links for 2008-10-31

October 31, 2008 in Links

Escape from Cubicle Nation: Stop searching for the perfect job and start finding your life's work
Jobs are temporary things, often enticing on paper until you realize that as soon as you get comfortable in your position, it will change, your boss will change, your team will change or your organization will change. That is just [...]

links for 2008-10-30

October 30, 2008 in Links

Wisdom of Warren Buffett: On Innovators, Imitators, and Idiots – Bill Taylor
don't use the financial crisis as an excuse to stop taking chances or downsize your ambitions. But do use the crisis as an opportunity to take stock of what really matters–and to stop looking over your shoulder.
(tags: innovation crisis life buffett)

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links for 2008-10-24

October 24, 2008 in Links

Five great things about being CEO in a tech recession | Webware : Cool Web apps for everyone – CNET
It would be easy to come up with a list of why the current downturn sucks. In fact, who needs a list? You can feel it in your bones. But a lull in any battle, or [...]

links for 2008-10-23

October 23, 2008 in Links

Annals of Culture: Late Bloomers: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
Where Picasso wanted to find, not search, Cézanne said the opposite: “I seek in painting.”
An experimental innovator would go back to Haiti thirty times. That’s how that kind of mind figures out what it wants to do. When Cézanne was painting a portrait of the [...]

links for 2008-10-22

October 22, 2008 in Links

Men's Evolution Jacket by SCOTTEVEST® – Magellan's Travel Supplies
The water-resistant SCOTTEVEST® Evolution Jacket lets you carry all your electronics and other essentials – hands-free. Equipped with 25 hidden pockets and compartments inside and out, this amazing jacket can handle all your portable electronics (iPod, cell phone, PDA, digital camera, DVD Player), as well as your [...]

links for 2008-10-21

October 21, 2008 in Links

Film review: Quantum of Solace | Film | The Guardian
This is a crash-bang Bond, high on action, low on quips, long on location glamour, short on product placement.
Under the direction of Marc Forster, the movie ladles out the adrenalin in a string of deafening episodes: car chases, plane wrecks, motor boat collisions. If it's got [...]