Perhaps the Most Important Element of Success | Aaronsw
The difference, Dweck discovered, was one of mindset. Dweck had always thought “human qualities were carved in stone. You were smart or you weren’t, and failure meant you weren’t.” That was why the...
View ArticleFixies vs. Grothers | Aaronsw
Fixed-mindset people feel smart when they don’t make mistakes, growth-mindset people feel smart when they struggle with something for a long time and then finally figure it out. Fixies try to blame...
View ArticleOn Cognitive Dissonance | Arronsw
We all know people don’t like to hear bad news about themselves. Indeed, we go out of our way to avoid it — and when we do confront it, we try to downplay it or explain it away. Cognitive dissonance...
View ArticleThe Merits of Admitting When You're Wrong | Aaronsw
When Oprah started defending fabulist James Frey, she was savaged by the press. So she invited her critics on the show and apologized, saying “You were right, I was wrong.” It didn’t destroy her...
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President Obama Refuses to Ban Blasphemy
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View ArticleChinese Gain Access to US Power Grid Management Systems | TechEye
The company whose software and services remotely administers and monitor large sections of the US energy industry began warning customers about a sophisticated hacker attack. Telvent Canada said that...
View ArticleMitt Romney's Real Agenda | Rolling Stone
The GOP legislation awaiting Romney's signature isn't simply a return to the era of George W. Bush. From abortion rights and gun laws to tax giveaways and energy policy, it's far worse. Measures that...
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Fedora, Redhat, and CentOS
Basically, Fedora is the main project, and it's a communitity-based, free distro focused on quick releases of new features and functionality. Redhat is the corporate version based on the progress of...
View ArticleBertrand Russell's Message to the Future
via youtube.com I particularly like his first point. I wonder if was reading him that led me to agree with this position long ago. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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A Description of Why Google Now is Superior to Siri
Google Now also introduces a new trick. It combines the constant stream of data a smartphone collects on its owner with clues about the person's life that Google can sift from Web searches and e-mails...
View ArticleHiring I-Shaped People | Businessweek
But while I love Bill's notion of T-shaped people, things are just not that simple. So as both compliment and complement, I propose I-shaped people. These have their feet firmly planted in the mud of...
View ArticleA Brilliant Interview Question | Referly
I want you to explain something to me. Pick any topic you want: a hobby you have, a book you’ve read, a project you worked on–anything. You’ll have just 5 minutes to explain it. At the beginning of...
View ArticleYale Scientists Describe How Ketamine Relieves Depression WIthin Hours
Many chronically depressed and treatment-resistant patients experience immediate relief from symptoms after taking small amounts of the drug ketamine. For a decade, scientists have been trying to...
View ArticleGoogle Warns of New State-Sponsored Cyberattack Targets | NYTimes.com
In June, many Google users were surprised to see an unusual greeting at the top of their Gmail inbox, Google home page or Chrome browser. “Warning: We believe state-sponsored attackers may be...
View ArticleCloud Security Alliance Lists Top Mobile Threats | Net Security
Rank of top mobile threats:Data loss from lost, stolen or decommissioned devicesInformation-stealing mobile malware Data loss and data leakage through poorly written third-party...
View ArticleThe Best Interface is No Interface | Cooper Journal
As Donald Norman said in 1990, “The real problem with the interface is that it is an interface. Interfaces get in the way. I don’t want to focus my energies on an interface. I want to focus on the...
View ArticleMister Rogers Defending His Show to Congress
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/05/1140853/-You-WILL-CRY-watching-Miste... Sent from my mobile device; please forgive any brevity or errors. Permalink | Leave a comment »
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