{"id":2861,"date":"2014-02-01T01:28:48","date_gmt":"2014-02-01T06:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2861"},"modified":"2014-02-01T01:28:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-01T06:28:48","slug":"tab-sweep-january-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/02\/01\/tab-sweep-january-2014","title":{"rendered":"Tab sweep January 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>A potential to end HIV\/AIDS: Pledge to the <a href=\"https:\/\/pledge.immunityproject.org\/the-free-hiv-aids-vaccine\">Immunity Project<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A designer tells you how to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/3024933\/watch-a-luxury-bag-designer-teach-pirates-how-to-knock-off-his-bags\">knock off his luxury bags<\/a>. Harder than it looks :-)<\/li>\n<li>Diabetes is everywhere; a <a href=\"http:\/\/googleblog.blogspot.com.es\/2014\/01\/introducing-our-smart-contact-lens.html\">smart contact lens from Google<\/a>? Looks interesting. I&#8217;m not sure diabetics are allowed to wear contact lenses to begin with, but I have to say, interesting to watch.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/blogger-facebook-newsfeed-2014-1\">Blogger nails a major problem with facebook&#8217;s newsfeed<\/a> &#8211; I can&#8217;t agree more. Why do people buy fans? Why do people then buy post boosts? He wants his <a href=\"http:\/\/dangerousminds.net\/comments\/facebook_i_want_my_friends_back\">Facebook friends back<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jessecolombo\/2014\/01\/23\/why-southeast-asias-economy-is-a-giant-bubble-waiting-to-pop\/\">Why Southeast Asia&#8217;s Boom is a Bubble-Driven Illusion<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>I really enjoyed reading this Jason Calacanis piece about how <a href=\"http:\/\/pando.com\/2014\/01\/05\/techbrats-goldberg-shih-and-gopman-do-not-represent-the-tech-industry\/\">techbrats do not represent the tech industry<\/a>. This is a great piece; Malaysia (and even Asia) can learn a lot from this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/michaelnielsen.org\/blog\/lecture-course-the-google-technology-stack\/\">The Google Technology Stack<\/a> is a pretty good read. It&#8217;s missing information on Spanner, but I&#8217;d say it&#8217;s a good resource.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/impossiblehq.com\/workstation-popcorn\">How to become uber productive while working for yourself<\/a>. It talks a lot about fake work (browsing, etc.), email isn&#8217;t work (yes!), how to set good goals, but what stands out is the grouping of tasks (that I think is unique\/smart). I wish that when I&#8217;m in KL I can walk around more, though that&#8217;s where I drive; but in newer cities, this makes a lot of sense. And of course, close those tabs!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pando.com\/2014\/01\/28\/the-one-reason-why-most-startups-fail\/\">The one reason why most startups fail<\/a>. Quite simply, this whole &#8220;building runway&#8221; and trying to monetize users is a tough business (the exception, not the rule). It&#8217;s like they say in Jerry McGuire, &#8220;Show me the money!!!&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2014\/jan\/29\/uk-government-plans-switch-to-open-source-from-microsoft-office-suite\">UK Government plans to switch from Microsoft Office to open source<\/a>. They spent over 200m UKP since 2010 for the office suite alone! I like how they mention OpenOffice.org, but I&#8217;m a bit concerned that Google Docs isn&#8217;t the best solution (its free, not open source).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.thefetch.com\/2014\/01\/23\/work-life-haven-why-entrepreneurs-and-digital-nomads-are-settling-in-bali\/\">Work-life haven: why entrepreneurs and digital nomads are settling in Bali<\/a>. I love Bali, I had no idea there was a tech scene there too. Might interesting.<\/li>\n<li>More for productivity:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/leonhard-widrich\/the-origin-of-the-8-hour-_b_4524488.html\">The Origin of the 8 Hour Work Day and Why We Should Rethink It<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.samaltman.com\/value-is-created-by-doing\">Value is created by doing<\/a>. Stuff that feels like work, isn&#8217;t.<\/li>\n<li>On <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2014\/01\/17\/the-death-of-expertise\/\">The Death of Expertise<\/a>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button share-icon\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Tab%20sweep%20January%202014&body=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bytebot.net%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2014%2F02%2F01%2Ftab-sweep-january-2014&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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