked when it comes to business with friends and family. A lot of the time we get caught up with titles and whose CEO, whose President, whose in charge of this, whose in charge of that, when really it doesn’t even matter.

If everyone just focuses on what they are good at, you have the recipe for success. What difference does it make whose CEO? The person that is, should be suited to that position and have strengths of looking at the big picture and running a business, whereas someone tasked with COO would be more analytical, strategic, and capable of the day-to-day grind. And really, at the end of the day, it only benefits all of you because its your business, despite what your title may say.

So just drop the ego and be successful!