{"id":2613,"date":"2012-12-27T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2012-12-27T21:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2613"},"modified":"2012-12-27T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2012-12-27T21:32:15","slug":"year-end-tab-sweep-2012-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2012\/12\/27\/year-end-tab-sweep-2012-edition","title":{"rendered":"Year end tab sweep 2012 edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some things I think are well worth reading (also, I&#8217;m starting the year fresh with nothing in my tabs :P)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wired has a great interview by Steven Levy on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wired.com\/business\/2012\/12\/mf-tim-oreilly-qa\/all\/\">Tim O&#8217;Reilly&#8217;s Key to Creating the Next Big Thing<\/a>. Tim taught me to <em>work on stuff that matters<\/em> (fond memories of an O&#8217;Reilly Moleskine Christmas gift), and now continues teaching everyone to <em>create more value than they capture<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/alexblandford.tumblr.com\/post\/38725722842\/blood-sugar\">Blood Sugar<\/a> or how the diabetes market is waiting to be disrupted. More needs to be done in terms of controlling this disease. We already have sensible trackers like Fitbit, etc. what more can we do to manage this?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/508306\/why-samsungs-man-in-silicon-valley-uses-apple-devices\/\">Why Samsung&#8217;s Man in Silicon Valley uses Apple Devices<\/a> &#8211; interesting take in the MIT Technology Review on Yong Sohn, President &amp; Chief Strategy Officer for Samsung based in Silicon Valley.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Another from MIT Technology Review is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/view\/508741\/installable-web-apps-will-be-the-next-tech-battleground\/?utm_campaign=newsletters&amp;utm_source=newsletter-weekly-communications&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=20121217\">Installable Web Apps WIll Be the Next Tech Battleground<\/a>. I see web apps as being important, and I&#8217;ve been thinking about this space a lot more lately.<\/li>\n<li>Paul Buchheit wrote an amazing essay titled <a href=\"http:\/\/paulbuchheit.blogspot.com\/2012\/12\/the-gift.html\">The Gift<\/a>. It is a must read on unconditional love &amp; living life to the fullest.<\/li>\n<li>MIT Technology Review again, this time on disrupting college textbooks. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/news\/506371\/free-textbooks-spell-disruption-for-college-publishers\/\">Free Textbooks Spell Disruption for College Publishers<\/a> profiling Ariel Diaz and his site Boundless Learning. I remember a time buying really expensive textbooks and realized that you only use them for a term, with very few that you plan to keep on your bookshelf forever. The second-hand market naturally thrives but they go out-of-date usually within a year. I know many in Malaysia that love to photocopy textbooks (which I abhor and would never encourage). Imagine free e-book textbooks that you can read on your tablet? Highlight? Have all your notes in one place based on the highlights? This will revolutionize education.<\/li>\n<li>Marten Mickos asks: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyacademy.fi\/blog\/2012\/06\/08\/what-is-innovation\/\">What is Innovation?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I&#8217;m always interested in new &amp; innovation publishing mediums, and this summary post leaves a lot to think about: <a href=\"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/2012\/10\/14\/frankfurt-book-fair-2012-self-publishing-cell-phones-and-startups\/\">Frankfurt Book Fair 2012: Self-publishing, cell phones &amp; startups<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Back to a nugget from Tim O&#8217;Reilly, a must read is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/today\/post\/article\/20121002122119-16553-it-s-not-about-you-the-truth-about-social-media-marketing?goback=.ptf_\">It&#8217;s Not About You: The Truth about Social Media Marketing<\/a>. There&#8217;s a money quote there:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Activism has been the core of our marketing ever since. \u00a0We tell big stories that matter to a community of users, and together we use those stories to amplify a message that we all care about.<\/strong> Framing ideas in such a way that they include and reinforce the identity of a group of people who might not previously have seen themselves as part of the same community allows everyone to tell their own story in a way that adds up to something bigger than any one of them might tell alone. And once they start telling their story as part of the bigger story, it suddenly looks like a parade.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/presentplus.tumblr.com\/post\/16348024795\/keep-it-real\">Keep it Real<\/a> by Nalden. 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