Links, Week 3: What to do if you've graduated edition
- Check out where everyone is with wheremyfriends.be.
- Meet new, interesting people in your city while eating great food: https://www.grubwithus.com
- Create a new online identity on plus.google.com. If you're like me and are still locked out, look at screenshots, read reviews, more reviews, and first impressions. Maybe also a little about the 6 wars Google is fighting? And this link-filled Google+ blog post.
If you're still here,
Read young people's blogs. My four, currently, are
- John Song Says: (it's John. Enough said.)
- Life by Experimentation: must-read; learn how to become ambidextrous!
- June Kim: colorful and thought-provoking.
- Twirl and Kiss: a real-time wedding proposal? Wow.
Finally, some more links:
Writing: Jason Shiga's cartoon about telephone booths. It's so good I can't believe I can read it for free. Fear and Loathing in 2004, Hunter Thompson. James and the Giant Peach by Dahl (I can only read the 1st 8 pages on Amazon...).
Consulting: Want to get a job? Become really good at Fermi problems.
Aliens: Is there extraterrestrial life? Let's look at the Drake Equation as written by the NYT. Here are 20 reasons why aliens haven't contacted us...yet.
Sports: Rich Harden won a game? A cute color graphic recap of the 2010-2011 NBA season. An argument on how Corey Maggette (of the 11-step non-travel) is better than Stephen Jackson. What would Tim Kawakami think? (Heresy!)
Tech: Change your Facebook to look like an interactive Excel sheet (great for work). Start-ups, stop asking about technical co-founders. TED: how great leaders inspire action. I need someone famous to tweet about my blog, so I can have a celebrity moment. Did you know Barack is on Linkedin? Turntable.fm is actually really awesome. Avoid anti-malware programs. Be anonymous, in a group. A 250-slide presentation on Google+ beginnings -- the real social network. And, why myspace failed.
Random: What to know if you're moving from NYC to SF. Free fonts on Google. 12% of all people, ever, are alive today. How to understand imaginary numbers.
Finally, I went from 32 hours online last week to 17 hours. Let's try to get down to 10 this week.