Commonplace Reading - Issue #2
It's Friday night, and I'm sat on the sofa with a big glass of a goodred wine, finishing a newsletter. As a Dad of two pre-schoolers, this is as close as I get to a party night.
Still, who can argue with red wine and good reading?
(Other than illiterate teetotallers, I suppose)
On with the links!
Mindset Matters
Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast
Good piece from Neil, reminding us that big orgs aren't as doomed to inflexibility as people assume.
The Reductive Seduction of Other People’s Problems
Sobering Reading: The self-delusion that lurks at the heart of heading overseas to solve problems. You can't see the complexity there as well as you can see the complexity at home.
Apple's Angela Ahrendts On What It Takes To Make Change Inside A Successful Business
Angela Ahrendts is slowly taking on a public profile, a good while after she leapt from Burberry to Apple. And she's saying some very interesting things.
That Social Media Thing
Inside Facebook’s Decision to Blow Up the Like Button
More than a news piece about Reactions - a decent profile of some of the lesser-known figures in Facebook.
Age of Abundance: How the Content Explosion will Invert the Media Industry
This is an old, old point that has been lost in recent debates. As the volume of content becomes overwhelming, intelligent curation is hugely valuable to the reader.
Death of a troll
Settle in for this one; it's a serious bit of long form, delving deep into the mindset of the troll. Fascinating.
Life and Love
24 Hilarious Tweets About Kids That Are Way Too Real For Every Parent
This is my life. I wept with laughter - and despair - as I read this. 😂
Modern Grief
I've experienced this with e-mails and instant messages from my late mother. The digital legacy of the dead is something we don't treat seriously enough.
Equality
Men who stick up for women's rights are subjected to more sexual harassment at work
Well, this is depressing.
White man in the photo is the 'third hero' that night in 1968
A profoundly moving story of the forgotten man in this history-altering photo.
And…Relax.
Deep in a cave, with a drone
Haunting. But lovely.
Endpiece
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