March 28, 2011

Novelty:

Time to Review Car Insurance Policies
Why and How I Switched to a Standing Desk
Dear Entrepreneur: Stop Dreaming and Launch that Business!
NY Times and their delusional pricing strategy
2011 World's Most Ethical Companies
Paris and Chagall
France's Nazi collaboration is still a touchy subject

Reflective:

Geneticist against gene-doping
Social media's massive failure
Don't be nice; be helpful!
Wendell Berry: The Pleasure of Eating

Wisdom:

Six-Year-Old News Story Causes United Airlines Stock to Plummet
Culture trumps strategy, every time
We are now in the 2nd Internet bubble
Tonight we're going to party like it's 1999
Beware of innovations from daily-deal sites

Catalina's List

In my last rotation I was tasked with putting together an email with notes from the morning markets meeting and some accompanying articles. It turned into something more. Less notes, more articles. Less finance, more ideas. And people liked it. So I'm going to try to serve that market, given my new job and responsibilities. I will start by pulling together an email/blog weekly, and gauge it from there. If you send me your email, I’ll add you to the list that will get an update each time I post on my blog.

These are uncharted waters (especially since I don’t fully understand why you all like this email so much), so no promises. I realize that there are many other sources out there doing the same thing, drudge report and arts & letters daily to name two that I highly respect. What makes mine different? You tell me.

Here’s to adventure.

Catalina's List: March 21, 2011

Novelty:

• Kan Sees ‘Light at the End of the Tunnel’ as Atomic Crisis Eases
• Times’s Online Pay Model Was Years in the Making
• Dip in Arts Attendance tied to Decline of the Omnivore
• The ability to memorise things seems to be a vanishing skill

Reflective:

• Are you doing a good job?
• Why You Should Have Sympathy for Gilbert Gottfried
• The real roots of yoga

Wisdom:

• Bring me stuff that's dead, please
• David Foster Wallace, Kenyon College Commencement 2005
• Don't ignore the lost generation
• Executives Speak Up, in Real-time, on Innovation, Financial Risk, Hiring and Other Concerns (video)
• The Coase Theorem in Action (comic)