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We beg you to turn display images on. Click here to open in your browser. Monday - March 24, 2014 "Dismiss me or keeping swinging, Mr. President."  - Francis Underwood, HOUSE OF CARDS rantnrave:// WORK: It's not possible to totally catch up on everything... A to-do list will always have items... An inbox will never get to zero... There will always be stuff left to do... As soon as I realize this, I'll... Are you into the business, culture and technology changing fashion? Subscribe to FashionREDEF... this am Silicon Valley's Avenging Angel fastcompany.com How Naval Ravikant went from radioactive mud to a startup kingmaker who is disrupting traditional VC funding with his AngelList syndicates. Beane Counters grantland.com A two-hour sit-down with Oakland’s Billy Beane and Lew Wolff sheds light on the rise of big data, the value of continuity, the challenge of ballin’ on a budget, and much more. What I Learned Negotiating With Steve Jobs heidiroizen.com Fresh out of Stanford Business School, I started a software company, T/Maker, with my brother Peter. He was the software architect and I was, well, everything else. Our little company was among the first to ship software for the Macintosh, and we developed a positive reputation among the members of the nascent developer community, which led us to expanding our business by publishing software for other independent developers. Dealing With Data Frenzy mondaynote.com Last week, I attended the Newspaper Association of America's MXC conferencein Denver. We were to focus on the publishers' use of data. A hot topic that sometimes becomes overly broad and leads to unrealistic expectations. Here are some key points I made. The Use and Misuse of Information Technology in Health Care: Several Doctors Reply theatlantic.com One of them writes, "There is a very American tendency to look for technological fixes for significant problems.  In general, technological fixes only work in the context of appropriate institutional structures." Revealed: Apple and Google’s wage-fixing cartel involved dozens more companies, over one million employees pando.com Back in January, I wrote about " The Techtopus" - an illegal agreement between seven tech giants, including Apple, Google, and Intel, to suppress wages for tens of thousands of tech employees. The agreement prompted a Department of Justice investigation, resulting in a settlement in which the companies agreed to curb their restricting hiring deals. The same companies were then hit with a civil suit by employees affected by the agreements. The big steal: rise of the plagiarist in the digital age theguardian.com Thanks to the internet, it has never been easier to steal other people's work. There's also a high risk you'll be found out. So why do it? Rhodri Marsden goes in search of a little originality Automating Layouts Bring Flipboard’s Magazine Style To Web And Windows techcrunch.com Good layout design frames a story and impacts how you are informed by the content. For example, in the hallways of Sports Illustrated, editors hang up every page of the print edition to be reviewed and manually tweaked before publication. Twitter just turned 8. It’s time for it to grow up—or be disrupted qz.com Twitter is showing signs of its age. But no one seems to agree on what-if anything-should change about the service. About the only thing critics can agree on: As powerful as Twitter is, it's still inaccessible to new users. But let's begin at the beginning. A History of ‘Real’ Movie Sex thedailybeast.com From nifty CGI trickery to having their actors actually have sex, here’s how some of cinema’s most famous sex scenes were made. this pm A few ways NCAA really could be there for student athletes sportsbusinessdaily.com T he NCAA maintains that the public does not fully understand the NCAA's role in college athletics. To dispel some myths and to explain what it actually does, the NCAA runs public service announcements during its showcase NCAA men's basketball tournament. RETRO READ: In the Jungle rollingstone.com How American music legends made millions off the work of a Zulu tribesman who died a pauper. Facebook Willing to `Disrupt' Itself: Ex-CTO bloomberg.com Bret Taylor, chief executive officer of Quip and former chief technology officer at Facebook Inc., talks about Facebook's acquisitions, the outlook for the company and Quip's products. He speaks with Emily Chang on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." The Pilots in the Basement nytimes.com The Malaysia Airlines jet disappearance highlights the world of virtual flight hobbyists. Wearables Fever mondaynote.com Wearable technologies have a huge future. For Apple, they'll create a new product category with an iPhone-like revenue stream! No so fast. Smartwatches and other wearable consumer products lack key attributes for breaking out of the novelty prison. Nitsuh Abebe on the Punk Movement nymag.com If a movement known for rage, rebellion, and adolescent id becomes the focus of a high-fashion celebration, is it the final studded nail in the coffin or proof of everlasting life? What punk means now, and what it meant then. The Battle to Regain Online Privacy online.wsj.com More people are turning to tech tools that protect them from prying eyes on the Internet. How a digital Cold War with Russia could threaten the IT industry zdnet.com If we return to a state of escalated tensions similar to that of the US and Soviet Union in the mid-20th Century, what does it mean for the future of our relationships with Russian software companies, developers, and strategically outsourced tech talent? When is software patentable? The Supreme Court is about to weigh in gigaom.com The dividing line between what software is patentable and what is not has been hazy at best. But a case that goes before the Supreme Court later this month may finally bring some much-needed clarity to the issue. The Art Of: 3D - How To Make an Augmented Reality App (Exclusive) ovationtv.com Kelly Hecker (Lead Game Programmer at Art + Science Labs) gives a tutorial to create your own augmented reality app. DJI Phantom Drone Flies Into Volcano youtube.com Yasur volcano on Tanna island, Vanuatu. Amazingly no phantoms where harmed while filming! After WhatsApp: An Insider’s View On What’s Next In Messaging techcrunch.com I was driving to a meeting in San Francisco when I got the message: “Facebook to buy WhatsApp for $19 billion.” I pulled over and watched as messages.. In the Shadows grantland.com As NFL free agency is set to begin, Aaron Hernandez's case still looms large over the league On February 25, not long before the opening of the NFL's free-agency period, Aaron Hernandez got into a fight with another inmate at the Bristol County House of Correction and Jail in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Outlines: The Future of Wingsuiting outsideonline.com Outside magazine, America's leading active-lifestyle and adventure-travel magazine dedicated to covering the people, activities, gear, art, and politics of the world outside. Entitlement issues abound as the 'Game Of Thrones' TV show threatens to overtake the books dailydot.com Fans rage at the idea of HBO's 'Game of Thrones' overtaking George R.R. Martin's written work. Elizabeth Kolbert on How Tech Can — And Can’t — Tackle Climate Change and Extinction recode.net If we're the cause of the sixth mass extinction, are we also the cure? Charlie Rose SIts With Jaron Lanier on his book, "Who Owns the Future." charlierose.com On the Ramifications of High-Tech, Big-Data Medical Care theatlantic.com As more of medicine comes into the info age, will we get better sooner? Or simply have a more detailed idea of why we're sick? America's Hip-Hop Foreign Policy theatlantic.com How rap became a battleground in the war on terror Big Bets grantland.com Is tennis vulnerable to a major match-fixing scandal? Unofficially, it's called the fifth slam. Officially, it's called the BNP Paribas Open. Informally, it's called Indian Wells. If you don't get the Tennis Channel, you might not even know it exists. "Rapper's Delight" - The Sugar Hill Gang via YouTube Click here for more idea morsels. redef.com. Like what you see? Spread the love. 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