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My boyfriend sent me this link a few days ago. I wish I had checked it out sooner. As far as I can tell it was originally posted here, though it was sent to me via yayeveryday.com.

This poster is reminiscent of an SAT analogies question. Google before you _______: Think before…

Sometimes simple things can take forever. Sometimes getting to point A from point B, a mere hop and skip away, is not allowed. By HR, by lawyers, by doctors, you name it. It’s something I’ve noticed now that I am no longer a “child” and can’t just have a hissy fit to get my way. This came into sharp relief last Tuesday. It’s not from the business world, but the lesson learned is applicable everywhere. See, last Tuesday I tried to get a prescription and fill it. It took me 3…

I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow. It’s one part history book, one part math text, one part puzzler, and one part philosophy book. And a whole lot of awesome.

The best part is, even though I would not technically describe it as a

business book, the points Mlodinow hits on are immensely useful…

Lately Facebook came under fire for changing privacy settings and sharing user data with companies. There is even a new social network in the wings, Diaspora, ready to

go head-to-head with Facebook over privacy and user-data control. This

points to more than just Facebook messing up, however. This is a chronic

issue with social networking. We're putting our…