April 30, 2015

+ Article - "Wearing a Suit Makes People Think Differently" by Joe Pinsker at The Atlantic - I wear a suit almost every day, even though I work in an environment where casual dress is the norm.  I don't just do it to "look nice".  I've long believed that slipping on a well tailored suit makes you feel like your best self.  Turns out I was right.  Read more here.

+ Article - "The Untold Story of Silk Road" by Joshua Bearman at Wired.  This story has fascinated me for a while now, and this is an excellent article on how a kid taught himself to code and became one of the world's biggest drug kingpins.  Read it here.

+ Article - "The Childless Millennial" by Olga Khazan at The Atlantic - All the single ladies...All the single ladies...Attention humans - you are never going to have it all figured out and the timing will never be right.  Just do it.  See what I did there?  Read more here.

+ Article - "The Genius of 'Want to Grab Coffee?'" by Olga Khazan at The Atlantic - Young people I demand that you learn these skills.  Learn to speak to people and build relationships.  In business (and life), it is all about who you know.  Not just to get the job, but to keep it.  Success in business is all about relationships and influence.  Learn how to build both.  Read more here.

+ Article - "The Virtual Candidate" by Ryan Lizza at The New Yorker - Elizabeth Warren is the most interesting thing happening in the Senate right now.  Read her profile here.

+ Article - "Staying Alert with the UPS Hot Spares" by Jan Tegler at Gear Patrol.  Ever wonder how UPS (almost) always gets your overnight packages to you on time?  They scramble the jets!  Read more here.

+ Art - Artist unknown, but seriously if I was a skeleton, I'm pretty sure this is what I would look like...

April 23, 2015

+ Song -  "Photosynthesis" by Frank Turner - Listen. This is all you need this week.

April 16, 2015

+ Article - "Moving to Mars" by Tom Kizzia at The New Yorker - This is like "Biodome" without Pauly Shore and with way more science.  Adventure awaits.  Read more here.

+ Articles - "The Case for Free-Range Parenting" and "The 1979 6-Year-Old: Less Reading, More Range" by Clemens Wergen at the New York Times and KJ Antonia at Slate, respectively  This topic fascinates me as I felt like I was allowed a ton of freedom as a child, but now am fearful when my son is in the backyard by himself.  I would love to hear everyone's thoughts on these.  Read them here and here.

+ Article - "Want to See Domestic Spying's Future? Follow the Drug War" by Andy Greenberg at Wired - Bad boys, bad boys...Read more here.

+ Article - "The Plot to Free North Korea with Smuggled Episodes of 'Friends'" by Andy Greenberg at Wired - If Chandler Bing can't save them, no one can.  Read more here.

+ Article - "The Myth of Wealthy Men and Beautiful Women" by James Hamblin at The Atlantic - There might be hope for the world after all.  Read it here.

+ Article - "The Eternal Return of Buzzfeed" by Adrienne LaFrance and Robinson Meyer at The Atlantic - Buzzfeed is garbage and wildly fascinating at the same time.  Read more here.

+ Art - "Self Portrait" (1920s) by Will James

April 9, 2015

+ Article - "Sight Unseen, the Hows and Whys of Invisibility" by Kathryn Schulz at The New Yorker - Now you see me... Read more here.

+ Article - "Here's Google Secret to Hiring the Best People" by Laszlo Brock at Wired - Quality matters and interviews are terrible.  Find out why.  Read more here.

+ Article - "Experiments in Sobriety" by Ceridwen Dovey at The New Yorker - It is now socially acceptable to spend entire weekends drunk or hungover...only, it's not really.  Read more here.

+ Blog - "Swell Voyage" - follow Patagonia ambassador Liz Clark on her sailing and surfing adventure around the world.  This girl is truly inspirational. See it here.

+ Article - "How Women Change Men" by Sarah Yager at The Atlantic - "Men who have daughters also grow less attached to traditional gender roles: they become less likely to agree with the statement that “a woman’s place is in the home,” for instance, and more likely to agree that men should wash dishes and do other chores".  True life.  Read more here.

+ Article - "The Science of Why You Should Spend Your Money on Experiences, Not Things" by Jay Cassano at Fast Company.  Read it here and buy different things. 

+Art - "Unknown" by Zachary Johnson.

April 2, 2015

+ Article - "The Audacity of Talking About Race With the Ku Klux Klan" by Conor Friedersdorf at The Atlantic - Now this is discipleship.  Read it here.

+ Article - "The Nerd Hunter" by Stephen Rodrick at The New Yorker - The lady responsible for my generation's greatest comedy casting.  Read it here.

+ Article - "Born Red" by Evan Osnos at The New Yorker - A profile of China's Xi Jinping.  He leads the world's most populated country and its largest economy.  You should know who he is.  Read about him here.

+ Guidebook - "Leashing the Black Dog" by Brett and Kate McKay at The Art of Manliness - More of us deal with depression than we think and no one really talks about it.  Read about it here.

+ Article - "The War Over Vaping's Health Risks is Getting Dirty" by Danielle Venton at Wired - I do not approve of vaping.  That is all.  Read it here.

+ Website - "SV Delos" - I am currently obsessed with sailing and these people have found a pretty
interesting way to do what they love.  See it here.

+ Article - "Fathers, You Can't Afford a Stay at Home Mom" by Steven Nelms at We Are Glory.  I know I can't afford mine.  Read it here.

+Art? - "Fresh From the Oven" (2015) by Jessica Hagy at Indexed.