- Map of How Manhattan’s Grid Grew – Interactive Map – NYTimes.com
LOVE this sort of thing. Maps + history = awesome. Really want to see for Olympia.
- Felt Tip blog – Slow Company
interestingly enough, after reading this I was most of all reminded of Pinboard.
- Why Last Chapters Disappoint – Essay – NYTimes.com
here’s my take: it’s really hard to read through hundreds of pages of OMG THIS SUCKS and then not know what to do next. "ok, now what?" Bomb Power was esp difficult that way, as was 13 Bankers. Have to respect The Big Sort, as one example, for not taking that route. (At least as far as I remember it.) And Half the Sky actually does it well, I think because he looks at things that make it better *throughout* the book.
- Why Neuroscience SHOULD Change the Way We Manage People
about being real people at work, and recognizing actual psychological processes and needs.
- The clear correlation between crisis and corruption at Sigrún DavÃðsdóttir’s Icelog
"the European countries worst hit by the crisis are corrupt countries with weak state institutions" I think that goes for the US, too. Reminds me of 13 Bankers & Return of Depression Economics: both directly compare our situation with "emerging market" issues of corruption.
- 3quarksdaily: James Gleick’s History of Information
- Radiation Dose Chart (xkcd)
Nice visualization. (wouldn’t mind seeing backscatter info on that chart, tho.)
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