Linkdump for August 10th
¶ by Rob Friesel-
Harvard Business Review (via DF):
Despite an unbroken string of 11 blockbuster films, Catmull regularly says, "Success hides problems." It's an insight Google should acknowledge and act on. Google's leadership admirably tolerates failure on side-projects (and big projects as well), but what Pixar has that Google does not is a culture where the fear of complacency is a strong motivator, where new problems are identified, discussed, and addressed openly and honestly, all of which requires humility.
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Paring down to ≤100 personal items is perhaps taking it to an extreme, but there are a lot of great points in here. Especially the one about how paying for experiences (e.g., travel, concerts and events, etc.) is far more fulfilling than paying for "stuff".
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Tangentially related to my recent post about The Shallows (at One Thin Tumbl).
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at Stubbornella, and w/r/t/ my recent post about The Shallows — Nicole Sullivan manages to say more of substance in this blog post than Carr does in 250 pages. (Perhaps because of its more personal nature?)
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at SPIEGEL ONLINE, and w/r/t/ my recent post about The Shallows:
He'd never dream of keeping a blog. Nor does he know anybody else his age who would want to. And he's certainly never tweeted before. "What's the point?" he asks.
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