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Links of the Day – 4.2.11

By on April 2, 2011 in Links 'O The Day

Here’s what I found notable today:

  • Proud to note that a Smith College alumna is one of the 2011 Pipeline Fellows, as reported by Tech Crunch.  Pipeline is a New York-based fund that wants to increase the number of women angel investors and social media entrepreneurs in the U.S.
  • The incredibly useful LifeHacker shared a timely article from GOOD, Ten Stress Busters That Make You Look Better. I suspect doing even a few of the ten would make one happier and healthier.
  • My friend, the actor and artist Jason Antoon, recommended two sources for earthquake prep kids, Quake Kare and EssentialPacks. I’ve got Quake Kare kits in each of our cars. Do it now.
  • Another friend, Roberto Rogness (of the superb Santa Monica shop Wine Expo) let me know about this rather amazing Brazilian Nissan commercial. You don’t need to speak Portugese to understand it, but the Jalopnik article explains it just in case.

 

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Interesting Links of the Day

By on March 29, 2011 in Links 'O The Day, Privacy, twitter

Herewith my links of interest for March 29, 2011:

  • Mashable gathers ten of the most extraordinary Tweets ever, from the very first one (by co-founder Jack Dorsey) to a marriage proposal to the infamous 2008 single-word tweet “Arrested” that arguably first brought Twitter to the mainstream media’s attention.
  • Many people choose to follow a vegetarian/vegan diet for political reasons (animal cruelty, big-business farming). But the best reason might be the one uncovered by the The China Study. This multi-year research undertaken by Oxford and Cornell found, quite simply, that people who eat a plant food diet and avoid animal proteins and fats will minimize and/or reverse the development of chronic diseases. Sound good to you?
  • This Skittles commercial is either really clever or really bizarre. Maybe both, actually.
  • Del Harvey, the leader of Twitter’s trust and safety team posted a brilliant, succinct piece on the importance of using strong passwords, and using different passwords for different sites. Too much trouble? Probably not as much trouble as getting your online banking or email hacked. And those Facebook memes that have you put your birthplace as your status? That’s a no.
  • The most interesting thing to come out of SXSWi, as far as I’m concerned: Hashable’s info-packed infographic on the who, what, when and where of people connecting during the show.
  • Enrique Iglesias is going on tour with Britney Spears this summer. Oh wait, no he’s not.

 

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